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KETUA DEWAN ULAMA PAS PUSAT MEMBUAT TEGURAN

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Penulisan dalam sesuatu blog mudah dipanjangkan, diolah semula atau dikutip oleh mana-mana individu disebabkan kemudahan “copy and paste” hinggakan ada akhbar dan majalah yang mencari idea penulisan dengan melawat blog-blog yang wujud di alam maya terlebih dahulu sebelum mereka menulis atau membawa sesuatu berita.

Henti guna blog perlekeh pemimpin lain – Dewan Ulamak

Selepas beberapa hari media harian yang dekat dengan Umno menggamatkan isu dicetuskan Timbalan Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS Kelantan, Ustaz Nik Abdul Nik Abdul Aziz, hari ini Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat tampil meminta dihentikan polemik tersebut.

Ketuanya, Dato’ Mohamed Daud berkata, amat tidak wajar sekali sekiranya laman blog digunakan untuk kebaikan parti menjadi medan mendedahkan keburukan orang lain.

“Perbuatan itu jelas merugikan parti sendiri. Kami berharap semua pihak menghentikan pelbagai spekulasi serta andaian peribadi berhubung kerajaan perpaduan dalam blog masing-masing.

“Anggota parti juga diingatkan tidak menyerang atau cuba menonjolkan orang tertentu yang diminatinya kerana ia akan mewujudkan kesan yang negatif,” katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di sini.

Baru-baru ini Nik Abduh yang juga anak kepada Mursyidul Am PAS menulis dalam blognya menghentam pembantu bapanya berkaitan isu kerajaan perpaduan yang pernah dicadangkan Presiden PAS, Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang.

Ekoran itu media berjaya mencipta fenomena baru bagi memburukkan PAS menjelang muktamar tahunan yang akan diadakan Jun depan di Shah Alam.

Mohamed yang lebih dikenali sebagai Ustaz Mat Iraqi berkata individu tidak boleh mengeluarkan kenyataan secara terbuka berkenaan cadangan kerajaan perpaduan memandangkan ia telah disepakati akan diputuskan pada muktamar nanti.

Menurutnya sebelum ini mesyuarat Lajnah Politik PAS Pusat, Majlis Syura Ulamak, Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat telah membuat ketetapan isu kerajaan perpaduan akan diputuskan dalam muktamar Jun ini.

“Maka orang perseorangan tidak boleh membuat sebarang kenyataan terbuka mengenai perkara itu kerana ia akan menggelirukan orang ramai.

“Bukan itu sahaja ia juga akan memberikan ruang kepada pihak musuh untuk mempermainkan isu terbabit seperti yang berlaku sekarang,” ujarnya.

Beliau turut mengingatkan anggota parti tidak mengunakan blog untuk mendedahkan perkara negatif mengenai orang lain kerana ia akan menguntungkan pihak musuh.

“Kita sebagai sebuah parti Islam dan tentunya perjuangan dan cara kita juga tidak sama dengan pihak lawan,” ujarnya.

Ditanya mengenai ada kawasan yang mahu jawatan tertinggi parti dipertandingkan katanya, sewajarnya jawatan utama tidak dipertanding dan terus diterajui kepimpinan ulama.

Bagaimanapun beliau berpendapat bagi jawatan naib presiden dan anggota jawatankuasa perlu ada gandingan di antara profesional dan ulama.

Ditanya lanjut mengenai kerajaan perpaduan beliau berkata, Dewan Ulamak tiada masalah untuk menyokong cadangan itu sekiranya perundangan negara dan ekonomi berjalan mengikut lunas-lunas Islam.

“Namun persoalannya adakah pihak lain boleh menerima kerajaan perpaduan itu bergerak mengikut acuan Islam,” katanya.

mj/Salmah Mat Husain/harakahdaily

KETUA DEWAN ULAMA PAS PUSAT MEMBUAT TEGURAN

Blog merupakan satu wadah atau alat yang boleh digunakan sama ada bertujuan kebaikan atau sebaliknya. Penulis blog mampu merubah fikrah dan persepsi masyarakat tentang sesuatu isu.

Penulisan dalam sesuatu blog mudah dipanjangkan, diolah semula atau dikutip oleh mana-mana individu disebabkan kemudahan “copy and paste” hinggakan ada akhbar dan majalah yang mencari idea penulisan dengan melawat blog-blog yang wujud di alam maya terlebih dahulu sebelum mereka menulis atau membawa sesuatu berita.

Henti guna blog perlekeh pemimpin lain – Dewan Ulamak

Selepas beberapa hari media harian yang dekat dengan Umno menggamatkan isu dicetuskan Timbalan Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS Kelantan, Ustaz Nik Abdul Nik Abdul Aziz, hari ini Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat tampil meminta dihentikan polemik tersebut.

Ketuanya, Dato’ Mohamed Daud berkata, amat tidak wajar sekali sekiranya laman blog digunakan untuk kebaikan parti menjadi medan mendedahkan keburukan orang lain.

“Perbuatan itu jelas merugikan parti sendiri. Kami berharap semua pihak menghentikan pelbagai spekulasi serta andaian peribadi berhubung kerajaan perpaduan dalam blog masing-masing.

“Anggota parti juga diingatkan tidak menyerang atau cuba menonjolkan orang tertentu yang diminatinya kerana ia akan mewujudkan kesan yang negatif,” katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di sini.

Baru-baru ini Nik Abduh yang juga anak kepada Mursyidul Am PAS menulis dalam blognya menghentam pembantu bapanya berkaitan isu kerajaan perpaduan yang pernah dicadangkan Presiden PAS, Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang.

Ekoran itu media berjaya mencipta fenomena baru bagi memburukkan PAS menjelang muktamar tahunan yang akan diadakan Jun depan di Shah Alam.

Mohamed yang lebih dikenali sebagai Ustaz Mat Iraqi berkata individu tidak boleh mengeluarkan kenyataan secara terbuka berkenaan cadangan kerajaan perpaduan memandangkan ia telah disepakati akan diputuskan pada muktamar nanti.

Menurutnya sebelum ini mesyuarat Lajnah Politik PAS Pusat, Majlis Syura Ulamak, Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat telah membuat ketetapan isu kerajaan perpaduan akan diputuskan dalam muktamar Jun ini.

“Maka orang perseorangan tidak boleh membuat sebarang kenyataan terbuka mengenai perkara itu kerana ia akan menggelirukan orang ramai.

“Bukan itu sahaja ia juga akan memberikan ruang kepada pihak musuh untuk mempermainkan isu terbabit seperti yang berlaku sekarang,” ujarnya.

Beliau turut mengingatkan anggota parti tidak mengunakan blog untuk mendedahkan perkara negatif mengenai orang lain kerana ia akan menguntungkan pihak musuh.

“Kita sebagai sebuah parti Islam dan tentunya perjuangan dan cara kita juga tidak sama dengan pihak lawan,” ujarnya.

Ditanya mengenai ada kawasan yang mahu jawatan tertinggi parti dipertandingkan katanya, sewajarnya jawatan utama tidak dipertanding dan terus diterajui kepimpinan ulama.

Bagaimanapun beliau berpendapat bagi jawatan naib presiden dan anggota jawatankuasa perlu ada gandingan di antara profesional dan ulama.

Ditanya lanjut mengenai kerajaan perpaduan beliau berkata, Dewan Ulamak tiada masalah untuk menyokong cadangan itu sekiranya perundangan negara dan ekonomi berjalan mengikut lunas-lunas Islam.

“Namun persoalannya adakah pihak lain boleh menerima kerajaan perpaduan itu bergerak mengikut acuan Islam,” katanya.

mj/Salmah Mat Husain/harakahdaily

KETUA DEWAN ULAMA PAS PUSAT MEMBUAT TEGURAN

Blog merupakan satu wadah atau alat yang boleh digunakan sama ada bertujuan kebaikan atau sebaliknya. Penulis blog mampu merubah fikrah dan persepsi masyarakat tentang sesuatu isu.

Penulisan dalam sesuatu blog mudah dipanjangkan, diolah semula atau dikutip oleh mana-mana individu disebabkan kemudahan “copy and paste” hinggakan ada akhbar dan majalah yang mencari idea penulisan dengan melawat blog-blog yang wujud di alam maya terlebih dahulu sebelum mereka menulis atau membawa sesuatu berita.

Henti guna blog perlekeh pemimpin lain – Dewan Ulamak

Selepas beberapa hari media harian yang dekat dengan Umno menggamatkan isu dicetuskan Timbalan Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS Kelantan, Ustaz Nik Abdul Nik Abdul Aziz, hari ini Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat tampil meminta dihentikan polemik tersebut.

Ketuanya, Dato’ Mohamed Daud berkata, amat tidak wajar sekali sekiranya laman blog digunakan untuk kebaikan parti menjadi medan mendedahkan keburukan orang lain.

“Perbuatan itu jelas merugikan parti sendiri. Kami berharap semua pihak menghentikan pelbagai spekulasi serta andaian peribadi berhubung kerajaan perpaduan dalam blog masing-masing.

“Anggota parti juga diingatkan tidak menyerang atau cuba menonjolkan orang tertentu yang diminatinya kerana ia akan mewujudkan kesan yang negatif,” katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di sini.

Baru-baru ini Nik Abduh yang juga anak kepada Mursyidul Am PAS menulis dalam blognya menghentam pembantu bapanya berkaitan isu kerajaan perpaduan yang pernah dicadangkan Presiden PAS, Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang.

Ekoran itu media berjaya mencipta fenomena baru bagi memburukkan PAS menjelang muktamar tahunan yang akan diadakan Jun depan di Shah Alam.

Mohamed yang lebih dikenali sebagai Ustaz Mat Iraqi berkata individu tidak boleh mengeluarkan kenyataan secara terbuka berkenaan cadangan kerajaan perpaduan memandangkan ia telah disepakati akan diputuskan pada muktamar nanti.

Menurutnya sebelum ini mesyuarat Lajnah Politik PAS Pusat, Majlis Syura Ulamak, Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat telah membuat ketetapan isu kerajaan perpaduan akan diputuskan dalam muktamar Jun ini.

“Maka orang perseorangan tidak boleh membuat sebarang kenyataan terbuka mengenai perkara itu kerana ia akan menggelirukan orang ramai.

“Bukan itu sahaja ia juga akan memberikan ruang kepada pihak musuh untuk mempermainkan isu terbabit seperti yang berlaku sekarang,” ujarnya.

Beliau turut mengingatkan anggota parti tidak mengunakan blog untuk mendedahkan perkara negatif mengenai orang lain kerana ia akan menguntungkan pihak musuh.

“Kita sebagai sebuah parti Islam dan tentunya perjuangan dan cara kita juga tidak sama dengan pihak lawan,” ujarnya.

Ditanya mengenai ada kawasan yang mahu jawatan tertinggi parti dipertandingkan katanya, sewajarnya jawatan utama tidak dipertanding dan terus diterajui kepimpinan ulama.

Bagaimanapun beliau berpendapat bagi jawatan naib presiden dan anggota jawatankuasa perlu ada gandingan di antara profesional dan ulama.

Ditanya lanjut mengenai kerajaan perpaduan beliau berkata, Dewan Ulamak tiada masalah untuk menyokong cadangan itu sekiranya perundangan negara dan ekonomi berjalan mengikut lunas-lunas Islam.

“Namun persoalannya adakah pihak lain boleh menerima kerajaan perpaduan itu bergerak mengikut acuan Islam,” katanya.

mj/Salmah Mat Husain/harakahdaily

KETUA SERTA TIMBALAN DEWAN ULAMA’ PUSAT TARIK DIRI

Ketua Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat serta Timbalannya mengambil keputusan untuk berundur dan tidak akan mempertahankan jawatan mereka pada muktamar PAS nanti.

Alasan: sebab kesihatan serta dalam Dewan Ulamak sudah ada ramai pemimpin pelapis.


Ustaz Mat Iraq hasrat undur ketuai Dewan Ulamak Pusat

Ketua Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat, Dato’ Mohamed Daud memberitahu tidak akan mempertahankan jawatannya pada muktamar yang akan diadakan Jun depan.

Difahamkan Timbalan Ketua Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat, Ustaz Hashim Jasin juga bakal mengambil langkah serupa.

“Kami menarik diri daripada jawatan yang disandang pada muktamar tidak lama lagi. Keputusan itu dibuat pada mesyuarat jawatankuasa Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat di Perak baru-baru ini atas alasan kesihatan.

“Lagi pun dalam Dewan Ulamak sudah ada ramai pemimpin pelapis,” katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya hari ini.

Bagaimanapun beliau berkata, pengganti yang akan mengisi tempat tersebut sudah ada sekiranya tiada pertandingan dalam muktamar nanti.

Kebiasaannya kata beliau tiada pertandingan jawatan tertinggi Dewan Ulamak sebelum ini.

Menurutnya juga bagi jawatan Ketua Dewan Ulamak PAS Kelantan beliau sedia mempertimbangkan sekiranya masih lagi diberi kepercayaan.

“Ini kerana kalau sekadar di Kelantan saya lebih mudah bergerak berbanding terpaksa turun ke negeri-negeri lain. Eloklah orang muda yang lebih bertenaga mengganti saya di pusat,” ujarnya.

Mohamed mengetuai Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat menggantikan Dato’ Harun Taib yang tidak mempertahankan jawatannya pada muktamar dua tahun lepas.

mj/Salmah Mat Husain/harakahdaily

KETUA DEWAN ULAMA PAS PUSAT MEMBUAT TEGURAN

Blog merupakan satu wadah atau alat yang boleh digunakan sama ada bertujuan kebaikan atau sebaliknya. Penulis blog mampu merubah fikrah dan persepsi masyarakat tentang sesuatu isu.

Penulisan dalam sesuatu blog mudah dipanjangkan, diolah semula atau dikutip oleh mana-mana individu disebabkan kemudahan “copy and paste” hinggakan ada akhbar dan majalah yang mencari idea penulisan dengan melawat blog-blog yang wujud di alam maya terlebih dahulu sebelum mereka menulis atau membawa sesuatu berita.

Henti guna blog perlekeh pemimpin lain – Dewan Ulamak

Selepas beberapa hari media harian yang dekat dengan Umno menggamatkan isu dicetuskan Timbalan Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS Kelantan, Ustaz Nik Abdul Nik Abdul Aziz, hari ini Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat tampil meminta dihentikan polemik tersebut.

Ketuanya, Dato’ Mohamed Daud berkata, amat tidak wajar sekali sekiranya laman blog digunakan untuk kebaikan parti menjadi medan mendedahkan keburukan orang lain.

“Perbuatan itu jelas merugikan parti sendiri. Kami berharap semua pihak menghentikan pelbagai spekulasi serta andaian peribadi berhubung kerajaan perpaduan dalam blog masing-masing.

“Anggota parti juga diingatkan tidak menyerang atau cuba menonjolkan orang tertentu yang diminatinya kerana ia akan mewujudkan kesan yang negatif,” katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di sini.

Baru-baru ini Nik Abduh yang juga anak kepada Mursyidul Am PAS menulis dalam blognya menghentam pembantu bapanya berkaitan isu kerajaan perpaduan yang pernah dicadangkan Presiden PAS, Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang.

Ekoran itu media berjaya mencipta fenomena baru bagi memburukkan PAS menjelang muktamar tahunan yang akan diadakan Jun depan di Shah Alam.

Mohamed yang lebih dikenali sebagai Ustaz Mat Iraqi berkata individu tidak boleh mengeluarkan kenyataan secara terbuka berkenaan cadangan kerajaan perpaduan memandangkan ia telah disepakati akan diputuskan pada muktamar nanti.

Menurutnya sebelum ini mesyuarat Lajnah Politik PAS Pusat, Majlis Syura Ulamak, Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat telah membuat ketetapan isu kerajaan perpaduan akan diputuskan dalam muktamar Jun ini.

“Maka orang perseorangan tidak boleh membuat sebarang kenyataan terbuka mengenai perkara itu kerana ia akan menggelirukan orang ramai.

“Bukan itu sahaja ia juga akan memberikan ruang kepada pihak musuh untuk mempermainkan isu terbabit seperti yang berlaku sekarang,” ujarnya.

Beliau turut mengingatkan anggota parti tidak mengunakan blog untuk mendedahkan perkara negatif mengenai orang lain kerana ia akan menguntungkan pihak musuh.

“Kita sebagai sebuah parti Islam dan tentunya perjuangan dan cara kita juga tidak sama dengan pihak lawan,” ujarnya.

Ditanya mengenai ada kawasan yang mahu jawatan tertinggi parti dipertandingkan katanya, sewajarnya jawatan utama tidak dipertanding dan terus diterajui kepimpinan ulama.

Bagaimanapun beliau berpendapat bagi jawatan naib presiden dan anggota jawatankuasa perlu ada gandingan di antara profesional dan ulama.

Ditanya lanjut mengenai kerajaan perpaduan beliau berkata, Dewan Ulamak tiada masalah untuk menyokong cadangan itu sekiranya perundangan negara dan ekonomi berjalan mengikut lunas-lunas Islam.

“Namun persoalannya adakah pihak lain boleh menerima kerajaan perpaduan itu bergerak mengikut acuan Islam,” katanya.

mj/Salmah Mat Husain/harakahdaily

MAKLUMAT TERKINI BERKENAAN SELESEMA KHINZIR

Untuk maklumat terkini berkenaan selesema khinzir sila layari 3 laman web di bawah. Terima kasih

1.Center For Disease Control (CDC) & Prevention website HERE

2.WHO website HERE

3.Medscape website HERE

MAKLUMAT TERKINI BERKENAAN SELESEMA KHINZIR

Untuk maklumat terkini berkenaan selesema khinzir sila layari 3 laman web di bawah. Terima kasih

1.Center For Disease Control (CDC) & Prevention website HERE

2.WHO website HERE

3.Medscape website HERE

MAKLUMAT TERKINI BERKENAAN SELESEMA KHINZIR

Untuk maklumat terkini berkenaan selesema khinzir sila layari 3 laman web di bawah. Terima kasih

1.Center For Disease Control (CDC) & Prevention website HERE

2.WHO website HERE

3.Medscape website HERE

What Is the Clinical Presentation of Swine Flu?
Persons infected with swine flu may appear similar to those with seasonal influenza, presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory illness. Symptoms include at least 2 of the following:

Rhinorrhea or nasal congestion;
Sore throat;
Cough; and
Fever.
In addition, persons with swine flu may have other typical symptoms of influenza, including body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, and possibly diarrhea and vomiting

Hidung berair atau tersumbat

Sakit tekak

batuk dan
demam

sakit-sakit tubuh badan

Sakit kepala

Seram sejuk atau mengigil apabila terkena air, kelesuan, cirit atau muntah

What Is the Clinical Presentation of Swine Flu?
Persons infected with swine flu may appear similar to those with seasonal influenza, presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory illness. Symptoms include at least 2 of the following:

Rhinorrhea or nasal congestion;
Sore throat;
Cough; and
Fever.
In addition, persons with swine flu may have other typical symptoms of influenza, including body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, and possibly diarrhea and vomiting

Hidung berair atau tersumbat

Sakit tekak

batuk dan
demam

sakit-sakit tubuh badan

Sakit kepala

Seram sejuk atau mengigil apabila terkena air, kelesuan, cirit atau muntah

What Is the Clinical Presentation of Swine Flu?
Persons infected with swine flu may appear similar to those with seasonal influenza, presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory illness. Symptoms include at least 2 of the following:

Rhinorrhea or nasal congestion;
Sore throat;
Cough; and
Fever.
In addition, persons with swine flu may have other typical symptoms of influenza, including body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, and possibly diarrhea and vomiting

Hidung berair atau tersumbat

Sakit tekak

batuk dan
demam

sakit-sakit tubuh badan

Sakit kepala

Seram sejuk atau mengigil apabila terkena air, kelesuan, cirit atau muntah

SELESEMA BABI: GARIS PANDUAN

From Medscape Infectious Diseases

Swine Flu: Guidance and Resources for Clinicians
Susan B. Yox, RN, EdD

Swine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease of pigs caused by one of several swine influenza A viruses. Outbreaks are common in pigs year-round, but infection in humans historically is a result of close contact with infected animals. This current virus is a novel influenza A virus, more properly termed a new subtype of influenza A (H1N1) that was not previously detected in swine or humans. More important is that this new strain appears to be spread by human-to-human transmission.

It is likely that most people, particularly those who do not have regular contact with pigs, do not have any immunity to swine influenza viruses. Thus the concern is that if efficient human-to-human transmission is established, a pandemic is possible.

Government and public health officials are monitoring this situation worldwide to assess the threat from swine flu and to provide guidance to healthcare professionals and the public. Because the situation is changing rapidly, it is important to check regularly for changes in recommendations as new information becomes available.

This article is based on guidance and resources available from both the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) they have been summarized here with the objective of offering practicing clinicians a one-stop resource for clinical practice concerns related to swine flu.

What Is the Clinical Presentation of Swine Flu?
Persons infected with swine flu may appear similar to those with seasonal influenza, presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory illness. Symptoms include at least 2 of the following:

Rhinorrhea or nasal congestion;
Sore throat;
Cough; and
Fever.
In addition, persons with swine flu may have other typical symptoms of influenza, including body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, and possibly diarrhea and vomiting.

Who Is Most at Risk for Swine Flu?
The CDC recommends that clinicians particularly consider the possibility of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in patients with fevers and respiratory symptoms who:

Live in areas in the United States with confirmed human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. (To find the most up-to-date information on areas with confirmed swine influenza cases, go to http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/index.htm)
Traveled recently to Mexico or were in contact with persons who had febrile respiratory illness and were in areas of the United States with confirmed swine influenza cases or Mexico in the 7 days preceding illness onset.
In addition, a person with an acute respiratory illness who has a recent history of contact with an animal with confirmed swine influenza should also be suspected (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm).

What Is the Range of Illness Severity Seen With Swine Flu?
Many cases of swine flu may be mild or even asymptomatic. In the past, cases were identified by chance as part of regular seasonal influenza surveillance. Most of the recent cases seen in the United States thus far have been mild as well. However, in Mexico, many patients’ illnesses have been much more severe, have presented in young adults, and have included pneumonia, respiratory failure, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Illness-related fatalities have been recorded in Mexico. At this time, it is not clear why such differences in illness severity have been seen. Early in epidemics it is difficult to gauge severity because the overall denominator of people infected is unknown.

How Should Swine Flu Be Diagnosed?
Preferred specimens. If swine flu is suspected, clinicians should obtain a respiratory specimen for analysis. In an ideal situation, the best method is via nasal pharyngeal aspirate or nasal wash aspirate into viral culture media; however, some experts are recommending the use of Dacron nasal swabs to decrease aerosolization of the virus. If these specimens cannot be collected, a combined nasal swab with an oropharyngeal swab is also acceptable and will be feasible in most settings. (Ideally, swab specimens should be collected using swabs with a synthetic tip and an aluminum or plastic shaft. Swabs with cotton tips and wooden shafts are not recommended. Specimens collected with swabs made of calcium alginate are not acceptable.)

The specimen should be placed in a 4°C refrigerator (not a freezer) or immediately placed on ice or cold packs for transport to the laboratory. Once collected, make contact with the state or local health department to facilitate transport and timely diagnosis at a state public health laboratory.

Recommended tests. The CDC currently recommends “real-time RT-PCR for influenza A, B, H1, H3 conducted at a State Health Department Laboratory. Currently, swine influenza A (H1N1) virus will test positive for influenza A and negative for H1 and H3 by real-time RT-PCR. If reactivity of real-time RT-PCR for influenza A is strong (e.g., Ct ≤ 30) it is more suggestive of a novel influenza A virus.” Confirmation as swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is now performed at the CDC but may be available in state public health laboratories soon.

Rapid influenza testing. Rapid testing for swine flu likely is similar to that for seasonal flu, meaning that sensitivities range between 50% and 70% of cases (no better than using fever and cough as a marker in a patient during influenza season), depending on the manufacturer. Therefore, negative rapid tests should not indicate a lack of influenza. (For general guidance on rapid influenza testing, see http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/diagnosis/rapidlab.htm)

Rapid tests can distinguish between influenza A and B viruses. A patient with a positive rapid test for influenza A may meet criteria for a probable case of swine flu, but again, a negative rapid test could be a false negative and should not be assumed a final diagnostic test for swine influenza infection.

Other tests. Immunofluorescence (DFA or IFA) tests can distinguish between influenza A and B viruses. A patient who is positive for influenza A by immunofluorescence may meet criteria for a probable case of swine influenza. However, a negative immunofluorescence could be a false negative and should not be assumed a final diagnostic test for swine influenza infection.

Isolation of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus by viral culture is also diagnostic of infection but may not yield timely results for clinical management. A negative viral culture does not exclude infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) virus.

To stay up-to-date on the latest recommendations for testing, check regularly at: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/specimencollection.htm

How Can Swine Flu Be Treated?
According to the CDC, swine influenza A (H1N1) is susceptible to the neuraminidase inhibitor antiviral medications zanamivir and oseltamivir. It is resistant to amantadine and rimantadine (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm). Treatment recommendations are as follows:

Suspected cases: Treat with zanamivir alone or with a combination of oseltamivir and either amantadine or rimantadine as soon as possible after the onset of symptoms and for a duration of 5 days.
Confirmed cases: Zanamivir or oseltamivir should be administered for 5 days.
Pregnant women: Antiviral medications are in Pregnancy Category C, so they should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit outweighs the potential risk to the embryo or fetus.
Children younger than 1 year: Because infants typically have high rates of morbidity and mortality from influenza, infants with swine influenza A (H1N1) infections may benefit from treatment with oseltamivir.
Detailed guidance on antiviral treatment for swine flu may be found here: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm

Should Antiviral Chemoprophylaxis Be Considered for Specific Populations?
Chemoprophylaxis is recommended for 7 days after the last known exposure to a confirmed case of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus. See http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/antivirals/dosagetable.htm#table for dosing and schedules. The CDC recommends that the following populations receive chemoprophylaxis:

Household close contacts of a confirmed or suspected case who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly).
School children who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions) who have had close contact (face-to-face) with a confirmed or suspected case.
Travelers to Mexico who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly).
Border workers (Mexico) who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly).
Healthcare workers or public health workers who have had unprotected close contact with a person with confirmed swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection during the infectious period. (Detailed guidance on this topic is available at http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm)
For How Long Is Swine Flu Contagious?
Persons with swine flu are considered infectious for 1 day before onset of the illness to 7 days after the onset.

What Infection-Control Precautions Should Be Taken in Healthcare Settings?
Patients who have a suspected or confirmed case of swine flu and who need to be hospitalized should be placed in a single-patient room with the door kept closed. The patient should wear a mask when outside the room. Standard, droplet, and contact precautions should be implemented and maintained by healthcare professionals for 7 days after the illness onset or until symptoms have resolved (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidelines_infection_control.htm).

SELESEMA BABI: GARIS PANDUAN

From Medscape Infectious Diseases

Swine Flu: Guidance and Resources for Clinicians
Susan B. Yox, RN, EdD

Swine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease of pigs caused by one of several swine influenza A viruses. Outbreaks are common in pigs year-round, but infection in humans historically is a result of close contact with infected animals. This current virus is a novel influenza A virus, more properly termed a new subtype of influenza A (H1N1) that was not previously detected in swine or humans. More important is that this new strain appears to be spread by human-to-human transmission.

It is likely that most people, particularly those who do not have regular contact with pigs, do not have any immunity to swine influenza viruses. Thus the concern is that if efficient human-to-human transmission is established, a pandemic is possible.

Government and public health officials are monitoring this situation worldwide to assess the threat from swine flu and to provide guidance to healthcare professionals and the public. Because the situation is changing rapidly, it is important to check regularly for changes in recommendations as new information becomes available.

This article is based on guidance and resources available from both the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) they have been summarized here with the objective of offering practicing clinicians a one-stop resource for clinical practice concerns related to swine flu.

What Is the Clinical Presentation of Swine Flu?
Persons infected with swine flu may appear similar to those with seasonal influenza, presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory illness. Symptoms include at least 2 of the following:

Rhinorrhea or nasal congestion;
Sore throat;
Cough; and
Fever.
In addition, persons with swine flu may have other typical symptoms of influenza, including body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, and possibly diarrhea and vomiting.

Who Is Most at Risk for Swine Flu?
The CDC recommends that clinicians particularly consider the possibility of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in patients with fevers and respiratory symptoms who:

Live in areas in the United States with confirmed human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. (To find the most up-to-date information on areas with confirmed swine influenza cases, go to http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/index.htm)
Traveled recently to Mexico or were in contact with persons who had febrile respiratory illness and were in areas of the United States with confirmed swine influenza cases or Mexico in the 7 days preceding illness onset.
In addition, a person with an acute respiratory illness who has a recent history of contact with an animal with confirmed swine influenza should also be suspected (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm).

What Is the Range of Illness Severity Seen With Swine Flu?
Many cases of swine flu may be mild or even asymptomatic. In the past, cases were identified by chance as part of regular seasonal influenza surveillance. Most of the recent cases seen in the United States thus far have been mild as well. However, in Mexico, many patients’ illnesses have been much more severe, have presented in young adults, and have included pneumonia, respiratory failure, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Illness-related fatalities have been recorded in Mexico. At this time, it is not clear why such differences in illness severity have been seen. Early in epidemics it is difficult to gauge severity because the overall denominator of people infected is unknown.

How Should Swine Flu Be Diagnosed?
Preferred specimens. If swine flu is suspected, clinicians should obtain a respiratory specimen for analysis. In an ideal situation, the best method is via nasal pharyngeal aspirate or nasal wash aspirate into viral culture media; however, some experts are recommending the use of Dacron nasal swabs to decrease aerosolization of the virus. If these specimens cannot be collected, a combined nasal swab with an oropharyngeal swab is also acceptable and will be feasible in most settings. (Ideally, swab specimens should be collected using swabs with a synthetic tip and an aluminum or plastic shaft. Swabs with cotton tips and wooden shafts are not recommended. Specimens collected with swabs made of calcium alginate are not acceptable.)

The specimen should be placed in a 4°C refrigerator (not a freezer) or immediately placed on ice or cold packs for transport to the laboratory. Once collected, make contact with the state or local health department to facilitate transport and timely diagnosis at a state public health laboratory.

Recommended tests. The CDC currently recommends “real-time RT-PCR for influenza A, B, H1, H3 conducted at a State Health Department Laboratory. Currently, swine influenza A (H1N1) virus will test positive for influenza A and negative for H1 and H3 by real-time RT-PCR. If reactivity of real-time RT-PCR for influenza A is strong (e.g., Ct ≤ 30) it is more suggestive of a novel influenza A virus.” Confirmation as swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is now performed at the CDC but may be available in state public health laboratories soon.

Rapid influenza testing. Rapid testing for swine flu likely is similar to that for seasonal flu, meaning that sensitivities range between 50% and 70% of cases (no better than using fever and cough as a marker in a patient during influenza season), depending on the manufacturer. Therefore, negative rapid tests should not indicate a lack of influenza. (For general guidance on rapid influenza testing, see http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/diagnosis/rapidlab.htm)

Rapid tests can distinguish between influenza A and B viruses. A patient with a positive rapid test for influenza A may meet criteria for a probable case of swine flu, but again, a negative rapid test could be a false negative and should not be assumed a final diagnostic test for swine influenza infection.

Other tests. Immunofluorescence (DFA or IFA) tests can distinguish between influenza A and B viruses. A patient who is positive for influenza A by immunofluorescence may meet criteria for a probable case of swine influenza. However, a negative immunofluorescence could be a false negative and should not be assumed a final diagnostic test for swine influenza infection.

Isolation of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus by viral culture is also diagnostic of infection but may not yield timely results for clinical management. A negative viral culture does not exclude infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) virus.

To stay up-to-date on the latest recommendations for testing, check regularly at: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/specimencollection.htm

How Can Swine Flu Be Treated?
According to the CDC, swine influenza A (H1N1) is susceptible to the neuraminidase inhibitor antiviral medications zanamivir and oseltamivir. It is resistant to amantadine and rimantadine (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm). Treatment recommendations are as follows:

Suspected cases: Treat with zanamivir alone or with a combination of oseltamivir and either amantadine or rimantadine as soon as possible after the onset of symptoms and for a duration of 5 days.
Confirmed cases: Zanamivir or oseltamivir should be administered for 5 days.
Pregnant women: Antiviral medications are in Pregnancy Category C, so they should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit outweighs the potential risk to the embryo or fetus.
Children younger than 1 year: Because infants typically have high rates of morbidity and mortality from influenza, infants with swine influenza A (H1N1) infections may benefit from treatment with oseltamivir.
Detailed guidance on antiviral treatment for swine flu may be found here: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm

Should Antiviral Chemoprophylaxis Be Considered for Specific Populations?
Chemoprophylaxis is recommended for 7 days after the last known exposure to a confirmed case of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus. See http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/antivirals/dosagetable.htm#table for dosing and schedules. The CDC recommends that the following populations receive chemoprophylaxis:

Household close contacts of a confirmed or suspected case who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly).
School children who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions) who have had close contact (face-to-face) with a confirmed or suspected case.
Travelers to Mexico who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly).
Border workers (Mexico) who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly).
Healthcare workers or public health workers who have had unprotected close contact with a person with confirmed swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection during the infectious period. (Detailed guidance on this topic is available at http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm)
For How Long Is Swine Flu Contagious?
Persons with swine flu are considered infectious for 1 day before onset of the illness to 7 days after the onset.

What Infection-Control Precautions Should Be Taken in Healthcare Settings?
Patients who have a suspected or confirmed case of swine flu and who need to be hospitalized should be placed in a single-patient room with the door kept closed. The patient should wear a mask when outside the room. Standard, droplet, and contact precautions should be implemented and maintained by healthcare professionals for 7 days after the illness onset or until symptoms have resolved (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidelines_infection_control.htm).

SELESEMA BABI: GARIS PANDUAN

From Medscape Infectious Diseases

Swine Flu: Guidance and Resources for Clinicians
Susan B. Yox, RN, EdD

Swine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease of pigs caused by one of several swine influenza A viruses. Outbreaks are common in pigs year-round, but infection in humans historically is a result of close contact with infected animals. This current virus is a novel influenza A virus, more properly termed a new subtype of influenza A (H1N1) that was not previously detected in swine or humans. More important is that this new strain appears to be spread by human-to-human transmission.

It is likely that most people, particularly those who do not have regular contact with pigs, do not have any immunity to swine influenza viruses. Thus the concern is that if efficient human-to-human transmission is established, a pandemic is possible.

Government and public health officials are monitoring this situation worldwide to assess the threat from swine flu and to provide guidance to healthcare professionals and the public. Because the situation is changing rapidly, it is important to check regularly for changes in recommendations as new information becomes available.

This article is based on guidance and resources available from both the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) they have been summarized here with the objective of offering practicing clinicians a one-stop resource for clinical practice concerns related to swine flu.

What Is the Clinical Presentation of Swine Flu?
Persons infected with swine flu may appear similar to those with seasonal influenza, presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory illness. Symptoms include at least 2 of the following:

Rhinorrhea or nasal congestion;
Sore throat;
Cough; and
Fever.
In addition, persons with swine flu may have other typical symptoms of influenza, including body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, and possibly diarrhea and vomiting.

Who Is Most at Risk for Swine Flu?
The CDC recommends that clinicians particularly consider the possibility of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in patients with fevers and respiratory symptoms who:

Live in areas in the United States with confirmed human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. (To find the most up-to-date information on areas with confirmed swine influenza cases, go to http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/index.htm)
Traveled recently to Mexico or were in contact with persons who had febrile respiratory illness and were in areas of the United States with confirmed swine influenza cases or Mexico in the 7 days preceding illness onset.
In addition, a person with an acute respiratory illness who has a recent history of contact with an animal with confirmed swine influenza should also be suspected (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm).

What Is the Range of Illness Severity Seen With Swine Flu?
Many cases of swine flu may be mild or even asymptomatic. In the past, cases were identified by chance as part of regular seasonal influenza surveillance. Most of the recent cases seen in the United States thus far have been mild as well. However, in Mexico, many patients’ illnesses have been much more severe, have presented in young adults, and have included pneumonia, respiratory failure, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Illness-related fatalities have been recorded in Mexico. At this time, it is not clear why such differences in illness severity have been seen. Early in epidemics it is difficult to gauge severity because the overall denominator of people infected is unknown.

How Should Swine Flu Be Diagnosed?
Preferred specimens. If swine flu is suspected, clinicians should obtain a respiratory specimen for analysis. In an ideal situation, the best method is via nasal pharyngeal aspirate or nasal wash aspirate into viral culture media; however, some experts are recommending the use of Dacron nasal swabs to decrease aerosolization of the virus. If these specimens cannot be collected, a combined nasal swab with an oropharyngeal swab is also acceptable and will be feasible in most settings. (Ideally, swab specimens should be collected using swabs with a synthetic tip and an aluminum or plastic shaft. Swabs with cotton tips and wooden shafts are not recommended. Specimens collected with swabs made of calcium alginate are not acceptable.)

The specimen should be placed in a 4°C refrigerator (not a freezer) or immediately placed on ice or cold packs for transport to the laboratory. Once collected, make contact with the state or local health department to facilitate transport and timely diagnosis at a state public health laboratory.

Recommended tests. The CDC currently recommends “real-time RT-PCR for influenza A, B, H1, H3 conducted at a State Health Department Laboratory. Currently, swine influenza A (H1N1) virus will test positive for influenza A and negative for H1 and H3 by real-time RT-PCR. If reactivity of real-time RT-PCR for influenza A is strong (e.g., Ct ≤ 30) it is more suggestive of a novel influenza A virus.” Confirmation as swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is now performed at the CDC but may be available in state public health laboratories soon.

Rapid influenza testing. Rapid testing for swine flu likely is similar to that for seasonal flu, meaning that sensitivities range between 50% and 70% of cases (no better than using fever and cough as a marker in a patient during influenza season), depending on the manufacturer. Therefore, negative rapid tests should not indicate a lack of influenza. (For general guidance on rapid influenza testing, see http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/diagnosis/rapidlab.htm)

Rapid tests can distinguish between influenza A and B viruses. A patient with a positive rapid test for influenza A may meet criteria for a probable case of swine flu, but again, a negative rapid test could be a false negative and should not be assumed a final diagnostic test for swine influenza infection.

Other tests. Immunofluorescence (DFA or IFA) tests can distinguish between influenza A and B viruses. A patient who is positive for influenza A by immunofluorescence may meet criteria for a probable case of swine influenza. However, a negative immunofluorescence could be a false negative and should not be assumed a final diagnostic test for swine influenza infection.

Isolation of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus by viral culture is also diagnostic of infection but may not yield timely results for clinical management. A negative viral culture does not exclude infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) virus.

To stay up-to-date on the latest recommendations for testing, check regularly at: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/specimencollection.htm

How Can Swine Flu Be Treated?
According to the CDC, swine influenza A (H1N1) is susceptible to the neuraminidase inhibitor antiviral medications zanamivir and oseltamivir. It is resistant to amantadine and rimantadine (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm). Treatment recommendations are as follows:

Suspected cases: Treat with zanamivir alone or with a combination of oseltamivir and either amantadine or rimantadine as soon as possible after the onset of symptoms and for a duration of 5 days.
Confirmed cases: Zanamivir or oseltamivir should be administered for 5 days.
Pregnant women: Antiviral medications are in Pregnancy Category C, so they should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit outweighs the potential risk to the embryo or fetus.
Children younger than 1 year: Because infants typically have high rates of morbidity and mortality from influenza, infants with swine influenza A (H1N1) infections may benefit from treatment with oseltamivir.
Detailed guidance on antiviral treatment for swine flu may be found here: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm

Should Antiviral Chemoprophylaxis Be Considered for Specific Populations?
Chemoprophylaxis is recommended for 7 days after the last known exposure to a confirmed case of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus. See http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/antivirals/dosagetable.htm#table for dosing and schedules. The CDC recommends that the following populations receive chemoprophylaxis:

Household close contacts of a confirmed or suspected case who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly).
School children who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions) who have had close contact (face-to-face) with a confirmed or suspected case.
Travelers to Mexico who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly).
Border workers (Mexico) who are at high risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly).
Healthcare workers or public health workers who have had unprotected close contact with a person with confirmed swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection during the infectious period. (Detailed guidance on this topic is available at http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/recommendations.htm)
For How Long Is Swine Flu Contagious?
Persons with swine flu are considered infectious for 1 day before onset of the illness to 7 days after the onset.

What Infection-Control Precautions Should Be Taken in Healthcare Settings?
Patients who have a suspected or confirmed case of swine flu and who need to be hospitalized should be placed in a single-patient room with the door kept closed. The patient should wear a mask when outside the room. Standard, droplet, and contact precautions should be implemented and maintained by healthcare professionals for 7 days after the illness onset or until symptoms have resolved (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidelines_infection_control.htm).

PERPUSTKAAN NEGARA MALAYSIA PERKENAL PERKHIDMATAN BARU

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM) melangkah beberapa tapak lagi ke hadapan dengan memperkenalkan beberapa perkhidmatan terbaru seperti Video on Demand, Audio on Demand, e-Books, Score A Programme, dan pelbagai pangkalan data seperti Current Law Journal, Sirimlink dan Bernama Library and Infolink Services (BLIS). Tahniah dan syabas.

Perpustakaan Negara Promosi Perkhidmatan Elektronik

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM) kini giat mempromosikan perkhidmatan elektronik dan digitalnya bagi meningkatkan lagi pembudayaan literasi melalui teknologi maklumat.

Ketua Pengarah PNM Raslin Abu Bakar (foto)berkata bidang teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) kini amat penting untuk dikuasai dan merupakan pemangkin kepada kemajuan sesebuah negara.

“Saya harap PNM dapat dijadikan sebagai sumber rujukan utama yang sahih dan tepat,” katanya kepada pemberita sempena majlis pelancaran Program e-Teroka@pnm di sini, Khamis.

Raslin berkata selain mempromosi perkhidmatan elektronik dan digital, program itu juga dapat membantu meningkatkan kesedaran pengetahuan dan kemahiran pengguna dalam teknik dan strategi pencarian maklumat yang lebih tepat dan berkesan terutamanya kepada golongan kanak-kanak.

Antara perkhidmatan secara online yang disediakan oleh PNM kini ialah Video on Demand, Audio on Demand, e-Books, Score A Programme, dan pelbagai pangkalan data seperti Current Law Journal, Sirimlink dan Bernama Library and Infolink Services (BLIS).

BERNAMA

PERPUSTKAAN NEGARA MALAYSIA PERKENAL PERKHIDMATAN BARU

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM) melangkah beberapa tapak lagi ke hadapan dengan memperkenalkan beberapa perkhidmatan terbaru seperti Video on Demand, Audio on Demand, e-Books, Score A Programme, dan pelbagai pangkalan data seperti Current Law Journal, Sirimlink dan Bernama Library and Infolink Services (BLIS). Tahniah dan syabas.

Perpustakaan Negara Promosi Perkhidmatan Elektronik

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM) kini giat mempromosikan perkhidmatan elektronik dan digitalnya bagi meningkatkan lagi pembudayaan literasi melalui teknologi maklumat.

Ketua Pengarah PNM Raslin Abu Bakar (foto)berkata bidang teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) kini amat penting untuk dikuasai dan merupakan pemangkin kepada kemajuan sesebuah negara.

“Saya harap PNM dapat dijadikan sebagai sumber rujukan utama yang sahih dan tepat,” katanya kepada pemberita sempena majlis pelancaran Program e-Teroka@pnm di sini, Khamis.

Raslin berkata selain mempromosi perkhidmatan elektronik dan digital, program itu juga dapat membantu meningkatkan kesedaran pengetahuan dan kemahiran pengguna dalam teknik dan strategi pencarian maklumat yang lebih tepat dan berkesan terutamanya kepada golongan kanak-kanak.

Antara perkhidmatan secara online yang disediakan oleh PNM kini ialah Video on Demand, Audio on Demand, e-Books, Score A Programme, dan pelbagai pangkalan data seperti Current Law Journal, Sirimlink dan Bernama Library and Infolink Services (BLIS).

BERNAMA

PERPUSTKAAN NEGARA MALAYSIA PERKENAL PERKHIDMATAN BARU

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM) melangkah beberapa tapak lagi ke hadapan dengan memperkenalkan beberapa perkhidmatan terbaru seperti Video on Demand, Audio on Demand, e-Books, Score A Programme, dan pelbagai pangkalan data seperti Current Law Journal, Sirimlink dan Bernama Library and Infolink Services (BLIS). Tahniah dan syabas.

Perpustakaan Negara Promosi Perkhidmatan Elektronik

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM) kini giat mempromosikan perkhidmatan elektronik dan digitalnya bagi meningkatkan lagi pembudayaan literasi melalui teknologi maklumat.

Ketua Pengarah PNM Raslin Abu Bakar (foto)berkata bidang teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) kini amat penting untuk dikuasai dan merupakan pemangkin kepada kemajuan sesebuah negara.

“Saya harap PNM dapat dijadikan sebagai sumber rujukan utama yang sahih dan tepat,” katanya kepada pemberita sempena majlis pelancaran Program e-Teroka@pnm di sini, Khamis.

Raslin berkata selain mempromosi perkhidmatan elektronik dan digital, program itu juga dapat membantu meningkatkan kesedaran pengetahuan dan kemahiran pengguna dalam teknik dan strategi pencarian maklumat yang lebih tepat dan berkesan terutamanya kepada golongan kanak-kanak.

Antara perkhidmatan secara online yang disediakan oleh PNM kini ialah Video on Demand, Audio on Demand, e-Books, Score A Programme, dan pelbagai pangkalan data seperti Current Law Journal, Sirimlink dan Bernama Library and Infolink Services (BLIS).

BERNAMA

DR RIDZWAN MOGARAJAH KESEORANGAN

Dr Muhammad Ridzwan Mogarajah, 41, seorang pakar Bius (Foto) dan Shamala Sathiaseelan telah mendirikan rumah tangga pada tahun 1998. Pada tahun 2004, Mogarajah telah diberi hidayah dan memeluk Islam manakala isterinya tidak.

Mereka dikurniakan dua orang anak lelaki Saktiswaran, 9 tahun dan Theiviswaran, 7 tahun (foto kiri) Kini, pasangan ini masih sah suami isteri mengikut undang-undang sivil.

Namun kedua-dua orang anak Dr Ridwan telah dilarikan oleh Shamala ke Australia dan sejak 2004, beliau tidak dapat berjumpa dengan anak-anak beliau.

Dr Ridwan diberi hadhanah (hak penjagaan) oleh Mahkamah Syariah pada tahun 2003 tetapi hak penjagaan bersama telah diberi kepada ibu dan ayah pada 2004. Sebenarnya isu dan masalah yang timbul sungguh menyayat hati serta membingungkan.

Shamala mendapat sokongan Women’s Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam dan Women’s Centre for Change (Penang) tetapi DR Ridwan keseorangan, tiada siapa yang terang-terang menyokong beliau.

Shamala, Ridzwan both victims in conversion issue

He has not seen his two sons since they were six and four. She has since fled the country to escape him and a law she does not accept.

Both relied on the laws they believed to be theirs. He relied on Islamic jurisprudence when their marriage failed while she stuck to the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 under which they were married in 1998.

Under the different systems of law, both were granted custody over the two boys born of their 11-year-old marriage. He was given the Hardanah order while she was given the right to raise her sons under civil law.

Yet, seven years on, neither Dr Jeyaganesh C Mogarajah, who is now known as Muhammad Ridzwan Mogarajah, nor Shamala Sathiaseelan have gotten the closure or legal remedy they need to proceed with their lives.

Once villified for converting their sons, then four and two, to Islam without the prior consent of his wife, Dr Ridzwan now cuts a forlorn figure in court.

Sitting alone at the back of the courtroom yesterday, the anaesthetist was overwhelmed by the number of supporters his wife had, through women’s rights groups like Women’s Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam and Women’s Centre for Change (Penang).

He was in the Court of Appeal to listen to the five appeals that his and Shamala’s lawyers have filed.

Besides objections against certain jurisdictions of the Islamic and civil courts in their case, both parties are also appealing the warrants of arrest or contempt of court proceedings, resulting from their actions.

While Shamala is seeking to nullify the High Court’s refusal to reverse the conversion of her sons, Dr Ridzwan is appealing against the court’s decision to grant full custody to his wife.

Shamala was also appealing against the court’s order for her not to influence her children to the Hindu faith.

Although Shamala was not in court to listen to her lawyers’ submissions, the number of people sympathetic to her plight far outweighed his.

Dr Ridzwan, nevertheless, seems more reconcilable than the time when he “sprung” his Hardanah order on Shamala on May 25, 2003 after taking his sons away for the weekend. Using the custody order given to him by the Syariah Court, he informed her that he was not returning their sons.

Today, the 41-year-old accepts that it is Shamala who has the upper hand and is willing to talk about shared custody.

“That would be the best for now. A decision for joint custody was made in 2004 and we should stick to that,” said Dr Ridzwan during the lunch break.

When asked if he will assure her that he will not take away Saktiswaran, now nine, and Theiviswaran, seven, if he is allowed to visit them, Dr Ridzwan said: “I think she has proven that she is the one who has taken away the children. If you read her affidavits, she left me, I didn’t leave her. Even up to the time I converted, I didn’t leave her.”

But he is now willing to accept her terms, if only he knew where she and their sons are. “I think all that has been done five years ago, still waiting for a reply. We’ve spoken to their lawyers but there has been no reply,” he said.

Although, the remarried medical worker agreed with the cabinet’s decision that children of parents where one of them opted to convert must be raised in the common religion at the time of marriage, he believed that more needs to be done.

“The only thing I don’t agree is the thing about practising of the common religion. Which should the children follow if the parents themselves were marginal Christians, Hindus or Muslims before the problem arose?

“The government needs to fine-tune a lot of things. The announcement sounds nice but there are still a lot of loose ends. It doesn’t resolve anything,” said Dr Ridzwan who has a son and daughter from his second marriage in 2006.

Citing the similar case of Indra Ghandhi who claimed that her husband K Patmanathan or Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah had also converted their three children without her consent, Dr Ridzwan said he had read reports that Patmanathan did not have to obey the cabinet decision.

Although the two older children are with the mother now, the youngest child is with Patmanathan, who has since gone missing.

Dr Ridzwan and Shamala remain legally married as neither has sought divorce under the civil law they were married under, as are Indra and Patmanathan.

If the law does not move quickly to give remedy to the likes of Shamala and Dr Ridzwan or Indra and Patmanathan, the good intentions of last week’s cabinet announcement will amount to nothing. Couples in similar plight will resort to either lawsuits, or worse, absconding with their children.

by Chan Kok Leong /Chu Juck Seng/The Edge

Laporan Mahkamah

DR RIDZWAN MOGARAJAH KESEORANGAN

Dr Muhammad Ridzwan Mogarajah, 41, seorang pakar Bius (Foto) dan Shamala Sathiaseelan telah mendirikan rumah tangga pada tahun 1998. Pada tahun 2004, Mogarajah telah diberi hidayah dan memeluk Islam manakala isterinya tidak.

Mereka dikurniakan dua orang anak lelaki Saktiswaran, 9 tahun dan Theiviswaran, 7 tahun (foto kiri) Kini, pasangan ini masih sah suami isteri mengikut undang-undang sivil.

Namun kedua-dua orang anak Dr Ridwan telah dilarikan oleh Shamala ke Australia dan sejak 2004, beliau tidak dapat berjumpa dengan anak-anak beliau.

Dr Ridwan diberi hadhanah (hak penjagaan) oleh Mahkamah Syariah pada tahun 2003 tetapi hak penjagaan bersama telah diberi kepada ibu dan ayah pada 2004. Sebenarnya isu dan masalah yang timbul sungguh menyayat hati serta membingungkan.

Shamala mendapat sokongan Women’s Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam dan Women’s Centre for Change (Penang) tetapi DR Ridwan keseorangan, tiada siapa yang terang-terang menyokong beliau.

Shamala, Ridzwan both victims in conversion issue

He has not seen his two sons since they were six and four. She has since fled the country to escape him and a law she does not accept.

Both relied on the laws they believed to be theirs. He relied on Islamic jurisprudence when their marriage failed while she stuck to the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 under which they were married in 1998.

Under the different systems of law, both were granted custody over the two boys born of their 11-year-old marriage. He was given the Hardanah order while she was given the right to raise her sons under civil law.

Yet, seven years on, neither Dr Jeyaganesh C Mogarajah, who is now known as Muhammad Ridzwan Mogarajah, nor Shamala Sathiaseelan have gotten the closure or legal remedy they need to proceed with their lives.

Once villified for converting their sons, then four and two, to Islam without the prior consent of his wife, Dr Ridzwan now cuts a forlorn figure in court.

Sitting alone at the back of the courtroom yesterday, the anaesthetist was overwhelmed by the number of supporters his wife had, through women’s rights groups like Women’s Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam and Women’s Centre for Change (Penang).

He was in the Court of Appeal to listen to the five appeals that his and Shamala’s lawyers have filed.

Besides objections against certain jurisdictions of the Islamic and civil courts in their case, both parties are also appealing the warrants of arrest or contempt of court proceedings, resulting from their actions.

While Shamala is seeking to nullify the High Court’s refusal to reverse the conversion of her sons, Dr Ridzwan is appealing against the court’s decision to grant full custody to his wife.

Shamala was also appealing against the court’s order for her not to influence her children to the Hindu faith.

Although Shamala was not in court to listen to her lawyers’ submissions, the number of people sympathetic to her plight far outweighed his.

Dr Ridzwan, nevertheless, seems more reconcilable than the time when he “sprung” his Hardanah order on Shamala on May 25, 2003 after taking his sons away for the weekend. Using the custody order given to him by the Syariah Court, he informed her that he was not returning their sons.

Today, the 41-year-old accepts that it is Shamala who has the upper hand and is willing to talk about shared custody.

“That would be the best for now. A decision for joint custody was made in 2004 and we should stick to that,” said Dr Ridzwan during the lunch break.

When asked if he will assure her that he will not take away Saktiswaran, now nine, and Theiviswaran, seven, if he is allowed to visit them, Dr Ridzwan said: “I think she has proven that she is the one who has taken away the children. If you read her affidavits, she left me, I didn’t leave her. Even up to the time I converted, I didn’t leave her.”

But he is now willing to accept her terms, if only he knew where she and their sons are. “I think all that has been done five years ago, still waiting for a reply. We’ve spoken to their lawyers but there has been no reply,” he said.

Although, the remarried medical worker agreed with the cabinet’s decision that children of parents where one of them opted to convert must be raised in the common religion at the time of marriage, he believed that more needs to be done.

“The only thing I don’t agree is the thing about practising of the common religion. Which should the children follow if the parents themselves were marginal Christians, Hindus or Muslims before the problem arose?

“The government needs to fine-tune a lot of things. The announcement sounds nice but there are still a lot of loose ends. It doesn’t resolve anything,” said Dr Ridzwan who has a son and daughter from his second marriage in 2006.

Citing the similar case of Indra Ghandhi who claimed that her husband K Patmanathan or Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah had also converted their three children without her consent, Dr Ridzwan said he had read reports that Patmanathan did not have to obey the cabinet decision.

Although the two older children are with the mother now, the youngest child is with Patmanathan, who has since gone missing.

Dr Ridzwan and Shamala remain legally married as neither has sought divorce under the civil law they were married under, as are Indra and Patmanathan.

If the law does not move quickly to give remedy to the likes of Shamala and Dr Ridzwan or Indra and Patmanathan, the good intentions of last week’s cabinet announcement will amount to nothing. Couples in similar plight will resort to either lawsuits, or worse, absconding with their children.

by Chan Kok Leong /Chu Juck Seng/The Edge

Laporan Mahkamah

DR RIDZWAN MOGARAJAH KESEORANGAN

Dr Muhammad Ridzwan Mogarajah, 41, seorang pakar Bius (Foto) dan Shamala Sathiaseelan telah mendirikan rumah tangga pada tahun 1998. Pada tahun 2004, Mogarajah telah diberi hidayah dan memeluk Islam manakala isterinya tidak.

Mereka dikurniakan dua orang anak lelaki Saktiswaran, 9 tahun dan Theiviswaran, 7 tahun (foto kiri) Kini, pasangan ini masih sah suami isteri mengikut undang-undang sivil.

Namun kedua-dua orang anak Dr Ridwan telah dilarikan oleh Shamala ke Australia dan sejak 2004, beliau tidak dapat berjumpa dengan anak-anak beliau.

Dr Ridwan diberi hadhanah (hak penjagaan) oleh Mahkamah Syariah pada tahun 2003 tetapi hak penjagaan bersama telah diberi kepada ibu dan ayah pada 2004. Sebenarnya isu dan masalah yang timbul sungguh menyayat hati serta membingungkan.

Shamala mendapat sokongan Women’s Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam dan Women’s Centre for Change (Penang) tetapi DR Ridwan keseorangan, tiada siapa yang terang-terang menyokong beliau.

Shamala, Ridzwan both victims in conversion issue

He has not seen his two sons since they were six and four. She has since fled the country to escape him and a law she does not accept.

Both relied on the laws they believed to be theirs. He relied on Islamic jurisprudence when their marriage failed while she stuck to the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 under which they were married in 1998.

Under the different systems of law, both were granted custody over the two boys born of their 11-year-old marriage. He was given the Hardanah order while she was given the right to raise her sons under civil law.

Yet, seven years on, neither Dr Jeyaganesh C Mogarajah, who is now known as Muhammad Ridzwan Mogarajah, nor Shamala Sathiaseelan have gotten the closure or legal remedy they need to proceed with their lives.

Once villified for converting their sons, then four and two, to Islam without the prior consent of his wife, Dr Ridzwan now cuts a forlorn figure in court.

Sitting alone at the back of the courtroom yesterday, the anaesthetist was overwhelmed by the number of supporters his wife had, through women’s rights groups like Women’s Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam and Women’s Centre for Change (Penang).

He was in the Court of Appeal to listen to the five appeals that his and Shamala’s lawyers have filed.

Besides objections against certain jurisdictions of the Islamic and civil courts in their case, both parties are also appealing the warrants of arrest or contempt of court proceedings, resulting from their actions.

While Shamala is seeking to nullify the High Court’s refusal to reverse the conversion of her sons, Dr Ridzwan is appealing against the court’s decision to grant full custody to his wife.

Shamala was also appealing against the court’s order for her not to influence her children to the Hindu faith.

Although Shamala was not in court to listen to her lawyers’ submissions, the number of people sympathetic to her plight far outweighed his.

Dr Ridzwan, nevertheless, seems more reconcilable than the time when he “sprung” his Hardanah order on Shamala on May 25, 2003 after taking his sons away for the weekend. Using the custody order given to him by the Syariah Court, he informed her that he was not returning their sons.

Today, the 41-year-old accepts that it is Shamala who has the upper hand and is willing to talk about shared custody.

“That would be the best for now. A decision for joint custody was made in 2004 and we should stick to that,” said Dr Ridzwan during the lunch break.

When asked if he will assure her that he will not take away Saktiswaran, now nine, and Theiviswaran, seven, if he is allowed to visit them, Dr Ridzwan said: “I think she has proven that she is the one who has taken away the children. If you read her affidavits, she left me, I didn’t leave her. Even up to the time I converted, I didn’t leave her.”

But he is now willing to accept her terms, if only he knew where she and their sons are. “I think all that has been done five years ago, still waiting for a reply. We’ve spoken to their lawyers but there has been no reply,” he said.

Although, the remarried medical worker agreed with the cabinet’s decision that children of parents where one of them opted to convert must be raised in the common religion at the time of marriage, he believed that more needs to be done.

“The only thing I don’t agree is the thing about practising of the common religion. Which should the children follow if the parents themselves were marginal Christians, Hindus or Muslims before the problem arose?

“The government needs to fine-tune a lot of things. The announcement sounds nice but there are still a lot of loose ends. It doesn’t resolve anything,” said Dr Ridzwan who has a son and daughter from his second marriage in 2006.

Citing the similar case of Indra Ghandhi who claimed that her husband K Patmanathan or Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah had also converted their three children without her consent, Dr Ridzwan said he had read reports that Patmanathan did not have to obey the cabinet decision.

Although the two older children are with the mother now, the youngest child is with Patmanathan, who has since gone missing.

Dr Ridzwan and Shamala remain legally married as neither has sought divorce under the civil law they were married under, as are Indra and Patmanathan.

If the law does not move quickly to give remedy to the likes of Shamala and Dr Ridzwan or Indra and Patmanathan, the good intentions of last week’s cabinet announcement will amount to nothing. Couples in similar plight will resort to either lawsuits, or worse, absconding with their children.

by Chan Kok Leong /Chu Juck Seng/The Edge

Laporan Mahkamah

MAKLUMAT TERKINI BERKENAAN SELESEMA KHINZIR

Untuk maklumat terkini berkenaan selesema khinzir sila layari 3 laman web di bawah. Terima kasih

1.Center For Disease Control (CDC) & Prevention website HERE

2.WHO website HERE

3.Medscape website HERE

PERPUSTAKAAN NEGARA MALAYSIA PERKENAL PERKHIDMATAN BARU

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM) melangkah beberapa tapak lagi ke hadapan dengan memperkenalkan beberapa perkhidmatan terbaru seperti Video on Demand, Audio on Demand, e-Books, Score A Programme, dan pelbagai pangkalan data seperti Current Law Journal, Sirimlink dan Bernama Library and Infolink Services (BLIS). Tahniah dan syabas.

Perpustakaan Negara Promosi Perkhidmatan Elektronik

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM) kini giat mempromosikan perkhidmatan elektronik dan digitalnya bagi meningkatkan lagi pembudayaan literasi melalui teknologi maklumat.

Ketua Pengarah PNM Raslin Abu Bakar (foto)berkata bidang teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) kini amat penting untuk dikuasai dan merupakan pemangkin kepada kemajuan sesebuah negara.

“Saya harap PNM dapat dijadikan sebagai sumber rujukan utama yang sahih dan tepat,” katanya kepada pemberita sempena majlis pelancaran Program e-Teroka@pnm di sini, Khamis.

Raslin berkata selain mempromosi perkhidmatan elektronik dan digital, program itu juga dapat membantu meningkatkan kesedaran pengetahuan dan kemahiran pengguna dalam teknik dan strategi pencarian maklumat yang lebih tepat dan berkesan terutamanya kepada golongan kanak-kanak.

Antara perkhidmatan secara online yang disediakan oleh PNM kini ialah Video on Demand, Audio on Demand, e-Books, Score A Programme, dan pelbagai pangkalan data seperti Current Law Journal, Sirimlink dan Bernama Library and Infolink Services (BLIS).

BERNAMA

PENGANUT ISLAM SEMAKIN JAHIL TENTANG ISLAM SEBENAR

Satu lagi Tindakan tegas Perlu di ambil oleh Pihak Berwajib demi menjaga kesucian ISLAM DI SINI

PENGANUT ISLAM SEMAKIN JAHIL TENTANG ISLAM SEBENAR

Satu lagi Tindakan tegas Perlu di ambil oleh Pihak Berwajib demi menjaga kesucian ISLAM DI SINI

PENGANUT ISLAM SEMAKIN JAHIL TENTANG ISLAM SEBENAR

Satu lagi Tindakan tegas Perlu di ambil oleh Pihak Berwajib demi menjaga kesucian ISLAM DI SINI

AHMADIYYAH DILARANG BUAT SOLAT JUMAAT

FATWA YANG MENGISYTIHAR AHMADDIYYAH SATU AJARAN SESAT TELAH DIKELUARKAN PADA TAHUN 1975 OLEH MAJLIS FATWA SELANGOR. OLEH KERANA SEKADAR FATWA TETAPI TIADA TINDAKAN TEGAS DIAMBIL, KINI AHLI KUMPULAN AJARAN SESAT INI TELAH BERKEMBANG BIAK SEHINGGA MAHU MENGADAKAN SOLAT JUMAAT.

In 1975, the Selangor Fatwa Council issued a fatwa declaring the Ahmadiyya sect non-Muslim AND IF ” do not repent and return to the true teachings of Islam, they should be killed by the Imam which is the King”.

Acknowledging, however, that this was not legally possible, the fatwa then recommended that the Ahmadiyya be stripped of all special Malay privileges.

MAIS forbids Ahmadiyya worship

The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) has forbidden the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect to perform Friday prayers at their mosque with immediate effect.

In a letter to the Ahmadiyya dated 24 Apr 2009 made available to The Nut Graph, MAIS said, “If [the Ahmadiyya] fail to comply with, defy or neglect the directive, the council will take legal action without any notice.”

In a statement, Ahmadiyya spokesperson Ainul Yakin Muhd Zain said, “We … feel deeply hurt and aggrieved at this unjust action to deny us our right to perform our religious obligations.”

MAIS issued its directive on the grounds that the Ahmadiyya mosque did not get the council’s approval first.

In December 2008, Selangor religious exco Datuk Dr Hassan Ali said that he was willing to negotiate with the Ahmadiyya community over seizure of land which they used for their mosque.

Khalid Samad PAS Shah Alam chief and Member of Parliament Khalid Samad elaborated to The Nut Graph over the phone: “We should engage and discuss with the Ahmadiyya to understand their perspective.”

According to Ainul, however, no such dialogue has taken place between Hassan and the Ahmadiyya community.

“Besides, he is only willing to talk about the issue of land, not the issue of our aqidah (belief system),” Ainul said in a phone interview today.

“The way the Pakatan Rakyat government is treating us is the same as how the Barisan Nasional treated us,” Ainul added.

The Nut Graph was unable to reach Hassan, but Khalid said it was important to clarify the Ahmadiyya sect’s status.

“There are 1,001 religions in the world, so if they declare themselves non-Muslim, then the solution is easy for us,” he said.

“The problem is if they insist that they are still Muslims,” he noted.

However, Ainul said, “It is … incomprehensible to us that we are subjected to this kind of treatment, as firstly we have been declared non-Muslims.”

In 1975, the Selangor Fatwa Council issued a fatwa declaring the Ahmadiyya sect non-Muslim.

The fatwa also said that ideally, if the Ahmadiyya did not “repent and return to the true teachings of Islam, they should be killed by the Imam which is the King”.

Acknowledging, however, that this was not legally possible, the fatwa then recommended that the Ahmadiyya be stripped of all special Malay privileges.

To believe or not

According to constitutional law expert Prof Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, however, such declarations that someone is a non-Muslim have massive consequences.

“Every religion has its own jurisdiction to ‘excommunicate’ deviant followers, but in this case it should be a matter of last resort since the implications are devastating,” he said in a phone interview.

Shad said that an official declaration that someone is Muslim or not has implications on the status of marriage, guardianship of children, and inheritance.

Shad also said that the fatwa itself seems to contradict Section 6 of the Selangor Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment, which says that it is illegal to declare any Muslim non-Muslim.

According to Shad, the authorities’ treatment of the Ahmadiyya stands in direct contrast with its treatment of cases such as Lina Joy’s, in which a Muslim sought to publicly renounce Islam.

“We are effectively saying that an individual’s affirmation of faith is not enough for them to follow the religion of their choice,” he said.

MAIS billboard outside the Ahmadiyya headquarters in Batu Caves
(Pic courtesy of Ainul Yakin Muhd Zain)

“In Lina Joy’s case, she is being prevented from leaving Islam, while the Ahmadiyya are being forcefully kicked out and yet are still liable to punishment by the Islamic authorities,” he said.

Shad said that as far as the law was concerned, the Ahmadiyya should enjoy constitutional protection for their freedom of religion if they are considered non-Muslims.

“But if they want to declare themselves Muslim and follow their version of the faith, then the superior courts will defer to the syariah courts,” he said.

The Ahmadiyya movement was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, in 1889. They are sometimes inaccurately referred to as Qadianis.

Although Ahmadiyya consider themselves Muslim, mainstream Muslims reject this because the Ahmadiyya believe that Ahmad was the metaphorical second coming of Jesus.

The sect has its headquarters in the United Kingdom, and Ahmadiyya are persecuted by religious authorities in Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan and Indonesia.

According to Ainul, there are approximately 1,500 Ahmadiyya followers in Malaysia, with the majority in Sabah.

Most Ahmadiyya Malaysians are ethnic Malays, and the movement was founded in Malaya in the 1930s.

By Shanon Shah
shanonshah@thenutgraph.com

AHMADIYYAH DILARANG BUAT SOLAT JUMAAT

FATWA YANG MENGISYTIHAR AHMADDIYYAH SATU AJARAN SESAT TELAH DIKELUARKAN PADA TAHUN 1975 OLEH MAJLIS FATWA SELANGOR. OLEH KERANA SEKADAR FATWA TETAPI TIADA TINDAKAN TEGAS DIAMBIL, KINI AHLI KUMPULAN AJARAN SESAT INI TELAH BERKEMBANG BIAK SEHINGGA MAHU MENGADAKAN SOLAT JUMAAT.

In 1975, the Selangor Fatwa Council issued a fatwa declaring the Ahmadiyya sect non-Muslim AND IF ” do not repent and return to the true teachings of Islam, they should be killed by the Imam which is the King”.

Acknowledging, however, that this was not legally possible, the fatwa then recommended that the Ahmadiyya be stripped of all special Malay privileges.

MAIS forbids Ahmadiyya worship

The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) has forbidden the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect to perform Friday prayers at their mosque with immediate effect.

In a letter to the Ahmadiyya dated 24 Apr 2009 made available to The Nut Graph, MAIS said, “If [the Ahmadiyya] fail to comply with, defy or neglect the directive, the council will take legal action without any notice.”

In a statement, Ahmadiyya spokesperson Ainul Yakin Muhd Zain said, “We … feel deeply hurt and aggrieved at this unjust action to deny us our right to perform our religious obligations.”

MAIS issued its directive on the grounds that the Ahmadiyya mosque did not get the council’s approval first.

In December 2008, Selangor religious exco Datuk Dr Hassan Ali said that he was willing to negotiate with the Ahmadiyya community over seizure of land which they used for their mosque.

Khalid Samad PAS Shah Alam chief and Member of Parliament Khalid Samad elaborated to The Nut Graph over the phone: “We should engage and discuss with the Ahmadiyya to understand their perspective.”

According to Ainul, however, no such dialogue has taken place between Hassan and the Ahmadiyya community.

“Besides, he is only willing to talk about the issue of land, not the issue of our aqidah (belief system),” Ainul said in a phone interview today.

“The way the Pakatan Rakyat government is treating us is the same as how the Barisan Nasional treated us,” Ainul added.

The Nut Graph was unable to reach Hassan, but Khalid said it was important to clarify the Ahmadiyya sect’s status.

“There are 1,001 religions in the world, so if they declare themselves non-Muslim, then the solution is easy for us,” he said.

“The problem is if they insist that they are still Muslims,” he noted.

However, Ainul said, “It is … incomprehensible to us that we are subjected to this kind of treatment, as firstly we have been declared non-Muslims.”

In 1975, the Selangor Fatwa Council issued a fatwa declaring the Ahmadiyya sect non-Muslim.

The fatwa also said that ideally, if the Ahmadiyya did not “repent and return to the true teachings of Islam, they should be killed by the Imam which is the King”.

Acknowledging, however, that this was not legally possible, the fatwa then recommended that the Ahmadiyya be stripped of all special Malay privileges.

To believe or not

According to constitutional law expert Prof Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, however, such declarations that someone is a non-Muslim have massive consequences.

“Every religion has its own jurisdiction to ‘excommunicate’ deviant followers, but in this case it should be a matter of last resort since the implications are devastating,” he said in a phone interview.

Shad said that an official declaration that someone is Muslim or not has implications on the status of marriage, guardianship of children, and inheritance.

Shad also said that the fatwa itself seems to contradict Section 6 of the Selangor Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment, which says that it is illegal to declare any Muslim non-Muslim.

According to Shad, the authorities’ treatment of the Ahmadiyya stands in direct contrast with its treatment of cases such as Lina Joy’s, in which a Muslim sought to publicly renounce Islam.

“We are effectively saying that an individual’s affirmation of faith is not enough for them to follow the religion of their choice,” he said.

MAIS billboard outside the Ahmadiyya headquarters in Batu Caves
(Pic courtesy of Ainul Yakin Muhd Zain)

“In Lina Joy’s case, she is being prevented from leaving Islam, while the Ahmadiyya are being forcefully kicked out and yet are still liable to punishment by the Islamic authorities,” he said.

Shad said that as far as the law was concerned, the Ahmadiyya should enjoy constitutional protection for their freedom of religion if they are considered non-Muslims.

“But if they want to declare themselves Muslim and follow their version of the faith, then the superior courts will defer to the syariah courts,” he said.

The Ahmadiyya movement was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, in 1889. They are sometimes inaccurately referred to as Qadianis.

Although Ahmadiyya consider themselves Muslim, mainstream Muslims reject this because the Ahmadiyya believe that Ahmad was the metaphorical second coming of Jesus.

The sect has its headquarters in the United Kingdom, and Ahmadiyya are persecuted by religious authorities in Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan and Indonesia.

According to Ainul, there are approximately 1,500 Ahmadiyya followers in Malaysia, with the majority in Sabah.

Most Ahmadiyya Malaysians are ethnic Malays, and the movement was founded in Malaya in the 1930s.

By Shanon Shah
shanonshah@thenutgraph.com

AHMADIYYAH DILARANG BUAT SOLAT JUMAAT

FATWA YANG MENGISYTIHAR AHMADDIYYAH SATU AJARAN SESAT TELAH DIKELUARKAN PADA TAHUN 1975 OLEH MAJLIS FATWA SELANGOR. OLEH KERANA SEKADAR FATWA TETAPI TIADA TINDAKAN TEGAS DIAMBIL, KINI AHLI KUMPULAN AJARAN SESAT INI TELAH BERKEMBANG BIAK SEHINGGA MAHU MENGADAKAN SOLAT JUMAAT.

In 1975, the Selangor Fatwa Council issued a fatwa declaring the Ahmadiyya sect non-Muslim AND IF ” do not repent and return to the true teachings of Islam, they should be killed by the Imam which is the King”.

Acknowledging, however, that this was not legally possible, the fatwa then recommended that the Ahmadiyya be stripped of all special Malay privileges.

MAIS forbids Ahmadiyya worship

The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) has forbidden the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect to perform Friday prayers at their mosque with immediate effect.

In a letter to the Ahmadiyya dated 24 Apr 2009 made available to The Nut Graph, MAIS said, “If [the Ahmadiyya] fail to comply with, defy or neglect the directive, the council will take legal action without any notice.”

In a statement, Ahmadiyya spokesperson Ainul Yakin Muhd Zain said, “We … feel deeply hurt and aggrieved at this unjust action to deny us our right to perform our religious obligations.”

MAIS issued its directive on the grounds that the Ahmadiyya mosque did not get the council’s approval first.

In December 2008, Selangor religious exco Datuk Dr Hassan Ali said that he was willing to negotiate with the Ahmadiyya community over seizure of land which they used for their mosque.

Khalid Samad PAS Shah Alam chief and Member of Parliament Khalid Samad elaborated to The Nut Graph over the phone: “We should engage and discuss with the Ahmadiyya to understand their perspective.”

According to Ainul, however, no such dialogue has taken place between Hassan and the Ahmadiyya community.

“Besides, he is only willing to talk about the issue of land, not the issue of our aqidah (belief system),” Ainul said in a phone interview today.

“The way the Pakatan Rakyat government is treating us is the same as how the Barisan Nasional treated us,” Ainul added.

The Nut Graph was unable to reach Hassan, but Khalid said it was important to clarify the Ahmadiyya sect’s status.

“There are 1,001 religions in the world, so if they declare themselves non-Muslim, then the solution is easy for us,” he said.

“The problem is if they insist that they are still Muslims,” he noted.

However, Ainul said, “It is … incomprehensible to us that we are subjected to this kind of treatment, as firstly we have been declared non-Muslims.”

In 1975, the Selangor Fatwa Council issued a fatwa declaring the Ahmadiyya sect non-Muslim.

The fatwa also said that ideally, if the Ahmadiyya did not “repent and return to the true teachings of Islam, they should be killed by the Imam which is the King”.

Acknowledging, however, that this was not legally possible, the fatwa then recommended that the Ahmadiyya be stripped of all special Malay privileges.

To believe or not

According to constitutional law expert Prof Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, however, such declarations that someone is a non-Muslim have massive consequences.

“Every religion has its own jurisdiction to ‘excommunicate’ deviant followers, but in this case it should be a matter of last resort since the implications are devastating,” he said in a phone interview.

Shad said that an official declaration that someone is Muslim or not has implications on the status of marriage, guardianship of children, and inheritance.

Shad also said that the fatwa itself seems to contradict Section 6 of the Selangor Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment, which says that it is illegal to declare any Muslim non-Muslim.

According to Shad, the authorities’ treatment of the Ahmadiyya stands in direct contrast with its treatment of cases such as Lina Joy’s, in which a Muslim sought to publicly renounce Islam.

“We are effectively saying that an individual’s affirmation of faith is not enough for them to follow the religion of their choice,” he said.

MAIS billboard outside the Ahmadiyya headquarters in Batu Caves
(Pic courtesy of Ainul Yakin Muhd Zain)

“In Lina Joy’s case, she is being prevented from leaving Islam, while the Ahmadiyya are being forcefully kicked out and yet are still liable to punishment by the Islamic authorities,” he said.

Shad said that as far as the law was concerned, the Ahmadiyya should enjoy constitutional protection for their freedom of religion if they are considered non-Muslims.

“But if they want to declare themselves Muslim and follow their version of the faith, then the superior courts will defer to the syariah courts,” he said.

The Ahmadiyya movement was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, in 1889. They are sometimes inaccurately referred to as Qadianis.

Although Ahmadiyya consider themselves Muslim, mainstream Muslims reject this because the Ahmadiyya believe that Ahmad was the metaphorical second coming of Jesus.

The sect has its headquarters in the United Kingdom, and Ahmadiyya are persecuted by religious authorities in Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan and Indonesia.

According to Ainul, there are approximately 1,500 Ahmadiyya followers in Malaysia, with the majority in Sabah.

Most Ahmadiyya Malaysians are ethnic Malays, and the movement was founded in Malaya in the 1930s.

By Shanon Shah
shanonshah@thenutgraph.com

SULTAN SELANGOR AKAN JALANI PEMBEDAHAN JANTUNG DI USA

Sultan Selangor akan menjalani pembedahan jantung di Stanford University Medical Centre, Palo Alto, San Fransisco, California pada 2 mei 2009.

Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor telah diarahkan agar mendapatkan kerjasama daripada jawatankuasa masjid dan surau-surau di seluruh negeri Selangor bagi mengadakan bacaan Yassin dan doa selamat pada hari Khamis malam Jumaat.

Seterusnya didirikan Solat Hajat selepas Solat Jumaat di masjid-masjid seluruh Selangor sepanjang tempoh rawatan baginda di hospital selama 3 minggu.

Sultan Selangor Ke Amerika Syarikat Jalani Pembedahan Jantung

Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah hari ini berangkat ke Amerika Syarikat bagi menjalani pembedahan jantung di Stanford University Medical Centre, Palo Alto, San Fransisco, California.

Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Datuk Ramli Mahmud berkata baginda dijangka menjalani pembedahan itu pada 2 Mei dan akan menerima rawatan di hospital berkenaan selama tiga minggu.

“Semalam baginda berlepas ke Singapura dan pukul 9 pagi ini baginda berangkat ke San Fransisco dari Singapura dengan menaiki Singapore Airlines.

“Doktor yang bertanggungjawab di Stanford University Medical Centre ialah Cardiothoracic Surgery, Profesor Dr Alan Yeung dan Mitral Valve Specialist, Profesor Dr Craig Miller,” katanya pada sidang akhbar yang turut dihadiri Setiausaha Sulit kepada Sultan Selangor Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani.

Ramli berkata keberangkatan baginda ke Amerika Syarikat diiringi adinda baginda, Tengku Indera Setia Selangor Tengku Ahmad Shah, doktor pakar dari Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya Datuk Dr Anuar Masduki, Ahli Dewan di-Raja Selangor Tan Sri Syed Mohd Yusof Tun Syed Nasir, Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja kepada baginda Datuk Zakaria Abd. Rahman dan dua sahabat baginda.

Beliau berkata pembedahan itu adalah yang pertama dilakukan baginda dan ia dijangka mengambil masa kira-kira enam jam.

Justeru, katanya baginda meminta supaya rakyat Selangor khususnya tidak berasa bimbang dan mendoakan agar pembedahan baginda berjalan lancar dan berjaya seterusnya dapat menjalankan tugas-tugas baginda seperti biasa.

“Saya turut meminta pihak Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor supaya mendapatkan kerjasama daripada jawatankuasa masjid dan surau-surau di seluruh negeri Selangor agar dapat mengadakan bacaan Yassin dan doa selamat pada hari Khamis malam Jumaat seterusnya mengadakan Solat Hajat selepas Solat Jumaat di masjid-masjid seluruh Selangor sepanjang tempoh rawatan baginda di hospital,” katanya.

Ditanya samada terdapat wakil yang akan mengambil alih tugas baginda sepanjang ketiadaan baginda, Ramli berkata: “Tidak perlu kerana pelantikan regent (pemangku raja) hanya dibuat apabila baginda berada di luar negara lebih dari 30 hari”.

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SULTAN SELANGOR AKAN JALANI PEMBEDAHAN JANTUNG DI USA

Sultan Selangor akan menjalani pembedahan jantung di Stanford University Medical Centre, Palo Alto, San Fransisco, California pada 2 mei 2009.

Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor telah diarahkan agar mendapatkan kerjasama daripada jawatankuasa masjid dan surau-surau di seluruh negeri Selangor bagi mengadakan bacaan Yassin dan doa selamat pada hari Khamis malam Jumaat.

Seterusnya didirikan Solat Hajat selepas Solat Jumaat di masjid-masjid seluruh Selangor sepanjang tempoh rawatan baginda di hospital selama 3 minggu.

Sultan Selangor Ke Amerika Syarikat Jalani Pembedahan Jantung

Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah hari ini berangkat ke Amerika Syarikat bagi menjalani pembedahan jantung di Stanford University Medical Centre, Palo Alto, San Fransisco, California.

Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Datuk Ramli Mahmud berkata baginda dijangka menjalani pembedahan itu pada 2 Mei dan akan menerima rawatan di hospital berkenaan selama tiga minggu.

“Semalam baginda berlepas ke Singapura dan pukul 9 pagi ini baginda berangkat ke San Fransisco dari Singapura dengan menaiki Singapore Airlines.

“Doktor yang bertanggungjawab di Stanford University Medical Centre ialah Cardiothoracic Surgery, Profesor Dr Alan Yeung dan Mitral Valve Specialist, Profesor Dr Craig Miller,” katanya pada sidang akhbar yang turut dihadiri Setiausaha Sulit kepada Sultan Selangor Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani.

Ramli berkata keberangkatan baginda ke Amerika Syarikat diiringi adinda baginda, Tengku Indera Setia Selangor Tengku Ahmad Shah, doktor pakar dari Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya Datuk Dr Anuar Masduki, Ahli Dewan di-Raja Selangor Tan Sri Syed Mohd Yusof Tun Syed Nasir, Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja kepada baginda Datuk Zakaria Abd. Rahman dan dua sahabat baginda.

Beliau berkata pembedahan itu adalah yang pertama dilakukan baginda dan ia dijangka mengambil masa kira-kira enam jam.

Justeru, katanya baginda meminta supaya rakyat Selangor khususnya tidak berasa bimbang dan mendoakan agar pembedahan baginda berjalan lancar dan berjaya seterusnya dapat menjalankan tugas-tugas baginda seperti biasa.

“Saya turut meminta pihak Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor supaya mendapatkan kerjasama daripada jawatankuasa masjid dan surau-surau di seluruh negeri Selangor agar dapat mengadakan bacaan Yassin dan doa selamat pada hari Khamis malam Jumaat seterusnya mengadakan Solat Hajat selepas Solat Jumaat di masjid-masjid seluruh Selangor sepanjang tempoh rawatan baginda di hospital,” katanya.

Ditanya samada terdapat wakil yang akan mengambil alih tugas baginda sepanjang ketiadaan baginda, Ramli berkata: “Tidak perlu kerana pelantikan regent (pemangku raja) hanya dibuat apabila baginda berada di luar negara lebih dari 30 hari”.

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SULTAN SELANGOR AKAN JALANI PEMBEDAHAN JANTUNG DI USA

Sultan Selangor akan menjalani pembedahan jantung di Stanford University Medical Centre, Palo Alto, San Fransisco, California pada 2 mei 2009.

Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor telah diarahkan agar mendapatkan kerjasama daripada jawatankuasa masjid dan surau-surau di seluruh negeri Selangor bagi mengadakan bacaan Yassin dan doa selamat pada hari Khamis malam Jumaat.

Seterusnya didirikan Solat Hajat selepas Solat Jumaat di masjid-masjid seluruh Selangor sepanjang tempoh rawatan baginda di hospital selama 3 minggu.

Sultan Selangor Ke Amerika Syarikat Jalani Pembedahan Jantung

Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah hari ini berangkat ke Amerika Syarikat bagi menjalani pembedahan jantung di Stanford University Medical Centre, Palo Alto, San Fransisco, California.

Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Datuk Ramli Mahmud berkata baginda dijangka menjalani pembedahan itu pada 2 Mei dan akan menerima rawatan di hospital berkenaan selama tiga minggu.

“Semalam baginda berlepas ke Singapura dan pukul 9 pagi ini baginda berangkat ke San Fransisco dari Singapura dengan menaiki Singapore Airlines.

“Doktor yang bertanggungjawab di Stanford University Medical Centre ialah Cardiothoracic Surgery, Profesor Dr Alan Yeung dan Mitral Valve Specialist, Profesor Dr Craig Miller,” katanya pada sidang akhbar yang turut dihadiri Setiausaha Sulit kepada Sultan Selangor Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani.

Ramli berkata keberangkatan baginda ke Amerika Syarikat diiringi adinda baginda, Tengku Indera Setia Selangor Tengku Ahmad Shah, doktor pakar dari Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya Datuk Dr Anuar Masduki, Ahli Dewan di-Raja Selangor Tan Sri Syed Mohd Yusof Tun Syed Nasir, Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja kepada baginda Datuk Zakaria Abd. Rahman dan dua sahabat baginda.

Beliau berkata pembedahan itu adalah yang pertama dilakukan baginda dan ia dijangka mengambil masa kira-kira enam jam.

Justeru, katanya baginda meminta supaya rakyat Selangor khususnya tidak berasa bimbang dan mendoakan agar pembedahan baginda berjalan lancar dan berjaya seterusnya dapat menjalankan tugas-tugas baginda seperti biasa.

“Saya turut meminta pihak Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor supaya mendapatkan kerjasama daripada jawatankuasa masjid dan surau-surau di seluruh negeri Selangor agar dapat mengadakan bacaan Yassin dan doa selamat pada hari Khamis malam Jumaat seterusnya mengadakan Solat Hajat selepas Solat Jumaat di masjid-masjid seluruh Selangor sepanjang tempoh rawatan baginda di hospital,” katanya.

Ditanya samada terdapat wakil yang akan mengambil alih tugas baginda sepanjang ketiadaan baginda, Ramli berkata: “Tidak perlu kerana pelantikan regent (pemangku raja) hanya dibuat apabila baginda berada di luar negara lebih dari 30 hari”.

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DR RIDZWAN MOGARAJAH KESEORANGAN

Dr Muhammad Ridzwan Mogarajah, 41, seorang pakar Bius (Foto) dan Shamala Sathiaseelan telah mendirikan rumah tangga pada tahun 1998. Pada tahun 2004, Mogarajah telah diberi hidayah dan memeluk Islam manakala isterinya tidak.

Mereka dikurniakan dua orang anak lelaki Saktiswaran, 9 tahun dan Theiviswaran, 7 tahun (foto kiri) Kini, pasangan ini masih sah suami isteri mengikut undang-undang sivil.

Namun kedua-dua orang anak Dr Ridwan telah dilarikan oleh Shamala ke Australia dan sejak 2004, beliau tidak dapat berjumpa dengan anak-anak beliau.

Dr Ridwan diberi hadhanah (hak penjagaan) oleh Mahkamah Syariah pada tahun 2003 tetapi hak penjagaan bersama telah diberi kepada ibu dan ayah pada 2004. Sebenarnya isu dan masalah yang timbul sungguh menyayat hati serta membingungkan.

Shamala mendapat sokongan Women’s Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam dan Women’s Centre for Change (Penang) tetapi DR Ridwan keseorangan, tiada siapa yang terang-terang menyokong beliau.

Shamala, Ridzwan both victims in conversion issue

He has not seen his two sons since they were six and four. She has since fled the country to escape him and a law she does not accept.

Both relied on the laws they believed to be theirs. He relied on Islamic jurisprudence when their marriage failed while she stuck to the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 under which they were married in 1998.

Under the different systems of law, both were granted custody over the two boys born of their 11-year-old marriage. He was given the Hardanah order while she was given the right to raise her sons under civil law.

Yet, seven years on, neither Dr Jeyaganesh C Mogarajah, who is now known as Muhammad Ridzwan Mogarajah, nor Shamala Sathiaseelan have gotten the closure or legal remedy they need to proceed with their lives.

Once villified for converting their sons, then four and two, to Islam without the prior consent of his wife, Dr Ridzwan now cuts a forlorn figure in court.

Sitting alone at the back of the courtroom yesterday, the anaesthetist was overwhelmed by the number of supporters his wife had, through women’s rights groups like Women’s Aid Organisation, Sisters in Islam and Women’s Centre for Change (Penang).

He was in the Court of Appeal to listen to the five appeals that his and Shamala’s lawyers have filed.

Besides objections against certain jurisdictions of the Islamic and civil courts in their case, both parties are also appealing the warrants of arrest or contempt of court proceedings, resulting from their actions.

While Shamala is seeking to nullify the High Court’s refusal to reverse the conversion of her sons, Dr Ridzwan is appealing against the court’s decision to grant full custody to his wife.

Shamala was also appealing against the court’s order for her not to influence her children to the Hindu faith.

Although Shamala was not in court to listen to her lawyers’ submissions, the number of people sympathetic to her plight far outweighed his.

Dr Ridzwan, nevertheless, seems more reconcilable than the time when he “sprung” his Hardanah order on Shamala on May 25, 2003 after taking his sons away for the weekend. Using the custody order given to him by the Syariah Court, he informed her that he was not returning their sons.

Today, the 41-year-old accepts that it is Shamala who has the upper hand and is willing to talk about shared custody.

“That would be the best for now. A decision for joint custody was made in 2004 and we should stick to that,” said Dr Ridzwan during the lunch break.

When asked if he will assure her that he will not take away Saktiswaran, now nine, and Theiviswaran, seven, if he is allowed to visit them, Dr Ridzwan said: “I think she has proven that she is the one who has taken away the children. If you read her affidavits, she left me, I didn’t leave her. Even up to the time I converted, I didn’t leave her.”

But he is now willing to accept her terms, if only he knew where she and their sons are. “I think all that has been done five years ago, still waiting for a reply. We’ve spoken to their lawyers but there has been no reply,” he said.

Although, the remarried medical worker agreed with the cabinet’s decision that children of parents where one of them opted to convert must be raised in the common religion at the time of marriage, he believed that more needs to be done.

“The only thing I don’t agree is the thing about practising of the common religion. Which should the children follow if the parents themselves were marginal Christians, Hindus or Muslims before the problem arose?

“The government needs to fine-tune a lot of things. The announcement sounds nice but there are still a lot of loose ends. It doesn’t resolve anything,” said Dr Ridzwan who has a son and daughter from his second marriage in 2006.

Citing the similar case of Indra Ghandhi who claimed that her husband K Patmanathan or Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah had also converted their three children without her consent, Dr Ridzwan said he had read reports that Patmanathan did not have to obey the cabinet decision.

Although the two older children are with the mother now, the youngest child is with Patmanathan, who has since gone missing.

Dr Ridzwan and Shamala remain legally married as neither has sought divorce under the civil law they were married under, as are Indra and Patmanathan.

If the law does not move quickly to give remedy to the likes of Shamala and Dr Ridzwan or Indra and Patmanathan, the good intentions of last week’s cabinet announcement will amount to nothing. Couples in similar plight will resort to either lawsuits, or worse, absconding with their children.

by Chan Kok Leong /Chu Juck Seng/The Edge

Laporan Mahkamah

PENGANUT ISLAM SEMAKIN JAHIL TENTANG ISLAM SEBENAR

Satu lagi Tindakan tegas Perlu di ambil oleh Pihak Berwajib demi menjaga kesucian ISLAM SINI

AHMADIYYAH DILARANG BUAT SOLAT JUMAAT

FATWA YANG MENGISYTIHAR AHMADDIYYAH SATU AJARAN SESAT TELAH DIKELUARKAN PADA TAHUN 1975 OLEH MAJLIS FATWA SELANGOR. OLEH KERANA SEKADAR FATWA TETAPI TIADA TINDAKAN TEGAS DIAMBIL, KINI AHLI KUMPULAN AJARAN SESAT INI TELAH BERKEMBANG BIAK SEHINGGA MAHU MENGADAKAN SOLAT JUMAAT.

In 1975, the Selangor Fatwa Council issued a fatwa declaring the Ahmadiyya sect non-Muslim AND IF ” do not repent and return to the true teachings of Islam, they should be killed by the Imam which is the King”.

Acknowledging, however, that this was not legally possible, the fatwa then recommended that the Ahmadiyya be stripped of all special Malay privileges.

MAIS forbids Ahmadiyya worship

The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) has forbidden the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect to perform Friday prayers at their mosque with immediate effect.

In a letter to the Ahmadiyya dated 24 Apr 2009 made available to The Nut Graph, MAIS said, “If [the Ahmadiyya] fail to comply with, defy or neglect the directive, the council will take legal action without any notice.”

In a statement, Ahmadiyya spokesperson Ainul Yakin Muhd Zain said, “We … feel deeply hurt and aggrieved at this unjust action to deny us our right to perform our religious obligations.”

MAIS issued its directive on the grounds that the Ahmadiyya mosque did not get the council’s approval first.

In December 2008, Selangor religious exco Datuk Dr Hassan Ali said that he was willing to negotiate with the Ahmadiyya community over seizure of land which they used for their mosque.

Khalid Samad PAS Shah Alam chief and Member of Parliament Khalid Samad elaborated to The Nut Graph over the phone: “We should engage and discuss with the Ahmadiyya to understand their perspective.”

According to Ainul, however, no such dialogue has taken place between Hassan and the Ahmadiyya community.

“Besides, he is only willing to talk about the issue of land, not the issue of our aqidah (belief system),” Ainul said in a phone interview today.

“The way the Pakatan Rakyat government is treating us is the same as how the Barisan Nasional treated us,” Ainul added.

The Nut Graph was unable to reach Hassan, but Khalid said it was important to clarify the Ahmadiyya sect’s status.

“There are 1,001 religions in the world, so if they declare themselves non-Muslim, then the solution is easy for us,” he said.

“The problem is if they insist that they are still Muslims,” he noted.

However, Ainul said, “It is … incomprehensible to us that we are subjected to this kind of treatment, as firstly we have been declared non-Muslims.”

In 1975, the Selangor Fatwa Council issued a fatwa declaring the Ahmadiyya sect non-Muslim.

The fatwa also said that ideally, if the Ahmadiyya did not “repent and return to the true teachings of Islam, they should be killed by the Imam which is the King”.

Acknowledging, however, that this was not legally possible, the fatwa then recommended that the Ahmadiyya be stripped of all special Malay privileges.

To believe or not

According to constitutional law expert Prof Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, however, such declarations that someone is a non-Muslim have massive consequences.

“Every religion has its own jurisdiction to ‘excommunicate’ deviant followers, but in this case it should be a matter of last resort since the implications are devastating,” he said in a phone interview.

Shad said that an official declaration that someone is Muslim or not has implications on the status of marriage, guardianship of children, and inheritance.

Shad also said that the fatwa itself seems to contradict Section 6 of the Selangor Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment, which says that it is illegal to declare any Muslim non-Muslim.

According to Shad, the authorities’ treatment of the Ahmadiyya stands in direct contrast with its treatment of cases such as Lina Joy’s, in which a Muslim sought to publicly renounce Islam.

“We are effectively saying that an individual’s affirmation of faith is not enough for them to follow the religion of their choice,” he said.

MAIS billboard outside the Ahmadiyya headquarters in Batu Caves
(Pic courtesy of Ainul Yakin Muhd Zain)

“In Lina Joy’s case, she is being prevented from leaving Islam, while the Ahmadiyya are being forcefully kicked out and yet are still liable to punishment by the Islamic authorities,” he said.

Shad said that as far as the law was concerned, the Ahmadiyya should enjoy constitutional protection for their freedom of religion if they are considered non-Muslims.

“But if they want to declare themselves Muslim and follow their version of the faith, then the superior courts will defer to the syariah courts,” he said.

The Ahmadiyya movement was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, in 1889. They are sometimes inaccurately referred to as Qadianis.

Although Ahmadiyya consider themselves Muslim, mainstream Muslims reject this because the Ahmadiyya believe that Ahmad was the metaphorical second coming of Jesus.

The sect has its headquarters in the United Kingdom, and Ahmadiyya are persecuted by religious authorities in Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan and Indonesia.

According to Ainul, there are approximately 1,500 Ahmadiyya followers in Malaysia, with the majority in Sabah.

Most Ahmadiyya Malaysians are ethnic Malays, and the movement was founded in Malaya in the 1930s.

By Shanon Shah
shanonshah@thenutgraph.com

SULTAN SELANGOR AKAN JALANI PEMBEDAHAN JANTUNG DI USA

Sultan Selangor akan menjalani pembedahan jantung di Stanford University Medical Centre, Palo Alto, San Fransisco, California pada 2 mei 2009.

Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor telah diarahkan agar mendapatkan kerjasama daripada jawatankuasa masjid dan surau-surau di seluruh negeri Selangor bagi mengadakan bacaan Yassin dan doa selamat pada hari Khamis malam Jumaat.

Seterusnya didirikan Solat Hajat selepas Solat Jumaat di masjid-masjid seluruh Selangor sepanjang tempoh rawatan baginda di hospital selama 3 minggu.

Sultan Selangor Ke Amerika Syarikat Jalani Pembedahan Jantung

Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah hari ini berangkat ke Amerika Syarikat bagi menjalani pembedahan jantung di Stanford University Medical Centre, Palo Alto, San Fransisco, California.

Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Datuk Ramli Mahmud berkata baginda dijangka menjalani pembedahan itu pada 2 Mei dan akan menerima rawatan di hospital berkenaan selama tiga minggu.

“Semalam baginda berlepas ke Singapura dan pukul 9 pagi ini baginda berangkat ke San Fransisco dari Singapura dengan menaiki Singapore Airlines.

“Doktor yang bertanggungjawab di Stanford University Medical Centre ialah Cardiothoracic Surgery, Profesor Dr Alan Yeung dan Mitral Valve Specialist, Profesor Dr Craig Miller,” katanya pada sidang akhbar yang turut dihadiri Setiausaha Sulit kepada Sultan Selangor Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani.

Ramli berkata keberangkatan baginda ke Amerika Syarikat diiringi adinda baginda, Tengku Indera Setia Selangor Tengku Ahmad Shah, doktor pakar dari Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya Datuk Dr Anuar Masduki, Ahli Dewan di-Raja Selangor Tan Sri Syed Mohd Yusof Tun Syed Nasir, Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja kepada baginda Datuk Zakaria Abd. Rahman dan dua sahabat baginda.

Beliau berkata pembedahan itu adalah yang pertama dilakukan baginda dan ia dijangka mengambil masa kira-kira enam jam.

Justeru, katanya baginda meminta supaya rakyat Selangor khususnya tidak berasa bimbang dan mendoakan agar pembedahan baginda berjalan lancar dan berjaya seterusnya dapat menjalankan tugas-tugas baginda seperti biasa.

“Saya turut meminta pihak Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor supaya mendapatkan kerjasama daripada jawatankuasa masjid dan surau-surau di seluruh negeri Selangor agar dapat mengadakan bacaan Yassin dan doa selamat pada hari Khamis malam Jumaat seterusnya mengadakan Solat Hajat selepas Solat Jumaat di masjid-masjid seluruh Selangor sepanjang tempoh rawatan baginda di hospital,” katanya.

Ditanya samada terdapat wakil yang akan mengambil alih tugas baginda sepanjang ketiadaan baginda, Ramli berkata: “Tidak perlu kerana pelantikan regent (pemangku raja) hanya dibuat apabila baginda berada di luar negara lebih dari 30 hari”.

BERNAMA

JOHAN JAAFAR JADI RAJA MEDIA ERA NAJIB

TAHNIAH DATUK. JANGAN LUPA TANGGUNGAN DAN JAWAPAN DI SANA KELAK.

Johan Jaffar dilantik Pengerusi Eksekutif Media Prima

Pengerusi Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), Datuk Johan Jaffar, dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Eksekutif baru Kumpulan Media Prima, berkuatkuasa Khamis ini.

Johan menggantikan Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak yang bersara hari ini.

Pengumuman pelantikan itu dibuat Media Prima dalam kenyataan kepada Bursa Malaysia hari ini.

Media Prima memiliki NSTP yang menerbitkan akhbar New Straits Times, Berita Harian dan Harian Metro.

Ia juga memiliki empat stesen televisyen swasta, TV3, 8TV, TV9 dan NTV7 serta dua stesen radio iaitu Hot FM dan Fly FM.

Media Prima Bhd has announced the appointment of Datuk Johan Jaaffar, a veteran of Malaysia’s news industry, as the group’s executive chairman, effective Thursday.
Johan, who is now Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka chairman, is taking over from retiring Media Prima non-executive chairman Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak.

He will also assume all board posts vacated by Abdul Mutalib, including the chairmanship of TV3 and other Media Prima subsidiaries.

“The Board of Directors is confident that under his leadership, Media Prima Group will continue its strong track record of delivering shareholders value,” Media Prima said in a statement.

Abdul Mutalib has led the integrated media group for five years, the period of the group’s aggressive expansion that saw the consolidation of the free-to-air television business, namely TV3, 8tv, ntv7 and TV9, as well as the entry into new media platforms like radio and outdoor advertising.

During his tenure, Media Prima more than doubled its net profit to RM117.4 million last year, breaching the RM100 million-mark for the first time.

Abdul Mutalib was also instrumental in leading the group’s international expansion, which resulted in the collaboration of news content-gathering, joint production, exchange of documentaries and dramas as well as provision of training and consultancy services in Oman, Pakistan and the Maldives.

The incoming Johan, meanwhile, is no stranger to the media business, having been Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd group chief editor and executive director between November 1992 and July 1998.

During his tenure at the Malay language media group, Johan was responsible for the daily and weekly papers, as well as 13 other magazines and journals published by the group.

During that period, he served as a board member of national news agency Bernama and a member of Malaysian Business Council and Multimedia Development Corp.

Besides being a columnist for the New Straits Times and Berita Minggu, Johan is also Ikatan Setiakawan Wartawan Malaysia-Indonesia chairman. He had also hosted the weekly “Debat Perdana” television programme for eight seasons.

He is currently executive director of public relations company Alpha Platform, chairman of private school Sekolah Sri Nobel and a board member of Sindora Bhd.

Bernama

JOHAN JAAFAR JADI RAJA MEDIA ERA NAJIB

TAHNIAH DATUK. JANGAN LUPA TANGGUNGAN DAN JAWAPAN DI SANA KELAK.

Johan Jaffar dilantik Pengerusi Eksekutif Media Prima

Pengerusi Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), Datuk Johan Jaffar, dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Eksekutif baru Kumpulan Media Prima, berkuatkuasa Khamis ini.

Johan menggantikan Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak yang bersara hari ini.

Pengumuman pelantikan itu dibuat Media Prima dalam kenyataan kepada Bursa Malaysia hari ini.

Media Prima memiliki NSTP yang menerbitkan akhbar New Straits Times, Berita Harian dan Harian Metro.

Ia juga memiliki empat stesen televisyen swasta, TV3, 8TV, TV9 dan NTV7 serta dua stesen radio iaitu Hot FM dan Fly FM.

Media Prima Bhd has announced the appointment of Datuk Johan Jaaffar, a veteran of Malaysia’s news industry, as the group’s executive chairman, effective Thursday.
Johan, who is now Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka chairman, is taking over from retiring Media Prima non-executive chairman Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak.

He will also assume all board posts vacated by Abdul Mutalib, including the chairmanship of TV3 and other Media Prima subsidiaries.

“The Board of Directors is confident that under his leadership, Media Prima Group will continue its strong track record of delivering shareholders value,” Media Prima said in a statement.

Abdul Mutalib has led the integrated media group for five years, the period of the group’s aggressive expansion that saw the consolidation of the free-to-air television business, namely TV3, 8tv, ntv7 and TV9, as well as the entry into new media platforms like radio and outdoor advertising.

During his tenure, Media Prima more than doubled its net profit to RM117.4 million last year, breaching the RM100 million-mark for the first time.

Abdul Mutalib was also instrumental in leading the group’s international expansion, which resulted in the collaboration of news content-gathering, joint production, exchange of documentaries and dramas as well as provision of training and consultancy services in Oman, Pakistan and the Maldives.

The incoming Johan, meanwhile, is no stranger to the media business, having been Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd group chief editor and executive director between November 1992 and July 1998.

During his tenure at the Malay language media group, Johan was responsible for the daily and weekly papers, as well as 13 other magazines and journals published by the group.

During that period, he served as a board member of national news agency Bernama and a member of Malaysian Business Council and Multimedia Development Corp.

Besides being a columnist for the New Straits Times and Berita Minggu, Johan is also Ikatan Setiakawan Wartawan Malaysia-Indonesia chairman. He had also hosted the weekly “Debat Perdana” television programme for eight seasons.

He is currently executive director of public relations company Alpha Platform, chairman of private school Sekolah Sri Nobel and a board member of Sindora Bhd.

Bernama

JOHAN JAAFAR JADI RAJA MEDIA ERA NAJIB

TAHNIAH DATUK. JANGAN LUPA TANGGUNGAN DAN JAWAPAN DI SANA KELAK.

Johan Jaffar dilantik Pengerusi Eksekutif Media Prima

Pengerusi Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), Datuk Johan Jaffar, dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Eksekutif baru Kumpulan Media Prima, berkuatkuasa Khamis ini.

Johan menggantikan Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak yang bersara hari ini.

Pengumuman pelantikan itu dibuat Media Prima dalam kenyataan kepada Bursa Malaysia hari ini.

Media Prima memiliki NSTP yang menerbitkan akhbar New Straits Times, Berita Harian dan Harian Metro.

Ia juga memiliki empat stesen televisyen swasta, TV3, 8TV, TV9 dan NTV7 serta dua stesen radio iaitu Hot FM dan Fly FM.

Media Prima Bhd has announced the appointment of Datuk Johan Jaaffar, a veteran of Malaysia’s news industry, as the group’s executive chairman, effective Thursday.
Johan, who is now Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka chairman, is taking over from retiring Media Prima non-executive chairman Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak.

He will also assume all board posts vacated by Abdul Mutalib, including the chairmanship of TV3 and other Media Prima subsidiaries.

“The Board of Directors is confident that under his leadership, Media Prima Group will continue its strong track record of delivering shareholders value,” Media Prima said in a statement.

Abdul Mutalib has led the integrated media group for five years, the period of the group’s aggressive expansion that saw the consolidation of the free-to-air television business, namely TV3, 8tv, ntv7 and TV9, as well as the entry into new media platforms like radio and outdoor advertising.

During his tenure, Media Prima more than doubled its net profit to RM117.4 million last year, breaching the RM100 million-mark for the first time.

Abdul Mutalib was also instrumental in leading the group’s international expansion, which resulted in the collaboration of news content-gathering, joint production, exchange of documentaries and dramas as well as provision of training and consultancy services in Oman, Pakistan and the Maldives.

The incoming Johan, meanwhile, is no stranger to the media business, having been Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd group chief editor and executive director between November 1992 and July 1998.

During his tenure at the Malay language media group, Johan was responsible for the daily and weekly papers, as well as 13 other magazines and journals published by the group.

During that period, he served as a board member of national news agency Bernama and a member of Malaysian Business Council and Multimedia Development Corp.

Besides being a columnist for the New Straits Times and Berita Minggu, Johan is also Ikatan Setiakawan Wartawan Malaysia-Indonesia chairman. He had also hosted the weekly “Debat Perdana” television programme for eight seasons.

He is currently executive director of public relations company Alpha Platform, chairman of private school Sekolah Sri Nobel and a board member of Sindora Bhd.

Bernama

PONDOK PANAS BANYAK FUNGSINYA, KINI DINAFIKAN KEWUJUDANNYA

Pondok atau Bangsal Panas mempunyai banyak fungsi, antaranya sebagai tempat berteduh dari hujan dan panas bukan hanya kepada para petugas parti malah kepada para pengundi.

Para petugas disediakan air untuk membasah tekak yang kering akibat banyak bercakap.

Biasanya di pondok panas, pengundi berpeluang untuk menyemak sama ada nama mereka tersenarai dalam buku daftar pemilih untuk membuang undi di tempat yang telah dimaklumkan serta saluran yang telah ditetapkan.

Video SPR larang Pondok Panas

Banyak lagi peranan yang dimainkan oleh pondok panas, mungkin sebab kedudukannya hanya 50 meter dari tempat mengundi maka tidak dapat dinafikan ia kekadang menjadi sangat panas suhunya apabila perayu undi dari parti-parti yang bertanding melakukan sesuatu atau berteriak sesuatu yang tidak “sedap” didengar atau dilihat.

Pakatan Rakyat disagrees with ban on pondok panas

The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) disagrees with the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to ban the setting up of pondok panas outside the polling centres.

In a joint press conference today, PAS election director Datuk Mustafa Ali said the PR had explained to the EC last week that the supporters did not create any big problems during the past by-elections and that the EC also agreed the by-elections were conducted smoothly.

“We have given our explanation and the EC seemed to have accepted it but we do not understand why it still imposed such a ban,” he said.

“The statement by the EC was not reasonable and we will make another appointment with the commission on Thursday or next week to sort the issue out.”

On Monday, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof announced the ban on the pondok panas, or voter reference stations, and warned of severe action against those who ignore the election regulations.

PKR vice-president R. Sivarasa said the decision “has gone against the law” because the Election Offences Act 1954 allows for the setting up such stations 50m away from the polling centres.

“Under the Act, we are also allowed to canvas for votes 50m away from the polling centres but not house-to-house campaigning or ceramah on the polling day,” he said.

“We are also allowed to use the pondok panas to help voters check their status and verify the identity of the voters under Section 26(1)(e) of the act.

Sivarasa said placing uniformed policemen at appropriate places around the polling centres will help defuse the tension among the supporters “but not the Federal Reserve Unit as its presence would create fear”.

On the statement by Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel) that the political parties had breached the campaign moratorium, Sivarasa said the authorities may act on the political parties if their supporters had done so “but we will ensure that our supporters will not do it”.

MCA information and communication bureau chief Lee Wei Keat said the party supported the ban by the EC because it will eliminate tension caused by the party supporters.

“I believe the voters would have made up their minds when they go to cast their votes but the EC must be more efficient in conducting the polling process so that the voters can check their status easily,” he told theSun.

He said the ban will also help the political parties to save the cost for setting up the stations.

sun2surf

PONDOK PANAS BANYAK FUNGSINYA, KINI DINAFIKAN KEWUJUDANNYA

Pondok atau Bangsal Panas mempunyai banyak fungsi, antaranya sebagai tempat berteduh dari hujan dan panas bukan hanya kepada para petugas parti malah kepada para pengundi.

Para petugas disediakan air untuk membasah tekak yang kering akibat banyak bercakap.

Biasanya di pondok panas, pengundi berpeluang untuk menyemak sama ada nama mereka tersenarai dalam buku daftar pemilih untuk membuang undi di tempat yang telah dimaklumkan serta saluran yang telah ditetapkan.

Video SPR larang Pondok Panas

Banyak lagi peranan yang dimainkan oleh pondok panas, mungkin sebab kedudukannya hanya 50 meter dari tempat mengundi maka tidak dapat dinafikan ia kekadang menjadi sangat panas suhunya apabila perayu undi dari parti-parti yang bertanding melakukan sesuatu atau berteriak sesuatu yang tidak “sedap” didengar atau dilihat.

Pakatan Rakyat disagrees with ban on pondok panas

The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) disagrees with the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to ban the setting up of pondok panas outside the polling centres.

In a joint press conference today, PAS election director Datuk Mustafa Ali said the PR had explained to the EC last week that the supporters did not create any big problems during the past by-elections and that the EC also agreed the by-elections were conducted smoothly.

“We have given our explanation and the EC seemed to have accepted it but we do not understand why it still imposed such a ban,” he said.

“The statement by the EC was not reasonable and we will make another appointment with the commission on Thursday or next week to sort the issue out.”

On Monday, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof announced the ban on the pondok panas, or voter reference stations, and warned of severe action against those who ignore the election regulations.

PKR vice-president R. Sivarasa said the decision “has gone against the law” because the Election Offences Act 1954 allows for the setting up such stations 50m away from the polling centres.

“Under the Act, we are also allowed to canvas for votes 50m away from the polling centres but not house-to-house campaigning or ceramah on the polling day,” he said.

“We are also allowed to use the pondok panas to help voters check their status and verify the identity of the voters under Section 26(1)(e) of the act.

Sivarasa said placing uniformed policemen at appropriate places around the polling centres will help defuse the tension among the supporters “but not the Federal Reserve Unit as its presence would create fear”.

On the statement by Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel) that the political parties had breached the campaign moratorium, Sivarasa said the authorities may act on the political parties if their supporters had done so “but we will ensure that our supporters will not do it”.

MCA information and communication bureau chief Lee Wei Keat said the party supported the ban by the EC because it will eliminate tension caused by the party supporters.

“I believe the voters would have made up their minds when they go to cast their votes but the EC must be more efficient in conducting the polling process so that the voters can check their status easily,” he told theSun.

He said the ban will also help the political parties to save the cost for setting up the stations.

sun2surf

PONDOK PANAS BANYAK FUNGSINYA, KINI DINAFIKAN KEWUJUDANNYA

Pondok atau Bangsal Panas mempunyai banyak fungsi, antaranya sebagai tempat berteduh dari hujan dan panas bukan hanya kepada para petugas parti malah kepada para pengundi.

Para petugas disediakan air untuk membasah tekak yang kering akibat banyak bercakap.

Biasanya di pondok panas, pengundi berpeluang untuk menyemak sama ada nama mereka tersenarai dalam buku daftar pemilih untuk membuang undi di tempat yang telah dimaklumkan serta saluran yang telah ditetapkan.

Video SPR larang Pondok Panas

Banyak lagi peranan yang dimainkan oleh pondok panas, mungkin sebab kedudukannya hanya 50 meter dari tempat mengundi maka tidak dapat dinafikan ia kekadang menjadi sangat panas suhunya apabila perayu undi dari parti-parti yang bertanding melakukan sesuatu atau berteriak sesuatu yang tidak “sedap” didengar atau dilihat.

Pakatan Rakyat disagrees with ban on pondok panas

The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) disagrees with the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to ban the setting up of pondok panas outside the polling centres.

In a joint press conference today, PAS election director Datuk Mustafa Ali said the PR had explained to the EC last week that the supporters did not create any big problems during the past by-elections and that the EC also agreed the by-elections were conducted smoothly.

“We have given our explanation and the EC seemed to have accepted it but we do not understand why it still imposed such a ban,” he said.

“The statement by the EC was not reasonable and we will make another appointment with the commission on Thursday or next week to sort the issue out.”

On Monday, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof announced the ban on the pondok panas, or voter reference stations, and warned of severe action against those who ignore the election regulations.

PKR vice-president R. Sivarasa said the decision “has gone against the law” because the Election Offences Act 1954 allows for the setting up such stations 50m away from the polling centres.

“Under the Act, we are also allowed to canvas for votes 50m away from the polling centres but not house-to-house campaigning or ceramah on the polling day,” he said.

“We are also allowed to use the pondok panas to help voters check their status and verify the identity of the voters under Section 26(1)(e) of the act.

Sivarasa said placing uniformed policemen at appropriate places around the polling centres will help defuse the tension among the supporters “but not the Federal Reserve Unit as its presence would create fear”.

On the statement by Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel) that the political parties had breached the campaign moratorium, Sivarasa said the authorities may act on the political parties if their supporters had done so “but we will ensure that our supporters will not do it”.

MCA information and communication bureau chief Lee Wei Keat said the party supported the ban by the EC because it will eliminate tension caused by the party supporters.

“I believe the voters would have made up their minds when they go to cast their votes but the EC must be more efficient in conducting the polling process so that the voters can check their status easily,” he told theSun.

He said the ban will also help the political parties to save the cost for setting up the stations.

sun2surf

PERAK CRISIS: BETWEEN HIGH COURT AND FEDERAL COURT WHICH ONE RIGHT?

The five-men bench headed by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously held that there were disputed facts in this case relating to two affidavits affirmed by Nizar and Perak Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid.

Nizar’s request for a nine man-bench to hear the case was turned down.

Federal Court Sends Zambry-Nizar Suit Back To High Court

The Federal Court Tuesday ruled that the dispute between Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin on who is the rightful Perak Menteri Besar will be heard and determined by the High Court.

The five-men bench headed by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously held that there were disputed facts in this case relating to two affidavits affirmed by Nizar and Perak Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid.

The proceedings to examine Kamal’s affidavit will be heard before High Court Judge Datuk Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim on Monday.

This is the second time the case was remitted back to the High Court.

The first was on March 23 when the Federal Court ruled that issues involving the interpretation of Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution must be heard and decided at the High Court, and could only be brought to the Federal Court by way of appeal.

Alauddin, Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Ariffin Zakaria and Federal Court justices Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Datuk Wira Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusuf and Datuk James Foong were today supposed to hear Zambry’s application, filed on April 21, to seek a declaration that he is the rightful Menteri Besar.

With the sitting of the five-man panel, Nizar’s request for a nine man-bench to hear the case was turned down.

Earlier in the proceedings today, Nizar’s counsel Sulaiman Abdullah objected to Zambry’s application on the ground that there were disputed facts on the dissolution of the Perak State Legislative Assembly which was scheduled to be heard at the High Court next week.

He said there was material contradiction between what was affirmed by Kamal in his affidavit with what actually had happened in the meeting between Nizar and the Sultan Azlan Shah on Perak on Feb 4.

“I affirm that when I had an audience with His Royal Highness (H.R.H) the Sultan, I never stated and did not inform, and never suggested to H.R.H. the Sultan that there was loss of confidence in me as Menteri Besar by the majority of the State Legislative Assembly. I also never recommended to H.R.H. the Sultan to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly in accordance with Article 16(6) of the Perak Government Constitution.

“Referring to the legal adviser’s affidavit, I state that Datuk Ahmad Kamal’s version on what had happened was wrong and inaccurate,” said Sulaiman, reading out the affidavit affirmed by Nizar.

He also submitted that Kamal had represented Zambry when the case was called for mention before Judicial Commissioner Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof on Feb 18. “Datuk Kamal had appeared for Zambry and clearly showed that he was not neutral,” said Sulaiman.

He also said that on the principle of “res judicata” (a matter already judged) the application should not be heard by the Federal Court as the same application on the same issue had been determined by the same court on March 23.

Counsel Datuk Cecil Abraham for Zambry said in reply that there was documentary evidence based on two letters written by Nizar to the Sultan of Perak on Feb 4 and 5 to show that there were no disputed facts as claimed by the respondent.

He also said that the principle of res judicata was not applicable because the issue of Article 63 did not arise at the hearing before the Federal Court on March 23.

Present during the proceedings were Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail as the intervener, counsel Mohd Reza Hassan who holds a watching brief for Barisan Nasional and assistant Perak legal adviser Zulqarnain Hassan.

Outside the courtroom, Nizar told reporters that today’s decision was a sign that the Perak political crisis could reach a final settlement.

“I hope the State Legislative Assembly sitting on May 7 will be postponed until the dispute is settled at the High Court. No need for us to be hasty because many facts are being disputed here,” he said.

BERNAMA

PERAK CRISIS: BETWEEN HIGH COURT AND FEDERAL COURT WHICH ONE RIGHT?

The five-men bench headed by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously held that there were disputed facts in this case relating to two affidavits affirmed by Nizar and Perak Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid.

Nizar’s request for a nine man-bench to hear the case was turned down.

Federal Court Sends Zambry-Nizar Suit Back To High Court

The Federal Court Tuesday ruled that the dispute between Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin on who is the rightful Perak Menteri Besar will be heard and determined by the High Court.

The five-men bench headed by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously held that there were disputed facts in this case relating to two affidavits affirmed by Nizar and Perak Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid.

The proceedings to examine Kamal’s affidavit will be heard before High Court Judge Datuk Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim on Monday.

This is the second time the case was remitted back to the High Court.

The first was on March 23 when the Federal Court ruled that issues involving the interpretation of Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution must be heard and decided at the High Court, and could only be brought to the Federal Court by way of appeal.

Alauddin, Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Ariffin Zakaria and Federal Court justices Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Datuk Wira Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusuf and Datuk James Foong were today supposed to hear Zambry’s application, filed on April 21, to seek a declaration that he is the rightful Menteri Besar.

With the sitting of the five-man panel, Nizar’s request for a nine man-bench to hear the case was turned down.

Earlier in the proceedings today, Nizar’s counsel Sulaiman Abdullah objected to Zambry’s application on the ground that there were disputed facts on the dissolution of the Perak State Legislative Assembly which was scheduled to be heard at the High Court next week.

He said there was material contradiction between what was affirmed by Kamal in his affidavit with what actually had happened in the meeting between Nizar and the Sultan Azlan Shah on Perak on Feb 4.

“I affirm that when I had an audience with His Royal Highness (H.R.H) the Sultan, I never stated and did not inform, and never suggested to H.R.H. the Sultan that there was loss of confidence in me as Menteri Besar by the majority of the State Legislative Assembly. I also never recommended to H.R.H. the Sultan to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly in accordance with Article 16(6) of the Perak Government Constitution.

“Referring to the legal adviser’s affidavit, I state that Datuk Ahmad Kamal’s version on what had happened was wrong and inaccurate,” said Sulaiman, reading out the affidavit affirmed by Nizar.

He also submitted that Kamal had represented Zambry when the case was called for mention before Judicial Commissioner Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof on Feb 18. “Datuk Kamal had appeared for Zambry and clearly showed that he was not neutral,” said Sulaiman.

He also said that on the principle of “res judicata” (a matter already judged) the application should not be heard by the Federal Court as the same application on the same issue had been determined by the same court on March 23.

Counsel Datuk Cecil Abraham for Zambry said in reply that there was documentary evidence based on two letters written by Nizar to the Sultan of Perak on Feb 4 and 5 to show that there were no disputed facts as claimed by the respondent.

He also said that the principle of res judicata was not applicable because the issue of Article 63 did not arise at the hearing before the Federal Court on March 23.

Present during the proceedings were Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail as the intervener, counsel Mohd Reza Hassan who holds a watching brief for Barisan Nasional and assistant Perak legal adviser Zulqarnain Hassan.

Outside the courtroom, Nizar told reporters that today’s decision was a sign that the Perak political crisis could reach a final settlement.

“I hope the State Legislative Assembly sitting on May 7 will be postponed until the dispute is settled at the High Court. No need for us to be hasty because many facts are being disputed here,” he said.

BERNAMA

PERAK CRISIS: BETWEEN HIGH COURT AND FEDERAL COURT WHICH ONE RIGHT?

The five-men bench headed by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously held that there were disputed facts in this case relating to two affidavits affirmed by Nizar and Perak Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid.

Nizar’s request for a nine man-bench to hear the case was turned down.

Federal Court Sends Zambry-Nizar Suit Back To High Court

The Federal Court Tuesday ruled that the dispute between Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin on who is the rightful Perak Menteri Besar will be heard and determined by the High Court.

The five-men bench headed by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously held that there were disputed facts in this case relating to two affidavits affirmed by Nizar and Perak Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid.

The proceedings to examine Kamal’s affidavit will be heard before High Court Judge Datuk Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim on Monday.

This is the second time the case was remitted back to the High Court.

The first was on March 23 when the Federal Court ruled that issues involving the interpretation of Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution must be heard and decided at the High Court, and could only be brought to the Federal Court by way of appeal.

Alauddin, Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Ariffin Zakaria and Federal Court justices Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Datuk Wira Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusuf and Datuk James Foong were today supposed to hear Zambry’s application, filed on April 21, to seek a declaration that he is the rightful Menteri Besar.

With the sitting of the five-man panel, Nizar’s request for a nine man-bench to hear the case was turned down.

Earlier in the proceedings today, Nizar’s counsel Sulaiman Abdullah objected to Zambry’s application on the ground that there were disputed facts on the dissolution of the Perak State Legislative Assembly which was scheduled to be heard at the High Court next week.

He said there was material contradiction between what was affirmed by Kamal in his affidavit with what actually had happened in the meeting between Nizar and the Sultan Azlan Shah on Perak on Feb 4.

“I affirm that when I had an audience with His Royal Highness (H.R.H) the Sultan, I never stated and did not inform, and never suggested to H.R.H. the Sultan that there was loss of confidence in me as Menteri Besar by the majority of the State Legislative Assembly. I also never recommended to H.R.H. the Sultan to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly in accordance with Article 16(6) of the Perak Government Constitution.

“Referring to the legal adviser’s affidavit, I state that Datuk Ahmad Kamal’s version on what had happened was wrong and inaccurate,” said Sulaiman, reading out the affidavit affirmed by Nizar.

He also submitted that Kamal had represented Zambry when the case was called for mention before Judicial Commissioner Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof on Feb 18. “Datuk Kamal had appeared for Zambry and clearly showed that he was not neutral,” said Sulaiman.

He also said that on the principle of “res judicata” (a matter already judged) the application should not be heard by the Federal Court as the same application on the same issue had been determined by the same court on March 23.

Counsel Datuk Cecil Abraham for Zambry said in reply that there was documentary evidence based on two letters written by Nizar to the Sultan of Perak on Feb 4 and 5 to show that there were no disputed facts as claimed by the respondent.

He also said that the principle of res judicata was not applicable because the issue of Article 63 did not arise at the hearing before the Federal Court on March 23.

Present during the proceedings were Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail as the intervener, counsel Mohd Reza Hassan who holds a watching brief for Barisan Nasional and assistant Perak legal adviser Zulqarnain Hassan.

Outside the courtroom, Nizar told reporters that today’s decision was a sign that the Perak political crisis could reach a final settlement.

“I hope the State Legislative Assembly sitting on May 7 will be postponed until the dispute is settled at the High Court. No need for us to be hasty because many facts are being disputed here,” he said.

BERNAMA

JOHAN JAAFAR JADI RAJA MEDIA ERA NAJIB

TAHNIAH DATUK. JANGAN LUPA TANGGUNGAN DAN JAWAPAN DI SANA KELAK.

Johan Jaffar dilantik Pengerusi Eksekutif Media Prima

Pengerusi Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), Datuk Johan Jaffar, dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Eksekutif baru Kumpulan Media Prima, berkuatkuasa Khamis ini.

Johan menggantikan Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak yang bersara hari ini.

Pengumuman pelantikan itu dibuat Media Prima dalam kenyataan kepada Bursa Malaysia hari ini.

Media Prima memiliki NSTP yang menerbitkan akhbar New Straits Times, Berita Harian dan Harian Metro.

Ia juga memiliki empat stesen televisyen swasta, TV3, 8TV, TV9 dan NTV7 serta dua stesen radio iaitu Hot FM dan Fly FM.

Media Prima Bhd has announced the appointment of Datuk Johan Jaaffar, a veteran of Malaysia’s news industry, as the group’s executive chairman, effective Thursday.
Johan, who is now Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka chairman, is taking over from retiring Media Prima non-executive chairman Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak.

He will also assume all board posts vacated by Abdul Mutalib, including the chairmanship of TV3 and other Media Prima subsidiaries.

“The Board of Directors is confident that under his leadership, Media Prima Group will continue its strong track record of delivering shareholders value,” Media Prima said in a statement.

Abdul Mutalib has led the integrated media group for five years, the period of the group’s aggressive expansion that saw the consolidation of the free-to-air television business, namely TV3, 8tv, ntv7 and TV9, as well as the entry into new media platforms like radio and outdoor advertising.

During his tenure, Media Prima more than doubled its net profit to RM117.4 million last year, breaching the RM100 million-mark for the first time.

Abdul Mutalib was also instrumental in leading the group’s international expansion, which resulted in the collaboration of news content-gathering, joint production, exchange of documentaries and dramas as well as provision of training and consultancy services in Oman, Pakistan and the Maldives.

The incoming Johan, meanwhile, is no stranger to the media business, having been Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd group chief editor and executive director between November 1992 and July 1998.

During his tenure at the Malay language media group, Johan was responsible for the daily and weekly papers, as well as 13 other magazines and journals published by the group.

During that period, he served as a board member of national news agency Bernama and a member of Malaysian Business Council and Multimedia Development Corp.

Besides being a columnist for the New Straits Times and Berita Minggu, Johan is also Ikatan Setiakawan Wartawan Malaysia-Indonesia chairman. He had also hosted the weekly “Debat Perdana” television programme for eight seasons.

He is currently executive director of public relations company Alpha Platform, chairman of private school Sekolah Sri Nobel and a board member of Sindora Bhd.

Bernama

KEPIMPINAN ULAMA SENTIASA TERBUKA – HARON DIN

Kepimpinan ulama dalam PAS yang telah pun menjangkau 25 tahun sejak mula diperkenalkan sewaktu Muktamar PAS ke 23 di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka pada 23 Oktober 1982 bersamaan 6 Muharram 1403.

Untuk memperingati tarikh tersebut, sambutan Jubli Perak Kepimpinan Ulamak akan diadakan pada 23 Mei 2009 bertempat di dewan Dato’ Fadzil Noor Markaz Tarbiyah PAS, taman Melewar.

Gabung-jalin antara ulama dengan golongan profesional dalam PAS dapat memastikan hala tuju parti tercapai seterusnya memantapkan kecemerlangan perjuangan Islam sepanjang masa.

Kepimpinan ulama sentiasa terbuka, pastikan PAS mantap – Haron Din

“Kepimpinan Ulama hanyalah satu arah tuju yang dilihat sebagai pengemudi parti. Ulama laksana juruterbang yang membawa kapal terbang atau nahkoda bagi sebuah kapal. Namun itu bukan kerja dia seorang tetapi beserta kakitangannya. Hal ehwal penumpang, kebajikan, keselamatan diuruskan oleh yang bukan ‘pilot’. Kesinambungan itu yang membuatkan sesuatu perjalanan menjadi lancar.”

Demikian antara petikan kata Timbalan Mursyidul Am PAS Dato’ Dr Haron Din ketika diminta memberi pandangan berhubung kepimpinan ulama dalam PAS yang telah pun menjangkau 25 tahun sejak mula diperkenalkan sewaktu Muktamar PAS pada tahun 1983.

Kata Haron Din walaupun kepimpinan ulama baru melintasi suku abad, namun pelbagai kejayaan telah dikecapi silih berganti menandakan keberkesanan ulama memimpin PAS menjadikannya sebuah parti yang dihormati, disegani dan semakin mendapat sokongan sekaligus memikat hati rakyat. Image

Tanpa kecuali beliau menyatakan peri pentingnya gabung-jalin antara ulama dengan golongan profesional dalam PAS demi memastikan hala tuju parti tercapai seterusnya memantapkan kecemerlangan perjuangan Islam sepanjang masa.

“Dalam PAS itu masing-masing ada kelebihannya dan saling tampung-menampung. Oleh itu kelangsungan kepimpinan ulama mestilah diteruskan. Gandingan dengan tenaga profesional harus terus dimantapkan.

“Untuk berdepan dan menyaingi mereka (parti lawan), kita perlukan bukan sahaja ulama tetapi juga tenaga dan buah fikiran golongan profesional untuk memantapkan parti dan bergerak memastikan kejayaan perjuangan Islam ini,” katanya dalam temubual eksklusif Harakah di kediaman semalam

Sementara itu, ditanya berhubung salah faham, kelemahan dan kritikan terhadap kedua-dua golongan ini di dalam PAS, beliau menjelaskan isu itu sewajarnya diperbaiki sebaiknya dan bukan untuk diperbesarkan Image

“Begitu juga dengan hal peperangan, Nabi Muhammad s.a.w sentiasa menerima pandangan daripada sahabat yang arif berperang. Itu bukan kesilapan tetapi petunjuk ringkas daripada Rasullulah bahawa pemimpin boleh ditegur, dibantu dan diberi pandangan.

“Begitu juga dalam PAS. Kelemahan kepimpinan ulama bukan untuk diperbesarkan tetapi diperbetulkan. Kita kena ingat, semua orang mempunyai kelemahan dan sewajarnya ditampung bersama. Adakah dengan menukar kepimpinan maka kelemahan dan kesilapan tidak akan wujud sama sekali?” kata Haron Din lagi.

Beliau menasihati pihak media, blog dan internet sepatutnya berlaku adil kepada kepimpinan ulama jika berlaku kelemahan ataupun salah faham dengan membuat pertemuan dan mengadakan perbincangan sebelum membuat sebarang ulasan ataupun kesimpulan.

“Saya lihat keterbukaan kepimpinan ulama tidak mempunyai sebarang halangan untuk bersua dan mendapatkan penjelasan. Mereka sedia bertemu dan berbincang demi untuk kukuhkan parti sekaligus memantapkan perjuangan Islam yang menjadi dasar dan teras PAS selama ini,” katanya.

azmAzamin Amin/Wan Zahari Wan Salle/harakahdaily

KEPIMPINAN ULAMA SENTIASA TERBUKA – HARON DIN

Kepimpinan ulama dalam PAS yang telah pun menjangkau 25 tahun sejak mula diperkenalkan sewaktu Muktamar PAS ke 23 di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka pada 23 Oktober 1982 bersamaan 6 Muharram 1403.

Untuk memperingati tarikh tersebut, sambutan Jubli Perak Kepimpinan Ulamak akan diadakan pada 23 Mei 2009 bertempat di dewan Dato’ Fadzil Noor Markaz Tarbiyah PAS, taman Melewar.

Gabung-jalin antara ulama dengan golongan profesional dalam PAS dapat memastikan hala tuju parti tercapai seterusnya memantapkan kecemerlangan perjuangan Islam sepanjang masa.

Kepimpinan ulama sentiasa terbuka, pastikan PAS mantap – Haron Din

“Kepimpinan Ulama hanyalah satu arah tuju yang dilihat sebagai pengemudi parti. Ulama laksana juruterbang yang membawa kapal terbang atau nahkoda bagi sebuah kapal. Namun itu bukan kerja dia seorang tetapi beserta kakitangannya. Hal ehwal penumpang, kebajikan, keselamatan diuruskan oleh yang bukan ‘pilot’. Kesinambungan itu yang membuatkan sesuatu perjalanan menjadi lancar.”

Demikian antara petikan kata Timbalan Mursyidul Am PAS Dato’ Dr Haron Din ketika diminta memberi pandangan berhubung kepimpinan ulama dalam PAS yang telah pun menjangkau 25 tahun sejak mula diperkenalkan sewaktu Muktamar PAS pada tahun 1983.

Kata Haron Din walaupun kepimpinan ulama baru melintasi suku abad, namun pelbagai kejayaan telah dikecapi silih berganti menandakan keberkesanan ulama memimpin PAS menjadikannya sebuah parti yang dihormati, disegani dan semakin mendapat sokongan sekaligus memikat hati rakyat. Image

Tanpa kecuali beliau menyatakan peri pentingnya gabung-jalin antara ulama dengan golongan profesional dalam PAS demi memastikan hala tuju parti tercapai seterusnya memantapkan kecemerlangan perjuangan Islam sepanjang masa.

“Dalam PAS itu masing-masing ada kelebihannya dan saling tampung-menampung. Oleh itu kelangsungan kepimpinan ulama mestilah diteruskan. Gandingan dengan tenaga profesional harus terus dimantapkan.

“Untuk berdepan dan menyaingi mereka (parti lawan), kita perlukan bukan sahaja ulama tetapi juga tenaga dan buah fikiran golongan profesional untuk memantapkan parti dan bergerak memastikan kejayaan perjuangan Islam ini,” katanya dalam temubual eksklusif Harakah di kediaman semalam

Sementara itu, ditanya berhubung salah faham, kelemahan dan kritikan terhadap kedua-dua golongan ini di dalam PAS, beliau menjelaskan isu itu sewajarnya diperbaiki sebaiknya dan bukan untuk diperbesarkan Image

“Begitu juga dengan hal peperangan, Nabi Muhammad s.a.w sentiasa menerima pandangan daripada sahabat yang arif berperang. Itu bukan kesilapan tetapi petunjuk ringkas daripada Rasullulah bahawa pemimpin boleh ditegur, dibantu dan diberi pandangan.

“Begitu juga dalam PAS. Kelemahan kepimpinan ulama bukan untuk diperbesarkan tetapi diperbetulkan. Kita kena ingat, semua orang mempunyai kelemahan dan sewajarnya ditampung bersama. Adakah dengan menukar kepimpinan maka kelemahan dan kesilapan tidak akan wujud sama sekali?” kata Haron Din lagi.

Beliau menasihati pihak media, blog dan internet sepatutnya berlaku adil kepada kepimpinan ulama jika berlaku kelemahan ataupun salah faham dengan membuat pertemuan dan mengadakan perbincangan sebelum membuat sebarang ulasan ataupun kesimpulan.

“Saya lihat keterbukaan kepimpinan ulama tidak mempunyai sebarang halangan untuk bersua dan mendapatkan penjelasan. Mereka sedia bertemu dan berbincang demi untuk kukuhkan parti sekaligus memantapkan perjuangan Islam yang menjadi dasar dan teras PAS selama ini,” katanya.

azmAzamin Amin/Wan Zahari Wan Salle/harakahdaily

KEPIMPINAN ULAMA SENTIASA TERBUKA – HARON DIN

Kepimpinan ulama dalam PAS yang telah pun menjangkau 25 tahun sejak mula diperkenalkan sewaktu Muktamar PAS ke 23 di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka pada 23 Oktober 1982 bersamaan 6 Muharram 1403.

Untuk memperingati tarikh tersebut, sambutan Jubli Perak Kepimpinan Ulamak akan diadakan pada 23 Mei 2009 bertempat di dewan Dato’ Fadzil Noor Markaz Tarbiyah PAS, taman Melewar.

Gabung-jalin antara ulama dengan golongan profesional dalam PAS dapat memastikan hala tuju parti tercapai seterusnya memantapkan kecemerlangan perjuangan Islam sepanjang masa.

Kepimpinan ulama sentiasa terbuka, pastikan PAS mantap – Haron Din

“Kepimpinan Ulama hanyalah satu arah tuju yang dilihat sebagai pengemudi parti. Ulama laksana juruterbang yang membawa kapal terbang atau nahkoda bagi sebuah kapal. Namun itu bukan kerja dia seorang tetapi beserta kakitangannya. Hal ehwal penumpang, kebajikan, keselamatan diuruskan oleh yang bukan ‘pilot’. Kesinambungan itu yang membuatkan sesuatu perjalanan menjadi lancar.”

Demikian antara petikan kata Timbalan Mursyidul Am PAS Dato’ Dr Haron Din ketika diminta memberi pandangan berhubung kepimpinan ulama dalam PAS yang telah pun menjangkau 25 tahun sejak mula diperkenalkan sewaktu Muktamar PAS pada tahun 1983.

Kata Haron Din walaupun kepimpinan ulama baru melintasi suku abad, namun pelbagai kejayaan telah dikecapi silih berganti menandakan keberkesanan ulama memimpin PAS menjadikannya sebuah parti yang dihormati, disegani dan semakin mendapat sokongan sekaligus memikat hati rakyat. Image

Tanpa kecuali beliau menyatakan peri pentingnya gabung-jalin antara ulama dengan golongan profesional dalam PAS demi memastikan hala tuju parti tercapai seterusnya memantapkan kecemerlangan perjuangan Islam sepanjang masa.

“Dalam PAS itu masing-masing ada kelebihannya dan saling tampung-menampung. Oleh itu kelangsungan kepimpinan ulama mestilah diteruskan. Gandingan dengan tenaga profesional harus terus dimantapkan.

“Untuk berdepan dan menyaingi mereka (parti lawan), kita perlukan bukan sahaja ulama tetapi juga tenaga dan buah fikiran golongan profesional untuk memantapkan parti dan bergerak memastikan kejayaan perjuangan Islam ini,” katanya dalam temubual eksklusif Harakah di kediaman semalam

Sementara itu, ditanya berhubung salah faham, kelemahan dan kritikan terhadap kedua-dua golongan ini di dalam PAS, beliau menjelaskan isu itu sewajarnya diperbaiki sebaiknya dan bukan untuk diperbesarkan Image

“Begitu juga dengan hal peperangan, Nabi Muhammad s.a.w sentiasa menerima pandangan daripada sahabat yang arif berperang. Itu bukan kesilapan tetapi petunjuk ringkas daripada Rasullulah bahawa pemimpin boleh ditegur, dibantu dan diberi pandangan.

“Begitu juga dalam PAS. Kelemahan kepimpinan ulama bukan untuk diperbesarkan tetapi diperbetulkan. Kita kena ingat, semua orang mempunyai kelemahan dan sewajarnya ditampung bersama. Adakah dengan menukar kepimpinan maka kelemahan dan kesilapan tidak akan wujud sama sekali?” kata Haron Din lagi.

Beliau menasihati pihak media, blog dan internet sepatutnya berlaku adil kepada kepimpinan ulama jika berlaku kelemahan ataupun salah faham dengan membuat pertemuan dan mengadakan perbincangan sebelum membuat sebarang ulasan ataupun kesimpulan.

“Saya lihat keterbukaan kepimpinan ulama tidak mempunyai sebarang halangan untuk bersua dan mendapatkan penjelasan. Mereka sedia bertemu dan berbincang demi untuk kukuhkan parti sekaligus memantapkan perjuangan Islam yang menjadi dasar dan teras PAS selama ini,” katanya.

azmAzamin Amin/Wan Zahari Wan Salle/harakahdaily

PONDOK PANAS BANYAK FUNGSINYA, KINI DINAFIKAN KEWUJUDANNYA

Pondok atau Bangsal Panas mempunyai banyak fungsi, antaranya sebagai tempat berteduh dari hujan dan panas bukan hanya kepada para petugas parti malah kepada para pengundi.

Para petugas disediakan air untuk membasah tekak yang kering akibat banyak bercakap.

Biasanya di pondok panas, pengundi berpeluang untuk menyemak sama ada nama mereka tersenarai dalam buku daftar pemilih untuk membuang undi di tempat yang telah dimaklumkan serta saluran yang telah ditetapkan.

Video SPR larang Pondok Panas

Banyak lagi peranan yang dimainkan oleh pondok panas, mungkin sebab kedudukannya hanya 50 meter dari tempat mengundi maka tidak dapat dinafikan ia kekadang menjadi sangat panas suhunya apabila perayu undi dari parti-parti yang bertanding melakukan sesuatu atau berteriak sesuatu yang tidak “sedap” didengar atau dilihat.

Pakatan Rakyat disagrees with ban on pondok panas

The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) disagrees with the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to ban the setting up of pondok panas outside the polling centres.

In a joint press conference today, PAS election director Datuk Mustafa Ali said the PR had explained to the EC last week that the supporters did not create any big problems during the past by-elections and that the EC also agreed the by-elections were conducted smoothly.

“We have given our explanation and the EC seemed to have accepted it but we do not understand why it still imposed such a ban,” he said.

“The statement by the EC was not reasonable and we will make another appointment with the commission on Thursday or next week to sort the issue out.”

On Monday, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof announced the ban on the pondok panas, or voter reference stations, and warned of severe action against those who ignore the election regulations.

PKR vice-president R. Sivarasa said the decision “has gone against the law” because the Election Offences Act 1954 allows for the setting up such stations 50m away from the polling centres.

“Under the Act, we are also allowed to canvas for votes 50m away from the polling centres but not house-to-house campaigning or ceramah on the polling day,” he said.

“We are also allowed to use the pondok panas to help voters check their status and verify the identity of the voters under Section 26(1)(e) of the act.

Sivarasa said placing uniformed policemen at appropriate places around the polling centres will help defuse the tension among the supporters “but not the Federal Reserve Unit as its presence would create fear”.

On the statement by Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel) that the political parties had breached the campaign moratorium, Sivarasa said the authorities may act on the political parties if their supporters had done so “but we will ensure that our supporters will not do it”.

MCA information and communication bureau chief Lee Wei Keat said the party supported the ban by the EC because it will eliminate tension caused by the party supporters.

“I believe the voters would have made up their minds when they go to cast their votes but the EC must be more efficient in conducting the polling process so that the voters can check their status easily,” he told theSun.

He said the ban will also help the political parties to save the cost for setting up the stations.

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PERAK CRISIS: BETWEEN HIGH COURT AND FEDERAL COURT WHICH ONE RIGHT?

The five-men bench headed by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously held that there were disputed facts in this case relating to two affidavits affirmed by Nizar and Perak Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid.

Nizar’s request for a nine man-bench to hear the case was turned down.

Federal Court Sends Zambry-Nizar Suit Back To High Court

The Federal Court Tuesday ruled that the dispute between Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin on who is the rightful Perak Menteri Besar will be heard and determined by the High Court.

The five-men bench headed by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously held that there were disputed facts in this case relating to two affidavits affirmed by Nizar and Perak Legal Adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid.

The proceedings to examine Kamal’s affidavit will be heard before High Court Judge Datuk Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim on Monday.

This is the second time the case was remitted back to the High Court.

The first was on March 23 when the Federal Court ruled that issues involving the interpretation of Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution must be heard and decided at the High Court, and could only be brought to the Federal Court by way of appeal.

Alauddin, Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Ariffin Zakaria and Federal Court justices Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Datuk Wira Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusuf and Datuk James Foong were today supposed to hear Zambry’s application, filed on April 21, to seek a declaration that he is the rightful Menteri Besar.

With the sitting of the five-man panel, Nizar’s request for a nine man-bench to hear the case was turned down.

Earlier in the proceedings today, Nizar’s counsel Sulaiman Abdullah objected to Zambry’s application on the ground that there were disputed facts on the dissolution of the Perak State Legislative Assembly which was scheduled to be heard at the High Court next week.

He said there was material contradiction between what was affirmed by Kamal in his affidavit with what actually had happened in the meeting between Nizar and the Sultan Azlan Shah on Perak on Feb 4.

“I affirm that when I had an audience with His Royal Highness (H.R.H) the Sultan, I never stated and did not inform, and never suggested to H.R.H. the Sultan that there was loss of confidence in me as Menteri Besar by the majority of the State Legislative Assembly. I also never recommended to H.R.H. the Sultan to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly in accordance with Article 16(6) of the Perak Government Constitution.

“Referring to the legal adviser’s affidavit, I state that Datuk Ahmad Kamal’s version on what had happened was wrong and inaccurate,” said Sulaiman, reading out the affidavit affirmed by Nizar.

He also submitted that Kamal had represented Zambry when the case was called for mention before Judicial Commissioner Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof on Feb 18. “Datuk Kamal had appeared for Zambry and clearly showed that he was not neutral,” said Sulaiman.

He also said that on the principle of “res judicata” (a matter already judged) the application should not be heard by the Federal Court as the same application on the same issue had been determined by the same court on March 23.

Counsel Datuk Cecil Abraham for Zambry said in reply that there was documentary evidence based on two letters written by Nizar to the Sultan of Perak on Feb 4 and 5 to show that there were no disputed facts as claimed by the respondent.

He also said that the principle of res judicata was not applicable because the issue of Article 63 did not arise at the hearing before the Federal Court on March 23.

Present during the proceedings were Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail as the intervener, counsel Mohd Reza Hassan who holds a watching brief for Barisan Nasional and assistant Perak legal adviser Zulqarnain Hassan.

Outside the courtroom, Nizar told reporters that today’s decision was a sign that the Perak political crisis could reach a final settlement.

“I hope the State Legislative Assembly sitting on May 7 will be postponed until the dispute is settled at the High Court. No need for us to be hasty because many facts are being disputed here,” he said.

BERNAMA

KEPIMPINAN ULAMA SENTIASA TERBUKA – HARON DIN

Kepimpinan ulama dalam PAS yang telah pun menjangkau 25 tahun sejak mula diperkenalkan sewaktu Muktamar PAS ke 23 di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka pada 23 Oktober 1982 bersamaan 6 Muharram 1403.

Untuk memperingati tarikh tersebut, sambutan Jubli Perak Kepimpinan Ulamak akan diadakan pada 23 Mei 2009 bertempat di dewan Dato’ Fadzil Noor Markaz Tarbiyah PAS, taman Melewar.

Gabung-jalin antara ulama dengan golongan profesional dalam PAS dapat memastikan hala tuju parti tercapai seterusnya memantapkan kecemerlangan perjuangan Islam sepanjang masa.

Kepimpinan ulama sentiasa terbuka, pastikan PAS mantap – Haron Din

“Kepimpinan Ulama hanyalah satu arah tuju yang dilihat sebagai pengemudi parti. Ulama laksana juruterbang yang membawa kapal terbang atau nahkoda bagi sebuah kapal. Namun itu bukan kerja dia seorang tetapi beserta kakitangannya. Hal ehwal penumpang, kebajikan, keselamatan diuruskan oleh yang bukan ‘pilot’. Kesinambungan itu yang membuatkan sesuatu perjalanan menjadi lancar.”

Demikian antara petikan kata Timbalan Mursyidul Am PAS Dato’ Dr Haron Din ketika diminta memberi pandangan berhubung kepimpinan ulama dalam PAS yang telah pun menjangkau 25 tahun sejak mula diperkenalkan sewaktu Muktamar PAS pada tahun 1983.

Kata Haron Din walaupun kepimpinan ulama baru melintasi suku abad, namun pelbagai kejayaan telah dikecapi silih berganti menandakan keberkesanan ulama memimpin PAS menjadikannya sebuah parti yang dihormati, disegani dan semakin mendapat sokongan sekaligus memikat hati rakyat. Image

Tanpa kecuali beliau menyatakan peri pentingnya gabung-jalin antara ulama dengan golongan profesional dalam PAS demi memastikan hala tuju parti tercapai seterusnya memantapkan kecemerlangan perjuangan Islam sepanjang masa.

“Dalam PAS itu masing-masing ada kelebihannya dan saling tampung-menampung. Oleh itu kelangsungan kepimpinan ulama mestilah diteruskan. Gandingan dengan tenaga profesional harus terus dimantapkan.

“Untuk berdepan dan menyaingi mereka (parti lawan), kita perlukan bukan sahaja ulama tetapi juga tenaga dan buah fikiran golongan profesional untuk memantapkan parti dan bergerak memastikan kejayaan perjuangan Islam ini,” katanya dalam temubual eksklusif Harakah di kediaman semalam

Sementara itu, ditanya berhubung salah faham, kelemahan dan kritikan terhadap kedua-dua golongan ini di dalam PAS, beliau menjelaskan isu itu sewajarnya diperbaiki sebaiknya dan bukan untuk diperbesarkan Image

“Begitu juga dengan hal peperangan, Nabi Muhammad s.a.w sentiasa menerima pandangan daripada sahabat yang arif berperang. Itu bukan kesilapan tetapi petunjuk ringkas daripada Rasullulah bahawa pemimpin boleh ditegur, dibantu dan diberi pandangan.

“Begitu juga dalam PAS. Kelemahan kepimpinan ulama bukan untuk diperbesarkan tetapi diperbetulkan. Kita kena ingat, semua orang mempunyai kelemahan dan sewajarnya ditampung bersama. Adakah dengan menukar kepimpinan maka kelemahan dan kesilapan tidak akan wujud sama sekali?” kata Haron Din lagi.

Beliau menasihati pihak media, blog dan internet sepatutnya berlaku adil kepada kepimpinan ulama jika berlaku kelemahan ataupun salah faham dengan membuat pertemuan dan mengadakan perbincangan sebelum membuat sebarang ulasan ataupun kesimpulan.

“Saya lihat keterbukaan kepimpinan ulama tidak mempunyai sebarang halangan untuk bersua dan mendapatkan penjelasan. Mereka sedia bertemu dan berbincang demi untuk kukuhkan parti sekaligus memantapkan perjuangan Islam yang menjadi dasar dan teras PAS selama ini,” katanya.

azmAzamin Amin/Wan Zahari Wan Salle/harakahdaily

Aktiviti Exco Pemb Modal Insan pada 27/02/09: Merasmikan Bengkel TOT Modul SPIES di Shah Alam

Aktiviti Exco Pemb Modal Insan pada 27/02/09: Merasmikan Bengkel TOT Modul SPIES di Shah Alam

Aktiviti ADUN Selat Klang pada 27/02/09: Penyampaian Bantuan Warga Emas dan Kebajikan di Kawasan Selat Klang

Aktiviti ADUN Selat Klang pada 27/02/09: Penyampaian Bantuan Warga Emas dan Kebajikan di Kawasan Selat Klang

Aktiviti Exco Pemb Modal Insan pada 26/02/09: Merasmikan Majlis Anugerah Penceramah “JasaMu DiKenang” 2008 & Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang Staf ILDAS

Aktiviti Exco Pemb Modal Insan pada 26/02/09: Merasmikan Majlis Anugerah Penceramah “JasaMu DiKenang” 2008 & Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang Staf ILDAS

Aktiviti Exco Pendidikan pada 26/02/09: Menghadhiri Mesyuarat Lembaga Pengarah PPAS di Perpustakaan Raja Tun Uda

Aktiviti Exco Pendidikan pada 26/02/09: Menghadhiri Mesyuarat Lembaga Pengarah PPAS di Perpustakaan Raja Tun Uda

Aktiviti ADUN Selat Klang pada 26/02/09: Penyampaian Bantuan Warga Emas dan Kebajikan di Kawasan Selat Klang

Aktiviti ADUN Selat Klang pada 26/02/09: Penyampaian Bantuan Warga Emas dan Kebajikan di Kawasan Selat Klang

NEGARA MEXICO DITIMPA BALA WABAK PENYAKIT DAN GEMPA BUMI

Negara Mexico kini ditimpa bala satu demi satu.

Setelah digegarkan dengan berita wabak selsema khinzir yang telah meragut lebih 100 nyawa ( Cases: The country’s health minister says 103 deaths are thought to have been caused by swine flu. An additional 1,614 cases have been reported in the country.)

Ibukota Mexico digegarkan dengan gempa bumi berskala 6.0 Richter. Inna lillahi wainna ilaihi raaji’uun.

NEGARA MEXICO DITIMPA BALA WABAK PENYAKIT DAN GEMPA BUMI

Negara Mexico kini ditimpa bala satu demi satu.

Setelah digegarkan dengan berita wabak selsema khinzir yang telah meragut lebih 100 nyawa ( Cases: The country’s health minister says 103 deaths are thought to have been caused by swine flu. An additional 1,614 cases have been reported in the country.)

Ibukota Mexico digegarkan dengan gempa bumi berskala 6.0 Richter. Inna lillahi wainna ilaihi raaji’uun.

NEGARA MEXICO DITIMPA BALA WABAK PENYAKIT DAN GEMPA BUMI

Negara Mexico kini ditimpa bala satu demi satu.

Setelah digegarkan dengan berita wabak selsema khinzir yang telah meragut lebih 100 nyawa ( Cases: The country’s health minister says 103 deaths are thought to have been caused by swine flu. An additional 1,614 cases have been reported in the country.)

Ibukota Mexico digegarkan dengan gempa bumi berskala 6.0 Richter. Inna lillahi wainna ilaihi raaji’uun.

SWINE FLU H1N1 VS AVIAN FLU H5N1(sars)

Infection control experts are scrambling to respond to outbreaks of swine flu in Mexico and the US, and suspected cases elsewhere.

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs.

Caused by influenza type A, there are regular outbreaks among herds of pigs, where the disease causes high levels of illness but is rarely fatal.

It tends to spread in autumn and winter but can circulate all year round.

There are many different types of swine flu and like human flu, the infection is constantly changing.

Can humans catch swine flu?

Swine flu does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur – usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

There have also been rare documented cases of humans passing the infection to other humans.

Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is thought to spread in the same way as seasonal flu – through coughing and sneezing.

In the latest outbreak it is clear that the disease is being passed from person to person.

Symptom of swine flu in humans appear to be similar to those produced by standard, seasonal flu.

Is this a new type of swine flu?

The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least some of the cases are a never-before-seen version of the H1N1 strain of influenza type A.

H1N1 is the same strain which causes seasonal outbreaks of flu in humans on a regular basis.

But this latest version of H1N1 is different: it contains genetic material that is typically found in strains of the virus that affect humans, birds and swine.

Flu viruses have the ability to swap genetic components with each other, and it seems likely that the new version of H1N1 resulted from a mixing of different versions of the virus, which may usually affect different species, in the same animal host.

Is it safe to eat pig meat?

Yes. There is no evidence that swine flu can be transmitted through eating meat from infected animals.

However, it is essential to cook meat properly. A temperature of 70C (158F) would be sure to kill the virus.

How worried should people be?

When any new strain of flu emerges that acquires the ability to pass from person to person, it is monitored very closely in case it has the potential to spark a pandemic.

FLU PANDEMICS
1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times. Caused by a form of the H1N1 strain of flu, it is estimated that up to 40% of the world’s population were infected, and more than 50 million people died, with young adults particularly badly affected

1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The impact of the pandemic was minimised by rapid action by health authorities, who identified the virus, and made vaccine available speedily. The elderly were particularly vulnerable

1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

The World Health Organization has warned that taken together the Mexican and US cases could potentially trigger a global pandemic, and stress that the situation is serious.

However, it is stressed that it is still too early to accurately assess the situation fully.

Currently, they say the world is closer to a flu pandemic than at any point since 1968 – rating the threat at three on a six-point scale.

Nobody knows the full potential impact of the pandemic, but experts have warned that it could cost millions of lives worldwide. The Spanish flu pandemic, which began in 1918, and was also caused by an H1N1 strain, killed millions of people.

The fact that all the cases in the US have so far produced mild symptoms is encouraging. It suggests that the severity of the Mexican outbreak may be due to an unusual geographically-specific factor – possibly a second unrelated virus circulating in the community – which would be unlikely to come into play in the rest of the world.

However, the fact that many of the victims are young does point to something unusual. Normal, seasonal flu tends to affect the elderly disproportionately.

What about treatments and vaccines?

The US authorities say that two drugs commonly used to treat flu, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem to be effective at treating cases that have occurred there so far.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

US scientists are already developing a bespoke new vaccine, but it may take some time to perfect it, and manufacture enough supplies to meet what could be huge demand.

What about bird flu?

The strain of bird flu which has caused scores of human deaths in South East Asia in recent years is a different strain to that responsible for the current outbreak of swine flu.

The latest form of swine flu is a new type of the H1N1 strain, while bird, or avian flu, is H5N1.

Experts fear H5N1 hold the potential to trigger a pandemic because of its ability to mutate rapidly. However, up until now it has remained very much a disease of birds. Those humans who have been infected have, without exception, worked closely with birds, and cases of human-to-human transmission are extremely rare – there is no suggestion that H5N1 has gained the ability to pass easily from person to person.

UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

Dr John Watson, Health Protection Agency: ‘The UK must be prepared’

Health officials in the UK say they are monitoring closely a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, amid fears of a potential pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said it was working with the government to assess any threat posed to the public.

It described the outbreak as “unusual” and warranting “further investigation and vigilance” by other countries.

Northwick Park Hospital said a BA worker who arrived from Mexico City and fell ill does not have swine flu.

At least 81 people in Mexico are now thought to have died after contracting a new strain of flu being linked to an outbreak of swine flu in the US.

There have been no confirmed cases so far in Europe.

1. Is this a flu pandemic?

The influenza virus is constantly mutating. That’s why we can’t get full immunity to the flu, the way we can to diseases like chicken pox, because there are multiple strains of the flu virus and they change from year to year. However, even though the virus makes us sick, our immune systems can usually muster enough of a response so that the flu is rarely fatal for healthy people.

But every once in awhile, the virus shifts its genetic structure so much that our immune systems offer no protection whatsoever. (This usually happens when a flu virus found in animals — like the avian flu still circulating in Asia — swaps genes with other viruses in a process called reassortment, and jumps to human beings.) A flu pandemic occurs when a new flu virus emerges for which humans have little or no immunity and then spreads easily from person to person around the world. In the 20th century we had two mild flu pandemics, in 1968 and 1957, and the severe “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 40 to 50 million people worldwide.

The WHO has the responsibility of declaring when a new flu pandemic is underway, and to simplify the process, the U.N. body has established six pandemic phases. Thanks to H5N1 avian flu, which has killed 257 people since 2003 but doesn’t spread very well from one human to another, we’re currently at phase 3. If the WHO upgraded that status to phase 4, which is marked by a new virus that begins to pass easily enough from person to person that we can detect community-sized outbreaks, such a move would effectively mean that we’ve got a pandemic on our hands.

The H1N1 swine flu virus has already been identified as a new virus, with genes from human and avian flus as well as the swine variety. And since it is apparently causing large-scale outbreaks in Mexico, along with separate confirmed cases in the U.S. and Canada and suspected cases in other countries, it would seem that we’ve already met the criteria for phase 4. But though an emergency committee met on April 25 to evaluate the situation, the WHO hasn’t made the pandemic declaration yet. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s interim assistant director-general for health, security and environment, said on Sunday that its experts “would like a little bit more information and a little bit more time to consider this.” The committee is set to meet again by April 28 at the latest.

As health officials have repeatedly emphasized, with good reason, the swine flu situation is evolving rapidly, and more lab tests are needed to ascertain exactly what is going on in Mexico and elsewhere. “We want to make sure we’re on solid ground,” said Fukuda, a highly respected former CDC official and flu expert.

Swine Flu: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Outbreak {HERE }

The Truth About SARS

SWINE FLU H1N1 VS AVIAN FLU H5N1(sars)

Infection control experts are scrambling to respond to outbreaks of swine flu in Mexico and the US, and suspected cases elsewhere.

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs.

Caused by influenza type A, there are regular outbreaks among herds of pigs, where the disease causes high levels of illness but is rarely fatal.

It tends to spread in autumn and winter but can circulate all year round.

There are many different types of swine flu and like human flu, the infection is constantly changing.

Can humans catch swine flu?

Swine flu does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur – usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

There have also been rare documented cases of humans passing the infection to other humans.

Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is thought to spread in the same way as seasonal flu – through coughing and sneezing.

In the latest outbreak it is clear that the disease is being passed from person to person.

Symptom of swine flu in humans appear to be similar to those produced by standard, seasonal flu.

Is this a new type of swine flu?

The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least some of the cases are a never-before-seen version of the H1N1 strain of influenza type A.

H1N1 is the same strain which causes seasonal outbreaks of flu in humans on a regular basis.

But this latest version of H1N1 is different: it contains genetic material that is typically found in strains of the virus that affect humans, birds and swine.

Flu viruses have the ability to swap genetic components with each other, and it seems likely that the new version of H1N1 resulted from a mixing of different versions of the virus, which may usually affect different species, in the same animal host.

Is it safe to eat pig meat?

Yes. There is no evidence that swine flu can be transmitted through eating meat from infected animals.

However, it is essential to cook meat properly. A temperature of 70C (158F) would be sure to kill the virus.

How worried should people be?

When any new strain of flu emerges that acquires the ability to pass from person to person, it is monitored very closely in case it has the potential to spark a pandemic.

FLU PANDEMICS
1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times. Caused by a form of the H1N1 strain of flu, it is estimated that up to 40% of the world’s population were infected, and more than 50 million people died, with young adults particularly badly affected

1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The impact of the pandemic was minimised by rapid action by health authorities, who identified the virus, and made vaccine available speedily. The elderly were particularly vulnerable

1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

The World Health Organization has warned that taken together the Mexican and US cases could potentially trigger a global pandemic, and stress that the situation is serious.

However, it is stressed that it is still too early to accurately assess the situation fully.

Currently, they say the world is closer to a flu pandemic than at any point since 1968 – rating the threat at three on a six-point scale.

Nobody knows the full potential impact of the pandemic, but experts have warned that it could cost millions of lives worldwide. The Spanish flu pandemic, which began in 1918, and was also caused by an H1N1 strain, killed millions of people.

The fact that all the cases in the US have so far produced mild symptoms is encouraging. It suggests that the severity of the Mexican outbreak may be due to an unusual geographically-specific factor – possibly a second unrelated virus circulating in the community – which would be unlikely to come into play in the rest of the world.

However, the fact that many of the victims are young does point to something unusual. Normal, seasonal flu tends to affect the elderly disproportionately.

What about treatments and vaccines?

The US authorities say that two drugs commonly used to treat flu, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem to be effective at treating cases that have occurred there so far.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

US scientists are already developing a bespoke new vaccine, but it may take some time to perfect it, and manufacture enough supplies to meet what could be huge demand.

What about bird flu?

The strain of bird flu which has caused scores of human deaths in South East Asia in recent years is a different strain to that responsible for the current outbreak of swine flu.

The latest form of swine flu is a new type of the H1N1 strain, while bird, or avian flu, is H5N1.

Experts fear H5N1 hold the potential to trigger a pandemic because of its ability to mutate rapidly. However, up until now it has remained very much a disease of birds. Those humans who have been infected have, without exception, worked closely with birds, and cases of human-to-human transmission are extremely rare – there is no suggestion that H5N1 has gained the ability to pass easily from person to person.

UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

Dr John Watson, Health Protection Agency: ‘The UK must be prepared’

Health officials in the UK say they are monitoring closely a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, amid fears of a potential pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said it was working with the government to assess any threat posed to the public.

It described the outbreak as “unusual” and warranting “further investigation and vigilance” by other countries.

Northwick Park Hospital said a BA worker who arrived from Mexico City and fell ill does not have swine flu.

At least 81 people in Mexico are now thought to have died after contracting a new strain of flu being linked to an outbreak of swine flu in the US.

There have been no confirmed cases so far in Europe.

1. Is this a flu pandemic?

The influenza virus is constantly mutating. That’s why we can’t get full immunity to the flu, the way we can to diseases like chicken pox, because there are multiple strains of the flu virus and they change from year to year. However, even though the virus makes us sick, our immune systems can usually muster enough of a response so that the flu is rarely fatal for healthy people.

But every once in awhile, the virus shifts its genetic structure so much that our immune systems offer no protection whatsoever. (This usually happens when a flu virus found in animals — like the avian flu still circulating in Asia — swaps genes with other viruses in a process called reassortment, and jumps to human beings.) A flu pandemic occurs when a new flu virus emerges for which humans have little or no immunity and then spreads easily from person to person around the world. In the 20th century we had two mild flu pandemics, in 1968 and 1957, and the severe “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 40 to 50 million people worldwide.

The WHO has the responsibility of declaring when a new flu pandemic is underway, and to simplify the process, the U.N. body has established six pandemic phases. Thanks to H5N1 avian flu, which has killed 257 people since 2003 but doesn’t spread very well from one human to another, we’re currently at phase 3. If the WHO upgraded that status to phase 4, which is marked by a new virus that begins to pass easily enough from person to person that we can detect community-sized outbreaks, such a move would effectively mean that we’ve got a pandemic on our hands.

The H1N1 swine flu virus has already been identified as a new virus, with genes from human and avian flus as well as the swine variety. And since it is apparently causing large-scale outbreaks in Mexico, along with separate confirmed cases in the U.S. and Canada and suspected cases in other countries, it would seem that we’ve already met the criteria for phase 4. But though an emergency committee met on April 25 to evaluate the situation, the WHO hasn’t made the pandemic declaration yet. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s interim assistant director-general for health, security and environment, said on Sunday that its experts “would like a little bit more information and a little bit more time to consider this.” The committee is set to meet again by April 28 at the latest.

As health officials have repeatedly emphasized, with good reason, the swine flu situation is evolving rapidly, and more lab tests are needed to ascertain exactly what is going on in Mexico and elsewhere. “We want to make sure we’re on solid ground,” said Fukuda, a highly respected former CDC official and flu expert.

Swine Flu: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Outbreak {HERE }

The Truth About SARS

SWINE FLU H1N1 VS AVIAN FLU H5N1(sars)

Infection control experts are scrambling to respond to outbreaks of swine flu in Mexico and the US, and suspected cases elsewhere.

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs.

Caused by influenza type A, there are regular outbreaks among herds of pigs, where the disease causes high levels of illness but is rarely fatal.

It tends to spread in autumn and winter but can circulate all year round.

There are many different types of swine flu and like human flu, the infection is constantly changing.

Can humans catch swine flu?

Swine flu does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur – usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

There have also been rare documented cases of humans passing the infection to other humans.

Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is thought to spread in the same way as seasonal flu – through coughing and sneezing.

In the latest outbreak it is clear that the disease is being passed from person to person.

Symptom of swine flu in humans appear to be similar to those produced by standard, seasonal flu.

Is this a new type of swine flu?

The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least some of the cases are a never-before-seen version of the H1N1 strain of influenza type A.

H1N1 is the same strain which causes seasonal outbreaks of flu in humans on a regular basis.

But this latest version of H1N1 is different: it contains genetic material that is typically found in strains of the virus that affect humans, birds and swine.

Flu viruses have the ability to swap genetic components with each other, and it seems likely that the new version of H1N1 resulted from a mixing of different versions of the virus, which may usually affect different species, in the same animal host.

Is it safe to eat pig meat?

Yes. There is no evidence that swine flu can be transmitted through eating meat from infected animals.

However, it is essential to cook meat properly. A temperature of 70C (158F) would be sure to kill the virus.

How worried should people be?

When any new strain of flu emerges that acquires the ability to pass from person to person, it is monitored very closely in case it has the potential to spark a pandemic.

FLU PANDEMICS
1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times. Caused by a form of the H1N1 strain of flu, it is estimated that up to 40% of the world’s population were infected, and more than 50 million people died, with young adults particularly badly affected

1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The impact of the pandemic was minimised by rapid action by health authorities, who identified the virus, and made vaccine available speedily. The elderly were particularly vulnerable

1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

The World Health Organization has warned that taken together the Mexican and US cases could potentially trigger a global pandemic, and stress that the situation is serious.

However, it is stressed that it is still too early to accurately assess the situation fully.

Currently, they say the world is closer to a flu pandemic than at any point since 1968 – rating the threat at three on a six-point scale.

Nobody knows the full potential impact of the pandemic, but experts have warned that it could cost millions of lives worldwide. The Spanish flu pandemic, which began in 1918, and was also caused by an H1N1 strain, killed millions of people.

The fact that all the cases in the US have so far produced mild symptoms is encouraging. It suggests that the severity of the Mexican outbreak may be due to an unusual geographically-specific factor – possibly a second unrelated virus circulating in the community – which would be unlikely to come into play in the rest of the world.

However, the fact that many of the victims are young does point to something unusual. Normal, seasonal flu tends to affect the elderly disproportionately.

What about treatments and vaccines?

The US authorities say that two drugs commonly used to treat flu, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem to be effective at treating cases that have occurred there so far.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

US scientists are already developing a bespoke new vaccine, but it may take some time to perfect it, and manufacture enough supplies to meet what could be huge demand.

What about bird flu?

The strain of bird flu which has caused scores of human deaths in South East Asia in recent years is a different strain to that responsible for the current outbreak of swine flu.

The latest form of swine flu is a new type of the H1N1 strain, while bird, or avian flu, is H5N1.

Experts fear H5N1 hold the potential to trigger a pandemic because of its ability to mutate rapidly. However, up until now it has remained very much a disease of birds. Those humans who have been infected have, without exception, worked closely with birds, and cases of human-to-human transmission are extremely rare – there is no suggestion that H5N1 has gained the ability to pass easily from person to person.

UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

Dr John Watson, Health Protection Agency: ‘The UK must be prepared’

Health officials in the UK say they are monitoring closely a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, amid fears of a potential pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said it was working with the government to assess any threat posed to the public.

It described the outbreak as “unusual” and warranting “further investigation and vigilance” by other countries.

Northwick Park Hospital said a BA worker who arrived from Mexico City and fell ill does not have swine flu.

At least 81 people in Mexico are now thought to have died after contracting a new strain of flu being linked to an outbreak of swine flu in the US.

There have been no confirmed cases so far in Europe.

1. Is this a flu pandemic?

The influenza virus is constantly mutating. That’s why we can’t get full immunity to the flu, the way we can to diseases like chicken pox, because there are multiple strains of the flu virus and they change from year to year. However, even though the virus makes us sick, our immune systems can usually muster enough of a response so that the flu is rarely fatal for healthy people.

But every once in awhile, the virus shifts its genetic structure so much that our immune systems offer no protection whatsoever. (This usually happens when a flu virus found in animals — like the avian flu still circulating in Asia — swaps genes with other viruses in a process called reassortment, and jumps to human beings.) A flu pandemic occurs when a new flu virus emerges for which humans have little or no immunity and then spreads easily from person to person around the world. In the 20th century we had two mild flu pandemics, in 1968 and 1957, and the severe “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 40 to 50 million people worldwide.

The WHO has the responsibility of declaring when a new flu pandemic is underway, and to simplify the process, the U.N. body has established six pandemic phases. Thanks to H5N1 avian flu, which has killed 257 people since 2003 but doesn’t spread very well from one human to another, we’re currently at phase 3. If the WHO upgraded that status to phase 4, which is marked by a new virus that begins to pass easily enough from person to person that we can detect community-sized outbreaks, such a move would effectively mean that we’ve got a pandemic on our hands.

The H1N1 swine flu virus has already been identified as a new virus, with genes from human and avian flus as well as the swine variety. And since it is apparently causing large-scale outbreaks in Mexico, along with separate confirmed cases in the U.S. and Canada and suspected cases in other countries, it would seem that we’ve already met the criteria for phase 4. But though an emergency committee met on April 25 to evaluate the situation, the WHO hasn’t made the pandemic declaration yet. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s interim assistant director-general for health, security and environment, said on Sunday that its experts “would like a little bit more information and a little bit more time to consider this.” The committee is set to meet again by April 28 at the latest.

As health officials have repeatedly emphasized, with good reason, the swine flu situation is evolving rapidly, and more lab tests are needed to ascertain exactly what is going on in Mexico and elsewhere. “We want to make sure we’re on solid ground,” said Fukuda, a highly respected former CDC official and flu expert.

Swine Flu: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Outbreak {HERE }

The Truth About SARS

Aktiviti Exco Pemb Modal Insan pada 27/02/09: Merasmikan Bengkel TOT Modul SPIES di Shah Alam

GUBAL AKTA ANTI CULIK BUKAN ANTI LOMPAT ATAU ANTI LETAK JAWATAN

Insiden wakil Rakyat diculik atau dikurung kerap berlaku di negara ini bagi tujuan politik.

Keselamatan wakil rakyat atau calon pilihanraya kerap terancam. Keselamatan mereka nampaknya adalah tanggungjawab mereka dan aspek keselamatan merupakan initiatif sendiri.

Nik Aziz cadang gubal akta anti culik wakil rakyat

Kerajaan dicadang mengubal akta anti culik bagi memastikan tiada wakil rakyat ‘dilari dan disembunyikan’ lagi pada masa hadapan sehingga boleh meruntuhkan sebuah kerajaan.

Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata, akta seumpama itu lebih perlu berbanding akta bagi menghalang wakil rakyat meletak jawatan seperti dicadangkan ramai pemimpin Umno.

“Mana baik meletak jawatan secara terhormat atau menculik wakil rakyat dan kemudian memaksa mereka menyokong parti tertentu sehingga menyebabkan sebuah kerajaan tumbang.

“Itulah realiti yang berlaku di Perak sekarang sehingga kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat tumbang melalui rampasan kuasa. Kalau ada akta anti culik sudah perkara seperti itu tidak berlaku,” katanya ketika dihubungi di Makkah hari ini.

Pada Febuari lalu tiga bekas wakil rakyat Pakatan Rakyat di Perak ‘diculik’ dan kemudian muncul bersama Dato’ Seri Najib Razak di Putrajaya dengan membuat kenyataan menyokong BN.

Mursyidul Am PAS itu mempersoalkan mengapa pemimpin Umno sibuk sangat dengan cadangan undang-undang anti meletak jawatan sedangkan peraturan anti culik lebih penting.

Sebelum ini pemimpin Umno mencadangkan diwujudkan satu mekanisme dari segi penggubalan undang-undang atau badan pemantauan bagi mengelak wakil rakyat meletak jawatan sewenang-wenangnya.

Ketua Puteri Umno, Dato’ Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin dilaporkan berkata, langkah itu perlu bagi mengelakkan berlakunya pilihan raya kecil yang semakin kerap diadakan akhir-akhir ini.

Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz berkata, taraf Umno sekarang seumpama wakil rakyat Bebas apabila belum memutuskan sama ada mahu bertanding atau tidak pada pilihan raya kecil Penanti, 31 Mei depan.

“Umno memiliki kerajaan yang besar tetapi sikap pemimpin mereka seperti wakil rakyat Bebas kerana belum pasti hendak bertanding atau tidak,” katanya.

Baru-baru ini Perdana Menteri menyebut BN akan meneliti sama ada mahu menyertai pilihan raya kecil di Dun Penanti atau sebaliknya.

Pilihan raya kecil tersebut akan diadakan 31 Mei depan ekoran perletakan jawatan Mohamad Fairus Khairuddin yang juga bekas Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 Pulau Pinang.

Menteri Besar bersama isteri, Datin Tuan Sabariah Tuan Ishak berada di Makkah bagi mengerjakan umrah lebih seminggu lalu. Keadaannya sihat dan dapat mengerjakan umrah dengan baik.

Beliau juga turut menyampaikan salam kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia dan mendoakannya supaya dapat melakukan ibadat dengan sempurna dan selamat kembali ke tanah air.

Lanjusoh/harakahdaily

GUBAL AKTA ANTI CULIK BUKAN ANTI LOMPAT ATAU ANTI LETAK JAWATAN

Insiden wakil Rakyat diculik atau dikurung kerap berlaku di negara ini bagi tujuan politik.

Keselamatan wakil rakyat atau calon pilihanraya kerap terancam. Keselamatan mereka nampaknya adalah tanggungjawab mereka dan aspek keselamatan merupakan initiatif sendiri.

Nik Aziz cadang gubal akta anti culik wakil rakyat

Kerajaan dicadang mengubal akta anti culik bagi memastikan tiada wakil rakyat ‘dilari dan disembunyikan’ lagi pada masa hadapan sehingga boleh meruntuhkan sebuah kerajaan.

Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata, akta seumpama itu lebih perlu berbanding akta bagi menghalang wakil rakyat meletak jawatan seperti dicadangkan ramai pemimpin Umno.

“Mana baik meletak jawatan secara terhormat atau menculik wakil rakyat dan kemudian memaksa mereka menyokong parti tertentu sehingga menyebabkan sebuah kerajaan tumbang.

“Itulah realiti yang berlaku di Perak sekarang sehingga kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat tumbang melalui rampasan kuasa. Kalau ada akta anti culik sudah perkara seperti itu tidak berlaku,” katanya ketika dihubungi di Makkah hari ini.

Pada Febuari lalu tiga bekas wakil rakyat Pakatan Rakyat di Perak ‘diculik’ dan kemudian muncul bersama Dato’ Seri Najib Razak di Putrajaya dengan membuat kenyataan menyokong BN.

Mursyidul Am PAS itu mempersoalkan mengapa pemimpin Umno sibuk sangat dengan cadangan undang-undang anti meletak jawatan sedangkan peraturan anti culik lebih penting.

Sebelum ini pemimpin Umno mencadangkan diwujudkan satu mekanisme dari segi penggubalan undang-undang atau badan pemantauan bagi mengelak wakil rakyat meletak jawatan sewenang-wenangnya.

Ketua Puteri Umno, Dato’ Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin dilaporkan berkata, langkah itu perlu bagi mengelakkan berlakunya pilihan raya kecil yang semakin kerap diadakan akhir-akhir ini.

Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz berkata, taraf Umno sekarang seumpama wakil rakyat Bebas apabila belum memutuskan sama ada mahu bertanding atau tidak pada pilihan raya kecil Penanti, 31 Mei depan.

“Umno memiliki kerajaan yang besar tetapi sikap pemimpin mereka seperti wakil rakyat Bebas kerana belum pasti hendak bertanding atau tidak,” katanya.

Baru-baru ini Perdana Menteri menyebut BN akan meneliti sama ada mahu menyertai pilihan raya kecil di Dun Penanti atau sebaliknya.

Pilihan raya kecil tersebut akan diadakan 31 Mei depan ekoran perletakan jawatan Mohamad Fairus Khairuddin yang juga bekas Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 Pulau Pinang.

Menteri Besar bersama isteri, Datin Tuan Sabariah Tuan Ishak berada di Makkah bagi mengerjakan umrah lebih seminggu lalu. Keadaannya sihat dan dapat mengerjakan umrah dengan baik.

Beliau juga turut menyampaikan salam kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia dan mendoakannya supaya dapat melakukan ibadat dengan sempurna dan selamat kembali ke tanah air.

Lanjusoh/harakahdaily

GUBAL AKTA ANTI CULIK BUKAN ANTI LOMPAT ATAU ANTI LETAK JAWATAN

Insiden wakil Rakyat diculik atau dikurung kerap berlaku di negara ini bagi tujuan politik.

Keselamatan wakil rakyat atau calon pilihanraya kerap terancam. Keselamatan mereka nampaknya adalah tanggungjawab mereka dan aspek keselamatan merupakan initiatif sendiri.

Nik Aziz cadang gubal akta anti culik wakil rakyat

Kerajaan dicadang mengubal akta anti culik bagi memastikan tiada wakil rakyat ‘dilari dan disembunyikan’ lagi pada masa hadapan sehingga boleh meruntuhkan sebuah kerajaan.

Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata, akta seumpama itu lebih perlu berbanding akta bagi menghalang wakil rakyat meletak jawatan seperti dicadangkan ramai pemimpin Umno.

“Mana baik meletak jawatan secara terhormat atau menculik wakil rakyat dan kemudian memaksa mereka menyokong parti tertentu sehingga menyebabkan sebuah kerajaan tumbang.

“Itulah realiti yang berlaku di Perak sekarang sehingga kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat tumbang melalui rampasan kuasa. Kalau ada akta anti culik sudah perkara seperti itu tidak berlaku,” katanya ketika dihubungi di Makkah hari ini.

Pada Febuari lalu tiga bekas wakil rakyat Pakatan Rakyat di Perak ‘diculik’ dan kemudian muncul bersama Dato’ Seri Najib Razak di Putrajaya dengan membuat kenyataan menyokong BN.

Mursyidul Am PAS itu mempersoalkan mengapa pemimpin Umno sibuk sangat dengan cadangan undang-undang anti meletak jawatan sedangkan peraturan anti culik lebih penting.

Sebelum ini pemimpin Umno mencadangkan diwujudkan satu mekanisme dari segi penggubalan undang-undang atau badan pemantauan bagi mengelak wakil rakyat meletak jawatan sewenang-wenangnya.

Ketua Puteri Umno, Dato’ Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin dilaporkan berkata, langkah itu perlu bagi mengelakkan berlakunya pilihan raya kecil yang semakin kerap diadakan akhir-akhir ini.

Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz berkata, taraf Umno sekarang seumpama wakil rakyat Bebas apabila belum memutuskan sama ada mahu bertanding atau tidak pada pilihan raya kecil Penanti, 31 Mei depan.

“Umno memiliki kerajaan yang besar tetapi sikap pemimpin mereka seperti wakil rakyat Bebas kerana belum pasti hendak bertanding atau tidak,” katanya.

Baru-baru ini Perdana Menteri menyebut BN akan meneliti sama ada mahu menyertai pilihan raya kecil di Dun Penanti atau sebaliknya.

Pilihan raya kecil tersebut akan diadakan 31 Mei depan ekoran perletakan jawatan Mohamad Fairus Khairuddin yang juga bekas Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 Pulau Pinang.

Menteri Besar bersama isteri, Datin Tuan Sabariah Tuan Ishak berada di Makkah bagi mengerjakan umrah lebih seminggu lalu. Keadaannya sihat dan dapat mengerjakan umrah dengan baik.

Beliau juga turut menyampaikan salam kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia dan mendoakannya supaya dapat melakukan ibadat dengan sempurna dan selamat kembali ke tanah air.

Lanjusoh/harakahdaily

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NEGARA MEXICO DITIMPA BALA WABAK PENYAKIT DAN GEMPA BUMI

Negara Mexico kini ditimpa bala satu demi satu.

Setelah digegarkan dengan berita wabak selsema khinzir yang telah meragut lebih 100 nyawa ( Cases: The country’s health minister says 103 deaths are thought to have been caused by swine flu. An additional 1,614 cases have been reported in the country.)

Ibukota Mexico digegarkan dengan gempa bumi berskala 6.0 Richter. Inna lillahi wainna ilaihi raaji’uun.

NEGARA MEXICO DITIMPA BALA PENYAKIT DAN GEMPA BUMI

Negara Mexico kini ditimpa bala satu demi satu.

Setelah digegarkan dengan berita wabak selsema khinzir yang telah meragut lebih 100 nyawa ( Cases: The country’s health minister says 103 deaths are thought to have been caused by swine flu. An additional 1,614 cases have been reported in the country.)

Ibukota Mexico digegarkan dengan gempa bumi berskala 6.0 Richter. Inna lillahi wainna ilaihi raaji’uun.

SWINE FLU H1N1 VS AVIAN FLU H5N1(sars)

Infection control experts are scrambling to respond to outbreaks of swine flu in Mexico and the US, and suspected cases elsewhere.

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs.

Caused by influenza type A, there are regular outbreaks among herds of pigs, where the disease causes high levels of illness but is rarely fatal.

It tends to spread in autumn and winter but can circulate all year round.

There are many different types of swine flu and like human flu, the infection is constantly changing.

Can humans catch swine flu?

Swine flu does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur – usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

There have also been rare documented cases of humans passing the infection to other humans.

Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is thought to spread in the same way as seasonal flu – through coughing and sneezing.

In the latest outbreak it is clear that the disease is being passed from person to person.

Symptom of swine flu in humans appear to be similar to those produced by standard, seasonal flu.

Is this a new type of swine flu?

The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least some of the cases are a never-before-seen version of the H1N1 strain of influenza type A.

H1N1 is the same strain which causes seasonal outbreaks of flu in humans on a regular basis.

But this latest version of H1N1 is different: it contains genetic material that is typically found in strains of the virus that affect humans, birds and swine.

Flu viruses have the ability to swap genetic components with each other, and it seems likely that the new version of H1N1 resulted from a mixing of different versions of the virus, which may usually affect different species, in the same animal host.

Is it safe to eat pig meat?

Yes. There is no evidence that swine flu can be transmitted through eating meat from infected animals.

However, it is essential to cook meat properly. A temperature of 70C (158F) would be sure to kill the virus.

How worried should people be?

When any new strain of flu emerges that acquires the ability to pass from person to person, it is monitored very closely in case it has the potential to spark a pandemic.

FLU PANDEMICS
1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times. Caused by a form of the H1N1 strain of flu, it is estimated that up to 40% of the world’s population were infected, and more than 50 million people died, with young adults particularly badly affected

1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The impact of the pandemic was minimised by rapid action by health authorities, who identified the virus, and made vaccine available speedily. The elderly were particularly vulnerable

1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

The World Health Organization has warned that taken together the Mexican and US cases could potentially trigger a global pandemic, and stress that the situation is serious.

However, it is stressed that it is still too early to accurately assess the situation fully.

Currently, they say the world is closer to a flu pandemic than at any point since 1968 – rating the threat at three on a six-point scale.

Nobody knows the full potential impact of the pandemic, but experts have warned that it could cost millions of lives worldwide. The Spanish flu pandemic, which began in 1918, and was also caused by an H1N1 strain, killed millions of people.

The fact that all the cases in the US have so far produced mild symptoms is encouraging. It suggests that the severity of the Mexican outbreak may be due to an unusual geographically-specific factor – possibly a second unrelated virus circulating in the community – which would be unlikely to come into play in the rest of the world.

However, the fact that many of the victims are young does point to something unusual. Normal, seasonal flu tends to affect the elderly disproportionately.

What about treatments and vaccines?

The US authorities say that two drugs commonly used to treat flu, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem to be effective at treating cases that have occurred there so far.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

US scientists are already developing a bespoke new vaccine, but it may take some time to perfect it, and manufacture enough supplies to meet what could be huge demand.

What about bird flu?

The strain of bird flu which has caused scores of human deaths in South East Asia in recent years is a different strain to that responsible for the current outbreak of swine flu.

The latest form of swine flu is a new type of the H1N1 strain, while bird, or avian flu, is H5N1.

Experts fear H5N1 hold the potential to trigger a pandemic because of its ability to mutate rapidly. However, up until now it has remained very much a disease of birds. Those humans who have been infected have, without exception, worked closely with birds, and cases of human-to-human transmission are extremely rare – there is no suggestion that H5N1 has gained the ability to pass easily from person to person.

UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

Dr John Watson, Health Protection Agency: ‘The UK must be prepared’

Health officials in the UK say they are monitoring closely a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, amid fears of a potential pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said it was working with the government to assess any threat posed to the public.

It described the outbreak as “unusual” and warranting “further investigation and vigilance” by other countries.

Northwick Park Hospital said a BA worker who arrived from Mexico City and fell ill does not have swine flu.

At least 81 people in Mexico are now thought to have died after contracting a new strain of flu being linked to an outbreak of swine flu in the US.

There have been no confirmed cases so far in Europe.

1. Is this a flu pandemic?

The influenza virus is constantly mutating. That’s why we can’t get full immunity to the flu, the way we can to diseases like chicken pox, because there are multiple strains of the flu virus and they change from year to year. However, even though the virus makes us sick, our immune systems can usually muster enough of a response so that the flu is rarely fatal for healthy people.

But every once in awhile, the virus shifts its genetic structure so much that our immune systems offer no protection whatsoever. (This usually happens when a flu virus found in animals — like the avian flu still circulating in Asia — swaps genes with other viruses in a process called reassortment, and jumps to human beings.) A flu pandemic occurs when a new flu virus emerges for which humans have little or no immunity and then spreads easily from person to person around the world. In the 20th century we had two mild flu pandemics, in 1968 and 1957, and the severe “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 40 to 50 million people worldwide.

The WHO has the responsibility of declaring when a new flu pandemic is underway, and to simplify the process, the U.N. body has established six pandemic phases. Thanks to H5N1 avian flu, which has killed 257 people since 2003 but doesn’t spread very well from one human to another, we’re currently at phase 3. If the WHO upgraded that status to phase 4, which is marked by a new virus that begins to pass easily enough from person to person that we can detect community-sized outbreaks, such a move would effectively mean that we’ve got a pandemic on our hands.

The H1N1 swine flu virus has already been identified as a new virus, with genes from human and avian flus as well as the swine variety. And since it is apparently causing large-scale outbreaks in Mexico, along with separate confirmed cases in the U.S. and Canada and suspected cases in other countries, it would seem that we’ve already met the criteria for phase 4. But though an emergency committee met on April 25 to evaluate the situation, the WHO hasn’t made the pandemic declaration yet. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s interim assistant director-general for health, security and environment, said on Sunday that its experts “would like a little bit more information and a little bit more time to consider this.” The committee is set to meet again by April 28 at the latest.

As health officials have repeatedly emphasized, with good reason, the swine flu situation is evolving rapidly, and more lab tests are needed to ascertain exactly what is going on in Mexico and elsewhere. “We want to make sure we’re on solid ground,” said Fukuda, a highly respected former CDC official and flu expert.

Swine Flu: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Outbreak {HERE }

The Truth About SARS

GUBAL AKTA ANTI CULIK BUKAN ANTI LOMPAT ATAU ANTI LETAK JAWATAN

Insiden wakil Rakyat diculik atau dikurung kerap berlaku di negara ini bagi tujuan politik.

Keselamatan wakil rakyat atau calon pilihanraya kerap terancam. Keselamatan mereka nampaknya adalah tanggungjawab mereka dan aspek keselamatan merupakan initiatif sendiri.

Nik Aziz cadang gubal akta anti culik wakil rakyat

Kerajaan dicadang mengubal akta anti culik bagi memastikan tiada wakil rakyat ‘dilari dan disembunyikan’ lagi pada masa hadapan sehingga boleh meruntuhkan sebuah kerajaan.

Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata, akta seumpama itu lebih perlu berbanding akta bagi menghalang wakil rakyat meletak jawatan seperti dicadangkan ramai pemimpin Umno.

“Mana baik meletak jawatan secara terhormat atau menculik wakil rakyat dan kemudian memaksa mereka menyokong parti tertentu sehingga menyebabkan sebuah kerajaan tumbang.

“Itulah realiti yang berlaku di Perak sekarang sehingga kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat tumbang melalui rampasan kuasa. Kalau ada akta anti culik sudah perkara seperti itu tidak berlaku,” katanya ketika dihubungi di Makkah hari ini.

Pada Febuari lalu tiga bekas wakil rakyat Pakatan Rakyat di Perak ‘diculik’ dan kemudian muncul bersama Dato’ Seri Najib Razak di Putrajaya dengan membuat kenyataan menyokong BN.

Mursyidul Am PAS itu mempersoalkan mengapa pemimpin Umno sibuk sangat dengan cadangan undang-undang anti meletak jawatan sedangkan peraturan anti culik lebih penting.

Sebelum ini pemimpin Umno mencadangkan diwujudkan satu mekanisme dari segi penggubalan undang-undang atau badan pemantauan bagi mengelak wakil rakyat meletak jawatan sewenang-wenangnya.

Ketua Puteri Umno, Dato’ Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin dilaporkan berkata, langkah itu perlu bagi mengelakkan berlakunya pilihan raya kecil yang semakin kerap diadakan akhir-akhir ini.

Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz berkata, taraf Umno sekarang seumpama wakil rakyat Bebas apabila belum memutuskan sama ada mahu bertanding atau tidak pada pilihan raya kecil Penanti, 31 Mei depan.

“Umno memiliki kerajaan yang besar tetapi sikap pemimpin mereka seperti wakil rakyat Bebas kerana belum pasti hendak bertanding atau tidak,” katanya.

Baru-baru ini Perdana Menteri menyebut BN akan meneliti sama ada mahu menyertai pilihan raya kecil di Dun Penanti atau sebaliknya.

Pilihan raya kecil tersebut akan diadakan 31 Mei depan ekoran perletakan jawatan Mohamad Fairus Khairuddin yang juga bekas Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 Pulau Pinang.

Menteri Besar bersama isteri, Datin Tuan Sabariah Tuan Ishak berada di Makkah bagi mengerjakan umrah lebih seminggu lalu. Keadaannya sihat dan dapat mengerjakan umrah dengan baik.

Beliau juga turut menyampaikan salam kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia dan mendoakannya supaya dapat melakukan ibadat dengan sempurna dan selamat kembali ke tanah air.

Lanjusoh/harakahdaily

PRK N12 PENANTI PADA 31 MEI 09

“Pengundi dalam bahagian pilihan raya Penanti boleh membuat semakan melalui laman web SPR iaitu www.spr.gov.my atau melalui Khidmat Pesanan Ringkas (SMS) dengan :

menaip SPR SEMAK NO KAD PENGENALAN dan hantar kepada 15888 mulai 8 Mei ini.

Selain itu, para pengundi juga boleh menelefon ibu pejabat SPR di Putrajaya di talian 03-8885 6500 dan Pejabat Pilihan Raya Negeri Pulau Pinang di talian 04-261 7692

Pilihan Raya Kecil Penanti 31 Mei

Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menetapkan tarikh penamaan calon bagi pilihan raya kecil kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri N.12 Penanti, Pulau Pinang pada 23 Mei ini, dan jika ada pertandingan hari mengundi pada 31 Mei.

Pengerusi SPR Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof berkata tarikh keluar writ ditetapkan pada hari ini manakala tarikh notis dikeluarkan pada Khamis ini.

“SPR telah menerima pemakluman rasmi daripada Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang pada 17 April berhubung dengan kekosongan kerusi bahagian pilihan raya N.12 Penanti berikutan peletakan jawatan oleh Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri berkenaan Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin melalui suratnya bertarikh 19 Mac 2009.

“Sehubungan ini, setelah meneliti pemakluman oleh Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang serta salinan surat peletakan jawatan oleh ADUN berkenaan yang dilampirkan bersama pemakluman tersebut maka SPR dengan ini bersetuju bahawa kerusi bahagian pilihan raya DUN N.12 Penanti adalah disahkan kosong berkuat kuasa 17 April lalu,” katanya pada sidang akhbar yang dipetik Bernama di sini hari ini.

Mohammad Fairus, 33, daripada KeADILan mengumumkan peletakan jawatannya pada 16 April lalu dengan alasan untuk melanjutkan pelajaran, selain membersihkan namanya daripada segala tohmahan.

Beliau sebelum itu turut meletak jawatan sebagai Timbalan Ketua Menteri I Pulau Pinang berikutan dakwaan terlibat dengan rasuah.

Khamis lepas, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) bagaimanapun menjelaskan ia tidak ada asas untuk mendakwa beliau.

Pada pilihan raya umum tahun lalu, Mohammad Fairus memenangi kerusi tersebut dengan 7,346 undi menewaskan calon Barisan Nasional (BN) Datuk Abdul Jalil Abdul Majid dengan majoriti 2,219 undi.

Abdul Aziz berkata Daftar Pemilih yang akan digunakan pada pilihan raya ini ialah Daftar Pemilih Induk (DPI) tahun lepas yang dikemaskini sehingga 16 April lalu, yang mengandungi 15,384 pemilih berdaftar yang terdiri daripada 15,360 pemilih biasa dan 24 pemilih pos.

Daripada jumlah itu, katanya 72.68 peratus adalah pengundi Melayu, 24.22 peratus Cina, 2.39 peratus India dan 0.71 peratus lain-lain bangsa.

Beliau berkata SPR mensasarkan kira-kira 80 peratus jumlah pengundi yang akan keluar mengundi pada hari tersebut memandangkan hari mengundi adalah hari Ahad, di mana sebanyak 82.1 peratus pengundi keluar mengundi untuk kawasan itu pada pilihan raya umum lalu.

Katanya SPR akan menggunakan Dewan Besar Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Bukit Mertajam sebagai Pusat Penamaan Calon dan Pusat Penjumlahan Rasmi Undi manakala bagi urusan pengundian pos, proses pengeluaran dan pengiraan di Bilik Gerakan Pejabat Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah.

mk/HarakahdailyN12

PRK N12 PENANTI PADA 31 MEI 09

“Pengundi dalam bahagian pilihan raya Penanti boleh membuat semakan melalui laman web SPR iaitu www.spr.gov.my atau melalui Khidmat Pesanan Ringkas (SMS) dengan :

menaip SPR SEMAK NO KAD PENGENALAN dan hantar kepada 15888 mulai 8 Mei ini.

Selain itu, para pengundi juga boleh menelefon ibu pejabat SPR di Putrajaya di talian 03-8885 6500 dan Pejabat Pilihan Raya Negeri Pulau Pinang di talian 04-261 7692

Pilihan Raya Kecil Penanti 31 Mei

Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menetapkan tarikh penamaan calon bagi pilihan raya kecil kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri N.12 Penanti, Pulau Pinang pada 23 Mei ini, dan jika ada pertandingan hari mengundi pada 31 Mei.

Pengerusi SPR Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof berkata tarikh keluar writ ditetapkan pada hari ini manakala tarikh notis dikeluarkan pada Khamis ini.

“SPR telah menerima pemakluman rasmi daripada Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang pada 17 April berhubung dengan kekosongan kerusi bahagian pilihan raya N.12 Penanti berikutan peletakan jawatan oleh Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri berkenaan Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin melalui suratnya bertarikh 19 Mac 2009.

“Sehubungan ini, setelah meneliti pemakluman oleh Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang serta salinan surat peletakan jawatan oleh ADUN berkenaan yang dilampirkan bersama pemakluman tersebut maka SPR dengan ini bersetuju bahawa kerusi bahagian pilihan raya DUN N.12 Penanti adalah disahkan kosong berkuat kuasa 17 April lalu,” katanya pada sidang akhbar yang dipetik Bernama di sini hari ini.

Mohammad Fairus, 33, daripada KeADILan mengumumkan peletakan jawatannya pada 16 April lalu dengan alasan untuk melanjutkan pelajaran, selain membersihkan namanya daripada segala tohmahan.

Beliau sebelum itu turut meletak jawatan sebagai Timbalan Ketua Menteri I Pulau Pinang berikutan dakwaan terlibat dengan rasuah.

Khamis lepas, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) bagaimanapun menjelaskan ia tidak ada asas untuk mendakwa beliau.

Pada pilihan raya umum tahun lalu, Mohammad Fairus memenangi kerusi tersebut dengan 7,346 undi menewaskan calon Barisan Nasional (BN) Datuk Abdul Jalil Abdul Majid dengan majoriti 2,219 undi.

Abdul Aziz berkata Daftar Pemilih yang akan digunakan pada pilihan raya ini ialah Daftar Pemilih Induk (DPI) tahun lepas yang dikemaskini sehingga 16 April lalu, yang mengandungi 15,384 pemilih berdaftar yang terdiri daripada 15,360 pemilih biasa dan 24 pemilih pos.

Daripada jumlah itu, katanya 72.68 peratus adalah pengundi Melayu, 24.22 peratus Cina, 2.39 peratus India dan 0.71 peratus lain-lain bangsa.

Beliau berkata SPR mensasarkan kira-kira 80 peratus jumlah pengundi yang akan keluar mengundi pada hari tersebut memandangkan hari mengundi adalah hari Ahad, di mana sebanyak 82.1 peratus pengundi keluar mengundi untuk kawasan itu pada pilihan raya umum lalu.

Katanya SPR akan menggunakan Dewan Besar Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Bukit Mertajam sebagai Pusat Penamaan Calon dan Pusat Penjumlahan Rasmi Undi manakala bagi urusan pengundian pos, proses pengeluaran dan pengiraan di Bilik Gerakan Pejabat Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah.

mk/HarakahdailyN12

PRK N12 PENANTI PADA 31 MEI 09

“Pengundi dalam bahagian pilihan raya Penanti boleh membuat semakan melalui laman web SPR iaitu www.spr.gov.my atau melalui Khidmat Pesanan Ringkas (SMS) dengan :

menaip SPR SEMAK NO KAD PENGENALAN dan hantar kepada 15888 mulai 8 Mei ini.

Selain itu, para pengundi juga boleh menelefon ibu pejabat SPR di Putrajaya di talian 03-8885 6500 dan Pejabat Pilihan Raya Negeri Pulau Pinang di talian 04-261 7692

Pilihan Raya Kecil Penanti 31 Mei

Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menetapkan tarikh penamaan calon bagi pilihan raya kecil kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri N.12 Penanti, Pulau Pinang pada 23 Mei ini, dan jika ada pertandingan hari mengundi pada 31 Mei.

Pengerusi SPR Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof berkata tarikh keluar writ ditetapkan pada hari ini manakala tarikh notis dikeluarkan pada Khamis ini.

“SPR telah menerima pemakluman rasmi daripada Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang pada 17 April berhubung dengan kekosongan kerusi bahagian pilihan raya N.12 Penanti berikutan peletakan jawatan oleh Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri berkenaan Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin melalui suratnya bertarikh 19 Mac 2009.

“Sehubungan ini, setelah meneliti pemakluman oleh Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang serta salinan surat peletakan jawatan oleh ADUN berkenaan yang dilampirkan bersama pemakluman tersebut maka SPR dengan ini bersetuju bahawa kerusi bahagian pilihan raya DUN N.12 Penanti adalah disahkan kosong berkuat kuasa 17 April lalu,” katanya pada sidang akhbar yang dipetik Bernama di sini hari ini.

Mohammad Fairus, 33, daripada KeADILan mengumumkan peletakan jawatannya pada 16 April lalu dengan alasan untuk melanjutkan pelajaran, selain membersihkan namanya daripada segala tohmahan.

Beliau sebelum itu turut meletak jawatan sebagai Timbalan Ketua Menteri I Pulau Pinang berikutan dakwaan terlibat dengan rasuah.

Khamis lepas, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) bagaimanapun menjelaskan ia tidak ada asas untuk mendakwa beliau.

Pada pilihan raya umum tahun lalu, Mohammad Fairus memenangi kerusi tersebut dengan 7,346 undi menewaskan calon Barisan Nasional (BN) Datuk Abdul Jalil Abdul Majid dengan majoriti 2,219 undi.

Abdul Aziz berkata Daftar Pemilih yang akan digunakan pada pilihan raya ini ialah Daftar Pemilih Induk (DPI) tahun lepas yang dikemaskini sehingga 16 April lalu, yang mengandungi 15,384 pemilih berdaftar yang terdiri daripada 15,360 pemilih biasa dan 24 pemilih pos.

Daripada jumlah itu, katanya 72.68 peratus adalah pengundi Melayu, 24.22 peratus Cina, 2.39 peratus India dan 0.71 peratus lain-lain bangsa.

Beliau berkata SPR mensasarkan kira-kira 80 peratus jumlah pengundi yang akan keluar mengundi pada hari tersebut memandangkan hari mengundi adalah hari Ahad, di mana sebanyak 82.1 peratus pengundi keluar mengundi untuk kawasan itu pada pilihan raya umum lalu.

Katanya SPR akan menggunakan Dewan Besar Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Bukit Mertajam sebagai Pusat Penamaan Calon dan Pusat Penjumlahan Rasmi Undi manakala bagi urusan pengundian pos, proses pengeluaran dan pengiraan di Bilik Gerakan Pejabat Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah.

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Aktiviti Exco Pemb Modal Insan pada 27/02/09: Merasmikan Bengkel TOT Modul SPIES di Shah Alam

Aktiviti ADUN Selat Klang pada 27/02/09: Penyampaian Bantuan Warga Emas dan Kebajikan di Kawasan Selat Klang

Aktiviti Exco Pemb Modal Insan pada 26/02/09: Merasmikan Majlis Anugerah Penceramah “JasaMu DiKenang” 2008 & Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang Staf ILDAS

Aktiviti Exco Pendidikan pada 26/02/09: Menghadhiri Mesyuarat Lembaga Pengarah PPAS di Perpustakaan Raja Tun Uda

Aktiviti ADUN Selat Klang pada 26/02/09: Penyampaian Bantuan Warga Emas dan Kebajikan di Kawasan Selat Klang

PRK N12 PENANTI PADA 31 MEI 09

“Pengundi dalam bahagian pilihan raya Penanti boleh membuat semakan melalui laman web SPR iaitu www.spr.gov.my atau melalui Khidmat Pesanan Ringkas (SMS) dengan :

menaip SPR SEMAK NO KAD PENGENALAN dan hantar kepada 15888 mulai 8 Mei ini.

Selain itu, para pengundi juga boleh menelefon ibu pejabat SPR di Putrajaya di talian 03-8885 6500 dan Pejabat Pilihan Raya Negeri Pulau Pinang di talian 04-261 7692

Pilihan Raya Kecil Penanti 31 Mei

Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menetapkan tarikh penamaan calon bagi pilihan raya kecil kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri N.12 Penanti, Pulau Pinang pada 23 Mei ini, dan jika ada pertandingan hari mengundi pada 31 Mei.

Pengerusi SPR Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof berkata tarikh keluar writ ditetapkan pada hari ini manakala tarikh notis dikeluarkan pada Khamis ini.

“SPR telah menerima pemakluman rasmi daripada Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang pada 17 April berhubung dengan kekosongan kerusi bahagian pilihan raya N.12 Penanti berikutan peletakan jawatan oleh Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri berkenaan Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin melalui suratnya bertarikh 19 Mac 2009.

“Sehubungan ini, setelah meneliti pemakluman oleh Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang serta salinan surat peletakan jawatan oleh ADUN berkenaan yang dilampirkan bersama pemakluman tersebut maka SPR dengan ini bersetuju bahawa kerusi bahagian pilihan raya DUN N.12 Penanti adalah disahkan kosong berkuat kuasa 17 April lalu,” katanya pada sidang akhbar yang dipetik Bernama di sini hari ini.

Mohammad Fairus, 33, daripada KeADILan mengumumkan peletakan jawatannya pada 16 April lalu dengan alasan untuk melanjutkan pelajaran, selain membersihkan namanya daripada segala tohmahan.

Beliau sebelum itu turut meletak jawatan sebagai Timbalan Ketua Menteri I Pulau Pinang berikutan dakwaan terlibat dengan rasuah.

Khamis lepas, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) bagaimanapun menjelaskan ia tidak ada asas untuk mendakwa beliau.

Pada pilihan raya umum tahun lalu, Mohammad Fairus memenangi kerusi tersebut dengan 7,346 undi menewaskan calon Barisan Nasional (BN) Datuk Abdul Jalil Abdul Majid dengan majoriti 2,219 undi.

Abdul Aziz berkata Daftar Pemilih yang akan digunakan pada pilihan raya ini ialah Daftar Pemilih Induk (DPI) tahun lepas yang dikemaskini sehingga 16 April lalu, yang mengandungi 15,384 pemilih berdaftar yang terdiri daripada 15,360 pemilih biasa dan 24 pemilih pos.

Daripada jumlah itu, katanya 72.68 peratus adalah pengundi Melayu, 24.22 peratus Cina, 2.39 peratus India dan 0.71 peratus lain-lain bangsa.

Beliau berkata SPR mensasarkan kira-kira 80 peratus jumlah pengundi yang akan keluar mengundi pada hari tersebut memandangkan hari mengundi adalah hari Ahad, di mana sebanyak 82.1 peratus pengundi keluar mengundi untuk kawasan itu pada pilihan raya umum lalu.

Katanya SPR akan menggunakan Dewan Besar Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Bukit Mertajam sebagai Pusat Penamaan Calon dan Pusat Penjumlahan Rasmi Undi manakala bagi urusan pengundian pos, proses pengeluaran dan pengiraan di Bilik Gerakan Pejabat Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah.

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(CNN) — No kissing to say hello. No large crowds. No close contact.
A couple kisses through their masks at the Historic Center in Mexico City on Saturday.

A couple kisses through their masks at the Historic Center in Mexico City on Saturday.
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That’s the advice of the Mexican government as more and more people die of swine flu, which has turned into a “public health emergency of international concern,” according to the World Health Organization.

The WHO advised all countries to be on the lookout for “unusual” outbreaks of flu, following an emergency meeting Saturday as the seriousness of the outbreak became clear.

By Sunday, 81 deaths had been deemed “likely linked” to a deadly new strain of the virus by health authorities in Mexico. Viral testing has confirmed 20 cases, said Dr. Jose A. Cordova Villalobos, Mexico’s health secretary.

In Mexico City, the massive downtown Cathedral of Mexico City was open but Masses were not scheduled. Dozens of worshippers put on masks and went inside the church anyway to pray on their own.

The H1N1 strain of swine flu is usually associated with pigs. When the flu spreads person-to-person, instead of from animals to humans, it can continue to mutate, making it a tougher strain that is harder to treat or fight off.

Symptoms of swine flu include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the CDC. Learn more about swine flu and how to treat it »

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed cases of swine flu in eight students at a New York preparatory school, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. That brings the number of U.S. confirmed cases to 19. President Obama recently returned from a trip to Mexico, but has not shown any signs of flu-like symptoms, the White House said.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the outbreak “is of great concern to the White House,” and Obama is receiving regular briefings on the issue.

“I would tell people it’s certainly not a time to panic,” Gibbs told reporters. “If you’re sick, stay home, get treatment, go see a doctor.” But he added, “The government is taking all the steps it needs to and must do to take the precautions to deal with whatever size and scope we may be facing.”
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But in New Zealand, officials said 22 students and three teachers back from a three-week-long language trip to Mexico may have been infected with the swine flu virus.

The 25 students and teachers at Auckland’s Rangitoto College returned to New Zealand via Los Angeles on Saturday.

Fourteen have shown flu-like symptoms, with four “more unwell than others,” said Dr. Julia Peters, clinical director of Auckland Regional Public Health Service. It is not clear whether anyone else who was on the plane with them has shown signs of the disease.

Health Minister Tony Ryall said 10 students tested positive for influenza A. The specimens will be sent to WHO to determine whether it is H1N1 swine influenza.

H1N1 influenza is a subset of influenza A. The WHO results are expected back by midweek. The group remains quarantined at home. Video Watch how public health officials grade phases of pandemic alerts »

“It certainly has not been confirmed that they have swine flu,” said Dr. Craig Thornley of Auckland Regional Public Health Service. “We already have provisional information that some of the group have influenza A. We won’t know if they have the type of influenza A that is swine flu.”

A British Airways crew member developed flu-like symptoms during a flight from Mexico City to London and was tested for swine flu, but the results came back negative. Video Watch CBC report on Canadian microbiologists’ concerns »

“I can confirm that the patient doesn’t have swine flu,” said Jonathan Street, a spokesman for Northwick Park Hospital in north London. “We have done all tests, and they all came back negative.”

The flight attendant is back at work, British Airways told CNN.

Britain is not putting travel restrictions in place, according to British Airways and Heathrow airport operator BAA, and the country’s Port Health Authority has no reason for concern over swine flu, BAA said.

The Mexico Tourist Board said Saturday there are no restrictions on travel to the country. Video Watch efforts in Mexico to prevent spread of the virus »

In Israel, doctors are running tests on a man who recently returned from Mexico with light flu symptoms.

U.S. health officials said Friday that some cases of the virus in the United States matched samples of the deadly Mexican virus.

All the patients have recovered or are expected to.

The panic over the virus prompted Canada to issue a travel health notice, saying the public health agency was “tracking clusters of severe respiratory illness with deaths in Mexico.”

South Korea said it will test airline passengers arriving from the United States. Japan will convene a Cabinet meeting Monday to develop measures to block entry of the virus into the country.

The United States has not issued any travel warnings or quarantines.

But US Airways said Saturday it would allow passengers to change plans if they wanted to because of the outbreak.

Airline spokeswoman Michelle Mohr said it was not asking people not to travel to Mexico, but wanted to “give them that flexibility” if “they don’t feel comfortable.”

Gregory Hartl of the World Health Organization said the strain of the virus seen in Mexico is worrisome because it has mutated from older strains.
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“Any time that there is a virus which changes … it means perhaps the immunities the human body has built up to deal with influenza might not be adjusted well enough to deal with this new virus,” Hartl said.

Mexico City has closed all of its schools and universities until further notice because of the virus.

Infection control experts are scrambling to respond to outbreaks of swine flu in Mexico and the US, and suspected cases elsewhere.

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs.

Caused by influenza type A, there are regular outbreaks among herds of pigs, where the disease causes high levels of illness but is rarely fatal.

It tends to spread in autumn and winter but can circulate all year round.

There are many different types of swine flu and like human flu, the infection is constantly changing.

Can humans catch swine flu?

Swine flu does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur – usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

There have also been rare documented cases of humans passing the infection to other humans.

Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is thought to spread in the same way as seasonal flu – through coughing and sneezing.

In the latest outbreak it is clear that the disease is being passed from person to person.

Symptom of swine flu in humans appear to be similar to those produced by standard, seasonal flu.

Is this a new type of swine flu?

The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least some of the cases are a never-before-seen version of the H1N1 strain of influenza type A.

H1N1 is the same strain which causes seasonal outbreaks of flu in humans on a regular basis.

But this latest version of H1N1 is different: it contains genetic material that is typically found in strains of the virus that affect humans, birds and swine.

Flu viruses have the ability to swap genetic components with each other, and it seems likely that the new version of H1N1 resulted from a mixing of different versions of the virus, which may usually affect different species, in the same animal host.

Is it safe to eat pig meat?

Yes. There is no evidence that swine flu can be transmitted through eating meat from infected animals.

However, it is essential to cook meat properly. A temperature of 70C (158F) would be sure to kill the virus.

How worried should people be?

When any new strain of flu emerges that acquires the ability to pass from person to person, it is monitored very closely in case it has the potential to spark a pandemic.

FLU PANDEMICS 1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times. Caused by a form of the H1N1 strain of flu, it is estimated that up to 40% of the world’s population were infected, and more than 50 million people died, with young adults particularly badly affected 1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The impact of the pandemic was minimised by rapid action by health authorities, who identified the virus, and made vaccine available speedily. The elderly were particularly vulnerable 1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

The World Health Organization has warned that taken together the Mexican and US cases could potentially trigger a global pandemic, and stress that the situation is serious.

However, it is stressed that it is still too early to accurately assess the situation fully.

Currently, they say the world is closer to a flu pandemic than at any point since 1968 – rating the threat at three on a six-point scale.

Nobody knows the full potential impact of the pandemic, but experts have warned that it could cost millions of lives worldwide. The Spanish flu pandemic, which began in 1918, and was also caused by an H1N1 strain, killed millions of people.

The fact that all the cases in the US have so far produced mild symptoms is encouraging. It suggests that the severity of the Mexican outbreak may be due to an unusual geographically-specific factor – possibly a second unrelated virus circulating in the community – which would be unlikely to come into play in the rest of the world.

However, the fact that many of the victims are young does point to something unusual. Normal, seasonal flu tends to affect the elderly disproportionately.

What about treatments and vaccines?

The US authorities say that two drugs commonly used to treat flu, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem to be effective at treating cases that have occurred there so far.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

US scientists are already developing a bespoke new vaccine, but it may take some time to perfect it, and manufacture enough supplies to meet what could be huge demand.

What about bird flu?

The strain of bird flu which has caused scores of human deaths in South East Asia in recent years is a different strain to that responsible for the current outbreak of swine flu.

The latest form of swine flu is a new type of the H1N1 strain, while bird, or avian flu, is H5N1.

Experts fear H5N1 hold the potential to trigger a pandemic because of its ability to mutate rapidly. However, up until now it has remained very much a disease of birds. Those humans who have been infected have, without exception, worked closely with birds, and cases of human-to-human transmission are extremely rare – there is no suggestion that H5N1 has gained the ability to pass easily from person to person.

UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

Dr John Watson, Health Protection Agency: ‘The UK must be prepared’

Health officials in the UK say they are monitoring closely a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, amid fears of a potential pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said it was working with the government to assess any threat posed to the public.

It described the outbreak as “unusual” and warranting “further investigation and vigilance” by other countries.

Northwick Park Hospital said a BA worker who arrived from Mexico City and fell ill does not have swine flu.

At least 81 people in Mexico are now thought to have died after contracting a new strain of flu being linked to an outbreak of swine flu in the US.

False alarm

There have been no confirmed cases so far in Europe.

Chris Clarke, a British businessman from Northumberland, had a false alarm when he began to feel unwell after flying out of Mexico on Friday.

He told BBC News: “I was watching the [BBC] News channel last night – clearly the story was escalating. I have two young children so I am conscious I don’t want to bring anything back. I called NHS Direct.

“They said there were lots of things that could cause my symptoms but said I should be seen by my local practitioner and asked me to call my out-of-hours service, which I did.”

Swine flu is a respiratory disease that infects pigs and does not normally infect humans.

However, sporadic cases do occur, usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

Precautionary tests

The WHO said some of those affected in Mexico had tested positive for a strain – H1N1 – that had infected at least seven people in the south-western US.

The concern is that this strain has the potential to spread rapidly because it appears to be passing easily from human to human.

WHO Director-general Margaret Chan said the strain had “pandemic potential” but that it was too early to say whether one would actually occur.

The HPA and the NHS have systems in place which will alert public health authorities of any unusual strain circulating in the UK
Health Protection Authority statement

Q&A: Swine flu

The HPA said: “More investigation and testing is needed to determine the severity of the disease and the ease with which it can spread.

“The HPA is monitoring this situation closely and is working with the UK government to review the current incident and any threat it poses to UK public health.”

The HPA said there was currently a “very low level” of flu activity in the UK, adding that the H1N1 strain at the centre of the American alert was treatable with antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu and Relenza.

“The HPA and the NHS have systems in place which will alert public health authorities of any unusual strain circulating in the UK,” it said.

‘Reason to be worried’

However, Professor Nigel Dimmock, a virologist from Warwick University, said it was unclear how much drug resistance this new strain may have.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “There is reason to be worried. The virus will travel and if it is, as seems, a new virus and people have no resistance to it, then there’s nothing to stop it spreading from person to person and by various means around the world.”

People in the UK are not currently being advised to avoid travelling to affected areas of Mexico and the US.

However, the Foreign Office recommends that anyone visiting those destinations – or who has recently returned – should consult a doctor if they experience flu-like symptoms.

To prevent the spread of illness, the HPA advised people to cover their nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, to throw away dirty tissues promptly and carefully, and to wash hands and surfaces which are regularly touched.

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Mexico flu sparks worldwide fear
A soldier hands out masks outside the National Palace in Mexico City on Saturday
Mexico has ramped up its containment efforts

Mexican authorities have taken drastic measures to contain a new strain of the swine flu virus that has killed 81 and prompted fears of a global pandemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the situation remains serious but “the picture is evolving”.

Several countries have reported suspected cases of infection – the latest were eight students in New York who were confirmed to have swine flu.

But US US cases of infections had not had contact with pigs, the WHO said.

SWINE FLU
Swine flu is a respiratory disease found in pigs
Human cases usually occur in those who have contact with pigs
Human-to-human transmission is rare and such cases are closely monitored

Q&A: Swine flu
UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

H1N1 is the same strain that causes seasonal flu outbreaks in humans, but the newly detected version contains genetic material from versions of flu which usually affect pigs and birds.

The respiratory virus – which infects pigs but only sporadically humans – is spread mainly through coughs and sneezes.

The WHO has warned the virus has the potential to become a pandemic, and has urged all governments to step up surveillance.

Several countries in Asia and Latin America have begun screening airport passengers for symptoms.

Suspected outbreaks

Although all of the deaths so far have been in Mexico, the flu is spreading in the United States and suspected cases have been detected elsewhere:

Susan Watts
Susan Watts, BBC Science editor

The next few days and weeks will be crucial.

One possibly hopeful sign is that of the eight cases in the US there has been only one hospitalisation, and no deaths.

So it may turn out that there is some other kind of infection at work in Mexico, as well as the new flu virus.

Read Susan’s thoughts in full

* Eleven confirmed infections in the US
* In addition, eight suspected cases are being investigated at a New York City high school where about 200 students fell mildly ill with flu-like symptoms
* Ten New Zealand students are among a group which travelled to Mexico have tested positive for influenza A – making it “likely”, though not definite, that they are infected with swine flu, said Health Minister Tony Ryall
* In France, a top health official told Le Parisien newspaper there were unconfirmed suspicions that two individuals who had just returned from Mexico may be carrying the virus
* Spain’s health ministry says three people who returned from a trip from Mexico with flu symptoms are in isolation and being tested
* In Israel, medics are testing a 26-year-old man who has been taken to hospital with flu-like symptoms after returning from a trip to Mexico
* But a UK hospital conducting tests for swine flu on a British Airways cabin crew member said the tests proved negative.

Mexico shutdown

The Mexican government, which has faced criticism for what some see as a slow reaction to this outbreak, is now taking an increasingly hard line to try to contain the virus, says the BBC’s Stephen Gibbs in Mexico City.

Public buildings have been closed and hundreds of public events suspended.

There is a sense of chaos in hospitals and we do not know what to do
BBC reader Antonio Chavez, Mexico City

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Schools in and around Mexico City have been closed until 6 May, and some 70% of bars and restaurants in the capital have been temporarily closed.

People are being strongly urged to avoid shaking hands, and the US embassy has advised visitors to the country to keep at least six feet (1.8m) from other people.

Mexico’s Health Secretary, Jose Cordova, said a total of 1,324 people had been admitted to hospital with suspected symptoms since 13 April and were being tested for the virus.

“In that same period, 81 deaths were recorded probably linked to the virus but only in 20 cases we have the laboratory tests to confirm it,” he said.

Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon has announced emergency measures to deal with the situation.

They include powers to isolate individuals suspected of having the virus without fear of legal repercussions.
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In Mexico, face masks are handed out, while the head of the WHO voices concern

‘International concern’

In the US, seven people in California, two people in Texas, and two people in Kansas have been infected with the new strain.

In New York, city health commissioner Dr Thomas Frieden said preliminary tests conducted on the ailing students showed they were possible cases of swine flu.

Further tests will clarify if it was the same strain that was detected in the other three states.

Following a meeting of its emergency committee on Saturday, the WHO said the virus had the potential to become a pandemic but it was too early to say whether that would happen.

FLU PANDEMICS
1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times – infecting up to 40% of the world’s population and killing more than 50m people, with young adults particularly badly affected

1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The elderly were particularly vulnerable

1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

WHO Director General Margaret Chan said recent events constituted “a public health emergency of international concern” and that countries needed to co-operate in heightening surveillance.

The WHO is advising all countries to be vigilant for seasonally unusual flu or pneumonia-like symptoms among their populations – particularly among young healthy adults, a characteristic of past pandemics.

Officials said most of those killed so far in Mexico were young adults – rather than more vulnerable children and the elderly.

There is currently no vaccine for the new strain but severe cases can be treated with antiviral medication.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

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(CNN) — No kissing to say hello. No large crowds. No close contact.
A couple kisses through their masks at the Historic Center in Mexico City on Saturday.

A couple kisses through their masks at the Historic Center in Mexico City on Saturday.
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That’s the advice of the Mexican government as more and more people die of swine flu, which has turned into a “public health emergency of international concern,” according to the World Health Organization.

The WHO advised all countries to be on the lookout for “unusual” outbreaks of flu, following an emergency meeting Saturday as the seriousness of the outbreak became clear.

By Sunday, 81 deaths had been deemed “likely linked” to a deadly new strain of the virus by health authorities in Mexico. Viral testing has confirmed 20 cases, said Dr. Jose A. Cordova Villalobos, Mexico’s health secretary.

In Mexico City, the massive downtown Cathedral of Mexico City was open but Masses were not scheduled. Dozens of worshippers put on masks and went inside the church anyway to pray on their own.

The H1N1 strain of swine flu is usually associated with pigs. When the flu spreads person-to-person, instead of from animals to humans, it can continue to mutate, making it a tougher strain that is harder to treat or fight off.

Symptoms of swine flu include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the CDC. Learn more about swine flu and how to treat it »

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed cases of swine flu in eight students at a New York preparatory school, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. That brings the number of U.S. confirmed cases to 19. President Obama recently returned from a trip to Mexico, but has not shown any signs of flu-like symptoms, the White House said.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the outbreak “is of great concern to the White House,” and Obama is receiving regular briefings on the issue.

“I would tell people it’s certainly not a time to panic,” Gibbs told reporters. “If you’re sick, stay home, get treatment, go see a doctor.” But he added, “The government is taking all the steps it needs to and must do to take the precautions to deal with whatever size and scope we may be facing.”
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* Mexico City falls quiet, even for Mass
* CDC: Swine flu viruses in U.S., Mexico match
* CDC confirms 7 cases of swine flu in humans

But in New Zealand, officials said 22 students and three teachers back from a three-week-long language trip to Mexico may have been infected with the swine flu virus.

The 25 students and teachers at Auckland’s Rangitoto College returned to New Zealand via Los Angeles on Saturday.

Fourteen have shown flu-like symptoms, with four “more unwell than others,” said Dr. Julia Peters, clinical director of Auckland Regional Public Health Service. It is not clear whether anyone else who was on the plane with them has shown signs of the disease.

Health Minister Tony Ryall said 10 students tested positive for influenza A. The specimens will be sent to WHO to determine whether it is H1N1 swine influenza.

H1N1 influenza is a subset of influenza A. The WHO results are expected back by midweek. The group remains quarantined at home. Video Watch how public health officials grade phases of pandemic alerts »

“It certainly has not been confirmed that they have swine flu,” said Dr. Craig Thornley of Auckland Regional Public Health Service. “We already have provisional information that some of the group have influenza A. We won’t know if they have the type of influenza A that is swine flu.”

A British Airways crew member developed flu-like symptoms during a flight from Mexico City to London and was tested for swine flu, but the results came back negative. Video Watch CBC report on Canadian microbiologists’ concerns »

“I can confirm that the patient doesn’t have swine flu,” said Jonathan Street, a spokesman for Northwick Park Hospital in north London. “We have done all tests, and they all came back negative.”

The flight attendant is back at work, British Airways told CNN.

Britain is not putting travel restrictions in place, according to British Airways and Heathrow airport operator BAA, and the country’s Port Health Authority has no reason for concern over swine flu, BAA said.

The Mexico Tourist Board said Saturday there are no restrictions on travel to the country. Video Watch efforts in Mexico to prevent spread of the virus »

In Israel, doctors are running tests on a man who recently returned from Mexico with light flu symptoms.

U.S. health officials said Friday that some cases of the virus in the United States matched samples of the deadly Mexican virus.

All the patients have recovered or are expected to.

The panic over the virus prompted Canada to issue a travel health notice, saying the public health agency was “tracking clusters of severe respiratory illness with deaths in Mexico.”

South Korea said it will test airline passengers arriving from the United States. Japan will convene a Cabinet meeting Monday to develop measures to block entry of the virus into the country.

The United States has not issued any travel warnings or quarantines.

But US Airways said Saturday it would allow passengers to change plans if they wanted to because of the outbreak.

Airline spokeswoman Michelle Mohr said it was not asking people not to travel to Mexico, but wanted to “give them that flexibility” if “they don’t feel comfortable.”

Gregory Hartl of the World Health Organization said the strain of the virus seen in Mexico is worrisome because it has mutated from older strains.
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“Any time that there is a virus which changes … it means perhaps the immunities the human body has built up to deal with influenza might not be adjusted well enough to deal with this new virus,” Hartl said.

Mexico City has closed all of its schools and universities until further notice because of the virus.

Infection control experts are scrambling to respond to outbreaks of swine flu in Mexico and the US, and suspected cases elsewhere.

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs.

Caused by influenza type A, there are regular outbreaks among herds of pigs, where the disease causes high levels of illness but is rarely fatal.

It tends to spread in autumn and winter but can circulate all year round.

There are many different types of swine flu and like human flu, the infection is constantly changing.

Can humans catch swine flu?

Swine flu does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur – usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

There have also been rare documented cases of humans passing the infection to other humans.

Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is thought to spread in the same way as seasonal flu – through coughing and sneezing.

In the latest outbreak it is clear that the disease is being passed from person to person.

Symptom of swine flu in humans appear to be similar to those produced by standard, seasonal flu.

Is this a new type of swine flu?

The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least some of the cases are a never-before-seen version of the H1N1 strain of influenza type A.

H1N1 is the same strain which causes seasonal outbreaks of flu in humans on a regular basis.

But this latest version of H1N1 is different: it contains genetic material that is typically found in strains of the virus that affect humans, birds and swine.

Flu viruses have the ability to swap genetic components with each other, and it seems likely that the new version of H1N1 resulted from a mixing of different versions of the virus, which may usually affect different species, in the same animal host.

Is it safe to eat pig meat?

Yes. There is no evidence that swine flu can be transmitted through eating meat from infected animals.

However, it is essential to cook meat properly. A temperature of 70C (158F) would be sure to kill the virus.

How worried should people be?

When any new strain of flu emerges that acquires the ability to pass from person to person, it is monitored very closely in case it has the potential to spark a pandemic.

FLU PANDEMICS 1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times. Caused by a form of the H1N1 strain of flu, it is estimated that up to 40% of the world’s population were infected, and more than 50 million people died, with young adults particularly badly affected 1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The impact of the pandemic was minimised by rapid action by health authorities, who identified the virus, and made vaccine available speedily. The elderly were particularly vulnerable 1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

The World Health Organization has warned that taken together the Mexican and US cases could potentially trigger a global pandemic, and stress that the situation is serious.

However, it is stressed that it is still too early to accurately assess the situation fully.

Currently, they say the world is closer to a flu pandemic than at any point since 1968 – rating the threat at three on a six-point scale.

Nobody knows the full potential impact of the pandemic, but experts have warned that it could cost millions of lives worldwide. The Spanish flu pandemic, which began in 1918, and was also caused by an H1N1 strain, killed millions of people.

The fact that all the cases in the US have so far produced mild symptoms is encouraging. It suggests that the severity of the Mexican outbreak may be due to an unusual geographically-specific factor – possibly a second unrelated virus circulating in the community – which would be unlikely to come into play in the rest of the world.

However, the fact that many of the victims are young does point to something unusual. Normal, seasonal flu tends to affect the elderly disproportionately.

What about treatments and vaccines?

The US authorities say that two drugs commonly used to treat flu, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem to be effective at treating cases that have occurred there so far.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

US scientists are already developing a bespoke new vaccine, but it may take some time to perfect it, and manufacture enough supplies to meet what could be huge demand.

What about bird flu?

The strain of bird flu which has caused scores of human deaths in South East Asia in recent years is a different strain to that responsible for the current outbreak of swine flu.

The latest form of swine flu is a new type of the H1N1 strain, while bird, or avian flu, is H5N1.

Experts fear H5N1 hold the potential to trigger a pandemic because of its ability to mutate rapidly. However, up until now it has remained very much a disease of birds. Those humans who have been infected have, without exception, worked closely with birds, and cases of human-to-human transmission are extremely rare – there is no suggestion that H5N1 has gained the ability to pass easily from person to person.

UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

Dr John Watson, Health Protection Agency: ‘The UK must be prepared’

Health officials in the UK say they are monitoring closely a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, amid fears of a potential pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said it was working with the government to assess any threat posed to the public.

It described the outbreak as “unusual” and warranting “further investigation and vigilance” by other countries.

Northwick Park Hospital said a BA worker who arrived from Mexico City and fell ill does not have swine flu.

At least 81 people in Mexico are now thought to have died after contracting a new strain of flu being linked to an outbreak of swine flu in the US.

False alarm

There have been no confirmed cases so far in Europe.

Chris Clarke, a British businessman from Northumberland, had a false alarm when he began to feel unwell after flying out of Mexico on Friday.

He told BBC News: “I was watching the [BBC] News channel last night – clearly the story was escalating. I have two young children so I am conscious I don’t want to bring anything back. I called NHS Direct.

“They said there were lots of things that could cause my symptoms but said I should be seen by my local practitioner and asked me to call my out-of-hours service, which I did.”

Swine flu is a respiratory disease that infects pigs and does not normally infect humans.

However, sporadic cases do occur, usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

Precautionary tests

The WHO said some of those affected in Mexico had tested positive for a strain – H1N1 – that had infected at least seven people in the south-western US.

The concern is that this strain has the potential to spread rapidly because it appears to be passing easily from human to human.

WHO Director-general Margaret Chan said the strain had “pandemic potential” but that it was too early to say whether one would actually occur.

The HPA and the NHS have systems in place which will alert public health authorities of any unusual strain circulating in the UK
Health Protection Authority statement

Q&A: Swine flu

The HPA said: “More investigation and testing is needed to determine the severity of the disease and the ease with which it can spread.

“The HPA is monitoring this situation closely and is working with the UK government to review the current incident and any threat it poses to UK public health.”

The HPA said there was currently a “very low level” of flu activity in the UK, adding that the H1N1 strain at the centre of the American alert was treatable with antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu and Relenza.

“The HPA and the NHS have systems in place which will alert public health authorities of any unusual strain circulating in the UK,” it said.

‘Reason to be worried’

However, Professor Nigel Dimmock, a virologist from Warwick University, said it was unclear how much drug resistance this new strain may have.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “There is reason to be worried. The virus will travel and if it is, as seems, a new virus and people have no resistance to it, then there’s nothing to stop it spreading from person to person and by various means around the world.”

People in the UK are not currently being advised to avoid travelling to affected areas of Mexico and the US.

However, the Foreign Office recommends that anyone visiting those destinations – or who has recently returned – should consult a doctor if they experience flu-like symptoms.

To prevent the spread of illness, the HPA advised people to cover their nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, to throw away dirty tissues promptly and carefully, and to wash hands and surfaces which are regularly touched.

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Mexico flu sparks worldwide fear
A soldier hands out masks outside the National Palace in Mexico City on Saturday
Mexico has ramped up its containment efforts

Mexican authorities have taken drastic measures to contain a new strain of the swine flu virus that has killed 81 and prompted fears of a global pandemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the situation remains serious but “the picture is evolving”.

Several countries have reported suspected cases of infection – the latest were eight students in New York who were confirmed to have swine flu.

But US US cases of infections had not had contact with pigs, the WHO said.

SWINE FLU
Swine flu is a respiratory disease found in pigs
Human cases usually occur in those who have contact with pigs
Human-to-human transmission is rare and such cases are closely monitored

Q&A: Swine flu
UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

H1N1 is the same strain that causes seasonal flu outbreaks in humans, but the newly detected version contains genetic material from versions of flu which usually affect pigs and birds.

The respiratory virus – which infects pigs but only sporadically humans – is spread mainly through coughs and sneezes.

The WHO has warned the virus has the potential to become a pandemic, and has urged all governments to step up surveillance.

Several countries in Asia and Latin America have begun screening airport passengers for symptoms.

Suspected outbreaks

Although all of the deaths so far have been in Mexico, the flu is spreading in the United States and suspected cases have been detected elsewhere:

Susan Watts
Susan Watts, BBC Science editor

The next few days and weeks will be crucial.

One possibly hopeful sign is that of the eight cases in the US there has been only one hospitalisation, and no deaths.

So it may turn out that there is some other kind of infection at work in Mexico, as well as the new flu virus.

Read Susan’s thoughts in full

* Eleven confirmed infections in the US
* In addition, eight suspected cases are being investigated at a New York City high school where about 200 students fell mildly ill with flu-like symptoms
* Ten New Zealand students are among a group which travelled to Mexico have tested positive for influenza A – making it “likely”, though not definite, that they are infected with swine flu, said Health Minister Tony Ryall
* In France, a top health official told Le Parisien newspaper there were unconfirmed suspicions that two individuals who had just returned from Mexico may be carrying the virus
* Spain’s health ministry says three people who returned from a trip from Mexico with flu symptoms are in isolation and being tested
* In Israel, medics are testing a 26-year-old man who has been taken to hospital with flu-like symptoms after returning from a trip to Mexico
* But a UK hospital conducting tests for swine flu on a British Airways cabin crew member said the tests proved negative.

Mexico shutdown

The Mexican government, which has faced criticism for what some see as a slow reaction to this outbreak, is now taking an increasingly hard line to try to contain the virus, says the BBC’s Stephen Gibbs in Mexico City.

Public buildings have been closed and hundreds of public events suspended.

There is a sense of chaos in hospitals and we do not know what to do
BBC reader Antonio Chavez, Mexico City

Read more experiences
Send us your comments

Schools in and around Mexico City have been closed until 6 May, and some 70% of bars and restaurants in the capital have been temporarily closed.

People are being strongly urged to avoid shaking hands, and the US embassy has advised visitors to the country to keep at least six feet (1.8m) from other people.

Mexico’s Health Secretary, Jose Cordova, said a total of 1,324 people had been admitted to hospital with suspected symptoms since 13 April and were being tested for the virus.

“In that same period, 81 deaths were recorded probably linked to the virus but only in 20 cases we have the laboratory tests to confirm it,” he said.

Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon has announced emergency measures to deal with the situation.

They include powers to isolate individuals suspected of having the virus without fear of legal repercussions.
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In Mexico, face masks are handed out, while the head of the WHO voices concern

‘International concern’

In the US, seven people in California, two people in Texas, and two people in Kansas have been infected with the new strain.

In New York, city health commissioner Dr Thomas Frieden said preliminary tests conducted on the ailing students showed they were possible cases of swine flu.

Further tests will clarify if it was the same strain that was detected in the other three states.

Following a meeting of its emergency committee on Saturday, the WHO said the virus had the potential to become a pandemic but it was too early to say whether that would happen.

FLU PANDEMICS
1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times – infecting up to 40% of the world’s population and killing more than 50m people, with young adults particularly badly affected

1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The elderly were particularly vulnerable

1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

WHO Director General Margaret Chan said recent events constituted “a public health emergency of international concern” and that countries needed to co-operate in heightening surveillance.

The WHO is advising all countries to be vigilant for seasonally unusual flu or pneumonia-like symptoms among their populations – particularly among young healthy adults, a characteristic of past pandemics.

Officials said most of those killed so far in Mexico were young adults – rather than more vulnerable children and the elderly.

There is currently no vaccine for the new strain but severe cases can be treated with antiviral medication.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

Are you in Mexico or the US? Do you know someone who has been affected by the outbreak? Tell us your experiences by filling in the form below.

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(CNN) — No kissing to say hello. No large crowds. No close contact.
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That’s the advice of the Mexican government as more and more people die of swine flu, which has turned into a “public health emergency of international concern,” according to the World Health Organization.

The WHO advised all countries to be on the lookout for “unusual” outbreaks of flu, following an emergency meeting Saturday as the seriousness of the outbreak became clear.

By Sunday, 81 deaths had been deemed “likely linked” to a deadly new strain of the virus by health authorities in Mexico. Viral testing has confirmed 20 cases, said Dr. Jose A. Cordova Villalobos, Mexico’s health secretary.

In Mexico City, the massive downtown Cathedral of Mexico City was open but Masses were not scheduled. Dozens of worshippers put on masks and went inside the church anyway to pray on their own.

The H1N1 strain of swine flu is usually associated with pigs. When the flu spreads person-to-person, instead of from animals to humans, it can continue to mutate, making it a tougher strain that is harder to treat or fight off.

Symptoms of swine flu include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the CDC. Learn more about swine flu and how to treat it »

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed cases of swine flu in eight students at a New York preparatory school, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. That brings the number of U.S. confirmed cases to 19. President Obama recently returned from a trip to Mexico, but has not shown any signs of flu-like symptoms, the White House said.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the outbreak “is of great concern to the White House,” and Obama is receiving regular briefings on the issue.

“I would tell people it’s certainly not a time to panic,” Gibbs told reporters. “If you’re sick, stay home, get treatment, go see a doctor.” But he added, “The government is taking all the steps it needs to and must do to take the precautions to deal with whatever size and scope we may be facing.”
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But in New Zealand, officials said 22 students and three teachers back from a three-week-long language trip to Mexico may have been infected with the swine flu virus.

The 25 students and teachers at Auckland’s Rangitoto College returned to New Zealand via Los Angeles on Saturday.

Fourteen have shown flu-like symptoms, with four “more unwell than others,” said Dr. Julia Peters, clinical director of Auckland Regional Public Health Service. It is not clear whether anyone else who was on the plane with them has shown signs of the disease.

Health Minister Tony Ryall said 10 students tested positive for influenza A. The specimens will be sent to WHO to determine whether it is H1N1 swine influenza.

H1N1 influenza is a subset of influenza A. The WHO results are expected back by midweek. The group remains quarantined at home. Video Watch how public health officials grade phases of pandemic alerts »

“It certainly has not been confirmed that they have swine flu,” said Dr. Craig Thornley of Auckland Regional Public Health Service. “We already have provisional information that some of the group have influenza A. We won’t know if they have the type of influenza A that is swine flu.”

A British Airways crew member developed flu-like symptoms during a flight from Mexico City to London and was tested for swine flu, but the results came back negative. Video Watch CBC report on Canadian microbiologists’ concerns »

“I can confirm that the patient doesn’t have swine flu,” said Jonathan Street, a spokesman for Northwick Park Hospital in north London. “We have done all tests, and they all came back negative.”

The flight attendant is back at work, British Airways told CNN.

Britain is not putting travel restrictions in place, according to British Airways and Heathrow airport operator BAA, and the country’s Port Health Authority has no reason for concern over swine flu, BAA said.

The Mexico Tourist Board said Saturday there are no restrictions on travel to the country. Video Watch efforts in Mexico to prevent spread of the virus »

In Israel, doctors are running tests on a man who recently returned from Mexico with light flu symptoms.

U.S. health officials said Friday that some cases of the virus in the United States matched samples of the deadly Mexican virus.

All the patients have recovered or are expected to.

The panic over the virus prompted Canada to issue a travel health notice, saying the public health agency was “tracking clusters of severe respiratory illness with deaths in Mexico.”

South Korea said it will test airline passengers arriving from the United States. Japan will convene a Cabinet meeting Monday to develop measures to block entry of the virus into the country.

The United States has not issued any travel warnings or quarantines.

But US Airways said Saturday it would allow passengers to change plans if they wanted to because of the outbreak.

Airline spokeswoman Michelle Mohr said it was not asking people not to travel to Mexico, but wanted to “give them that flexibility” if “they don’t feel comfortable.”

Gregory Hartl of the World Health Organization said the strain of the virus seen in Mexico is worrisome because it has mutated from older strains.
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“Any time that there is a virus which changes … it means perhaps the immunities the human body has built up to deal with influenza might not be adjusted well enough to deal with this new virus,” Hartl said.

Mexico City has closed all of its schools and universities until further notice because of the virus.

Infection control experts are scrambling to respond to outbreaks of swine flu in Mexico and the US, and suspected cases elsewhere.

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs.

Caused by influenza type A, there are regular outbreaks among herds of pigs, where the disease causes high levels of illness but is rarely fatal.

It tends to spread in autumn and winter but can circulate all year round.

There are many different types of swine flu and like human flu, the infection is constantly changing.

Can humans catch swine flu?

Swine flu does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur – usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

There have also been rare documented cases of humans passing the infection to other humans.

Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is thought to spread in the same way as seasonal flu – through coughing and sneezing.

In the latest outbreak it is clear that the disease is being passed from person to person.

Symptom of swine flu in humans appear to be similar to those produced by standard, seasonal flu.

Is this a new type of swine flu?

The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least some of the cases are a never-before-seen version of the H1N1 strain of influenza type A.

H1N1 is the same strain which causes seasonal outbreaks of flu in humans on a regular basis.

But this latest version of H1N1 is different: it contains genetic material that is typically found in strains of the virus that affect humans, birds and swine.

Flu viruses have the ability to swap genetic components with each other, and it seems likely that the new version of H1N1 resulted from a mixing of different versions of the virus, which may usually affect different species, in the same animal host.

Is it safe to eat pig meat?

Yes. There is no evidence that swine flu can be transmitted through eating meat from infected animals.

However, it is essential to cook meat properly. A temperature of 70C (158F) would be sure to kill the virus.

How worried should people be?

When any new strain of flu emerges that acquires the ability to pass from person to person, it is monitored very closely in case it has the potential to spark a pandemic.

FLU PANDEMICS 1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times. Caused by a form of the H1N1 strain of flu, it is estimated that up to 40% of the world’s population were infected, and more than 50 million people died, with young adults particularly badly affected 1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The impact of the pandemic was minimised by rapid action by health authorities, who identified the virus, and made vaccine available speedily. The elderly were particularly vulnerable 1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

The World Health Organization has warned that taken together the Mexican and US cases could potentially trigger a global pandemic, and stress that the situation is serious.

However, it is stressed that it is still too early to accurately assess the situation fully.

Currently, they say the world is closer to a flu pandemic than at any point since 1968 – rating the threat at three on a six-point scale.

Nobody knows the full potential impact of the pandemic, but experts have warned that it could cost millions of lives worldwide. The Spanish flu pandemic, which began in 1918, and was also caused by an H1N1 strain, killed millions of people.

The fact that all the cases in the US have so far produced mild symptoms is encouraging. It suggests that the severity of the Mexican outbreak may be due to an unusual geographically-specific factor – possibly a second unrelated virus circulating in the community – which would be unlikely to come into play in the rest of the world.

However, the fact that many of the victims are young does point to something unusual. Normal, seasonal flu tends to affect the elderly disproportionately.

What about treatments and vaccines?

The US authorities say that two drugs commonly used to treat flu, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem to be effective at treating cases that have occurred there so far.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

US scientists are already developing a bespoke new vaccine, but it may take some time to perfect it, and manufacture enough supplies to meet what could be huge demand.

What about bird flu?

The strain of bird flu which has caused scores of human deaths in South East Asia in recent years is a different strain to that responsible for the current outbreak of swine flu.

The latest form of swine flu is a new type of the H1N1 strain, while bird, or avian flu, is H5N1.

Experts fear H5N1 hold the potential to trigger a pandemic because of its ability to mutate rapidly. However, up until now it has remained very much a disease of birds. Those humans who have been infected have, without exception, worked closely with birds, and cases of human-to-human transmission are extremely rare – there is no suggestion that H5N1 has gained the ability to pass easily from person to person.

UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

Dr John Watson, Health Protection Agency: ‘The UK must be prepared’

Health officials in the UK say they are monitoring closely a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, amid fears of a potential pandemic.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said it was working with the government to assess any threat posed to the public.

It described the outbreak as “unusual” and warranting “further investigation and vigilance” by other countries.

Northwick Park Hospital said a BA worker who arrived from Mexico City and fell ill does not have swine flu.

At least 81 people in Mexico are now thought to have died after contracting a new strain of flu being linked to an outbreak of swine flu in the US.

False alarm

There have been no confirmed cases so far in Europe.

Chris Clarke, a British businessman from Northumberland, had a false alarm when he began to feel unwell after flying out of Mexico on Friday.

He told BBC News: “I was watching the [BBC] News channel last night – clearly the story was escalating. I have two young children so I am conscious I don’t want to bring anything back. I called NHS Direct.

“They said there were lots of things that could cause my symptoms but said I should be seen by my local practitioner and asked me to call my out-of-hours service, which I did.”

Swine flu is a respiratory disease that infects pigs and does not normally infect humans.

However, sporadic cases do occur, usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

Precautionary tests

The WHO said some of those affected in Mexico had tested positive for a strain – H1N1 – that had infected at least seven people in the south-western US.

The concern is that this strain has the potential to spread rapidly because it appears to be passing easily from human to human.

WHO Director-general Margaret Chan said the strain had “pandemic potential” but that it was too early to say whether one would actually occur.

The HPA and the NHS have systems in place which will alert public health authorities of any unusual strain circulating in the UK
Health Protection Authority statement

Q&A: Swine flu

The HPA said: “More investigation and testing is needed to determine the severity of the disease and the ease with which it can spread.

“The HPA is monitoring this situation closely and is working with the UK government to review the current incident and any threat it poses to UK public health.”

The HPA said there was currently a “very low level” of flu activity in the UK, adding that the H1N1 strain at the centre of the American alert was treatable with antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu and Relenza.

“The HPA and the NHS have systems in place which will alert public health authorities of any unusual strain circulating in the UK,” it said.

‘Reason to be worried’

However, Professor Nigel Dimmock, a virologist from Warwick University, said it was unclear how much drug resistance this new strain may have.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “There is reason to be worried. The virus will travel and if it is, as seems, a new virus and people have no resistance to it, then there’s nothing to stop it spreading from person to person and by various means around the world.”

People in the UK are not currently being advised to avoid travelling to affected areas of Mexico and the US.

However, the Foreign Office recommends that anyone visiting those destinations – or who has recently returned – should consult a doctor if they experience flu-like symptoms.

To prevent the spread of illness, the HPA advised people to cover their nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, to throw away dirty tissues promptly and carefully, and to wash hands and surfaces which are regularly touched.

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Mexico flu sparks worldwide fear
A soldier hands out masks outside the National Palace in Mexico City on Saturday
Mexico has ramped up its containment efforts

Mexican authorities have taken drastic measures to contain a new strain of the swine flu virus that has killed 81 and prompted fears of a global pandemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the situation remains serious but “the picture is evolving”.

Several countries have reported suspected cases of infection – the latest were eight students in New York who were confirmed to have swine flu.

But US US cases of infections had not had contact with pigs, the WHO said.

SWINE FLU
Swine flu is a respiratory disease found in pigs
Human cases usually occur in those who have contact with pigs
Human-to-human transmission is rare and such cases are closely monitored

Q&A: Swine flu
UK monitoring swine flu outbreak

H1N1 is the same strain that causes seasonal flu outbreaks in humans, but the newly detected version contains genetic material from versions of flu which usually affect pigs and birds.

The respiratory virus – which infects pigs but only sporadically humans – is spread mainly through coughs and sneezes.

The WHO has warned the virus has the potential to become a pandemic, and has urged all governments to step up surveillance.

Several countries in Asia and Latin America have begun screening airport passengers for symptoms.

Suspected outbreaks

Although all of the deaths so far have been in Mexico, the flu is spreading in the United States and suspected cases have been detected elsewhere:

Susan Watts
Susan Watts, BBC Science editor

The next few days and weeks will be crucial.

One possibly hopeful sign is that of the eight cases in the US there has been only one hospitalisation, and no deaths.

So it may turn out that there is some other kind of infection at work in Mexico, as well as the new flu virus.

Read Susan’s thoughts in full

* Eleven confirmed infections in the US
* In addition, eight suspected cases are being investigated at a New York City high school where about 200 students fell mildly ill with flu-like symptoms
* Ten New Zealand students are among a group which travelled to Mexico have tested positive for influenza A – making it “likely”, though not definite, that they are infected with swine flu, said Health Minister Tony Ryall
* In France, a top health official told Le Parisien newspaper there were unconfirmed suspicions that two individuals who had just returned from Mexico may be carrying the virus
* Spain’s health ministry says three people who returned from a trip from Mexico with flu symptoms are in isolation and being tested
* In Israel, medics are testing a 26-year-old man who has been taken to hospital with flu-like symptoms after returning from a trip to Mexico
* But a UK hospital conducting tests for swine flu on a British Airways cabin crew member said the tests proved negative.

Mexico shutdown

The Mexican government, which has faced criticism for what some see as a slow reaction to this outbreak, is now taking an increasingly hard line to try to contain the virus, says the BBC’s Stephen Gibbs in Mexico City.

Public buildings have been closed and hundreds of public events suspended.

There is a sense of chaos in hospitals and we do not know what to do
BBC reader Antonio Chavez, Mexico City

Read more experiences
Send us your comments

Schools in and around Mexico City have been closed until 6 May, and some 70% of bars and restaurants in the capital have been temporarily closed.

People are being strongly urged to avoid shaking hands, and the US embassy has advised visitors to the country to keep at least six feet (1.8m) from other people.

Mexico’s Health Secretary, Jose Cordova, said a total of 1,324 people had been admitted to hospital with suspected symptoms since 13 April and were being tested for the virus.

“In that same period, 81 deaths were recorded probably linked to the virus but only in 20 cases we have the laboratory tests to confirm it,” he said.

Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon has announced emergency measures to deal with the situation.

They include powers to isolate individuals suspected of having the virus without fear of legal repercussions.
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In Mexico, face masks are handed out, while the head of the WHO voices concern

‘International concern’

In the US, seven people in California, two people in Texas, and two people in Kansas have been infected with the new strain.

In New York, city health commissioner Dr Thomas Frieden said preliminary tests conducted on the ailing students showed they were possible cases of swine flu.

Further tests will clarify if it was the same strain that was detected in the other three states.

Following a meeting of its emergency committee on Saturday, the WHO said the virus had the potential to become a pandemic but it was too early to say whether that would happen.

FLU PANDEMICS
1918: The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times – infecting up to 40% of the world’s population and killing more than 50m people, with young adults particularly badly affected

1957: Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The elderly were particularly vulnerable

1968: An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die

WHO Director General Margaret Chan said recent events constituted “a public health emergency of international concern” and that countries needed to co-operate in heightening surveillance.

The WHO is advising all countries to be vigilant for seasonally unusual flu or pneumonia-like symptoms among their populations – particularly among young healthy adults, a characteristic of past pandemics.

Officials said most of those killed so far in Mexico were young adults – rather than more vulnerable children and the elderly.

There is currently no vaccine for the new strain but severe cases can be treated with antiviral medication.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains.

Are you in Mexico or the US? Do you know someone who has been affected by the outbreak? Tell us your experiences by filling in the form below.

A selection of your comments may be published, displaying your name and location unless you state otherwise in the box below.

PAKATAN RAKYAT DIPERKUKUHKAN, HUBUNGAN DENGAN PUAK LAIN TIDAK DIABAIKAN

Isu kerajaan perpaduan atau unity government Ust Abd Hadi Awang menegaskan bahawa:

“Pendekatan muzakarah semuanya itu dibincang pada pertemuan tersebut. Perlu diketahui dibincang di peringkat tertinggi parti. Ia dibincang dahulu sebelum disebut kepada umum.

“Pada dasarnya semua pihak bersetuju. Perkara itu juga turut dibincangkan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat tetapi sekarang Tun Abdulah Ahmad Badawi sudah tidak ada lagi di situ, maka lain pula ceritanya.”

Tiada sistem kuota dalam PAS – Timbalan Presiden

Orang Melayu di negara ini perlu beralih kepercayaan kepada PAS untuk memimpin perubahan bersama Pakatan Rakyat memandangkan Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) semakin ditolak rakyat.

Presiden PAS, Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang berkata, perkembangan yang berlaku hari ini sangat positif untuk membolehkan orang Melayu beralih sokongan.

“Kemenangan PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat di Permatang Pauh, Kuala Terengganu, Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau membuatkan Umno dan BN berada di dalam keadaan tidak selesa sekarang.

“Inilah yang menjadi igauan kepada Umno sekarang sehingga mereka menjadi serba salah hendak menyertai atau tidak pilihan raya kecil di Dun Penanti.

“Semuanya itu sudah cukup bagi menggambarkan mereka kini berada di tapak yang lemah,” katanya selepas merasmikan mesyuarat agung PAS Bachok di sini, semalam.

Pada mesyuarat tersebut yang diadakan di Kompleks Pendidikan Islam Dato’ Omar Mohamad kekal menerajui PAS Bachok, timbalannya, Ustaz Hassan Mohamood dan naib, Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir.

Manakala anggota Parlimen Bachok, Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa turut terpilih sebagai anggota jawatankuasa PAS kawasan terbabit. Beliau juga Timbalan Presiden PAS.

Di Machang, tiada perubahan kepada kepimpinan kawasan itu pada mesyuarat agung yang juga diadakan semalam. Dato’ Hassan Muhamad kekal sebagai Yang Dipertua, timbalan, Haji Zakaria Yaakub dan naib, Haji Zulkifli Mamat.

Bagaimanapun di Gua Musang ada sedikit perubahan di mana Adun Galas, Chek Hashim Sulaima dipilih sebagai Yang Dipertua, timbalannya, Dr Zulkifli Mohamad dan naib, Hussin Embong.

Ustaz Abdul Hadi berkata, biar pun berlaku perubahan dalam kepemimpinan Umno baru-baru ini namun dasar parti itu tidak berubah.

Ditanya mengenai kerajaan perpaduan yang dicetusnya sebelum ini kata beliau pendekatan itu dicetus ketika perbincangan dalaman yang diadakan tahun lepas.

“Pendekatan muzakarah semuanya itu dibincang pada pertemuan tersebut. Perlu diketahui dibincang di peringkat tertinggi parti. Ia dibincang dahulu sebelum disebut kepada umum.

“Pada dasarnya semua pihak bersetuju. Perkara itu juga turut dibincangkan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat tetapi sekarang Tun Abdulah Ahmad Badawi sudah tidak ada lagi di situ, maka lain pula ceritanya,” katanya.

Menurutnya cadangan untuk mewujudkan kerajaan perpaduan pada awalnya dicetus pada masa Abdullah mengetuai kerajaan.

“Kita kemukakan cadangan terbabit kerana kita melihat suasana masa itu ia sesuai. Jadi buat masa ini kita lihat dahulu bagaimana perjalanan kerajaan,” tambahnya.

Malah katanya ada juga blogers yang menyokong cadangan unity government.

Begitu juga kata beliau ahli-ahli PAS tidak ada masalah untuk menyokong setiap keputusan dibuat pimpinan.

“Setiap keputusan mengenai sesuatu perkara yang besar perlu dibawa terlebih dahulu kepada muktamar dan tidak buat spotan,” katanya.

Ditanya kewujudan kumpulan pro mukazarah dan pro pakatan menjelang muktamar tahunan Jun depan kata Ustaz Abdul Hadi tidak ada dalam PAS perkara tersebut.

Sementara itu, Timbalan Presiden PAS berkata, terpulang kepada setiap kawasan untuk mencalonkan sesiapa sahaja bagi menduduki jawatan utama PAS Pusat kerana amalan demokrasi yang dipraktikkan.

“Ahli berhak mencalonkan sesiapa, malah kalau kita lihat dalam proses pencalonan bukan timbalan presiden sahaja ada cadangan dicabar, malah presiden pun kedengaran mahu dicabar.

“Adakah ini menggambarkan presiden gagal melaksanakan tugasnya. Bagaimanapun mereka berhak untuk mencalon sesiapa sahaja dan terserah kepada ahli dalam muktamar,” ujarnya.

Menurutnya juga beliau hanya menjalankan tugas sebagaimana diputuskan dalam muktamar di Ipoh tahun lalu bagi memperkukuhkan Pakatan Rakyat dan dalam masa yang sama mengadakan perbincangan dengan semua pihak termasuk parti-parti politik.

Kata beliau sesuatu yang besar perlu diputuskan dalam muktamar dan tidak berlaku seorang sahaja apabila melibatkan dasar parti.

“Kita telah membuat keputusan sebulat suara untuk memperkukuhkan Pakatan Rakyat dan dalam masa yang sama mengadakan perbincangan dalam dan luar negara.

“Saya pun baru balik dari Australia dan selepas ini akan pergi lagi sebelum menjelang muktamar. Kita mengadakan perbincangan dan membuka ruang dengan semua pihak,” katanya.

Nasharuddin juga berkata, percalonan dalam PAS tidak melibatkan sistem kuota seperti diamalkan Umno.

“Kalau sudah ada cadangan dan sokongan seseorang itu boleh bertanding,” tambahnya.

mj /M Faqih/harakahdaily

PAKATAN RAKYAT DIPERKUKUHKAN, HUBUNGAN DENGAN PUAK LAIN TIDAK DIABAIKAN

Isu kerajaan perpaduan atau unity government Ust Abd Hadi Awang menegaskan bahawa:

“Pendekatan muzakarah semuanya itu dibincang pada pertemuan tersebut. Perlu diketahui dibincang di peringkat tertinggi parti. Ia dibincang dahulu sebelum disebut kepada umum.

“Pada dasarnya semua pihak bersetuju. Perkara itu juga turut dibincangkan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat tetapi sekarang Tun Abdulah Ahmad Badawi sudah tidak ada lagi di situ, maka lain pula ceritanya.”

Tiada sistem kuota dalam PAS – Timbalan Presiden

Orang Melayu di negara ini perlu beralih kepercayaan kepada PAS untuk memimpin perubahan bersama Pakatan Rakyat memandangkan Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) semakin ditolak rakyat.

Presiden PAS, Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang berkata, perkembangan yang berlaku hari ini sangat positif untuk membolehkan orang Melayu beralih sokongan.

“Kemenangan PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat di Permatang Pauh, Kuala Terengganu, Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau membuatkan Umno dan BN berada di dalam keadaan tidak selesa sekarang.

“Inilah yang menjadi igauan kepada Umno sekarang sehingga mereka menjadi serba salah hendak menyertai atau tidak pilihan raya kecil di Dun Penanti.

“Semuanya itu sudah cukup bagi menggambarkan mereka kini berada di tapak yang lemah,” katanya selepas merasmikan mesyuarat agung PAS Bachok di sini, semalam.

Pada mesyuarat tersebut yang diadakan di Kompleks Pendidikan Islam Dato’ Omar Mohamad kekal menerajui PAS Bachok, timbalannya, Ustaz Hassan Mohamood dan naib, Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir.

Manakala anggota Parlimen Bachok, Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa turut terpilih sebagai anggota jawatankuasa PAS kawasan terbabit. Beliau juga Timbalan Presiden PAS.

Di Machang, tiada perubahan kepada kepimpinan kawasan itu pada mesyuarat agung yang juga diadakan semalam. Dato’ Hassan Muhamad kekal sebagai Yang Dipertua, timbalan, Haji Zakaria Yaakub dan naib, Haji Zulkifli Mamat.

Bagaimanapun di Gua Musang ada sedikit perubahan di mana Adun Galas, Chek Hashim Sulaima dipilih sebagai Yang Dipertua, timbalannya, Dr Zulkifli Mohamad dan naib, Hussin Embong.

Ustaz Abdul Hadi berkata, biar pun berlaku perubahan dalam kepemimpinan Umno baru-baru ini namun dasar parti itu tidak berubah.

Ditanya mengenai kerajaan perpaduan yang dicetusnya sebelum ini kata beliau pendekatan itu dicetus ketika perbincangan dalaman yang diadakan tahun lepas.

“Pendekatan muzakarah semuanya itu dibincang pada pertemuan tersebut. Perlu diketahui dibincang di peringkat tertinggi parti. Ia dibincang dahulu sebelum disebut kepada umum.

“Pada dasarnya semua pihak bersetuju. Perkara itu juga turut dibincangkan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat tetapi sekarang Tun Abdulah Ahmad Badawi sudah tidak ada lagi di situ, maka lain pula ceritanya,” katanya.

Menurutnya cadangan untuk mewujudkan kerajaan perpaduan pada awalnya dicetus pada masa Abdullah mengetuai kerajaan.

“Kita kemukakan cadangan terbabit kerana kita melihat suasana masa itu ia sesuai. Jadi buat masa ini kita lihat dahulu bagaimana perjalanan kerajaan,” tambahnya.

Malah katanya ada juga blogers yang menyokong cadangan unity government.

Begitu juga kata beliau ahli-ahli PAS tidak ada masalah untuk menyokong setiap keputusan dibuat pimpinan.

“Setiap keputusan mengenai sesuatu perkara yang besar perlu dibawa terlebih dahulu kepada muktamar dan tidak buat spotan,” katanya.

Ditanya kewujudan kumpulan pro mukazarah dan pro pakatan menjelang muktamar tahunan Jun depan kata Ustaz Abdul Hadi tidak ada dalam PAS perkara tersebut.

Sementara itu, Timbalan Presiden PAS berkata, terpulang kepada setiap kawasan untuk mencalonkan sesiapa sahaja bagi menduduki jawatan utama PAS Pusat kerana amalan demokrasi yang dipraktikkan.

“Ahli berhak mencalonkan sesiapa, malah kalau kita lihat dalam proses pencalonan bukan timbalan presiden sahaja ada cadangan dicabar, malah presiden pun kedengaran mahu dicabar.

“Adakah ini menggambarkan presiden gagal melaksanakan tugasnya. Bagaimanapun mereka berhak untuk mencalon sesiapa sahaja dan terserah kepada ahli dalam muktamar,” ujarnya.

Menurutnya juga beliau hanya menjalankan tugas sebagaimana diputuskan dalam muktamar di Ipoh tahun lalu bagi memperkukuhkan Pakatan Rakyat dan dalam masa yang sama mengadakan perbincangan dengan semua pihak termasuk parti-parti politik.

Kata beliau sesuatu yang besar perlu diputuskan dalam muktamar dan tidak berlaku seorang sahaja apabila melibatkan dasar parti.

“Kita telah membuat keputusan sebulat suara untuk memperkukuhkan Pakatan Rakyat dan dalam masa yang sama mengadakan perbincangan dalam dan luar negara.

“Saya pun baru balik dari Australia dan selepas ini akan pergi lagi sebelum menjelang muktamar. Kita mengadakan perbincangan dan membuka ruang dengan semua pihak,” katanya.

Nasharuddin juga berkata, percalonan dalam PAS tidak melibatkan sistem kuota seperti diamalkan Umno.

“Kalau sudah ada cadangan dan sokongan seseorang itu boleh bertanding,” tambahnya.

mj /M Faqih/harakahdaily

PAKATAN RAKYAT DIPERKUKUHKAN, HUBUNGAN DENGAN PUAK LAIN TIDAK DIABAIKAN

Isu kerajaan perpaduan atau unity government Ust Abd Hadi Awang menegaskan bahawa:

“Pendekatan muzakarah semuanya itu dibincang pada pertemuan tersebut. Perlu diketahui dibincang di peringkat tertinggi parti. Ia dibincang dahulu sebelum disebut kepada umum.

“Pada dasarnya semua pihak bersetuju. Perkara itu juga turut dibincangkan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat tetapi sekarang Tun Abdulah Ahmad Badawi sudah tidak ada lagi di situ, maka lain pula ceritanya.”

Tiada sistem kuota dalam PAS – Timbalan Presiden

Orang Melayu di negara ini perlu beralih kepercayaan kepada PAS untuk memimpin perubahan bersama Pakatan Rakyat memandangkan Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) semakin ditolak rakyat.

Presiden PAS, Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang berkata, perkembangan yang berlaku hari ini sangat positif untuk membolehkan orang Melayu beralih sokongan.

“Kemenangan PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat di Permatang Pauh, Kuala Terengganu, Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau membuatkan Umno dan BN berada di dalam keadaan tidak selesa sekarang.

“Inilah yang menjadi igauan kepada Umno sekarang sehingga mereka menjadi serba salah hendak menyertai atau tidak pilihan raya kecil di Dun Penanti.

“Semuanya itu sudah cukup bagi menggambarkan mereka kini berada di tapak yang lemah,” katanya selepas merasmikan mesyuarat agung PAS Bachok di sini, semalam.

Pada mesyuarat tersebut yang diadakan di Kompleks Pendidikan Islam Dato’ Omar Mohamad kekal menerajui PAS Bachok, timbalannya, Ustaz Hassan Mohamood dan naib, Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir.

Manakala anggota Parlimen Bachok, Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa turut terpilih sebagai anggota jawatankuasa PAS kawasan terbabit. Beliau juga Timbalan Presiden PAS.

Di Machang, tiada perubahan kepada kepimpinan kawasan itu pada mesyuarat agung yang juga diadakan semalam. Dato’ Hassan Muhamad kekal sebagai Yang Dipertua, timbalan, Haji Zakaria Yaakub dan naib, Haji Zulkifli Mamat.

Bagaimanapun di Gua Musang ada sedikit perubahan di mana Adun Galas, Chek Hashim Sulaima dipilih sebagai Yang Dipertua, timbalannya, Dr Zulkifli Mohamad dan naib, Hussin Embong.

Ustaz Abdul Hadi berkata, biar pun berlaku perubahan dalam kepemimpinan Umno baru-baru ini namun dasar parti itu tidak berubah.

Ditanya mengenai kerajaan perpaduan yang dicetusnya sebelum ini kata beliau pendekatan itu dicetus ketika perbincangan dalaman yang diadakan tahun lepas.

“Pendekatan muzakarah semuanya itu dibincang pada pertemuan tersebut. Perlu diketahui dibincang di peringkat tertinggi parti. Ia dibincang dahulu sebelum disebut kepada umum.

“Pada dasarnya semua pihak bersetuju. Perkara itu juga turut dibincangkan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat tetapi sekarang Tun Abdulah Ahmad Badawi sudah tidak ada lagi di situ, maka lain pula ceritanya,” katanya.

Menurutnya cadangan untuk mewujudkan kerajaan perpaduan pada awalnya dicetus pada masa Abdullah mengetuai kerajaan.

“Kita kemukakan cadangan terbabit kerana kita melihat suasana masa itu ia sesuai. Jadi buat masa ini kita lihat dahulu bagaimana perjalanan kerajaan,” tambahnya.

Malah katanya ada juga blogers yang menyokong cadangan unity government.

Begitu juga kata beliau ahli-ahli PAS tidak ada masalah untuk menyokong setiap keputusan dibuat pimpinan.

“Setiap keputusan mengenai sesuatu perkara yang besar perlu dibawa terlebih dahulu kepada muktamar dan tidak buat spotan,” katanya.

Ditanya kewujudan kumpulan pro mukazarah dan pro pakatan menjelang muktamar tahunan Jun depan kata Ustaz Abdul Hadi tidak ada dalam PAS perkara tersebut.

Sementara itu, Timbalan Presiden PAS berkata, terpulang kepada setiap kawasan untuk mencalonkan sesiapa sahaja bagi menduduki jawatan utama PAS Pusat kerana amalan demokrasi yang dipraktikkan.

“Ahli berhak mencalonkan sesiapa, malah kalau kita lihat dalam proses pencalonan bukan timbalan presiden sahaja ada cadangan dicabar, malah presiden pun kedengaran mahu dicabar.

“Adakah ini menggambarkan presiden gagal melaksanakan tugasnya. Bagaimanapun mereka berhak untuk mencalon sesiapa sahaja dan terserah kepada ahli dalam muktamar,” ujarnya.

Menurutnya juga beliau hanya menjalankan tugas sebagaimana diputuskan dalam muktamar di Ipoh tahun lalu bagi memperkukuhkan Pakatan Rakyat dan dalam masa yang sama mengadakan perbincangan dengan semua pihak termasuk parti-parti politik.

Kata beliau sesuatu yang besar perlu diputuskan dalam muktamar dan tidak berlaku seorang sahaja apabila melibatkan dasar parti.

“Kita telah membuat keputusan sebulat suara untuk memperkukuhkan Pakatan Rakyat dan dalam masa yang sama mengadakan perbincangan dalam dan luar negara.

“Saya pun baru balik dari Australia dan selepas ini akan pergi lagi sebelum menjelang muktamar. Kita mengadakan perbincangan dan membuka ruang dengan semua pihak,” katanya.

Nasharuddin juga berkata, percalonan dalam PAS tidak melibatkan sistem kuota seperti diamalkan Umno.

“Kalau sudah ada cadangan dan sokongan seseorang itu boleh bertanding,” tambahnya.

mj /M Faqih/harakahdaily

IDEA KERAJAAN PERPADUAN-CAMPURAN PECAHBELAHKAN PAS

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) bukan sekadar pertubuhan politik sahaja malah ia merangkumi kesyumulan Islam iaitu PAS juga sebuah badan dakwah, badan kebajikan, jurubicara ummat, pembela kaum tertindas, penegak keadilan, pejuang kemerdekaan dan bahasa, pembawa obor perpaduan ummah, pencinta ibu pertiwi, wadah bermuzakarah, pemangkin kemajuan duniawi ukhrawi, pemusnah khurafat, bidaah dan tahyul, pencinta ilmu dan penegak jihad dan amar makruf nahi munkar. Satu gerakan yang bersepadu dan sentiasa relevan sepanjang zaman. Sebarang bentuk kejumudan boleh membawa kepada kepada kehancuran atau paling tidak tercicir di jalan dakwah.

Kalimah Toiyibah atau Formula Agung “Laa Ilaha illa ALlah” telah
diumpamakan sebagai sebuah pokok yang mana akar tunjangnya menjuman ke bumi dan batangnya menegak ke langit beserta dahan dan cabangnya yang rendang, mengeluarkan putik dan buah.

Kesatuan umat Islam dilambangkan dengan menghadap kiblat yang sama ketika solat serta semua pergerakan solat berjemaah serantak dan sepakat mengikut imam yang satu.
Ibadat haji juga merupakan demonstrasi rasaksa kesatuan umat Islam.

Tuntutan berpegang pada tali Allah dan tidak berpecah belah merupakan perintah ALlah. Umat Islam disarankan agar berusaha mendamaikan dua puak yang bertelagah sehingga kedua-duanya akur atau berdamai. Jika salah satu puak itu berdegil dan tidak mahu berdamai, maka wajib diperangi puak yang berdegil itu. Begitu tegas arahan Al Quran tentang konsep wehdah atau kesatuan.

Jika PAS boleh duduk semeja dengan puak belum Islam, masakan susah sangat untuk PAS bertemu dengan golongan yang sudah Islam. Baru-baru ini Presiden PAS telah menjadi pengerusi majlis dalam satu forum antarabangsa mengenai perpaduan Ummah. Bukankah agak ganjil dan janggal seorang yang melaungkan perpaduan Islam di peringkat antarabangsa, tetapi mempunyai rekod buruk di negera sendiri.

Jika PAS boleh bekerjasama dengan pelbagai puak yang memiliki pelbagai ideologi dalam mempertahankan bahasa Melayu, kenapa tidak boleh PAS bersemuka dengan UMNO dalam hal kepentingan bersama.

Ahli PAS disarankan agar tidak cepat melatah dan reaktif kepada provokasi pihak musuh. Pemimpin peringkat bawahan perlu cepat dan cekap menyampaikan maklumat atau sebarang bentuk polisi baru kepada ahli akar umbi. Syura Ulama’ perlu pantas mengeluarkan fatwa dan hujah dalam menangani isu semasa.

Forum di internet tidak akan dapat menyelesaikan dan menghuraikan sebarang permasalahan yang dihadapi. Ceramah umum mungkin mampu memberi kefahaman ahli tetapi akhirnya usrah, bengkel dan ceramah kelompok sahaja yang mampu menawarkan komunikasi dua hala yang berkesan.

Isu kerajaan campuran atau perpaduan kini menjadi isu yang mampu merenggangkan saf dan memecahbelahkan jemaah dek kerana kurang jelas serta kekeliruan yang timbul di kalangan ahli.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu bergerak mengikut rentak irama dan lagu yang dimainkan oleh Barisan Nasional. Telah ditegaskan bahawa idea kerajaan campuran diketengahkan semasa era Tun Pak Lah. Tetapi kini sudah tidak relevan lagi dengan tertabalnya DS Najib.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu menerima perubahan polisi dan arahan dari pimpinan mengikut kesesuaian masa, arahan yang tidak membelakangkan Perlembagaan PAS dan berkompromi dengan prinsip Islam itu sendiri.

Kesimpulannya, marilah kita rapatkan saf, perkasakan jemaah, tingkatkan ilmu serta amal, buangkan sifat hasad dengki serta ego yang melampau dan khusnu zohn (baik sangka) pada pemimpin yang bertakwa. Akhir kalam, harap maaf, wabillahi taufik wal hidaayah, wassalamualaikum wtb. TAKBIR.

IDEA KERAJAAN PERPADUAN-CAMPURAN PECAHBELAHKAN PAS

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) bukan sekadar pertubuhan politik sahaja malah ia merangkumi kesyumulan Islam iaitu PAS juga sebuah badan dakwah, badan kebajikan, jurubicara ummat, pembela kaum tertindas, penegak keadilan, pejuang kemerdekaan dan bahasa, pembawa obor perpaduan ummah, pencinta ibu pertiwi, wadah bermuzakarah, pemangkin kemajuan duniawi ukhrawi, pemusnah khurafat, bidaah dan tahyul, pencinta ilmu dan penegak jihad dan amar makruf nahi munkar. Satu gerakan yang bersepadu dan sentiasa relevan sepanjang zaman. Sebarang bentuk kejumudan boleh membawa kepada kepada kehancuran atau paling tidak tercicir di jalan dakwah.

Kalimah Toiyibah atau Formula Agung “Laa Ilaha illa ALlah” telah
diumpamakan sebagai sebuah pokok yang mana akar tunjangnya menjuman ke bumi dan batangnya menegak ke langit beserta dahan dan cabangnya yang rendang, mengeluarkan putik dan buah.

Kesatuan umat Islam dilambangkan dengan menghadap kiblat yang sama ketika solat serta semua pergerakan solat berjemaah serantak dan sepakat mengikut imam yang satu.
Ibadat haji juga merupakan demonstrasi rasaksa kesatuan umat Islam.

Tuntutan berpegang pada tali Allah dan tidak berpecah belah merupakan perintah ALlah. Umat Islam disarankan agar berusaha mendamaikan dua puak yang bertelagah sehingga kedua-duanya akur atau berdamai. Jika salah satu puak itu berdegil dan tidak mahu berdamai, maka wajib diperangi puak yang berdegil itu. Begitu tegas arahan Al Quran tentang konsep wehdah atau kesatuan.

Jika PAS boleh duduk semeja dengan puak belum Islam, masakan susah sangat untuk PAS bertemu dengan golongan yang sudah Islam. Baru-baru ini Presiden PAS telah menjadi pengerusi majlis dalam satu forum antarabangsa mengenai perpaduan Ummah. Bukankah agak ganjil dan janggal seorang yang melaungkan perpaduan Islam di peringkat antarabangsa, tetapi mempunyai rekod buruk di negera sendiri.

Jika PAS boleh bekerjasama dengan pelbagai puak yang memiliki pelbagai ideologi dalam mempertahankan bahasa Melayu, kenapa tidak boleh PAS bersemuka dengan UMNO dalam hal kepentingan bersama.

Ahli PAS disarankan agar tidak cepat melatah dan reaktif kepada provokasi pihak musuh. Pemimpin peringkat bawahan perlu cepat dan cekap menyampaikan maklumat atau sebarang bentuk polisi baru kepada ahli akar umbi. Syura Ulama’ perlu pantas mengeluarkan fatwa dan hujah dalam menangani isu semasa.

Forum di internet tidak akan dapat menyelesaikan dan menghuraikan sebarang permasalahan yang dihadapi. Ceramah umum mungkin mampu memberi kefahaman ahli tetapi akhirnya usrah, bengkel dan ceramah kelompok sahaja yang mampu menawarkan komunikasi dua hala yang berkesan.

Isu kerajaan campuran atau perpaduan kini menjadi isu yang mampu merenggangkan saf dan memecahbelahkan jemaah dek kerana kurang jelas serta kekeliruan yang timbul di kalangan ahli.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu bergerak mengikut rentak irama dan lagu yang dimainkan oleh Barisan Nasional. Telah ditegaskan bahawa idea kerajaan campuran diketengahkan semasa era Tun Pak Lah. Tetapi kini sudah tidak relevan lagi dengan tertabalnya DS Najib.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu menerima perubahan polisi dan arahan dari pimpinan mengikut kesesuaian masa, arahan yang tidak membelakangkan Perlembagaan PAS dan berkompromi dengan prinsip Islam itu sendiri.

Kesimpulannya, marilah kita rapatkan saf, perkasakan jemaah, tingkatkan ilmu serta amal, buangkan sifat hasad dengki serta ego yang melampau dan khusnu zohn (baik sangka) pada pemimpin yang bertakwa. Akhir kalam, harap maaf, wabillahi taufik wal hidaayah, wassalamualaikum wtb. TAKBIR.

IDEA KERAJAAN PERPADUAN-CAMPURAN PECAHBELAHKAN PAS

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) bukan sekadar pertubuhan politik sahaja malah ia merangkumi kesyumulan Islam iaitu PAS juga sebuah badan dakwah, badan kebajikan, jurubicara ummat, pembela kaum tertindas, penegak keadilan, pejuang kemerdekaan dan bahasa, pembawa obor perpaduan ummah, pencinta ibu pertiwi, wadah bermuzakarah, pemangkin kemajuan duniawi ukhrawi, pemusnah khurafat, bidaah dan tahyul, pencinta ilmu dan penegak jihad dan amar makruf nahi munkar. Satu gerakan yang bersepadu dan sentiasa relevan sepanjang zaman. Sebarang bentuk kejumudan boleh membawa kepada kepada kehancuran atau paling tidak tercicir di jalan dakwah.

Kalimah Toiyibah atau Formula Agung “Laa Ilaha illa ALlah” telah
diumpamakan sebagai sebuah pokok yang mana akar tunjangnya menjuman ke bumi dan batangnya menegak ke langit beserta dahan dan cabangnya yang rendang, mengeluarkan putik dan buah.

Kesatuan umat Islam dilambangkan dengan menghadap kiblat yang sama ketika solat serta semua pergerakan solat berjemaah serantak dan sepakat mengikut imam yang satu.
Ibadat haji juga merupakan demonstrasi rasaksa kesatuan umat Islam.

Tuntutan berpegang pada tali Allah dan tidak berpecah belah merupakan perintah ALlah. Umat Islam disarankan agar berusaha mendamaikan dua puak yang bertelagah sehingga kedua-duanya akur atau berdamai. Jika salah satu puak itu berdegil dan tidak mahu berdamai, maka wajib diperangi puak yang berdegil itu. Begitu tegas arahan Al Quran tentang konsep wehdah atau kesatuan.

Jika PAS boleh duduk semeja dengan puak belum Islam, masakan susah sangat untuk PAS bertemu dengan golongan yang sudah Islam. Baru-baru ini Presiden PAS telah menjadi pengerusi majlis dalam satu forum antarabangsa mengenai perpaduan Ummah. Bukankah agak ganjil dan janggal seorang yang melaungkan perpaduan Islam di peringkat antarabangsa, tetapi mempunyai rekod buruk di negera sendiri.

Jika PAS boleh bekerjasama dengan pelbagai puak yang memiliki pelbagai ideologi dalam mempertahankan bahasa Melayu, kenapa tidak boleh PAS bersemuka dengan UMNO dalam hal kepentingan bersama.

Ahli PAS disarankan agar tidak cepat melatah dan reaktif kepada provokasi pihak musuh. Pemimpin peringkat bawahan perlu cepat dan cekap menyampaikan maklumat atau sebarang bentuk polisi baru kepada ahli akar umbi. Syura Ulama’ perlu pantas mengeluarkan fatwa dan hujah dalam menangani isu semasa.

Forum di internet tidak akan dapat menyelesaikan dan menghuraikan sebarang permasalahan yang dihadapi. Ceramah umum mungkin mampu memberi kefahaman ahli tetapi akhirnya usrah, bengkel dan ceramah kelompok sahaja yang mampu menawarkan komunikasi dua hala yang berkesan.

Isu kerajaan campuran atau perpaduan kini menjadi isu yang mampu merenggangkan saf dan memecahbelahkan jemaah dek kerana kurang jelas serta kekeliruan yang timbul di kalangan ahli.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu bergerak mengikut rentak irama dan lagu yang dimainkan oleh Barisan Nasional. Telah ditegaskan bahawa idea kerajaan campuran diketengahkan semasa era Tun Pak Lah. Tetapi kini sudah tidak relevan lagi dengan tertabalnya DS Najib.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu menerima perubahan polisi dan arahan dari pimpinan mengikut kesesuaian masa, arahan yang tidak membelakangkan Perlembagaan PAS dan berkompromi dengan prinsip Islam itu sendiri.

Kesimpulannya, marilah kita rapatkan saf, perkasakan jemaah, tingkatkan ilmu serta amal, buangkan sifat hasad dengki serta ego yang melampau dan khusnu zohn (baik sangka) pada pemimpin yang bertakwa. Akhir kalam, harap maaf, wabillahi taufik wal hidaayah, wassalamualaikum wtb. TAKBIR.

PAKATAN RAKYAT DIPERKUKUHKAN, HUBUNGAN DENGAN PUAK LAIN TIDAK DIABAIKAN

Isu kerajaan perpaduan atau unity government Ust Abd Hadi Awang menegaskan bahawa:

“Pendekatan muzakarah semuanya itu dibincang pada pertemuan tersebut. Perlu diketahui dibincang di peringkat tertinggi parti. Ia dibincang dahulu sebelum disebut kepada umum.

“Pada dasarnya semua pihak bersetuju. Perkara itu juga turut dibincangkan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat tetapi sekarang Tun Abdulah Ahmad Badawi sudah tidak ada lagi di situ, maka lain pula ceritanya.”

Tiada sistem kuota dalam PAS – Timbalan Presiden

Orang Melayu di negara ini perlu beralih kepercayaan kepada PAS untuk memimpin perubahan bersama Pakatan Rakyat memandangkan Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) semakin ditolak rakyat.

Presiden PAS, Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang berkata, perkembangan yang berlaku hari ini sangat positif untuk membolehkan orang Melayu beralih sokongan.

“Kemenangan PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat di Permatang Pauh, Kuala Terengganu, Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau membuatkan Umno dan BN berada di dalam keadaan tidak selesa sekarang.

“Inilah yang menjadi igauan kepada Umno sekarang sehingga mereka menjadi serba salah hendak menyertai atau tidak pilihan raya kecil di Dun Penanti.

“Semuanya itu sudah cukup bagi menggambarkan mereka kini berada di tapak yang lemah,” katanya selepas merasmikan mesyuarat agung PAS Bachok di sini, semalam.

Pada mesyuarat tersebut yang diadakan di Kompleks Pendidikan Islam Dato’ Omar Mohamad kekal menerajui PAS Bachok, timbalannya, Ustaz Hassan Mohamood dan naib, Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir.

Manakala anggota Parlimen Bachok, Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa turut terpilih sebagai anggota jawatankuasa PAS kawasan terbabit. Beliau juga Timbalan Presiden PAS.

Di Machang, tiada perubahan kepada kepimpinan kawasan itu pada mesyuarat agung yang juga diadakan semalam. Dato’ Hassan Muhamad kekal sebagai Yang Dipertua, timbalan, Haji Zakaria Yaakub dan naib, Haji Zulkifli Mamat.

Bagaimanapun di Gua Musang ada sedikit perubahan di mana Adun Galas, Chek Hashim Sulaima dipilih sebagai Yang Dipertua, timbalannya, Dr Zulkifli Mohamad dan naib, Hussin Embong.

Ustaz Abdul Hadi berkata, biar pun berlaku perubahan dalam kepemimpinan Umno baru-baru ini namun dasar parti itu tidak berubah.

Ditanya mengenai kerajaan perpaduan yang dicetusnya sebelum ini kata beliau pendekatan itu dicetus ketika perbincangan dalaman yang diadakan tahun lepas.

“Pendekatan muzakarah semuanya itu dibincang pada pertemuan tersebut. Perlu diketahui dibincang di peringkat tertinggi parti. Ia dibincang dahulu sebelum disebut kepada umum.

“Pada dasarnya semua pihak bersetuju. Perkara itu juga turut dibincangkan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat tetapi sekarang Tun Abdulah Ahmad Badawi sudah tidak ada lagi di situ, maka lain pula ceritanya,” katanya.

Menurutnya cadangan untuk mewujudkan kerajaan perpaduan pada awalnya dicetus pada masa Abdullah mengetuai kerajaan.

“Kita kemukakan cadangan terbabit kerana kita melihat suasana masa itu ia sesuai. Jadi buat masa ini kita lihat dahulu bagaimana perjalanan kerajaan,” tambahnya.

Malah katanya ada juga blogers yang menyokong cadangan unity government.

Begitu juga kata beliau ahli-ahli PAS tidak ada masalah untuk menyokong setiap keputusan dibuat pimpinan.

“Setiap keputusan mengenai sesuatu perkara yang besar perlu dibawa terlebih dahulu kepada muktamar dan tidak buat spotan,” katanya.

Ditanya kewujudan kumpulan pro mukazarah dan pro pakatan menjelang muktamar tahunan Jun depan kata Ustaz Abdul Hadi tidak ada dalam PAS perkara tersebut.

Sementara itu, Timbalan Presiden PAS berkata, terpulang kepada setiap kawasan untuk mencalonkan sesiapa sahaja bagi menduduki jawatan utama PAS Pusat kerana amalan demokrasi yang dipraktikkan.

“Ahli berhak mencalonkan sesiapa, malah kalau kita lihat dalam proses pencalonan bukan timbalan presiden sahaja ada cadangan dicabar, malah presiden pun kedengaran mahu dicabar.

“Adakah ini menggambarkan presiden gagal melaksanakan tugasnya. Bagaimanapun mereka berhak untuk mencalon sesiapa sahaja dan terserah kepada ahli dalam muktamar,” ujarnya.

Menurutnya juga beliau hanya menjalankan tugas sebagaimana diputuskan dalam muktamar di Ipoh tahun lalu bagi memperkukuhkan Pakatan Rakyat dan dalam masa yang sama mengadakan perbincangan dengan semua pihak termasuk parti-parti politik.

Kata beliau sesuatu yang besar perlu diputuskan dalam muktamar dan tidak berlaku seorang sahaja apabila melibatkan dasar parti.

“Kita telah membuat keputusan sebulat suara untuk memperkukuhkan Pakatan Rakyat dan dalam masa yang sama mengadakan perbincangan dalam dan luar negara.

“Saya pun baru balik dari Australia dan selepas ini akan pergi lagi sebelum menjelang muktamar. Kita mengadakan perbincangan dan membuka ruang dengan semua pihak,” katanya.

Nasharuddin juga berkata, percalonan dalam PAS tidak melibatkan sistem kuota seperti diamalkan Umno.

“Kalau sudah ada cadangan dan sokongan seseorang itu boleh bertanding,” tambahnya.

mj /M Faqih/harakahdaily

IDEA KERAJAAN PERPADUAN-CAMPURAN PECAHBELAHKAN PAS

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) bukan sekadar pertubuhan politik sahaja malah ia merangkumi kesyumulan Islam iaitu PAS juga sebuah badan dakwah, badan kebajikan, jurubicara ummat, pembela kaum tertindas, penegak keadilan, pejuang kemerdekaan dan bahasa, pembawa obor perpaduan ummah, pencinta ibu pertiwi, wadah bermuzakarah, pemangkin kemajuan duniawi ukhrawi, pemusnah khurafat, bidaah dan tahyul, pencinta ilmu dan penegak jihad dan amar makruf nahi munkar. Satu gerakan yang bersepadu dan sentiasa relevan sepanjang zaman. Sebarang bentuk kejumudan boleh membawa kepada kepada kehancuran atau paling tidak tercicir di jalan dakwah.

Kalimah Toiyibah atau Formula Agung “Laa Ilaha illa ALlah” telah
diumpamakan sebagai sebuah pokok yang mana akar tunjangnya menjuman ke bumi dan batangnya menegak ke langit beserta dahan dan cabangnya yang rendang, mengeluarkan putik dan buah.

Kesatuan umat Islam dilambangkan dengan menghadap kiblat yang sama ketika solat serta semua pergerakan solat berjemaah serantak dan sepakat mengikut imam yang satu.
Ibadat haji juga merupakan demonstrasi rasaksa kesatuan umat Islam.

Tuntutan berpegang pada tali Allah dan tidak berpecah belah merupakan perintah ALlah. Umat Islam disarankan agar berusaha mendamaikan dua puak yang bertelagah sehingga kedua-duanya akur atau berdamai. Jika salah satu puak itu berdegil dan tidak mahu berdamai, maka wajib diperangi puak yang berdegil itu. Begitu tegas arahan Al Quran tentang konsep wehdah atau kesatuan.

Jika PAS boleh duduk semeja dengan puak belum Islam, masakan susah sangat untuk PAS bertemu dengan golongan yang sudah Islam. Baru-baru ini Presiden PAS telah menjadi pengerusi majlis dalam satu forum antarabangsa mengenai perpaduan Ummah. Bukankah agak ganjil dan janggal seorang yang melaungkan perpaduan Islam di peringkat antarabangsa, tetapi mempunyai rekod buruk di negera sendiri.

Jika PAS boleh bekerjasama dengan pelbagai puak yang memiliki pelbagai ideologi dalam mempertahankan bahasa Melayu, kenapa tidak boleh PAS bersemuka dengan UMNO dalam hal kepentingan bersama.

Ahli PAS disarankan agar tidak cepat melatah dan reaktif kepada provokasi pihak musuh. Pemimpin peringkat bawahan perlu cepat dan cekap menyampaikan maklumat atau sebarang bentuk polisi baru kepada ahli akar umbi. Syura Ulama’ perlu pantas mengeluarkan fatwa dan hujah dalam menangani isu semasa.

Forum di internet tidak akan dapat menyelesaikan dan menghuraikan sebarang permasalahan yang dihadapi. Ceramah umum mungkin mampu memberi kefahaman ahli tetapi akhirnya usrah, bengkel dan ceramah kelompok sahaja yang mampu menawarkan komunikasi dua hala yang berkesan.

Isu kerajaan campuran atau perpaduan kini menjadi isu yang mampu merenggangkan saf dan memecahbelahkan jemaah dek kerana kurang jelas serta kekeliruan yang timbul di kalangan ahli.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu bergerak mengikut rentak irama dan lagu yang dimainkan oleh Barisan Nasional. Telah ditegaskan bahawa idea kerajaan campuran diketengahkan semasa era Tun Pak Lah. Tetapi kini sudah tidak relevan lagi dengan tertabalnya DS Najib.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu menerima perubahan polisi dan arahan dari pimpinan mengikut kesesuaian masa, arahan yang tidak membelakangkan Perlembagaan PAS dan berkompromi dengan prinsip Islam itu sendiri.

Kesimpulannya, marilah kita rapatkan saf, perkasakan jemaah, tingkatkan ilmu serta amal, buangkan sifat hasad dengki serta ego yang melampau dan khusnu zohn (baik sangka) pada pemimpin yang bertakwa. Akhir kalam, harap maaf, wabillahi taufik wal hidaayah, wassalamualaikum wtb. TAKBIR.

IDEA KERAJAAN PERPADUAN-CAMPURAN PECAHBELAHKAN PAS

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) bukan sekadar pertubuhan politik sahaja malah ia merangkumi kesyumulan Islam iaitu PAS juga sebuah badan dakwah, badan kebajikan, jurubicara ummat, pembela kaum tertindas, penegak keadilan, pejuang kemerdekaan dan bahasa, pembawa obor perpaduan ummah, pencinta ibu pertiwi, wadah bermuzakarah, pemangkin kemajuan duniawi ukhrawi, pemusnah khurafat, bidaah dan tahyul, pencinta ilmu dan penegak jihad dan amar makruf nahi munkar. Satu gerakan yang bersepadu dan sentiasa relevan sepanjang zaman. Sebarang bentuk kejumudan boleh membawa kepada kepada kehancuran atau paling tidak tercicir di jalan dakwah.

Kalimah Toiyibah atau Formula Agung “Laa Ilaha illa ALlah” telah
diumpamakan sebagai sebuah pokok yang mana akar tunjangnya menjuman ke bumi dan batangnya menegak ke langit beserta dahan dan cabangnya yang rendang, mengeluarkan putik dan buah.

Kesatuan umat Islam dilambangkan dengan menghadap kiblat yang sama ketika solat serta semua pergerakan solat berjemaah serantak dan sepakat mengikut imam yang satu.
Ibadat haji juga merupakan demonstrasi rasaksa kesatuan umat Islam.

Tuntutan berpegang pada tali Allah dan tidak berpecah belah merupakan perintah ALlah. Umat Islam disarankan agar berusaha mendamaikan dua puak yang bertelagah sehingga kedua-duanya akur atau berdamai. Jika salah satu puak itu berdegil dan tidak mahu berdamai, maka wajib diperangi puak yang berdegil itu. Begitu tegas arahan Al Quran tentang konsep wehdah atau kesatuan.

Jika PAS boleh duduk semeja dengan puak belum Islam, masakan susah sangat untuk PAS bertemu dengan golongan yang sudah Islam. Baru-baru ini Presiden PAS telah menjadi pengerusi majlis dalam satu forum antarabangsa mengenai perpaduan Ummah. Bukankah agak ganjil dan janggal seorang yang melaungkan perpaduan Islam di peringkat antarabangsa, tetapi mempunyai rekod buruk di negera sendiri.

Jika PAS boleh bekerjasama dengan pelbagai puak yang memiliki pelbagai ideologi dalam mempertahankan bahasa Melayu, kenapa tidak boleh PAS bersemuka dengan UMNO dalam hal kepentingan bersama.

Ahli PAS disarankan agar tidak cepat melatah dan reaktif kepada provokasi pihak musuh. Pemimpin peringkat bawahan perlu cepat dan cekap menyampaikan maklumat atau sebarang bentuk polisi baru kepada ahli akar umbi. Syura Ulama’ perlu pantas mengeluarkan fatwa dan hujah dalam menangani isu semasa.

Forum di internet tidak akan dapat menyelesaikan dan menghuraikan sebarang permasalahan yang dihadapi. Ceramah umum mungkin mampu memberi kefahaman ahli tetapi akhirnya usrah, bengkel dan ceramah kelompok sahaja yang mampu menawarkan komunikasi dua hala yang berkesan.

Isu kerajaan campuran atau perpaduan kini menjadi isu yang mampu merenggangkan saf dan memecahbelahkan jemaah dek kerana kurang jelas serta kekeliruan yang timbul di kalangan ahli.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu bergerak mengikut rentak irama dan lagu yang dimainkan oleh Barisan Nasional. Telah ditegaskan bahawa idea kerajaan campuran diketengahkan semasa era Tun Pak Lah. Tetapi kini sudah tidak relevan lagi dengan tertabalnya DS Najib.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu menerima perubahan polisi dan arahan dari pimpinan mengikut kesesuaian masa, arahan yang tidak membelakangkan Perlembagaan PAS dan berkompromi dengan prinsip Islam itu sendiri.

Kesimpulannya, marilah kita rapatkan saf, perkasakan jemaah, tingkatkan ilmu serta amal, buangkan sifat hasad dengki serta ego yang melampau dan khusnu zohn (baik sangka) pada pemimpin yang bertakwa. Akhir kalam, harap maaf, wabillahi taufik wal hidaayah, wassalamualaikum wtb. TAKBIR.

IDEA KERAJAAN PERPADUAN-CAMPURAN PECAHBELAHKAN PAS

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) bukan sekadar pertubuhan politik sahaja malah ia merangkumi kesyumulan Islam iaitu PAS juga sebuah badan dakwah, badan kebajikan, jurubicara ummat, pembela kaum tertindas, penegak keadilan, pejuang kemerdekaan dan bahasa, pembawa obor perpaduan ummah, pencinta ibu pertiwi, wadah bermuzakarah, pemangkin kemajuan duniawi ukhrawi, pemusnah khurafat, bidaah dan tahyul, pencinta ilmu dan penegak jihad dan amar makruf nahi munkar. Satu gerakan yang bersepadu dan sentiasa relevan sepanjang zaman. Sebarang bentuk kejumudan boleh membawa kepada kepada kehancuran atau paling tidak tercicir di jalan dakwah.

Kalimah Toiyibah atau Formula Agung “Laa Ilaha illa ALlah” telah
diumpamakan sebagai sebuah pokok yang mana akar tunjangnya menjuman ke bumi dan batangnya menegak ke langit beserta dahan dan cabangnya yang rendang, mengeluarkan putik dan buah.

Kesatuan umat Islam dilambangkan dengan menghadap kiblat yang sama ketika solat serta semua pergerakan solat berjemaah serantak dan sepakat mengikut imam yang satu.
Ibadat haji juga merupakan demonstrasi rasaksa kesatuan umat Islam.

Tuntutan berpegang pada tali Allah dan tidak berpecah belah merupakan perintah ALlah. Umat Islam disarankan agar berusaha mendamaikan dua puak yang bertelagah sehingga kedua-duanya akur atau berdamai. Jika salah satu puak itu berdegil dan tidak mahu berdamai, maka wajib diperangi puak yang berdegil itu. Begitu tegas arahan Al Quran tentang konsep wehdah atau kesatuan.

Jika PAS boleh duduk semeja dengan puak belum Islam, masakan susah sangat untuk PAS bertemu dengan golongan yang sudah Islam. Baru-baru ini Presiden PAS telah menjadi pengerusi majlis dalam satu forum antarabangsa mengenai perpaduan Ummah. Bukankah agak ganjil dan janggal seorang yang melaungkan perpaduan Islam di peringkat antarabangsa, tetapi mempunyai rekod buruk di negera sendiri.

Jika PAS boleh bekerjasama dengan pelbagai puak yang memiliki pelbagai ideologi dalam mempertahankan bahasa Melayu, kenapa tidak boleh PAS bersemuka dengan UMNO dalam hal kepentingan bersama.

Ahli PAS disarankan agar tidak cepat melatah dan reaktif kepada provokasi pihak musuh. Pemimpin peringkat bawahan perlu cepat dan cekap menyampaikan maklumat atau sebarang bentuk polisi baru kepada ahli akar umbi. Syura Ulama’ perlu pantas mengeluarkan fatwa dan hujah dalam menangani isu semasa.

Forum di internet tidak akan dapat menyelesaikan dan menghuraikan sebarang permasalahan yang dihadapi. Ceramah umum mungkin mampu memberi kefahaman ahli tetapi akhirnya usrah, bengkel dan ceramah kelompok sahaja yang mampu menawarkan komunikasi dua hala yang berkesan.

Isu kerajaan campuran atau perpaduan kini menjadi isu yang mampu merenggangkan saf dan memecahbelahkan jemaah dek kerana kurang jelas serta kekeliruan yang timbul di kalangan ahli.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu bergerak mengikut rentak irama dan lagu yang dimainkan oleh Barisan Nasional. Telah ditegaskan bahawa idea kerajaan campuran diketengahkan semasa era Tun Pak Lah. Tetapi kini sudah tidak relevan lagi dengan tertabalnya DS Najib.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu menerima perubahan polisi dan arahan dari pimpinan mengikut kesesuaian masa, arahan yang tidak membelakangkan Perlembagaan PAS dan berkompromi dengan prinsip Islam itu sendiri.

Kesimpulannya, marilah kita rapatkan saf, perkasakan jemaah, tingkatkan ilmu serta amal, buangkan sifat hasad dengki serta ego yang melampau dan khusnu zohn (baik sangka) pada pemimpin yang bertakwa. Akhir kalam, harap maaf, wabillahi taufik wal hidaayah, wassalamualaikum wtb. TAKBIR.

IDEA KERAJAAN PERPADUAN-CAMPURAN PECAHBELAHKAN PAS

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) bukan sekadar pertubuhan politik sahaja malah ia merangkumi kesyumulan Islam iaitu PAS juga sebuah badan dakwah, badan kebajikan, jurubicara ummat, pembela kaum tertindas, penegak keadilan, pejuang kemerdekaan dan bahasa, pembawa obor perpaduan ummah, pencinta ibu pertiwi, wadah bermuzakarah, pemangkin kemajuan duniawi ukhrawi, pemusnah khurafat, bidaah dan tahyul, pencinta ilmu dan penegak jihad dan amar makruf nahi munkar. Satu gerakan yang bersepadu dan sentiasa relevan sepanjang zaman. Sebarang bentuk kejumudan boleh membawa kepada kepada kehancuran atau paling tidak tercicir di jalan dakwah.

Kalimah Toiyibah atau Formula Agung “Laa Ilaha illa ALlah” telah
diumpamakan sebagai sebuah pokok yang mana akar tunjangnya menjuman ke bumi dan batangnya menegak ke langit beserta dahan dan cabangnya yang rendang, mengeluarkan putik dan buah.

Kesatuan umat Islam dilambangkan dengan menghadap kiblat yang sama ketika solat serta semua pergerakan solat berjemaah serantak dan sepakat mengikut imam yang satu.
Ibadat haji juga merupakan demonstrasi rasaksa kesatuan umat Islam.

Tuntutan berpegang pada tali Allah dan tidak berpecah belah merupakan perintah ALlah. Umat Islam disarankan agar berusaha mendamaikan dua puak yang bertelagah sehingga kedua-duanya akur atau berdamai. Jika salah satu puak itu berdegil dan tidak mahu berdamai, maka wajib diperangi puak yang berdegil itu. Begitu tegas arahan Al Quran tentang konsep wehdah atau kesatuan.

Jika PAS boleh duduk semeja dengan puak belum Islam, masakan susah sangat untuk PAS bertemu dengan golongan yang sudah Islam. Baru-baru ini Presiden PAS telah menjadi pengerusi majlis dalam satu forum antarabangsa mengenai perpaduan Ummah. Bukankah agak ganjil dan janggal seorang yang melaungkan perpaduan Islam di peringkat antarabangsa, tetapi mempunyai rekod buruk di negera sendiri.

Jika PAS boleh bergabung dengan pelbagai puak yang memiliki pelbagai ideologi dalam mempertahankan bahasa Melayu, kenapa tidak boleh PAS bersemuka dengan UMNO dalam hal kepentingan bersama.

Ahli PAS disarankan agar tidak cepat melatah dan reaktif kepada provokasi pihak musuh. Pemimpin peringkat bawahan perlu cepat dan cekap menyampaikan maklumat atau sebarang bentuk polisi baru kepada ahli akar umbi. Syura Ulama’ perlu pantas mengeluarkan fatwa dan hujah dalam menangani isu semasa.

Forum di internet tidak akan dapat menyelesaikan dan menghuraikan sebarang permasalahan yang dihadapi. Ceramah umum mungkin mampu memberi kefahaman ahli tetapi akhirnya usrah, bengkel dan ceramah kelompok sahaja yang mampu menawarkan komunikasi dua hala yang berkesan.

Isu kerajaan campuran atau perpaduan kini menjadi isu yang mampu merenggangkan saf dan memecahbelahkan jemaah dek kerana kurang jelas serta kekeliruan yang timbul di kalangan ahli.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu bergerak mengikut rentak irama dan lagu yang dimainkan oleh Barisan Nasional. Telah ditegaskan bahawa idea kerajaan campuran diketengahkan semasa era Tun Pak Lah. Tetapi kini sudah tidak relevan lagi dengan tertabalnya DS Najib.

Ahli PAS seolah-olah tidak mampu menerima perubahan polisi dan arahan dari pimpinan mengikut kesesuaian masa, arahan yang tidak membelakangkan Perlembagaan PAS dan berkompromi dengan prinsip Islam itu sendiri.

Kesimpulannya, marilah kita rapatkan saf, perkasakan jemaah, tingkatkan ilmu serta amal, buangkan sifat hasad dengki serta ego yang melampau dan khusnu zohn (baik sangka) pada pemimpin yang bertakwa. Akhir kalam, harap maaf, wabillahi taufik wal hidaayah, wassalamualaikum wtb. TAKBIR.

KALIMAH ALLAH JADI REBUTAN MAHKAMAH TENTUKAN (DWIBAHASA)

Antara 9 deklarasi yang dituntut dari mahkamah oleh Gereja Katolik Kuala Lumpur ialah “Bahawa perkataan Allah bukan eksklusif kepada agama Islam”.

Mahkamah Beri Kebenaran Untuk Semak Perkataan Allah Dalam Herald

Ketua Biskop Gereja Katolik Kuala Lumpur diberi kebenaran oleh Mahkamah Tinggi di sini hari ini untuk memohon membatalkan keputusan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) melarang penggunaan kalimah Allah dalam majalah ‘Herald Catholic Weekly’.

Ketua Biskop Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (foto kiri ) juga diberi kebenaran untuk memohon mendapatkan sembilan deklarasi termasuk mengisytiharkan bahawa keputusan KDN dan kerajaan Malaysia adalah tidak sah dan di luar bidang kuasa (ultra vires) Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984.

Peguamnya S. Selvarajah memberitahu pemberita di sini bahawa Hakim Lau Bee Lan memberi kebenaran tersebut di kamar mengikut Perintah 53 Peraturan-Peraturan Mahkamah Tinggi.

Peguam Kanan Persekutuan Suzana Atan yang bertindak bagi pihak responden iaitu KDN dan kerajaan Malaysia tidak membantah kebenaran permohonan tersebut.

Hakim Lau juga menetapkan 28 Mei ini untuk mendengar permohonan menangguhkan keputusan larangan KDN itu.

Pada 16 Feb lepas, Murphy, sebagai penerbit Herald, memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman (undang-undang) bagi membatalkan keputusan responden bertarikh 7 Jan 2009 dan permit penerbitan pemohon bagi tempoh 1 Jan 2009 hingga 31 Dis 2009 tertakluk kepada syarat bahawa beliau dilarang menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

Tujuh deklarasi lain yang dituntut ialah:

1. Pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dalam melaksanakan haknya bahawa agama lain selain agama Islam mungkin mengamalkan ajaran agama secara aman.

2. Bahawa Perkara 3(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan tidak memberi kuasa kepada responden untuk melarang pemohon daripada menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

3. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam penerbitan mingguan itu dalam menunaikan haknya kepada kebebasan bersuara dan meluangkan pandangan.

4. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dengan melaksanakan hak kebebasan beragama termasuk hak mengurus hal ehwal agama sendiri.

5. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dengan melaksanakan haknya berkaitan pendidikan penganut Katolik dalam agama Kristian.

6. Bahawa Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984 tidak memberi kuasa kepada responden untuk melarang pemohon daripada menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

7. Bahawa perkataan Allah bukan eksklusif kepada agama Islam.

– BERNAMA
————————————————————————————-
Court grants leave to review word “Allah” in Herald

KUALA LUMPUR (April 24, 2009) : The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur was given leave by the High Court here today to quash the Home Ministry’s decision prohibiting the use of the word “Allah” in the Herald Catholic Weekly.

Archbishop Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam was also granted leave to apply for nine declarations, including to declare that the decision of Home Ministry and the government of Malaysia was illegal and ultra vires the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.

His counsel, S.Selvarajah, told reporters that Justice Lau Bee Lan granted the leave under Order 53 of the Rules of the High Court in chambers.

Senior federal counsel Suzana Atan, for the ministry and government, did not object to the application.

Lau also fixed May 28 to hear the application for a stay of the Home Ministry’s decision.

On Feb 16, this year, Pakiam, as publisher of the Herald, filed for a judicial review to quash the decision of the respondents dated Jan 7, 2009 that the applicant’s publication permit for the period Jan 1, 2009 until Dec 31, 2009, is subject to the condition that he be prohibited from using the word “Allah” in the Herald.

The other seven declarations sought are:
>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise of his right that other religions other than Islam may be practised in peace.

>> That Article 3(1) of the Federal Constitution does not empower the respondents to prohibit the applicant from using the word “Allah” in the Herald.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the weekly in the exercise of his right to freedom of speech and expression.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise of his freedom of religion which includes the right to manage its own religious affairs.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise his right in respect of education of the Catholic congregation in the Christian religion.

>> That the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 does not authorise the respondents to prohibit the applicant from using the word “Allah” in the Herald and

>> That the word “Allah” is not exclusive to the religion of Islam.

BERNAMA/sun2surf

KALIMAH ALLAH JADI REBUTAN MAHKAMAH TENTUKAN (DWIBAHASA)

Antara 9 deklarasi yang dituntut dari mahkamah oleh Gereja Katolik Kuala Lumpur ialah “Bahawa perkataan Allah bukan eksklusif kepada agama Islam”.

Mahkamah Beri Kebenaran Untuk Semak Perkataan Allah Dalam Herald

Ketua Biskop Gereja Katolik Kuala Lumpur diberi kebenaran oleh Mahkamah Tinggi di sini hari ini untuk memohon membatalkan keputusan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) melarang penggunaan kalimah Allah dalam majalah ‘Herald Catholic Weekly’.

Ketua Biskop Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (foto kiri ) juga diberi kebenaran untuk memohon mendapatkan sembilan deklarasi termasuk mengisytiharkan bahawa keputusan KDN dan kerajaan Malaysia adalah tidak sah dan di luar bidang kuasa (ultra vires) Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984.

Peguamnya S. Selvarajah memberitahu pemberita di sini bahawa Hakim Lau Bee Lan memberi kebenaran tersebut di kamar mengikut Perintah 53 Peraturan-Peraturan Mahkamah Tinggi.

Peguam Kanan Persekutuan Suzana Atan yang bertindak bagi pihak responden iaitu KDN dan kerajaan Malaysia tidak membantah kebenaran permohonan tersebut.

Hakim Lau juga menetapkan 28 Mei ini untuk mendengar permohonan menangguhkan keputusan larangan KDN itu.

Pada 16 Feb lepas, Murphy, sebagai penerbit Herald, memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman (undang-undang) bagi membatalkan keputusan responden bertarikh 7 Jan 2009 dan permit penerbitan pemohon bagi tempoh 1 Jan 2009 hingga 31 Dis 2009 tertakluk kepada syarat bahawa beliau dilarang menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

Tujuh deklarasi lain yang dituntut ialah:

1. Pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dalam melaksanakan haknya bahawa agama lain selain agama Islam mungkin mengamalkan ajaran agama secara aman.

2. Bahawa Perkara 3(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan tidak memberi kuasa kepada responden untuk melarang pemohon daripada menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

3. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam penerbitan mingguan itu dalam menunaikan haknya kepada kebebasan bersuara dan meluangkan pandangan.

4. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dengan melaksanakan hak kebebasan beragama termasuk hak mengurus hal ehwal agama sendiri.

5. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dengan melaksanakan haknya berkaitan pendidikan penganut Katolik dalam agama Kristian.

6. Bahawa Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984 tidak memberi kuasa kepada responden untuk melarang pemohon daripada menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

7. Bahawa perkataan Allah bukan eksklusif kepada agama Islam.

– BERNAMA
————————————————————————————-
Court grants leave to review word “Allah” in Herald

KUALA LUMPUR (April 24, 2009) : The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur was given leave by the High Court here today to quash the Home Ministry’s decision prohibiting the use of the word “Allah” in the Herald Catholic Weekly.

Archbishop Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam was also granted leave to apply for nine declarations, including to declare that the decision of Home Ministry and the government of Malaysia was illegal and ultra vires the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.

His counsel, S.Selvarajah, told reporters that Justice Lau Bee Lan granted the leave under Order 53 of the Rules of the High Court in chambers.

Senior federal counsel Suzana Atan, for the ministry and government, did not object to the application.

Lau also fixed May 28 to hear the application for a stay of the Home Ministry’s decision.

On Feb 16, this year, Pakiam, as publisher of the Herald, filed for a judicial review to quash the decision of the respondents dated Jan 7, 2009 that the applicant’s publication permit for the period Jan 1, 2009 until Dec 31, 2009, is subject to the condition that he be prohibited from using the word “Allah” in the Herald.

The other seven declarations sought are:
>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise of his right that other religions other than Islam may be practised in peace.

>> That Article 3(1) of the Federal Constitution does not empower the respondents to prohibit the applicant from using the word “Allah” in the Herald.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the weekly in the exercise of his right to freedom of speech and expression.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise of his freedom of religion which includes the right to manage its own religious affairs.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise his right in respect of education of the Catholic congregation in the Christian religion.

>> That the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 does not authorise the respondents to prohibit the applicant from using the word “Allah” in the Herald and

>> That the word “Allah” is not exclusive to the religion of Islam.

BERNAMA/sun2surf

KALIMAH ALLAH JADI REBUTAN MAHKAMAH TENTUKAN (DWIBAHASA)

Antara 9 deklarasi yang dituntut dari mahkamah oleh Gereja Katolik Kuala Lumpur ialah “Bahawa perkataan Allah bukan eksklusif kepada agama Islam”.

Mahkamah Beri Kebenaran Untuk Semak Perkataan Allah Dalam Herald

Ketua Biskop Gereja Katolik Kuala Lumpur diberi kebenaran oleh Mahkamah Tinggi di sini hari ini untuk memohon membatalkan keputusan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) melarang penggunaan kalimah Allah dalam majalah ‘Herald Catholic Weekly’.

Ketua Biskop Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (foto kiri ) juga diberi kebenaran untuk memohon mendapatkan sembilan deklarasi termasuk mengisytiharkan bahawa keputusan KDN dan kerajaan Malaysia adalah tidak sah dan di luar bidang kuasa (ultra vires) Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984.

Peguamnya S. Selvarajah memberitahu pemberita di sini bahawa Hakim Lau Bee Lan memberi kebenaran tersebut di kamar mengikut Perintah 53 Peraturan-Peraturan Mahkamah Tinggi.

Peguam Kanan Persekutuan Suzana Atan yang bertindak bagi pihak responden iaitu KDN dan kerajaan Malaysia tidak membantah kebenaran permohonan tersebut.

Hakim Lau juga menetapkan 28 Mei ini untuk mendengar permohonan menangguhkan keputusan larangan KDN itu.

Pada 16 Feb lepas, Murphy, sebagai penerbit Herald, memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman (undang-undang) bagi membatalkan keputusan responden bertarikh 7 Jan 2009 dan permit penerbitan pemohon bagi tempoh 1 Jan 2009 hingga 31 Dis 2009 tertakluk kepada syarat bahawa beliau dilarang menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

Tujuh deklarasi lain yang dituntut ialah:

1. Pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dalam melaksanakan haknya bahawa agama lain selain agama Islam mungkin mengamalkan ajaran agama secara aman.

2. Bahawa Perkara 3(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan tidak memberi kuasa kepada responden untuk melarang pemohon daripada menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

3. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam penerbitan mingguan itu dalam menunaikan haknya kepada kebebasan bersuara dan meluangkan pandangan.

4. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dengan melaksanakan hak kebebasan beragama termasuk hak mengurus hal ehwal agama sendiri.

5. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dengan melaksanakan haknya berkaitan pendidikan penganut Katolik dalam agama Kristian.

6. Bahawa Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984 tidak memberi kuasa kepada responden untuk melarang pemohon daripada menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

7. Bahawa perkataan Allah bukan eksklusif kepada agama Islam.

– BERNAMA
————————————————————————————-
Court grants leave to review word “Allah” in Herald

KUALA LUMPUR (April 24, 2009) : The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur was given leave by the High Court here today to quash the Home Ministry’s decision prohibiting the use of the word “Allah” in the Herald Catholic Weekly.

Archbishop Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam was also granted leave to apply for nine declarations, including to declare that the decision of Home Ministry and the government of Malaysia was illegal and ultra vires the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.

His counsel, S.Selvarajah, told reporters that Justice Lau Bee Lan granted the leave under Order 53 of the Rules of the High Court in chambers.

Senior federal counsel Suzana Atan, for the ministry and government, did not object to the application.

Lau also fixed May 28 to hear the application for a stay of the Home Ministry’s decision.

On Feb 16, this year, Pakiam, as publisher of the Herald, filed for a judicial review to quash the decision of the respondents dated Jan 7, 2009 that the applicant’s publication permit for the period Jan 1, 2009 until Dec 31, 2009, is subject to the condition that he be prohibited from using the word “Allah” in the Herald.

The other seven declarations sought are:
>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise of his right that other religions other than Islam may be practised in peace.

>> That Article 3(1) of the Federal Constitution does not empower the respondents to prohibit the applicant from using the word “Allah” in the Herald.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the weekly in the exercise of his right to freedom of speech and expression.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise of his freedom of religion which includes the right to manage its own religious affairs.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise his right in respect of education of the Catholic congregation in the Christian religion.

>> That the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 does not authorise the respondents to prohibit the applicant from using the word “Allah” in the Herald and

>> That the word “Allah” is not exclusive to the religion of Islam.

BERNAMA/sun2surf

PASUKAN BOLA SELANGOR DAPAT DURIAN RUNTUH TANPA ADA ORANG MERUSUH

Tahniah dan syabas kepada pasukan bolasepak Selangor serta semua yang terlibat.

Tahmid tiada berlaku kekecohan dan permainan berlangsung dengan penuh semangat kesukanan dan saling bermaaf-maafan di atas keterlanjuran yang tidak disengajakan.

Kepada Pasukan Kelantan, syabas anda telah mempamirkan satu permainan yang sangat hebat, cuma nasib tidak bersama anda. Tak ada rezeki walaupun diberi banyak peluang. Jumpa lagi di lain padang dan ruang.

PASUKAN BOLA SELANGOR DAPAT DURIAN RUNTUH TANPA ADA ORANG MERUSUH

Tahniah dan syabas kepada pasukan bolasepak Selangor serta semua yang terlibat.

Tahmid tiada berlaku kekecohan dan permainan berlangsung dengan penuh semangat kesukanan dan saling bermaaf-maafan di atas keterlanjuran yang tidak disengajakan.

Kepada Pasukan Kelantan, syabas anda telah mempamirkan satu permainan yang sangat hebat, cuma nasib tidak bersama anda. Tak ada rezeki walaupun diberi banyak peluang. Jumpa lagi di lain padang dan ruang.

PASUKAN BOLA SELANGOR DAPAT DURIAN RUNTUH TANPA ADA ORANG MERUSUH

Tahniah dan syabas kepada pasukan bolasepak Selangor serta semua yang terlibat.

Tahmid tiada berlaku kekecohan dan permainan berlangsung dengan penuh semangat kesukanan dan saling bermaaf-maafan di atas keterlanjuran yang tidak disengajakan.

Kepada Pasukan Kelantan, syabas anda telah mempamirkan satu permainan yang sangat hebat, cuma nasib tidak bersama anda. Tak ada rezeki walaupun diberi banyak peluang. Jumpa lagi di lain padang dan ruang.

PALESTIN O PALESTIN UMMATI UMMATI

LA TAHZAN VIDEO dan LIRIK

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب (2) ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاها لا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها ووالله وا…
لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب
(2)

ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها
وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاها
لا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها
ووالله وارفعي راسك بأبطالك
وخلي الجبنى يشوفوا أطفالك..ما سلموا للخوف بعز الرعب بعز الرعب..بعز الرعب

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب

يا أطفال حجــــار..علموا الفجار كيف النار بتنهاب
كيف الكرامة بتنصان..وإنو الموت فدى الأوطان ومش إرهاب
(2)

وإنو الإرهاب المحتل وأعوانو..آهاهامش ذاقوا وشافوا الموت وما هانوا..آهاها
(2)

ولا الطفل اللي عم يرضع..خوف وتشريد وما بيخضع
حالف ليكبر ويتبع بنفس الدم بنفس الدم..بنفس الدم

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب

لو مهما صــــــــار…ما بنحيد ما بنلين يا فلسطين
جاي نهار بعد الليل وبعد الويــــــــل منتصريـــــــن
(2)

محتملين قتل وأسر وقهر ومر..آهاها
فداكي يهون يافلسطين كل العمر..آهاها
(2)

ولا الطفل اللي عم يرضع..خوف وتشريد وما بيخضع
حالف ليكبر ويتبع بنفس الدم بنفس الدم..بنفس الدم

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب
(2)
آآه ..ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها
وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاهالا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها
ووالله وارفعي راسك بأبطالك
وخلي الجبنى يشوفوا أطفالك..ما سلموا للخوف بعز الرعب بعز الرعب..بعز الرعب

لـ “فرقة اليرموك” من شريط ” توحدي

PALESTIN O PALESTIN UMMATI UMMATI

LA TAHZAN VIDEO dan LIRIK

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب (2) ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاها لا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها ووالله وا…
لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب
(2)

ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها
وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاها
لا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها
ووالله وارفعي راسك بأبطالك
وخلي الجبنى يشوفوا أطفالك..ما سلموا للخوف بعز الرعب بعز الرعب..بعز الرعب

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب

يا أطفال حجــــار..علموا الفجار كيف النار بتنهاب
كيف الكرامة بتنصان..وإنو الموت فدى الأوطان ومش إرهاب
(2)

وإنو الإرهاب المحتل وأعوانو..آهاهامش ذاقوا وشافوا الموت وما هانوا..آهاها
(2)

ولا الطفل اللي عم يرضع..خوف وتشريد وما بيخضع
حالف ليكبر ويتبع بنفس الدم بنفس الدم..بنفس الدم

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب

لو مهما صــــــــار…ما بنحيد ما بنلين يا فلسطين
جاي نهار بعد الليل وبعد الويــــــــل منتصريـــــــن
(2)

محتملين قتل وأسر وقهر ومر..آهاها
فداكي يهون يافلسطين كل العمر..آهاها
(2)

ولا الطفل اللي عم يرضع..خوف وتشريد وما بيخضع
حالف ليكبر ويتبع بنفس الدم بنفس الدم..بنفس الدم

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب
(2)
آآه ..ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها
وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاهالا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها
ووالله وارفعي راسك بأبطالك
وخلي الجبنى يشوفوا أطفالك..ما سلموا للخوف بعز الرعب بعز الرعب..بعز الرعب

لـ “فرقة اليرموك” من شريط ” توحدي

PALESTIN O PALESTIN UMMATI UMMATI

LA TAHZAN VIDEO dan LIRIK

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب (2) ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاها لا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها ووالله وا…
لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب
(2)

ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها
وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاها
لا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها
ووالله وارفعي راسك بأبطالك
وخلي الجبنى يشوفوا أطفالك..ما سلموا للخوف بعز الرعب بعز الرعب..بعز الرعب

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب

يا أطفال حجــــار..علموا الفجار كيف النار بتنهاب
كيف الكرامة بتنصان..وإنو الموت فدى الأوطان ومش إرهاب
(2)

وإنو الإرهاب المحتل وأعوانو..آهاهامش ذاقوا وشافوا الموت وما هانوا..آهاها
(2)

ولا الطفل اللي عم يرضع..خوف وتشريد وما بيخضع
حالف ليكبر ويتبع بنفس الدم بنفس الدم..بنفس الدم

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب

لو مهما صــــــــار…ما بنحيد ما بنلين يا فلسطين
جاي نهار بعد الليل وبعد الويــــــــل منتصريـــــــن
(2)

محتملين قتل وأسر وقهر ومر..آهاها
فداكي يهون يافلسطين كل العمر..آهاها
(2)

ولا الطفل اللي عم يرضع..خوف وتشريد وما بيخضع
حالف ليكبر ويتبع بنفس الدم بنفس الدم..بنفس الدم

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب
(2)
آآه ..ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها
وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاهالا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها
ووالله وارفعي راسك بأبطالك
وخلي الجبنى يشوفوا أطفالك..ما سلموا للخوف بعز الرعب بعز الرعب..بعز الرعب

لـ “فرقة اليرموك” من شريط ” توحدي

UMNO SELANGOR KIAN PARAH SERTA BERDARAH

Najib ketuai Umno Selangor bukti krisis kepimpinan serius

Ketua Penerangan PAS Selangor

PAS Selangor melihat perlantikan Presiden Umno, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Negeri Selangor, sebagai suatu petanda betapa Umno Selangor berada dalam krisis kepimpinan yang sangat serius dan bakal membawa parti itu terus tidak relevan dan dipinggirkan oleh masyarakat dan rakyat di negeri ini.

Umno Selangor seolah tidak mampu bangkit setelah hilang kuasa kepimpinan di negeri ini selepas Pilihanraya Umum 2008 lalu, sehingga berpecah kepada beberapa kumpulan termasuklah yang menyokong bekas Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo dan bekas Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan, Tan Sri Muhammad Mohd Taib. Akibatnya tidak ada seorang pun anak Selangor di kalangan mereka yang didapati layak untuk memimpin parti itu di peringkat negeri sehingga terpaksa “mengimpot” Presidennya sendiri.

Meletakkan Presiden Umno sendiri sebagai Ketua Umno negeri, hanya akan terus menghangatkan perbalahan dan krisis dalaman parti itu kerana Najib sudah pasti tiada masa untuk memberikan tumpuan sepenuhnya bagi memimpin negeri yang kini dikuasai oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

PAS melihat suasana ini akan mengakibatkan lebih ramai lagi pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno dipelbagai peringkat hilang keyakinan dan bosan dengan parti berkenaan lalu bakal menyertai parti kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat khasnya PAS di Selangor.

Untuk itu usaha bagi memberi penerangan dan memujuk mereka ini untuk bersama menyumbang tenaga dan fikiran untuk kebaikan dan masa depan kerajaan Selangor pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat akan dipertingkatkan lagi oleh PAS Selangor.

PAS Selangor bersedia menerima penghijrahan beramai-ramai pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno Selangor demi sama-sama menegakkan perjuangan bagi membela nasib dan masa depan ummah yang semakin pupus dari agenda perjuangan Umno di negeri ini.

Roslan Shahir Mohd Shahir/harakahdaily

UMNO SELANGOR KIAN PARAH SERTA BERDARAH

Najib ketuai Umno Selangor bukti krisis kepimpinan serius

Ketua Penerangan PAS Selangor

PAS Selangor melihat perlantikan Presiden Umno, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Negeri Selangor, sebagai suatu petanda betapa Umno Selangor berada dalam krisis kepimpinan yang sangat serius dan bakal membawa parti itu terus tidak relevan dan dipinggirkan oleh masyarakat dan rakyat di negeri ini.

Umno Selangor seolah tidak mampu bangkit setelah hilang kuasa kepimpinan di negeri ini selepas Pilihanraya Umum 2008 lalu, sehingga berpecah kepada beberapa kumpulan termasuklah yang menyokong bekas Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo dan bekas Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan, Tan Sri Muhammad Mohd Taib. Akibatnya tidak ada seorang pun anak Selangor di kalangan mereka yang didapati layak untuk memimpin parti itu di peringkat negeri sehingga terpaksa “mengimpot” Presidennya sendiri.

Meletakkan Presiden Umno sendiri sebagai Ketua Umno negeri, hanya akan terus menghangatkan perbalahan dan krisis dalaman parti itu kerana Najib sudah pasti tiada masa untuk memberikan tumpuan sepenuhnya bagi memimpin negeri yang kini dikuasai oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

PAS melihat suasana ini akan mengakibatkan lebih ramai lagi pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno dipelbagai peringkat hilang keyakinan dan bosan dengan parti berkenaan lalu bakal menyertai parti kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat khasnya PAS di Selangor.

Untuk itu usaha bagi memberi penerangan dan memujuk mereka ini untuk bersama menyumbang tenaga dan fikiran untuk kebaikan dan masa depan kerajaan Selangor pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat akan dipertingkatkan lagi oleh PAS Selangor.

PAS Selangor bersedia menerima penghijrahan beramai-ramai pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno Selangor demi sama-sama menegakkan perjuangan bagi membela nasib dan masa depan ummah yang semakin pupus dari agenda perjuangan Umno di negeri ini.

Roslan Shahir Mohd Shahir/harakahdaily

UMNO SELANGOR KIAN PARAH SERTA BERDARAH

Najib ketuai Umno Selangor bukti krisis kepimpinan serius

Ketua Penerangan PAS Selangor

PAS Selangor melihat perlantikan Presiden Umno, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Negeri Selangor, sebagai suatu petanda betapa Umno Selangor berada dalam krisis kepimpinan yang sangat serius dan bakal membawa parti itu terus tidak relevan dan dipinggirkan oleh masyarakat dan rakyat di negeri ini.

Umno Selangor seolah tidak mampu bangkit setelah hilang kuasa kepimpinan di negeri ini selepas Pilihanraya Umum 2008 lalu, sehingga berpecah kepada beberapa kumpulan termasuklah yang menyokong bekas Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo dan bekas Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan, Tan Sri Muhammad Mohd Taib. Akibatnya tidak ada seorang pun anak Selangor di kalangan mereka yang didapati layak untuk memimpin parti itu di peringkat negeri sehingga terpaksa “mengimpot” Presidennya sendiri.

Meletakkan Presiden Umno sendiri sebagai Ketua Umno negeri, hanya akan terus menghangatkan perbalahan dan krisis dalaman parti itu kerana Najib sudah pasti tiada masa untuk memberikan tumpuan sepenuhnya bagi memimpin negeri yang kini dikuasai oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

PAS melihat suasana ini akan mengakibatkan lebih ramai lagi pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno dipelbagai peringkat hilang keyakinan dan bosan dengan parti berkenaan lalu bakal menyertai parti kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat khasnya PAS di Selangor.

Untuk itu usaha bagi memberi penerangan dan memujuk mereka ini untuk bersama menyumbang tenaga dan fikiran untuk kebaikan dan masa depan kerajaan Selangor pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat akan dipertingkatkan lagi oleh PAS Selangor.

PAS Selangor bersedia menerima penghijrahan beramai-ramai pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno Selangor demi sama-sama menegakkan perjuangan bagi membela nasib dan masa depan ummah yang semakin pupus dari agenda perjuangan Umno di negeri ini.

Roslan Shahir Mohd Shahir/harakahdaily

KALIMAH ALLAH JADI REBUTAN MAHKAMAH TENTUKAN (DWIBAHASA)

Antara 9 deklarasi yang dituntut dari mahkamah oleh Gereja Katolik Kuala Lumpur ialah “Bahawa perkataan Allah bukan eksklusif kepada agama Islam”.

Mahkamah Beri Kebenaran Untuk Semak Perkataan Allah Dalam Herald

Ketua Biskop Gereja Katolik Kuala Lumpur diberi kebenaran oleh Mahkamah Tinggi di sini hari ini untuk memohon membatalkan keputusan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) melarang penggunaan kalimah Allah dalam majalah ‘Herald Catholic Weekly’.

Ketua Biskop Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (foto kiri ) juga diberi kebenaran untuk memohon mendapatkan sembilan deklarasi termasuk mengisytiharkan bahawa keputusan KDN dan kerajaan Malaysia adalah tidak sah dan di luar bidang kuasa (ultra vires) Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984.

Peguamnya S. Selvarajah memberitahu pemberita di sini bahawa Hakim Lau Bee Lan memberi kebenaran tersebut di kamar mengikut Perintah 53 Peraturan-Peraturan Mahkamah Tinggi.

Peguam Kanan Persekutuan Suzana Atan yang bertindak bagi pihak responden iaitu KDN dan kerajaan Malaysia tidak membantah kebenaran permohonan tersebut.

Hakim Lau juga menetapkan 28 Mei ini untuk mendengar permohonan menangguhkan keputusan larangan KDN itu.

Pada 16 Feb lepas, Murphy, sebagai penerbit Herald, memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman (undang-undang) bagi membatalkan keputusan responden bertarikh 7 Jan 2009 dan permit penerbitan pemohon bagi tempoh 1 Jan 2009 hingga 31 Dis 2009 tertakluk kepada syarat bahawa beliau dilarang menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

Tujuh deklarasi lain yang dituntut ialah:

1. Pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dalam melaksanakan haknya bahawa agama lain selain agama Islam mungkin mengamalkan ajaran agama secara aman.

2. Bahawa Perkara 3(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan tidak memberi kuasa kepada responden untuk melarang pemohon daripada menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

3. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam penerbitan mingguan itu dalam menunaikan haknya kepada kebebasan bersuara dan meluangkan pandangan.

4. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dengan melaksanakan hak kebebasan beragama termasuk hak mengurus hal ehwal agama sendiri.

5. Bahawa pemohon mempunyai hak berperlembagaan untuk menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald dengan melaksanakan haknya berkaitan pendidikan penganut Katolik dalam agama Kristian.

6. Bahawa Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984 tidak memberi kuasa kepada responden untuk melarang pemohon daripada menggunakan perkataan Allah dalam Herald.

7. Bahawa perkataan Allah bukan eksklusif kepada agama Islam.

– BERNAMA
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Court grants leave to review word “Allah” in Herald

KUALA LUMPUR (April 24, 2009) : The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur was given leave by the High Court here today to quash the Home Ministry’s decision prohibiting the use of the word “Allah” in the Herald Catholic Weekly.

Archbishop Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam was also granted leave to apply for nine declarations, including to declare that the decision of Home Ministry and the government of Malaysia was illegal and ultra vires the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.

His counsel, S.Selvarajah, told reporters that Justice Lau Bee Lan granted the leave under Order 53 of the Rules of the High Court in chambers.

Senior federal counsel Suzana Atan, for the ministry and government, did not object to the application.

Lau also fixed May 28 to hear the application for a stay of the Home Ministry’s decision.

On Feb 16, this year, Pakiam, as publisher of the Herald, filed for a judicial review to quash the decision of the respondents dated Jan 7, 2009 that the applicant’s publication permit for the period Jan 1, 2009 until Dec 31, 2009, is subject to the condition that he be prohibited from using the word “Allah” in the Herald.

The other seven declarations sought are:
>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise of his right that other religions other than Islam may be practised in peace.

>> That Article 3(1) of the Federal Constitution does not empower the respondents to prohibit the applicant from using the word “Allah” in the Herald.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the weekly in the exercise of his right to freedom of speech and expression.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise of his freedom of religion which includes the right to manage its own religious affairs.

>> That the applicant has the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” in the Herald in the exercise his right in respect of education of the Catholic congregation in the Christian religion.

>> That the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 does not authorise the respondents to prohibit the applicant from using the word “Allah” in the Herald and

>> That the word “Allah” is not exclusive to the religion of Islam.

BERNAMA/sun2surf

PASUKAN BOLA SELANGOR DAPAT DURIAN RUNTUH TANPA ADA ORANG MERUSUH

Tahniah dan syabas kepada pasukan bolasepak Selangor serta semua yang terlibat.

Tahmid tiada berlaku kekecohan dan permainan berlangsung dengan penuh semangat kesukanan dan saling bermaaf-maafan di atas keterlanjuran yang tidak disengajakan.

Kepada Pasukan Kelantan, syabas anda telah mempamirkan satu permainan yang sangat hebat, cuma nasib tidak bersama anda. Tak ada rezeki walaupun diberi banyak peluang. Jumpa lagi di lain padang dan ruang.

PALESTIN O PALESTIN UMMATI UMMATI

LA TAHZAN VIDEO dan LIRIK

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب (2) ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاها لا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها ووالله وا…
لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب
(2)

ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها
وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاها
لا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها
ووالله وارفعي راسك بأبطالك
وخلي الجبنى يشوفوا أطفالك..ما سلموا للخوف بعز الرعب بعز الرعب..بعز الرعب

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب

يا أطفال حجــــار..علموا الفجار كيف النار بتنهاب
كيف الكرامة بتنصان..وإنو الموت فدى الأوطان ومش إرهاب
(2)

وإنو الإرهاب المحتل وأعوانو..آهاهامش ذاقوا وشافوا الموت وما هانوا..آهاها
(2)

ولا الطفل اللي عم يرضع..خوف وتشريد وما بيخضع
حالف ليكبر ويتبع بنفس الدم بنفس الدم..بنفس الدم

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب

لو مهما صــــــــار…ما بنحيد ما بنلين يا فلسطين
جاي نهار بعد الليل وبعد الويــــــــل منتصريـــــــن
(2)

محتملين قتل وأسر وقهر ومر..آهاها
فداكي يهون يافلسطين كل العمر..آهاها
(2)

ولا الطفل اللي عم يرضع..خوف وتشريد وما بيخضع
حالف ليكبر ويتبع بنفس الدم بنفس الدم..بنفس الدم

لا تحزن معاك الله يا أعظم شعب..يا أعظم شعب
لا تحزن بعون الله يهون الصعب..يهون الصعب
(2)
آآه ..ما تبكي يا جنين على حالك..آهاها
وحقك ترفعي راسك بأبطال..آهاهالا لا تبكي يا فلسطين على حالك..آهاها
ووالله وارفعي راسك بأبطالك
وخلي الجبنى يشوفوا أطفالك..ما سلموا للخوف بعز الرعب بعز الرعب..بعز الرعب

لـ “فرقة اليرموك” من شريط ” توحدي

UMNO SELANGOR KIAN PARAH SERTA BERDARAH

Najib ketuai Umno Selangor bukti krisis kepimpinan serius

Ketua Penerangan PAS Selangor

PAS Selangor melihat perlantikan Presiden Umno, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Negeri Selangor, sebagai suatu petanda betapa Umno Selangor berada dalam krisis kepimpinan yang sangat serius dan bakal membawa parti itu terus tidak relevan dan dipinggirkan oleh masyarakat dan rakyat di negeri ini.

Umno Selangor seolah tidak mampu bangkit setelah hilang kuasa kepimpinan di negeri ini selepas Pilihanraya Umum 2008 lalu, sehingga berpecah kepada beberapa kumpulan termasuklah yang menyokong bekas Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo dan bekas Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan, Tan Sri Muhammad Mohd Taib. Akibatnya tidak ada seorang pun anak Selangor di kalangan mereka yang didapati layak untuk memimpin parti itu di peringkat negeri sehingga terpaksa “mengimpot” Presidennya sendiri.

Meletakkan Presiden Umno sendiri sebagai Ketua Umno negeri, hanya akan terus menghangatkan perbalahan dan krisis dalaman parti itu kerana Najib sudah pasti tiada masa untuk memberikan tumpuan sepenuhnya bagi memimpin negeri yang kini dikuasai oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

PAS melihat suasana ini akan mengakibatkan lebih ramai lagi pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno dipelbagai peringkat hilang keyakinan dan bosan dengan parti berkenaan lalu bakal menyertai parti kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat khasnya PAS di Selangor.

Untuk itu usaha bagi memberi penerangan dan memujuk mereka ini untuk bersama menyumbang tenaga dan fikiran untuk kebaikan dan masa depan kerajaan Selangor pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat akan dipertingkatkan lagi oleh PAS Selangor.

PAS Selangor bersedia menerima penghijrahan beramai-ramai pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno Selangor demi sama-sama menegakkan perjuangan bagi membela nasib dan masa depan ummah yang semakin pupus dari agenda perjuangan Umno di negeri ini.

Roslan Shahir Mohd Shahir/harakahdaily

UMNO SELANGOR KIAN PARAH SERTA BERDARAH

Najib ketuai Umno Selangor bukti krisis kepimpinan serius

Ketua Penerangan PAS Selangor

PAS Selangor melihat perlantikan Presiden Umno, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Negeri Selangor, sebagai suatu petanda betapa Umno Selangor berada dalam krisis kepimpinan yang sangat serius dan bakal membawa parti itu terus tidak relevan dan dipinggirkan oleh masyarakat dan rakyat di negeri ini.

Umno Selangor seolah tidak mampu bangkit setelah hilang kuasa kepimpinan di negeri ini selepas Pilihanraya Umum 2008 lalu, sehingga berpecah kepada beberapa kumpulan termasuklah yang menyokong bekas Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo dan bekas Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan, Tan Sri Muhammad Mohd Taib. Akibatnya tidak ada seorang pun anak Selangor di kalangan mereka yang didapati layak untuk memimpin parti itu di peringkat negeri sehingga terpaksa “mengimpot” Presidennya sendiri.

Meletakkan Presiden Umno sendiri sebagai Ketua Umno negeri, hanya akan terus menghangatkan perbalahan dan krisis dalaman parti itu kerana Najib sudah pasti tiada masa untuk memberikan tumpuan sepenuhnya bagi memimpin negeri yang kini dikuasai oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

PAS melihat suasana ini akan mengakibatkan lebih ramai lagi pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno dipelbagai peringkat hilang keyakinan dan bosan dengan parti berkenaan lalu bakal menyertai parti kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat khasnya PAS di Selangor.

Untuk itu usaha bagi memberi penerangan dan memujuk mereka ini untuk bersama menyumbang tenaga dan fikiran untuk kebaikan dan masa depan kerajaan Selangor pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat akan dipertingkatkan lagi oleh PAS Selangor.

PAS Selangor bersedia menerima penghijrahan beramai-ramai pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno Selangor demi sama-sama menegakkan perjuangan bagi membela nasib dan masa depan ummah yang semakin pupus dari agenda perjuangan Umno di negeri ini.

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UMNO SELANGOR KIAN PARAH SERTA BERDARAH

Najib ketuai Umno Selangor bukti krisis kepimpinan serius

Ketua Penerangan PAS Selangor

PAS Selangor melihat perlantikan Presiden Umno, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Negeri Selangor, sebagai suatu petanda betapa Umno Selangor berada dalam krisis kepimpinan yang sangat serius dan bakal membawa parti itu terus tidak relevan dan dipinggirkan oleh masyarakat dan rakyat di negeri ini.

Umno Selangor seolah tidak mampu bangkit setelah hilang kuasa kepimpinan di negeri ini selepas Pilihanraya Umum 2008 lalu, sehingga berpecah kepada beberapa kumpulan termasuklah yang menyokong bekas Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo dan bekas Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan, Tan Sri Muhammad Mohd Taib. Akibatnya tidak ada seorang pun anak Selangor di kalangan mereka yang didapati layak untuk memimpin parti itu di peringkat negeri sehingga terpaksa “mengimpot” Presidennya sendiri.

Meletakkan Presiden Umno sendiri sebagai Ketua Umno negeri, hanya akan terus menghangatkan perbalahan dan krisis dalaman parti itu kerana Najib sudah pasti tiada masa untuk memberikan tumpuan sepenuhnya bagi memimpin negeri yang kini dikuasai oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

PAS melihat suasana ini akan mengakibatkan lebih ramai lagi pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno dipelbagai peringkat hilang keyakinan dan bosan dengan parti berkenaan lalu bakal menyertai parti kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat khasnya PAS di Selangor.

Untuk itu usaha bagi memberi penerangan dan memujuk mereka ini untuk bersama menyumbang tenaga dan fikiran untuk kebaikan dan masa depan kerajaan Selangor pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat akan dipertingkatkan lagi oleh PAS Selangor.

PAS Selangor bersedia menerima penghijrahan beramai-ramai pimpinan dan ahli-ahli Umno Selangor demi sama-sama menegakkan perjuangan bagi membela nasib dan masa depan ummah yang semakin pupus dari agenda perjuangan Umno di negeri ini.

Roslan Shahir Mohd Shahir/harakahdaily

NAK CEPAT KAYA ATAU NAK RUGI CEPAT?

Modus operandi sindiket ialah dengan ‘memancing’ mangsa melalui laman sembang di Internet (“chatting”) kononnya untuk menjadi teman istimewa atau sahabat baik sebelum mereka secara licik ditawarkan bungkusan mengandungi hadiah mahal, pekerjaan bergaji lumayan atau kegiatan ‘black money.’ Sila layari pautan untuk penerangan selanjutnya.

32 ditahan di Kepong

Kegiatan penipuan didalangi warga Afrika yang bergiat aktif memperdaya warga tempatan sehingga mampu memperoleh keuntungan atas angin berjumlah jutaan ringgit tumpas selepas sepasukan polis Bukit Aman menyerbu empat premis di Metro Prima Kepong, kelmarin.

Berikutan serbuan itu, seramai 32 orang ditahan termasuk 29 warga Afrika yang dipercayai ahli sindiket penipuan berkenaan.

Turut ditahan dalam serbuan kira-kira jam 3 petang itu ialah dua wanita warga Afrika dan tiga wanita tempatan dan pemeriksaan juga mendapati 19 lelaki warga Afrika tidak mempunyai dokumen perjalanan sah.

Timbalan Pengarah I Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (JSJK) Bukit Aman, Datuk Nooryah Md Anvar (gambar) berkata, modus operandi sindiket ini adalah dengan ‘memancing’ mangsa melalui laman sembang di Internet kononnya untuk menjadi teman istimewa atau sahabat baik sebelum mereka secara licik ditawarkan bungkusan mengandungi hadiah mahal, pekerjaan bergaji lumayan atau kegiatan ‘black money.’

“Siasatan awal mendapati penipuan penghantaran bungkusan mencecah RM3.7 juta dengan menjadikan wanita sebagai mangsa utama, malah ada antara mereka pernah berjumpa beberapa kali dengan ahli sindiket terbabit.

“Selepas perkenalan membabitkan tempoh yang lama, barulah hadiah berupa wang tunai antarabangsa dan barangan berjenama eksklusif ditawarkan,” katanya, semalam.

Bagaimanapun, mangsa perlu membayar wang pelepasan kepada sindiket itu kononnya bungkusan terbabit ditahan pihak kastam.

“Mangsa menyedari diperdaya setelah kiriman bungkusan yang kononnya mengandungi barangan berharga itu tidak tiba seperti yang dijanjikan,” katanya.

Nooryah berkata, pihaknya percaya dengan tertumpasnya sindiket ini yang dipercayai beroperasi sejak empat tahun lalu, lebih beratus-ratus kes membabitkan penipuan dapat diselesaikan

“Sindiket ini turut didapati terbabit memperdayakan mangsa dengan menawarkan tawaran kerja dalam sektor pemasaran, perhotelan dan telekomunikasi kepada orang tempatan serta rakyat beberapa negara jiran,” katanya.

Katanya, bagi setiap tawaran itu, mangsa perlu membayar wang pemprosesan dan visa berjumlah antara RM1,000 dan RM10,000.

“Kebanyakan mangsa menyedari mereka ditipu selepas suspek menghilangkan diri. Sindiket ini turut terbabit dengan lebih 100 kes membabitkan black money,” katanya.

Oleh Shanty Nur Shaffizan Shafee/Metro

PENIPUAN DI INTERNET DAN BAGAIMANA MENGENALINYA

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NAK CEPAT KAYA ATAU NAK RUGI CEPAT?

Modus operandi sindiket ialah dengan ‘memancing’ mangsa melalui laman sembang di Internet (“chatting”) kononnya untuk menjadi teman istimewa atau sahabat baik sebelum mereka secara licik ditawarkan bungkusan mengandungi hadiah mahal, pekerjaan bergaji lumayan atau kegiatan ‘black money.’ Sila layari pautan untuk penerangan selanjutnya.

32 ditahan di Kepong

Kegiatan penipuan didalangi warga Afrika yang bergiat aktif memperdaya warga tempatan sehingga mampu memperoleh keuntungan atas angin berjumlah jutaan ringgit tumpas selepas sepasukan polis Bukit Aman menyerbu empat premis di Metro Prima Kepong, kelmarin.

Berikutan serbuan itu, seramai 32 orang ditahan termasuk 29 warga Afrika yang dipercayai ahli sindiket penipuan berkenaan.

Turut ditahan dalam serbuan kira-kira jam 3 petang itu ialah dua wanita warga Afrika dan tiga wanita tempatan dan pemeriksaan juga mendapati 19 lelaki warga Afrika tidak mempunyai dokumen perjalanan sah.

Timbalan Pengarah I Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (JSJK) Bukit Aman, Datuk Nooryah Md Anvar (gambar) berkata, modus operandi sindiket ini adalah dengan ‘memancing’ mangsa melalui laman sembang di Internet kononnya untuk menjadi teman istimewa atau sahabat baik sebelum mereka secara licik ditawarkan bungkusan mengandungi hadiah mahal, pekerjaan bergaji lumayan atau kegiatan ‘black money.’

“Siasatan awal mendapati penipuan penghantaran bungkusan mencecah RM3.7 juta dengan menjadikan wanita sebagai mangsa utama, malah ada antara mereka pernah berjumpa beberapa kali dengan ahli sindiket terbabit.

“Selepas perkenalan membabitkan tempoh yang lama, barulah hadiah berupa wang tunai antarabangsa dan barangan berjenama eksklusif ditawarkan,” katanya, semalam.

Bagaimanapun, mangsa perlu membayar wang pelepasan kepada sindiket itu kononnya bungkusan terbabit ditahan pihak kastam.

“Mangsa menyedari diperdaya setelah kiriman bungkusan yang kononnya mengandungi barangan berharga itu tidak tiba seperti yang dijanjikan,” katanya.

Nooryah berkata, pihaknya percaya dengan tertumpasnya sindiket ini yang dipercayai beroperasi sejak empat tahun lalu, lebih beratus-ratus kes membabitkan penipuan dapat diselesaikan

“Sindiket ini turut didapati terbabit memperdayakan mangsa dengan menawarkan tawaran kerja dalam sektor pemasaran, perhotelan dan telekomunikasi kepada orang tempatan serta rakyat beberapa negara jiran,” katanya.

Katanya, bagi setiap tawaran itu, mangsa perlu membayar wang pemprosesan dan visa berjumlah antara RM1,000 dan RM10,000.

“Kebanyakan mangsa menyedari mereka ditipu selepas suspek menghilangkan diri. Sindiket ini turut terbabit dengan lebih 100 kes membabitkan black money,” katanya.

Oleh Shanty Nur Shaffizan Shafee/Metro

PENIPUAN DI INTERNET DAN BAGAIMANA MENGENALINYA

skim pak man telo wujud di amerika

NAK CEPAT KAYA ATAU NAK RUGI CEPAT?

Modus operandi sindiket ialah dengan ‘memancing’ mangsa melalui laman sembang di Internet (“chatting”) kononnya untuk menjadi teman istimewa atau sahabat baik sebelum mereka secara licik ditawarkan bungkusan mengandungi hadiah mahal, pekerjaan bergaji lumayan atau kegiatan ‘black money.’ Sila layari pautan untuk penerangan selanjutnya.

32 ditahan di Kepong

Kegiatan penipuan didalangi warga Afrika yang bergiat aktif memperdaya warga tempatan sehingga mampu memperoleh keuntungan atas angin berjumlah jutaan ringgit tumpas selepas sepasukan polis Bukit Aman menyerbu empat premis di Metro Prima Kepong, kelmarin.

Berikutan serbuan itu, seramai 32 orang ditahan termasuk 29 warga Afrika yang dipercayai ahli sindiket penipuan berkenaan.

Turut ditahan dalam serbuan kira-kira jam 3 petang itu ialah dua wanita warga Afrika dan tiga wanita tempatan dan pemeriksaan juga mendapati 19 lelaki warga Afrika tidak mempunyai dokumen perjalanan sah.

Timbalan Pengarah I Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (JSJK) Bukit Aman, Datuk Nooryah Md Anvar (gambar) berkata, modus operandi sindiket ini adalah dengan ‘memancing’ mangsa melalui laman sembang di Internet kononnya untuk menjadi teman istimewa atau sahabat baik sebelum mereka secara licik ditawarkan bungkusan mengandungi hadiah mahal, pekerjaan bergaji lumayan atau kegiatan ‘black money.’

“Siasatan awal mendapati penipuan penghantaran bungkusan mencecah RM3.7 juta dengan menjadikan wanita sebagai mangsa utama, malah ada antara mereka pernah berjumpa beberapa kali dengan ahli sindiket terbabit.

“Selepas perkenalan membabitkan tempoh yang lama, barulah hadiah berupa wang tunai antarabangsa dan barangan berjenama eksklusif ditawarkan,” katanya, semalam.

Bagaimanapun, mangsa perlu membayar wang pelepasan kepada sindiket itu kononnya bungkusan terbabit ditahan pihak kastam.

“Mangsa menyedari diperdaya setelah kiriman bungkusan yang kononnya mengandungi barangan berharga itu tidak tiba seperti yang dijanjikan,” katanya.

Nooryah berkata, pihaknya percaya dengan tertumpasnya sindiket ini yang dipercayai beroperasi sejak empat tahun lalu, lebih beratus-ratus kes membabitkan penipuan dapat diselesaikan

“Sindiket ini turut didapati terbabit memperdayakan mangsa dengan menawarkan tawaran kerja dalam sektor pemasaran, perhotelan dan telekomunikasi kepada orang tempatan serta rakyat beberapa negara jiran,” katanya.

Katanya, bagi setiap tawaran itu, mangsa perlu membayar wang pemprosesan dan visa berjumlah antara RM1,000 dan RM10,000.

“Kebanyakan mangsa menyedari mereka ditipu selepas suspek menghilangkan diri. Sindiket ini turut terbabit dengan lebih 100 kes membabitkan black money,” katanya.

Oleh Shanty Nur Shaffizan Shafee/Metro

PENIPUAN DI INTERNET DAN BAGAIMANA MENGENALINYA

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ANN WAN SENG KELUAR BUKU ULAS ISU MURTAD

Saudara Ann Wan Seng, 40 tahun, memeluk Islam 13 tahun yang lalu seorang aktivis masyarakat, antara jawatan kehormat beliau ialah Setiausaha Agung MACMA (Muslim Chinese Association Of Malaysia) dan setiausaha PERKIM telah berjaya menghasilkan sebuah buku mengulas isu murtad yang baru dilancarkan di ibukota baru-baru ini oleh SS Dato’ Mufti Perak.

Buku yang berharga RM21.90 (MB) dan M24.90 (MT) kini berada di pasaran.

Video Individu Islam Bertanggungjawab Menegakkan Kebenaran di sini video

ANN WAN SENG KELUAR BUKU ULAS ISU MURTAD

Saudara Ann Wan Seng, 40 tahun, memeluk Islam 13 tahun yang lalu seorang aktivis masyarakat, antara jawatan kehormat beliau ialah Setiausaha Agung MACMA (Muslim Chinese Association Of Malaysia) dan setiausaha PERKIM telah berjaya menghasilkan sebuah buku mengulas isu murtad yang baru dilancarkan di ibukota baru-baru ini oleh SS Dato’ Mufti Perak.

Buku yang berharga RM21.90 (MB) dan M24.90 (MT) kini berada di pasaran.

Video Individu Islam Bertanggungjawab Menegakkan Kebenaran di sini video

ANN WAN SENG KELUAR BUKU ULAS ISU MURTAD

Saudara Ann Wan Seng, 40 tahun, memeluk Islam 13 tahun yang lalu seorang aktivis masyarakat, antara jawatan kehormat beliau ialah Setiausaha Agung MACMA (Muslim Chinese Association Of Malaysia) dan setiausaha PERKIM telah berjaya menghasilkan sebuah buku mengulas isu murtad yang baru dilancarkan di ibukota baru-baru ini oleh SS Dato’ Mufti Perak.

Buku yang berharga RM21.90 (MB) dan M24.90 (MT) kini berada di pasaran.

Video Individu Islam Bertanggungjawab Menegakkan Kebenaran di sini video

NAK CEPAT KAYA ATAU NAK RUGI CEPAT?

Modus operandi sindiket ialah dengan ‘memancing’ mangsa melalui laman sembang di Internet (“chatting”) kononnya untuk menjadi teman istimewa atau sahabat baik sebelum mereka secara licik ditawarkan bungkusan mengandungi hadiah mahal, pekerjaan bergaji lumayan atau kegiatan ‘black money.’ Sila layari pautan untuk penerangan selanjutnya.

32 ditahan di Kepong

Kegiatan penipuan didalangi warga Afrika yang bergiat aktif memperdaya warga tempatan sehingga mampu memperoleh keuntungan atas angin berjumlah jutaan ringgit tumpas selepas sepasukan polis Bukit Aman menyerbu empat premis di Metro Prima Kepong, kelmarin.

Berikutan serbuan itu, seramai 32 orang ditahan termasuk 29 warga Afrika yang dipercayai ahli sindiket penipuan berkenaan.

Turut ditahan dalam serbuan kira-kira jam 3 petang itu ialah dua wanita warga Afrika dan tiga wanita tempatan dan pemeriksaan juga mendapati 19 lelaki warga Afrika tidak mempunyai dokumen perjalanan sah.

Timbalan Pengarah I Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (JSJK) Bukit Aman, Datuk Nooryah Md Anvar (gambar) berkata, modus operandi sindiket ini adalah dengan ‘memancing’ mangsa melalui laman sembang di Internet kononnya untuk menjadi teman istimewa atau sahabat baik sebelum mereka secara licik ditawarkan bungkusan mengandungi hadiah mahal, pekerjaan bergaji lumayan atau kegiatan ‘black money.’

“Siasatan awal mendapati penipuan penghantaran bungkusan mencecah RM3.7 juta dengan menjadikan wanita sebagai mangsa utama, malah ada antara mereka pernah berjumpa beberapa kali dengan ahli sindiket terbabit.

“Selepas perkenalan membabitkan tempoh yang lama, barulah hadiah berupa wang tunai antarabangsa dan barangan berjenama eksklusif ditawarkan,” katanya, semalam.

Bagaimanapun, mangsa perlu membayar wang pelepasan kepada sindiket itu kononnya bungkusan terbabit ditahan pihak kastam.

“Mangsa menyedari diperdaya setelah kiriman bungkusan yang kononnya mengandungi barangan berharga itu tidak tiba seperti yang dijanjikan,” katanya.

Nooryah berkata, pihaknya percaya dengan tertumpasnya sindiket ini yang dipercayai beroperasi sejak empat tahun lalu, lebih beratus-ratus kes membabitkan penipuan dapat diselesaikan

“Sindiket ini turut didapati terbabit memperdayakan mangsa dengan menawarkan tawaran kerja dalam sektor pemasaran, perhotelan dan telekomunikasi kepada orang tempatan serta rakyat beberapa negara jiran,” katanya.

Katanya, bagi setiap tawaran itu, mangsa perlu membayar wang pemprosesan dan visa berjumlah antara RM1,000 dan RM10,000.

“Kebanyakan mangsa menyedari mereka ditipu selepas suspek menghilangkan diri. Sindiket ini turut terbabit dengan lebih 100 kes membabitkan black money,” katanya.

Oleh Shanty Nur Shaffizan Shafee/Metro

PENIPUAN DI INTERNET DAN BAGAIMANA MENGENALINYA

skim pak man telo wujud di amerika

ANN WAN SENG KELUAR BUKU ULAS ISU MURTAD

Saudara Ann Wan Seng, 40 tahun, memeluk Islam 13 tahun yang lalu seorang aktivis masyarakat, antara jawatan kehormat beliau ialah Setiausaha Agung MACMA (Muslim Chinese Association Of Malaysia) dan setiausaha PERKIM telah berjaya menghasilkan sebuah buku mengulas isu murtad yang baru dilancarkan di ibukota baru-baru ini oleh SS Dato’ Mufti Perak.

Buku yang berharga RM21.90 (MB) dan M24.90 (MT) kini berada di pasaran.

Video Individu Islam Bertanggungjawab Menegakkan Kebenaran di sini video

JAKIM, MUFTI SERTA NGO LAIN BUKAN TUNGGUL ATAU PERABOT

Tanpa merujuk kepada JAKIM, Majlis Fatwa atau Mufti, kabinet yang mendahulukan rakyat dan mengutamakan prestasi telah mebuat keputusan berdasarkan “hujah otak”.

Penentuan Status Agama Anak Perlu Lihat Hukum Syarak Dan Perundangan – Jakim

Penentuan status agama anak apabila apabila salah seorang ibu atau bapa memeluk agama Islam perlu dilihat kepada hukum syarak dan perundangan.

Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz (foto atas kiri) berkata menurut Perkara 12 (4) Perlembagaan Persekutuan, agama seseorang yang di bawah umur 18 tahun hendaklah ditetapkan oleh ibu atau bapa atau penjaganya.

“Berdasarkan peruntukan ini, persetujuan salah satu pihak sahaja adalah memadai dalam penentuan agama seorang kanak-kanak kerana perkataan yang digunakan dalam Perkara 12 (4) ini adalah ‘parent or guardian’, bukannya ‘parents or guardian’ yang mana ia bermaksud ‘ibu atau bapa atau penjaga’,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini hari ini.

Wan Mohamad berkata, Seksyen 95 Akta Pentadbiran Undang-undang Islam (Wilayah-wilayah Persekutuan) 1993 (Akta 505) pula memperuntuk bahawa seseorang kanak-kanak yang belum mencapai umur 18 tahun boleh masuk Islam jika ibu atau bapa atau penjaga mengizinkannya.

“Antara kes yang boleh dirujuk yang berkaitan dengan hak penentuan agama anak ialah kes Subashini Rajasingam lwn Saravanan Thangathoray, di mana Mahkamah Persekutuan telah memutuskan bahawa bapa kanak-kanak tersebut mempunyai kuasa untuk mengislamkan anaknya berdasarkan Perkara 12 (4) Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

“Ini adalah kerana berdasarkan Perkara 12 (4) itu, agama seseorang yang di bawah umur 18 tahun hendaklah ditetapkan oleh ibu atau bapa atau penjaganya, oleh itu dalam kes ini suami adalah berhak untuk mengislamkan anaknya walaupun isterinya tidak bersetuju,” katanya.

Wan Mohamad berkata, dari segi hukum syarak pula, mereka yang berhak menjaga dan memelihara anak mestilah seorang Islam, kerana jika orang itu bukan beragama Islam dikhuatiri akan memberi fitnah kepada agama kanak-kanak di bawah jagaannya.

Katanya, hak seorang muallaf di sisi undang-undang juga perlu dipertahankan, dan seseorang yang memeluk Islam itu tidak sewajarnya dianggap ingin melarikan diri dari tanggungjawab.

Semalam, Kabinet memutuskan bahawa anak-anak kekal menganut agama asal ibu bapa masing-masing semasa berkahwin, walaupun ibu atau bapa mereka kemudiannya memeluk agama lain.

Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz semasa mengumumkan perkara itu berkata keputusan tersebut adalah antara penyelesaian jangka panjang yang dicapai oleh Kabinet memandangkan lebih banyak kes seperti yang melibatkan Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah dan isterinya Indra Gandhi, dijangka muncul pada masa akan datang.

Mohd Ridzuan, atau Patmanathan a/l Krishnan, 40, bekas penganut Hindu, yang kini memeluk Islam, dilaporkan telah menukar agama anaknya — Tevi Darsiny, 12, Karan Dinesh, 11, dan Prasana Diksa, 1 — kepada Islam pada 12 April serta memohon hak penjagaan terhadap mereka di Mahkamah Syariah walaupun emak mereka masih beragama Hindu.

Merujuk kepada kes yang sedang dibicarakan di Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah Perak itu, Wan Mohamad berkata semua pihak perlu bersabar dan menghormati keputusan kes itu memandangkan perbicaraan masih belum selesai.

Semua pihak juga seharusnya mematuhi peruntukan undang-undang Islam dan Perlembagaan Persekutuan khususnya kerana ia merupakan undang-undang utama Persekutuan, katanya.

BERNAMA

Get views from muftis first, government urged

Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria has urged the government to get views from the Malaysian Mufti Council before making any decision regarding Islam to avoid confusion.

He said the government decision that a child’s religion must be in accordance with the common religion of the parents at the time of marriage should have been discussed by the council before hand.

“In Islam when the father or mother is a Muslim, the child automatically becomes Muslim unless the child is above 15 years of age and can choose his own religion,” he said here today.

He was commenting on the Cabinet’s decision yesterday, announced by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, that when a parent converted to another religion, the children remains with the religion of their parents at the time of marriage.

In KUALA LUMPUR, several Islamic non-governmental organisations urged the government to review the decision, saying that it was made without taking into consideration the existing laws and views from the relevant parties.

The decision denied the rights of people who converted to Islam, said Malaysian Syariah Lawyer Association president Mohamad Isa Abdul Latif at a press conference attended also by other bodies including the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement and Pan-Malaysian Dakwah and Welfare Association for Muslim Converts.

BERNAMA

JAKIM, MUFTI SERTA NGO LAIN BUKAN TUNGGUL ATAU PERABOT

Tanpa merujuk kepada JAKIM, Majlis Fatwa atau Mufti, kabinet yang mendahulukan rakyat dan mengutamakan prestasi telah mebuat keputusan berdasarkan “hujah otak”.

Penentuan Status Agama Anak Perlu Lihat Hukum Syarak Dan Perundangan – Jakim

Penentuan status agama anak apabila apabila salah seorang ibu atau bapa memeluk agama Islam perlu dilihat kepada hukum syarak dan perundangan.

Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz (foto atas kiri) berkata menurut Perkara 12 (4) Perlembagaan Persekutuan, agama seseorang yang di bawah umur 18 tahun hendaklah ditetapkan oleh ibu atau bapa atau penjaganya.

“Berdasarkan peruntukan ini, persetujuan salah satu pihak sahaja adalah memadai dalam penentuan agama seorang kanak-kanak kerana perkataan yang digunakan dalam Perkara 12 (4) ini adalah ‘parent or guardian’, bukannya ‘parents or guardian’ yang mana ia bermaksud ‘ibu atau bapa atau penjaga’,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini hari ini.

Wan Mohamad berkata, Seksyen 95 Akta Pentadbiran Undang-undang Islam (Wilayah-wilayah Persekutuan) 1993 (Akta 505) pula memperuntuk bahawa seseorang kanak-kanak yang belum mencapai umur 18 tahun boleh masuk Islam jika ibu atau bapa atau penjaga mengizinkannya.

“Antara kes yang boleh dirujuk yang berkaitan dengan hak penentuan agama anak ialah kes Subashini Rajasingam lwn Saravanan Thangathoray, di mana Mahkamah Persekutuan telah memutuskan bahawa bapa kanak-kanak tersebut mempunyai kuasa untuk mengislamkan anaknya berdasarkan Perkara 12 (4) Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

“Ini adalah kerana berdasarkan Perkara 12 (4) itu, agama seseorang yang di bawah umur 18 tahun hendaklah ditetapkan oleh ibu atau bapa atau penjaganya, oleh itu dalam kes ini suami adalah berhak untuk mengislamkan anaknya walaupun isterinya tidak bersetuju,” katanya.

Wan Mohamad berkata, dari segi hukum syarak pula, mereka yang berhak menjaga dan memelihara anak mestilah seorang Islam, kerana jika orang itu bukan beragama Islam dikhuatiri akan memberi fitnah kepada agama kanak-kanak di bawah jagaannya.

Katanya, hak seorang muallaf di sisi undang-undang juga perlu dipertahankan, dan seseorang yang memeluk Islam itu tidak sewajarnya dianggap ingin melarikan diri dari tanggungjawab.

Semalam, Kabinet memutuskan bahawa anak-anak kekal menganut agama asal ibu bapa masing-masing semasa berkahwin, walaupun ibu atau bapa mereka kemudiannya memeluk agama lain.

Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz semasa mengumumkan perkara itu berkata keputusan tersebut adalah antara penyelesaian jangka panjang yang dicapai oleh Kabinet memandangkan lebih banyak kes seperti yang melibatkan Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah dan isterinya Indra Gandhi, dijangka muncul pada masa akan datang.

Mohd Ridzuan, atau Patmanathan a/l Krishnan, 40, bekas penganut Hindu, yang kini memeluk Islam, dilaporkan telah menukar agama anaknya — Tevi Darsiny, 12, Karan Dinesh, 11, dan Prasana Diksa, 1 — kepada Islam pada 12 April serta memohon hak penjagaan terhadap mereka di Mahkamah Syariah walaupun emak mereka masih beragama Hindu.

Merujuk kepada kes yang sedang dibicarakan di Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah Perak itu, Wan Mohamad berkata semua pihak perlu bersabar dan menghormati keputusan kes itu memandangkan perbicaraan masih belum selesai.

Semua pihak juga seharusnya mematuhi peruntukan undang-undang Islam dan Perlembagaan Persekutuan khususnya kerana ia merupakan undang-undang utama Persekutuan, katanya.

BERNAMA

Get views from muftis first, government urged

Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria has urged the government to get views from the Malaysian Mufti Council before making any decision regarding Islam to avoid confusion.

He said the government decision that a child’s religion must be in accordance with the common religion of the parents at the time of marriage should have been discussed by the council before hand.

“In Islam when the father or mother is a Muslim, the child automatically becomes Muslim unless the child is above 15 years of age and can choose his own religion,” he said here today.

He was commenting on the Cabinet’s decision yesterday, announced by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, that when a parent converted to another religion, the children remains with the religion of their parents at the time of marriage.

In KUALA LUMPUR, several Islamic non-governmental organisations urged the government to review the decision, saying that it was made without taking into consideration the existing laws and views from the relevant parties.

The decision denied the rights of people who converted to Islam, said Malaysian Syariah Lawyer Association president Mohamad Isa Abdul Latif at a press conference attended also by other bodies including the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement and Pan-Malaysian Dakwah and Welfare Association for Muslim Converts.

BERNAMA

JAKIM, MUFTI SERTA NGO LAIN BUKAN TUNGGUL ATAU PERABOT

Tanpa merujuk kepada JAKIM, Majlis Fatwa atau Mufti, kabinet yang mendahulukan rakyat dan mengutamakan prestasi telah mebuat keputusan berdasarkan “hujah otak”.

Penentuan Status Agama Anak Perlu Lihat Hukum Syarak Dan Perundangan – Jakim

Penentuan status agama anak apabila apabila salah seorang ibu atau bapa memeluk agama Islam perlu dilihat kepada hukum syarak dan perundangan.

Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz (foto atas kiri) berkata menurut Perkara 12 (4) Perlembagaan Persekutuan, agama seseorang yang di bawah umur 18 tahun hendaklah ditetapkan oleh ibu atau bapa atau penjaganya.

“Berdasarkan peruntukan ini, persetujuan salah satu pihak sahaja adalah memadai dalam penentuan agama seorang kanak-kanak kerana perkataan yang digunakan dalam Perkara 12 (4) ini adalah ‘parent or guardian’, bukannya ‘parents or guardian’ yang mana ia bermaksud ‘ibu atau bapa atau penjaga’,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini hari ini.

Wan Mohamad berkata, Seksyen 95 Akta Pentadbiran Undang-undang Islam (Wilayah-wilayah Persekutuan) 1993 (Akta 505) pula memperuntuk bahawa seseorang kanak-kanak yang belum mencapai umur 18 tahun boleh masuk Islam jika ibu atau bapa atau penjaga mengizinkannya.

“Antara kes yang boleh dirujuk yang berkaitan dengan hak penentuan agama anak ialah kes Subashini Rajasingam lwn Saravanan Thangathoray, di mana Mahkamah Persekutuan telah memutuskan bahawa bapa kanak-kanak tersebut mempunyai kuasa untuk mengislamkan anaknya berdasarkan Perkara 12 (4) Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

“Ini adalah kerana berdasarkan Perkara 12 (4) itu, agama seseorang yang di bawah umur 18 tahun hendaklah ditetapkan oleh ibu atau bapa atau penjaganya, oleh itu dalam kes ini suami adalah berhak untuk mengislamkan anaknya walaupun isterinya tidak bersetuju,” katanya.

Wan Mohamad berkata, dari segi hukum syarak pula, mereka yang berhak menjaga dan memelihara anak mestilah seorang Islam, kerana jika orang itu bukan beragama Islam dikhuatiri akan memberi fitnah kepada agama kanak-kanak di bawah jagaannya.

Katanya, hak seorang muallaf di sisi undang-undang juga perlu dipertahankan, dan seseorang yang memeluk Islam itu tidak sewajarnya dianggap ingin melarikan diri dari tanggungjawab.

Semalam, Kabinet memutuskan bahawa anak-anak kekal menganut agama asal ibu bapa masing-masing semasa berkahwin, walaupun ibu atau bapa mereka kemudiannya memeluk agama lain.

Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz semasa mengumumkan perkara itu berkata keputusan tersebut adalah antara penyelesaian jangka panjang yang dicapai oleh Kabinet memandangkan lebih banyak kes seperti yang melibatkan Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah dan isterinya Indra Gandhi, dijangka muncul pada masa akan datang.

Mohd Ridzuan, atau Patmanathan a/l Krishnan, 40, bekas penganut Hindu, yang kini memeluk Islam, dilaporkan telah menukar agama anaknya — Tevi Darsiny, 12, Karan Dinesh, 11, dan Prasana Diksa, 1 — kepada Islam pada 12 April serta memohon hak penjagaan terhadap mereka di Mahkamah Syariah walaupun emak mereka masih beragama Hindu.

Merujuk kepada kes yang sedang dibicarakan di Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah Perak itu, Wan Mohamad berkata semua pihak perlu bersabar dan menghormati keputusan kes itu memandangkan perbicaraan masih belum selesai.

Semua pihak juga seharusnya mematuhi peruntukan undang-undang Islam dan Perlembagaan Persekutuan khususnya kerana ia merupakan undang-undang utama Persekutuan, katanya.

BERNAMA

Get views from muftis first, government urged

Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria has urged the government to get views from the Malaysian Mufti Council before making any decision regarding Islam to avoid confusion.

He said the government decision that a child’s religion must be in accordance with the common religion of the parents at the time of marriage should have been discussed by the council before hand.

“In Islam when the father or mother is a Muslim, the child automatically becomes Muslim unless the child is above 15 years of age and can choose his own religion,” he said here today.

He was commenting on the Cabinet’s decision yesterday, announced by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, that when a parent converted to another religion, the children remains with the religion of their parents at the time of marriage.

In KUALA LUMPUR, several Islamic non-governmental organisations urged the government to review the decision, saying that it was made without taking into consideration the existing laws and views from the relevant parties.

The decision denied the rights of people who converted to Islam, said Malaysian Syariah Lawyer Association president Mohamad Isa Abdul Latif at a press conference attended also by other bodies including the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement and Pan-Malaysian Dakwah and Welfare Association for Muslim Converts.

BERNAMA

FAKTOR ASSOBIYAH DALAM NASIONALISME PENGARUHI PERLANTIKAN PENGERUSI

Lapan badan Umno perhubungan negeri iaitu Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kelantan dan Terengganu mendapat Pengerusi baru.

Rombakan ini bertujuan tidak lain dan tidak bukan sebagai “penyejuk serta pententeram hati” agar tiada yang merajuk dan bawa diri lantaran patah hati.

Pengerusi Baru Perhubungan UMNO Negeri

Selangor : DS Najib

Wilayah Persekutuan: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Kedah: Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal

Pulau Pinang: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Kelantan: Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.

Terengganu: Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein

Perlis: Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu

Pengerusi Yang dikekalkan

Perak – Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir

Pahang – Datuk Seri Adnan Yaacob

Negeri Sembilan – Datuk Mohamad Hasan

Melaka – Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Rustam

Johor – Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman

Sabah – Datuk Seri Musa Aman

TS Shahidan Kassim, Datuk Razali Ibrahim.

Dr. Wan Norashikin,Datuk Razali Ibrahim, DS Rafidah Aziz dan Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim (foto atas kanan) dilantik menganggotai MT Umno.

Perubahan Ketua Langkah Reda Krisis Terengganu

Krisis kepimpinan Umno di Terengganu baru-baru ini dilihat sebagai mendorong pucuk pimpinan parti melantik naib presiden Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein sebagai pengerusi badan perhubungan negeri itu yang baru.

Ia sekaligus menyebabkan Datuk Seri Ahmad Said menjadi satu-satunya Menteri Besar daripada Umno yang tidak dilantik sebagai pengerusi badan perhubungan negeri.

Bagaimanapun, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku presiden Umno berkata bahawa Menteri Besar yang tidak dilantik akan dijemput menghadiri mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT).

Najib, yang mempengerusikan mesyuarat MT Umno hari ini, mengumumkan pelantikan pengerusi baru bagi lapan badan Umno perhubungan negeri iaitu Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kelantan dan Terengganu.

Sementara itu, Ahmad Said, bekas pengerusi yang kini menjadi timbalan pengerusi perhubungan negeri berkata beliau sedia memberi kerjasama penuh kepada Hishammuddin untuk mengukuhkan Umno di Terengganu bagi menghadapi pilihan raya akan datang.

Krisis kepimpinan Umno di Terengganu memuncak apabila 10 anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Terengganu dari Umno “memboikot” persidangan DUN itu ekoran dakwaan wujud ugutan supaya tidak membuat usul tidak percaya terhadap Ahmad.

Sementara itu, pemerhati politik melihat perubahan kepimpinan Umno di peringkat negeri sebagai usaha “mententeramkan” semula apa jua pergolakan dalam parti itu.

Lima lagi badan perhubungan Umno juga dipengerusikan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin tertinggi parti.

Selangor misalnya dipengerusikan oleh Najib sendiri manakala Wilayah Persekutuan diteraju Timbalan Presiden Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Dua naib presiden iaitu Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal dipertanggungjawab meneraju Kedah dan Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Pulau Pinang), sementara Kelantan dipengerusikan anggota Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.

Pemerhati politik Prof Dr Ahmad Atory Hussain melihat pelantikan lapan pengerusi baru itu akan `menyejukkan’ keadaan pada peringkat akar umbi.

“Yang menyebabkan bergolak adalah perebutan jawatan pengerusi itu sendiri di kalangan pemimpin di negeri yang berkenaan, jadi dengan melantik orang luar sebagai pengerusi, tak adalah mereka ini nak bising sangat,” kata pensyarah Dasar Awam dan Politik Malaysia dari Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) itu.

Menurut Ahmad Atory, pergolakan di Terengganu dan Kedah berpunca daripada kewujudan `puak-puak’ yang sekaligus memecah-belahkan parti.

Beliau bagaimanapun menyifatkan pelantikan Mohd Shafie selaku pemimpin Umno Sabah untuk meneraju Kedah sebagai sesuatu di luar jangka.

“Kedah ini semangat kenegeriannya kuat, tapi saya harap mereka boleh terima kerana sudah pasti beliau (Shafie) dipilih Datuk Seri Najib berasaskan keupayaannya,” katanya.

Mengenai pelantikan bekas Ketua Wanita Umno Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Ahmad Atory berkata ia bukan suatu yang luar biasa kerana bekas Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri itu sememangnya berpengalaman.

“Saya yakin beliau akan berupaya membantu menguatkan lagi Umno sebagai sebuah parti,” katanya.

Bagaimanapun, sumber dalaman parti menyifatkan pelantikan Rafidah sebagai faktor `menyejukkan’ hati penyokong beliau selepas tewas kepada Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil pada pemilihan parti bulan lalu.

Begitu juga halnya dengan pelantikan Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim yang `kehilangan’ jawatan pengerusi badan perhubungan Umno Perlis yang telah dipegangnya hampir empat penggal.

“Ini cara Presiden untuk menyejuk dan menyatukan semula Umno yang pada hakikatnya memang berpuak-puak. Kita tengok hasilnya nanti,” kata sumber itu.

– BERNAMA

Barisan Kepimpinan Baru Diyakini Mampu Mantapkan Umno

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 April (Bernama) — Rombakan dalaman parti Umno dijangka dapat menyuntik nafas baru bagi memantapkan serta memulihkan keyakinan rakyat terhadap parti di bawah kepimpinan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Barisan kepimpinan baru yang diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Umno hari ini jelas menggambarkan iltizam kepimpinan bagi membawa reformasi di peringkat negeri.

Ini jelas dengan pelantikan pemimpin tertinggi parti memainkan peranan untuk mendekatkan diri pada peringkat akar umbi serta hasrat ‘membersihkan’ sikap berpuak-puak di kalangan pemimpin Umno negeri.

Pelantikan baru itu mencerminkan keberanian Najib untuk membawa perubahan ketara kepada Umno yang sejak kebelakangan ini dikatakan gagal mendapatkan sokongan dan kepercayaan rakyat.

Ini adalah antara langkah parti untuk menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-13 yang dijadualkan pada 2013 selepas kehilangan Kedah, Selangor, Perak, Pulau Pinang serta majoriti dua pertiga kerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) di Parlimen.

Pengerusi Perhubungan Umno Pulau Pinang yang baru Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata beliau akan menumpukan usaha memperkasakan program parti dengan kerjasama erat parti komponen BN lain.

Naib Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal yang dilantik menerajui Badan Perhubungan Umno Kedah pula bertekad untuk memperkukuhkan Umno di peringkat negeri itu.

Ketua Wanita Umno Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil berkata pelantikan Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz dan Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim ke dalam MT dilihat sebagai satu penghormatan kepada golongan wanita.

Bagi Ahli MT Datuk Hamzah Zainudin, beliau melihat pelantikan barisan pengerusi badan perhubungan negeri baru adalah pasukan mantap yang dapat membantu dan memberi sokongan kepada presiden parti.

“Ini adalah satu pasukan yang dapat meneruskan perjuangan parti ke satu arah yang lebih baik,” kata Hamzah, yang juga Timbalan Menteri Perusahaan, Perladangan dan Komoditi.

Seorang lagi ahli MT, yang juga Anggota Parlimen Kinabatangan, Datuk Bung Moktar Radin menyifatkan perubahan itu dapat menyakinkan rakyat untuk kembali menyokong Umno dan BN.

“Perubahan yang kita bincang ini ialah di mana pemimpin perlu mendekati rakyat bukan sahaja sekadar turun padang tapi mampu selesaikan masalah penduduk,” katanya.

Ketua Puteri Umno Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin berkata perbincangan mesyuarat itu menjurus kepada pembaharuan yang perlu dilakukan serta usaha merealisasikan konsep One Malaysia (1Malaysia).

Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin pula menyifatkan pelantikan Timbalan Presiden Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin sebagai Pengerusi Perhubungan Wilayah Persekutuan sebagai keputusan tepat.

Katanya, pelantikan Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu akan memperkuat kembali parti itu serta mampu merampas semula kerusi pembangkang di Wilayah Persekutuan.

“Ia akan memberi semangat baru kepada kami untuk terus berjuang serta memantapkan lagi perjalanan parti, ” kata Raja Nong yang dilantik sebagai timbalan kepada Muhyiddin.

Di KUALA TERENGGANU, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said berjanji untuk memberi kerjasama penuh kepada Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein yang dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Terengganu yang baru.

Katanya sebagai Timbalan Pengerusi Umno negeri, beliau akan bersama Naib Presiden Umno itu bagi menguatkan parti bagi menghadapi pilihan raya umum akan datang.

“Datuk Seri Hishammuddin bukannya asing bagi Terengganu dan saya mengalu-alukan pelantikan beliau,” katanya.

Ahmad percaya kombinasi antara Hishammuddin yang juga Menteri Dalam Negeri dan beliau dalah terbaik bagi menerajui Umno Terengganu.

Di ALOR SETAR, bekas Menteri Besar Kedah, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid berkata beliau akan berdiri teguh di belakang Shafie.

Katanya beliau menerima dengan hati terbuka selepas digugurkan dari memegang jawatan itu dan akan memberi kerjasama demi kepentingan parti.

“Kekuatan Umno lebih penting daripada individu…saya harap kita (BN) dapat tawan semula Kedah dalam pilihan raya akan datang di bawah pimpinan beliau (Shafie),” katanya.

Di KOTA BAHARU, Tan Sri Annuar Musa berkata pemilihan Datuk Mustapa Mohamed sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan dianggap sebagai tepat kerana rekod dan komitmen tinggi beliau terhadap rakyat Kelantan dan Umno.

Beliau berkata Mustapa bukan sahaja mempunyai rekod perkhidmatan terhadap parti yang cemerlang malah komitmennya dalam kerajaan juga cukup bagus.

“Dengan kedudukan beliau sebagai Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri sememangnya dapat memberikan beliau kelebihan untuk mengukuhkan Umno di Kelantan.

Dalam pada itu, Mustapa pula berkata beliau berazam untuk mengukuhkan Umno dan memberi khidmat terbaik untuk rakyat Kelantan.

Ia merupakan pelantikan kedua beliau sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan. Beliau pernah memegang jawatan itu dari tahun 2000 hingga 2004.

Di KANGAR, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim akur dan menerima dengan hati terbuka apabila beliau tidak dikekalkan sebagai peneraju Umno Perlis.

Bekas Menteri Besar Perlis itu berharap peneraju Umno Perlis yang baru iaitu Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu yang juga Menteri Besar dapat melaksanakan tugas yang diamanahkan kepadanya dengan baik dan berkesan di samping berupaya menegakkan keadilan.

Saya tidak mempunyai masalah untuk memberi kerjasama kepada Md Isa demi kepentingan parti, katanya yang dilantik sebagai Ahli MT.

Di JOHOR BAHARU, Ketua Penerangan Umno yang baru Ahmad Maslan bertekad untuk mendekati generasi muda dan lama yang telah banyak berjasa kepada parti.

“Saya akan menumpahkan segala masa, tenaga, fikiran untuk mengukuhkan parti Umno demi agama, bangsa dan tanah air bagi membina 1Malaysia dengan rakyat didahulukan dan prestasi diutamakan,” katanya.

Di SHAH ALAM, bekas Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo percaya pemilihan Najib untuk menerajui badan perhubungan Umno negeri Selangor dapat membantu BN negeri merampas semula negeri itu dari Pakatan Rakyat pada pilihan raya umum akan datang.

“Saya amat percaya kepimpinan dinamik Perdana Menteri akan terus meningkatkan perpaduan di kalangan pemimpin Umno bahagian di negeri itu,” kata ketua pembangkang Selangor itu.

BERNAMA

Full Report On New UMNO LineUp

FAKTOR ASSOBIYAH DALAM NASIONALISME PENGARUHI PERLANTIKAN PENGERUSI

Lapan badan Umno perhubungan negeri iaitu Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kelantan dan Terengganu mendapat Pengerusi baru.

Rombakan ini bertujuan tidak lain dan tidak bukan sebagai “penyejuk serta pententeram hati” agar tiada yang merajuk dan bawa diri lantaran patah hati.

Pengerusi Baru Perhubungan UMNO Negeri

Selangor : DS Najib

Wilayah Persekutuan: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Kedah: Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal

Pulau Pinang: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Kelantan: Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.

Terengganu: Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein

Perlis: Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu

Pengerusi Yang dikekalkan

Perak – Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir

Pahang – Datuk Seri Adnan Yaacob

Negeri Sembilan – Datuk Mohamad Hasan

Melaka – Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Rustam

Johor – Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman

Sabah – Datuk Seri Musa Aman

TS Shahidan Kassim, Datuk Razali Ibrahim.

Dr. Wan Norashikin,Datuk Razali Ibrahim, DS Rafidah Aziz dan Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim (foto atas kanan) dilantik menganggotai MT Umno.

Perubahan Ketua Langkah Reda Krisis Terengganu

Krisis kepimpinan Umno di Terengganu baru-baru ini dilihat sebagai mendorong pucuk pimpinan parti melantik naib presiden Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein sebagai pengerusi badan perhubungan negeri itu yang baru.

Ia sekaligus menyebabkan Datuk Seri Ahmad Said menjadi satu-satunya Menteri Besar daripada Umno yang tidak dilantik sebagai pengerusi badan perhubungan negeri.

Bagaimanapun, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku presiden Umno berkata bahawa Menteri Besar yang tidak dilantik akan dijemput menghadiri mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT).

Najib, yang mempengerusikan mesyuarat MT Umno hari ini, mengumumkan pelantikan pengerusi baru bagi lapan badan Umno perhubungan negeri iaitu Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kelantan dan Terengganu.

Sementara itu, Ahmad Said, bekas pengerusi yang kini menjadi timbalan pengerusi perhubungan negeri berkata beliau sedia memberi kerjasama penuh kepada Hishammuddin untuk mengukuhkan Umno di Terengganu bagi menghadapi pilihan raya akan datang.

Krisis kepimpinan Umno di Terengganu memuncak apabila 10 anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Terengganu dari Umno “memboikot” persidangan DUN itu ekoran dakwaan wujud ugutan supaya tidak membuat usul tidak percaya terhadap Ahmad.

Sementara itu, pemerhati politik melihat perubahan kepimpinan Umno di peringkat negeri sebagai usaha “mententeramkan” semula apa jua pergolakan dalam parti itu.

Lima lagi badan perhubungan Umno juga dipengerusikan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin tertinggi parti.

Selangor misalnya dipengerusikan oleh Najib sendiri manakala Wilayah Persekutuan diteraju Timbalan Presiden Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Dua naib presiden iaitu Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal dipertanggungjawab meneraju Kedah dan Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Pulau Pinang), sementara Kelantan dipengerusikan anggota Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.

Pemerhati politik Prof Dr Ahmad Atory Hussain melihat pelantikan lapan pengerusi baru itu akan `menyejukkan’ keadaan pada peringkat akar umbi.

“Yang menyebabkan bergolak adalah perebutan jawatan pengerusi itu sendiri di kalangan pemimpin di negeri yang berkenaan, jadi dengan melantik orang luar sebagai pengerusi, tak adalah mereka ini nak bising sangat,” kata pensyarah Dasar Awam dan Politik Malaysia dari Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) itu.

Menurut Ahmad Atory, pergolakan di Terengganu dan Kedah berpunca daripada kewujudan `puak-puak’ yang sekaligus memecah-belahkan parti.

Beliau bagaimanapun menyifatkan pelantikan Mohd Shafie selaku pemimpin Umno Sabah untuk meneraju Kedah sebagai sesuatu di luar jangka.

“Kedah ini semangat kenegeriannya kuat, tapi saya harap mereka boleh terima kerana sudah pasti beliau (Shafie) dipilih Datuk Seri Najib berasaskan keupayaannya,” katanya.

Mengenai pelantikan bekas Ketua Wanita Umno Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Ahmad Atory berkata ia bukan suatu yang luar biasa kerana bekas Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri itu sememangnya berpengalaman.

“Saya yakin beliau akan berupaya membantu menguatkan lagi Umno sebagai sebuah parti,” katanya.

Bagaimanapun, sumber dalaman parti menyifatkan pelantikan Rafidah sebagai faktor `menyejukkan’ hati penyokong beliau selepas tewas kepada Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil pada pemilihan parti bulan lalu.

Begitu juga halnya dengan pelantikan Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim yang `kehilangan’ jawatan pengerusi badan perhubungan Umno Perlis yang telah dipegangnya hampir empat penggal.

“Ini cara Presiden untuk menyejuk dan menyatukan semula Umno yang pada hakikatnya memang berpuak-puak. Kita tengok hasilnya nanti,” kata sumber itu.

– BERNAMA

Barisan Kepimpinan Baru Diyakini Mampu Mantapkan Umno

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 April (Bernama) — Rombakan dalaman parti Umno dijangka dapat menyuntik nafas baru bagi memantapkan serta memulihkan keyakinan rakyat terhadap parti di bawah kepimpinan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Barisan kepimpinan baru yang diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Umno hari ini jelas menggambarkan iltizam kepimpinan bagi membawa reformasi di peringkat negeri.

Ini jelas dengan pelantikan pemimpin tertinggi parti memainkan peranan untuk mendekatkan diri pada peringkat akar umbi serta hasrat ‘membersihkan’ sikap berpuak-puak di kalangan pemimpin Umno negeri.

Pelantikan baru itu mencerminkan keberanian Najib untuk membawa perubahan ketara kepada Umno yang sejak kebelakangan ini dikatakan gagal mendapatkan sokongan dan kepercayaan rakyat.

Ini adalah antara langkah parti untuk menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-13 yang dijadualkan pada 2013 selepas kehilangan Kedah, Selangor, Perak, Pulau Pinang serta majoriti dua pertiga kerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) di Parlimen.

Pengerusi Perhubungan Umno Pulau Pinang yang baru Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata beliau akan menumpukan usaha memperkasakan program parti dengan kerjasama erat parti komponen BN lain.

Naib Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal yang dilantik menerajui Badan Perhubungan Umno Kedah pula bertekad untuk memperkukuhkan Umno di peringkat negeri itu.

Ketua Wanita Umno Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil berkata pelantikan Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz dan Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim ke dalam MT dilihat sebagai satu penghormatan kepada golongan wanita.

Bagi Ahli MT Datuk Hamzah Zainudin, beliau melihat pelantikan barisan pengerusi badan perhubungan negeri baru adalah pasukan mantap yang dapat membantu dan memberi sokongan kepada presiden parti.

“Ini adalah satu pasukan yang dapat meneruskan perjuangan parti ke satu arah yang lebih baik,” kata Hamzah, yang juga Timbalan Menteri Perusahaan, Perladangan dan Komoditi.

Seorang lagi ahli MT, yang juga Anggota Parlimen Kinabatangan, Datuk Bung Moktar Radin menyifatkan perubahan itu dapat menyakinkan rakyat untuk kembali menyokong Umno dan BN.

“Perubahan yang kita bincang ini ialah di mana pemimpin perlu mendekati rakyat bukan sahaja sekadar turun padang tapi mampu selesaikan masalah penduduk,” katanya.

Ketua Puteri Umno Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin berkata perbincangan mesyuarat itu menjurus kepada pembaharuan yang perlu dilakukan serta usaha merealisasikan konsep One Malaysia (1Malaysia).

Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin pula menyifatkan pelantikan Timbalan Presiden Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin sebagai Pengerusi Perhubungan Wilayah Persekutuan sebagai keputusan tepat.

Katanya, pelantikan Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu akan memperkuat kembali parti itu serta mampu merampas semula kerusi pembangkang di Wilayah Persekutuan.

“Ia akan memberi semangat baru kepada kami untuk terus berjuang serta memantapkan lagi perjalanan parti, ” kata Raja Nong yang dilantik sebagai timbalan kepada Muhyiddin.

Di KUALA TERENGGANU, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said berjanji untuk memberi kerjasama penuh kepada Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein yang dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Terengganu yang baru.

Katanya sebagai Timbalan Pengerusi Umno negeri, beliau akan bersama Naib Presiden Umno itu bagi menguatkan parti bagi menghadapi pilihan raya umum akan datang.

“Datuk Seri Hishammuddin bukannya asing bagi Terengganu dan saya mengalu-alukan pelantikan beliau,” katanya.

Ahmad percaya kombinasi antara Hishammuddin yang juga Menteri Dalam Negeri dan beliau dalah terbaik bagi menerajui Umno Terengganu.

Di ALOR SETAR, bekas Menteri Besar Kedah, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid berkata beliau akan berdiri teguh di belakang Shafie.

Katanya beliau menerima dengan hati terbuka selepas digugurkan dari memegang jawatan itu dan akan memberi kerjasama demi kepentingan parti.

“Kekuatan Umno lebih penting daripada individu…saya harap kita (BN) dapat tawan semula Kedah dalam pilihan raya akan datang di bawah pimpinan beliau (Shafie),” katanya.

Di KOTA BAHARU, Tan Sri Annuar Musa berkata pemilihan Datuk Mustapa Mohamed sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan dianggap sebagai tepat kerana rekod dan komitmen tinggi beliau terhadap rakyat Kelantan dan Umno.

Beliau berkata Mustapa bukan sahaja mempunyai rekod perkhidmatan terhadap parti yang cemerlang malah komitmennya dalam kerajaan juga cukup bagus.

“Dengan kedudukan beliau sebagai Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri sememangnya dapat memberikan beliau kelebihan untuk mengukuhkan Umno di Kelantan.

Dalam pada itu, Mustapa pula berkata beliau berazam untuk mengukuhkan Umno dan memberi khidmat terbaik untuk rakyat Kelantan.

Ia merupakan pelantikan kedua beliau sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan. Beliau pernah memegang jawatan itu dari tahun 2000 hingga 2004.

Di KANGAR, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim akur dan menerima dengan hati terbuka apabila beliau tidak dikekalkan sebagai peneraju Umno Perlis.

Bekas Menteri Besar Perlis itu berharap peneraju Umno Perlis yang baru iaitu Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu yang juga Menteri Besar dapat melaksanakan tugas yang diamanahkan kepadanya dengan baik dan berkesan di samping berupaya menegakkan keadilan.

Saya tidak mempunyai masalah untuk memberi kerjasama kepada Md Isa demi kepentingan parti, katanya yang dilantik sebagai Ahli MT.

Di JOHOR BAHARU, Ketua Penerangan Umno yang baru Ahmad Maslan bertekad untuk mendekati generasi muda dan lama yang telah banyak berjasa kepada parti.

“Saya akan menumpahkan segala masa, tenaga, fikiran untuk mengukuhkan parti Umno demi agama, bangsa dan tanah air bagi membina 1Malaysia dengan rakyat didahulukan dan prestasi diutamakan,” katanya.

Di SHAH ALAM, bekas Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo percaya pemilihan Najib untuk menerajui badan perhubungan Umno negeri Selangor dapat membantu BN negeri merampas semula negeri itu dari Pakatan Rakyat pada pilihan raya umum akan datang.

“Saya amat percaya kepimpinan dinamik Perdana Menteri akan terus meningkatkan perpaduan di kalangan pemimpin Umno bahagian di negeri itu,” kata ketua pembangkang Selangor itu.

BERNAMA

Full Report On New UMNO LineUp

MB SERTA EXCO PAHANG SILA LETAK JAWATAN

Jika BN Pahang bermaruah, terdapat sekurang-kurangnya #3 sebab kenapa DUN Pahang perlu dibubarkan:

1. Empat wakil rakyat, tiga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) dan seorang Ahli Parlimen dari Paya Pesar didapati mengamalkan politik wang dan dihukum serta diberi amaran oleh Lembaga Displin Umno Febuari lalu.

2. Barisan pimpinan kerajaan negeri gagal menunaikan amanah apabila melakukan kesilapan besar sehingga kerajaan negeri diarah membayar lebih RM60 juta kepada sebuah syarikat pembalakan Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd (SGMSB).

3. Selain itu anak syarikat kerajaan negeri yang telah disaman dan diarah membayar saman berjumlah RM30 juta kepada Agro bank.

MB dan exco diminta letak jawatan, bubar Dun

Pesuruhjaya PAS Pahang, Dato’ Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man mahu Menteri Besar Pahang, Dato’ Seri Adnan Yaakub dan barisan exconya melepaskan jawatan dan membubarkan Dewan Undangan Negeri Pahang (Dun).

Beliau berkata, pembubaran Dun perlu dibuat memandangkan barisan pimpinan kerajaan negeri gagal menunaikan amanah apabila melakukan kesilapan besar sehingga kerajaan negeri diarah membayar lebih RM60 juta kepada sebuah syarikat pembalakan Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd (SGMSB).

Selain itu anak syarikat kerajaan negeri yang telah disaman dan diarah membayar saman berjumlah RM30 juta kepada Agro bank.

Menurut Tuan Ibrahim, empat wakil rakyat tiga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) dan seorang Ahli Parlimen dari Paya Pesar didapati mengamalkan politik wang dan dihukum serta diberi amaran oleh Lembaga Displin Umno Febuari lalu.

Beliau berkata ketiga-tiga Adun berkenaan sepatutnya diarah melepaskan jawatan kerana bertanggung jawab di atas perbuatan mereka tetapi menteri besar dan barisan eksconya tidak berbuat apa-apa.

“Keempat-empatnya memang mempunyai kes jika tidak masakan Lembaga Displin Umno menjatuhkan hukuman terhadap mereka,” katanya.

Dari rentetan kes berkenaan, kata Tuan Ibrahim sudah memadai bagi sebuah kerajaan yang bermaruah untuk menyerahkan kembali mandat kepada rakyat bagi memilih kerajaan baru.

Menjelaskan lebih lanjut isu berkaitan, beliau berkata, sikap tidak serius kerajaan dapat dilihat dalam kes saman SGMSB di mana kerajaan boleh mengelak daripada dikenakan tindakan iaitu menyelesaikan dengan segera sama ada melalui rundingan dan sebagainya.

Namun Menteri Besar tidak mengambil peluang itu, hingga keadaan menjadi sulit dan sukar dan jumlah tunggakan bayaran semakin meningkat.

Jumlah tuntutan SGMSB diputuskan oleh mahkamah pada 2005 hanya berjumlah RM37 juta sahaja tetapi kini telah meningkat RM63 juta. Begitu juga SGMSB mahu berunding dengan kerajaan negeri tetapi tidak pernah dilayan.

Malah difahamkan kerajaan negeri langsung tidak mengindahkan perbicaraan pada peringkat awal dahulu sehinggalah kes berkenaan dibawa ke mahkamah rayuan.

Kini kita lihat, kerajaan negeri semakin terdesak dengan perintah mandamos 20 April lalu tetapi Menteri Besar berusaha melengahkan pembayaran dengan membawa kes baru ke mahkamah.

“Apakah belum cukup bagi rakyat dan perdana menteri baru untuk menilai kerajaan dan barisan exconya,” soal beliau ketika ditemui di pejabatnya.

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ADNAN YAAKUB TIDA PILIHAN MELAINKAN UNDUR DIRI

MB SERTA EXCO PAHANG SILA LETAK JAWATAN

Jika BN Pahang bermaruah, terdapat sekurang-kurangnya #3 sebab kenapa DUN Pahang perlu dibubarkan:

1. Empat wakil rakyat, tiga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) dan seorang Ahli Parlimen dari Paya Pesar didapati mengamalkan politik wang dan dihukum serta diberi amaran oleh Lembaga Displin Umno Febuari lalu.

2. Barisan pimpinan kerajaan negeri gagal menunaikan amanah apabila melakukan kesilapan besar sehingga kerajaan negeri diarah membayar lebih RM60 juta kepada sebuah syarikat pembalakan Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd (SGMSB).

3. Selain itu anak syarikat kerajaan negeri yang telah disaman dan diarah membayar saman berjumlah RM30 juta kepada Agro bank.

MB dan exco diminta letak jawatan, bubar Dun

Pesuruhjaya PAS Pahang, Dato’ Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man mahu Menteri Besar Pahang, Dato’ Seri Adnan Yaakub dan barisan exconya melepaskan jawatan dan membubarkan Dewan Undangan Negeri Pahang (Dun).

Beliau berkata, pembubaran Dun perlu dibuat memandangkan barisan pimpinan kerajaan negeri gagal menunaikan amanah apabila melakukan kesilapan besar sehingga kerajaan negeri diarah membayar lebih RM60 juta kepada sebuah syarikat pembalakan Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd (SGMSB).

Selain itu anak syarikat kerajaan negeri yang telah disaman dan diarah membayar saman berjumlah RM30 juta kepada Agro bank.

Menurut Tuan Ibrahim, empat wakil rakyat tiga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) dan seorang Ahli Parlimen dari Paya Pesar didapati mengamalkan politik wang dan dihukum serta diberi amaran oleh Lembaga Displin Umno Febuari lalu.

Beliau berkata ketiga-tiga Adun berkenaan sepatutnya diarah melepaskan jawatan kerana bertanggung jawab di atas perbuatan mereka tetapi menteri besar dan barisan eksconya tidak berbuat apa-apa.

“Keempat-empatnya memang mempunyai kes jika tidak masakan Lembaga Displin Umno menjatuhkan hukuman terhadap mereka,” katanya.

Dari rentetan kes berkenaan, kata Tuan Ibrahim sudah memadai bagi sebuah kerajaan yang bermaruah untuk menyerahkan kembali mandat kepada rakyat bagi memilih kerajaan baru.

Menjelaskan lebih lanjut isu berkaitan, beliau berkata, sikap tidak serius kerajaan dapat dilihat dalam kes saman SGMSB di mana kerajaan boleh mengelak daripada dikenakan tindakan iaitu menyelesaikan dengan segera sama ada melalui rundingan dan sebagainya.

Namun Menteri Besar tidak mengambil peluang itu, hingga keadaan menjadi sulit dan sukar dan jumlah tunggakan bayaran semakin meningkat.

Jumlah tuntutan SGMSB diputuskan oleh mahkamah pada 2005 hanya berjumlah RM37 juta sahaja tetapi kini telah meningkat RM63 juta. Begitu juga SGMSB mahu berunding dengan kerajaan negeri tetapi tidak pernah dilayan.

Malah difahamkan kerajaan negeri langsung tidak mengindahkan perbicaraan pada peringkat awal dahulu sehinggalah kes berkenaan dibawa ke mahkamah rayuan.

Kini kita lihat, kerajaan negeri semakin terdesak dengan perintah mandamos 20 April lalu tetapi Menteri Besar berusaha melengahkan pembayaran dengan membawa kes baru ke mahkamah.

“Apakah belum cukup bagi rakyat dan perdana menteri baru untuk menilai kerajaan dan barisan exconya,” soal beliau ketika ditemui di pejabatnya.

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ADNAN YAAKUB TIDA PILIHAN MELAINKAN UNDUR DIRI

JAKIM, MUFTI SERTA NGO LAIN BUKAN TUNGGUL ATAU PERABOT

Tanpa merujuk kepada JAKIM, Majlis Fatwa atau Mufti, kabinet yang mendahulukan rakyat dan mengutamakan prestasi telah mebuat keputusan berdasarkan “hujah otak”.

Penentuan Status Agama Anak Perlu Lihat Hukum Syarak Dan Perundangan – Jakim

Penentuan status agama anak apabila apabila salah seorang ibu atau bapa memeluk agama Islam perlu dilihat kepada hukum syarak dan perundangan.

Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz (foto atas kiri) berkata menurut Perkara 12 (4) Perlembagaan Persekutuan, agama seseorang yang di bawah umur 18 tahun hendaklah ditetapkan oleh ibu atau bapa atau penjaganya.

“Berdasarkan peruntukan ini, persetujuan salah satu pihak sahaja adalah memadai dalam penentuan agama seorang kanak-kanak kerana perkataan yang digunakan dalam Perkara 12 (4) ini adalah ‘parent or guardian’, bukannya ‘parents or guardian’ yang mana ia bermaksud ‘ibu atau bapa atau penjaga’,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini hari ini.

Wan Mohamad berkata, Seksyen 95 Akta Pentadbiran Undang-undang Islam (Wilayah-wilayah Persekutuan) 1993 (Akta 505) pula memperuntuk bahawa seseorang kanak-kanak yang belum mencapai umur 18 tahun boleh masuk Islam jika ibu atau bapa atau penjaga mengizinkannya.

“Antara kes yang boleh dirujuk yang berkaitan dengan hak penentuan agama anak ialah kes Subashini Rajasingam lwn Saravanan Thangathoray, di mana Mahkamah Persekutuan telah memutuskan bahawa bapa kanak-kanak tersebut mempunyai kuasa untuk mengislamkan anaknya berdasarkan Perkara 12 (4) Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

“Ini adalah kerana berdasarkan Perkara 12 (4) itu, agama seseorang yang di bawah umur 18 tahun hendaklah ditetapkan oleh ibu atau bapa atau penjaganya, oleh itu dalam kes ini suami adalah berhak untuk mengislamkan anaknya walaupun isterinya tidak bersetuju,” katanya.

Wan Mohamad berkata, dari segi hukum syarak pula, mereka yang berhak menjaga dan memelihara anak mestilah seorang Islam, kerana jika orang itu bukan beragama Islam dikhuatiri akan memberi fitnah kepada agama kanak-kanak di bawah jagaannya.

Katanya, hak seorang muallaf di sisi undang-undang juga perlu dipertahankan, dan seseorang yang memeluk Islam itu tidak sewajarnya dianggap ingin melarikan diri dari tanggungjawab.

Semalam, Kabinet memutuskan bahawa anak-anak kekal menganut agama asal ibu bapa masing-masing semasa berkahwin, walaupun ibu atau bapa mereka kemudiannya memeluk agama lain.

Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz semasa mengumumkan perkara itu berkata keputusan tersebut adalah antara penyelesaian jangka panjang yang dicapai oleh Kabinet memandangkan lebih banyak kes seperti yang melibatkan Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah dan isterinya Indra Gandhi, dijangka muncul pada masa akan datang.

Mohd Ridzuan, atau Patmanathan a/l Krishnan, 40, bekas penganut Hindu, yang kini memeluk Islam, dilaporkan telah menukar agama anaknya — Tevi Darsiny, 12, Karan Dinesh, 11, dan Prasana Diksa, 1 — kepada Islam pada 12 April serta memohon hak penjagaan terhadap mereka di Mahkamah Syariah walaupun emak mereka masih beragama Hindu.

Merujuk kepada kes yang sedang dibicarakan di Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah Perak itu, Wan Mohamad berkata semua pihak perlu bersabar dan menghormati keputusan kes itu memandangkan perbicaraan masih belum selesai.

Semua pihak juga seharusnya mematuhi peruntukan undang-undang Islam dan Perlembagaan Persekutuan khususnya kerana ia merupakan undang-undang utama Persekutuan, katanya.

BERNAMA

Get views from muftis first, government urged

Perak Mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria has urged the government to get views from the Malaysian Mufti Council before making any decision regarding Islam to avoid confusion.

He said the government decision that a child’s religion must be in accordance with the common religion of the parents at the time of marriage should have been discussed by the council before hand.

“In Islam when the father or mother is a Muslim, the child automatically becomes Muslim unless the child is above 15 years of age and can choose his own religion,” he said here today.

He was commenting on the Cabinet’s decision yesterday, announced by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, that when a parent converted to another religion, the children remains with the religion of their parents at the time of marriage.

In KUALA LUMPUR, several Islamic non-governmental organisations urged the government to review the decision, saying that it was made without taking into consideration the existing laws and views from the relevant parties.

The decision denied the rights of people who converted to Islam, said Malaysian Syariah Lawyer Association president Mohamad Isa Abdul Latif at a press conference attended also by other bodies including the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement and Pan-Malaysian Dakwah and Welfare Association for Muslim Converts.

BERNAMA

FAKTOR ASSOBIYAH DALAM NASIONALISME PENGARUHI PERLANTIKAN PENGERUSI

Lapan badan Umno perhubungan negeri iaitu Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kelantan dan Terengganu mendapat Pengerusi baru.

Rombakan ini bertujuan tidak lain dan tidak bukan sebagai “penyejuk serta pententeram hati” agar tiada yang merajuk dan bawa diri lantaran patah hati.

Pengerusi Baru Perhubungan UMNO Negeri

Selangor : DS Najib

Wilayah Persekutuan: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Kedah: Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal

Pulau Pinang: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Kelantan: Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.

Terengganu: Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein

Perlis: Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu

Pengerusi Yang dikekalkan

Perak – Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir

Pahang – Datuk Seri Adnan Yaacob

Negeri Sembilan – Datuk Mohamad Hasan

Melaka – Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Rustam

Johor – Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman

Sabah – Datuk Seri Musa Aman

TS Shahidan Kassim, Datuk Razali Ibrahim.

Dr. Wan Norashikin,Datuk Razali Ibrahim, DS Rafidah Aziz dan Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim (foto atas kanan) dilantik menganggotai MT Umno.

Perubahan Ketua Langkah Reda Krisis Terengganu

Krisis kepimpinan Umno di Terengganu baru-baru ini dilihat sebagai mendorong pucuk pimpinan parti melantik naib presiden Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein sebagai pengerusi badan perhubungan negeri itu yang baru.

Ia sekaligus menyebabkan Datuk Seri Ahmad Said menjadi satu-satunya Menteri Besar daripada Umno yang tidak dilantik sebagai pengerusi badan perhubungan negeri.

Bagaimanapun, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku presiden Umno berkata bahawa Menteri Besar yang tidak dilantik akan dijemput menghadiri mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT).

Najib, yang mempengerusikan mesyuarat MT Umno hari ini, mengumumkan pelantikan pengerusi baru bagi lapan badan Umno perhubungan negeri iaitu Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kelantan dan Terengganu.

Sementara itu, Ahmad Said, bekas pengerusi yang kini menjadi timbalan pengerusi perhubungan negeri berkata beliau sedia memberi kerjasama penuh kepada Hishammuddin untuk mengukuhkan Umno di Terengganu bagi menghadapi pilihan raya akan datang.

Krisis kepimpinan Umno di Terengganu memuncak apabila 10 anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Terengganu dari Umno “memboikot” persidangan DUN itu ekoran dakwaan wujud ugutan supaya tidak membuat usul tidak percaya terhadap Ahmad.

Sementara itu, pemerhati politik melihat perubahan kepimpinan Umno di peringkat negeri sebagai usaha “mententeramkan” semula apa jua pergolakan dalam parti itu.

Lima lagi badan perhubungan Umno juga dipengerusikan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin tertinggi parti.

Selangor misalnya dipengerusikan oleh Najib sendiri manakala Wilayah Persekutuan diteraju Timbalan Presiden Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Dua naib presiden iaitu Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal dipertanggungjawab meneraju Kedah dan Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Pulau Pinang), sementara Kelantan dipengerusikan anggota Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.

Pemerhati politik Prof Dr Ahmad Atory Hussain melihat pelantikan lapan pengerusi baru itu akan `menyejukkan’ keadaan pada peringkat akar umbi.

“Yang menyebabkan bergolak adalah perebutan jawatan pengerusi itu sendiri di kalangan pemimpin di negeri yang berkenaan, jadi dengan melantik orang luar sebagai pengerusi, tak adalah mereka ini nak bising sangat,” kata pensyarah Dasar Awam dan Politik Malaysia dari Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) itu.

Menurut Ahmad Atory, pergolakan di Terengganu dan Kedah berpunca daripada kewujudan `puak-puak’ yang sekaligus memecah-belahkan parti.

Beliau bagaimanapun menyifatkan pelantikan Mohd Shafie selaku pemimpin Umno Sabah untuk meneraju Kedah sebagai sesuatu di luar jangka.

“Kedah ini semangat kenegeriannya kuat, tapi saya harap mereka boleh terima kerana sudah pasti beliau (Shafie) dipilih Datuk Seri Najib berasaskan keupayaannya,” katanya.

Mengenai pelantikan bekas Ketua Wanita Umno Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Ahmad Atory berkata ia bukan suatu yang luar biasa kerana bekas Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri itu sememangnya berpengalaman.

“Saya yakin beliau akan berupaya membantu menguatkan lagi Umno sebagai sebuah parti,” katanya.

Bagaimanapun, sumber dalaman parti menyifatkan pelantikan Rafidah sebagai faktor `menyejukkan’ hati penyokong beliau selepas tewas kepada Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil pada pemilihan parti bulan lalu.

Begitu juga halnya dengan pelantikan Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim yang `kehilangan’ jawatan pengerusi badan perhubungan Umno Perlis yang telah dipegangnya hampir empat penggal.

“Ini cara Presiden untuk menyejuk dan menyatukan semula Umno yang pada hakikatnya memang berpuak-puak. Kita tengok hasilnya nanti,” kata sumber itu.

– BERNAMA

Barisan Kepimpinan Baru Diyakini Mampu Mantapkan Umno

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 April (Bernama) — Rombakan dalaman parti Umno dijangka dapat menyuntik nafas baru bagi memantapkan serta memulihkan keyakinan rakyat terhadap parti di bawah kepimpinan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Barisan kepimpinan baru yang diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Umno hari ini jelas menggambarkan iltizam kepimpinan bagi membawa reformasi di peringkat negeri.

Ini jelas dengan pelantikan pemimpin tertinggi parti memainkan peranan untuk mendekatkan diri pada peringkat akar umbi serta hasrat ‘membersihkan’ sikap berpuak-puak di kalangan pemimpin Umno negeri.

Pelantikan baru itu mencerminkan keberanian Najib untuk membawa perubahan ketara kepada Umno yang sejak kebelakangan ini dikatakan gagal mendapatkan sokongan dan kepercayaan rakyat.

Ini adalah antara langkah parti untuk menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-13 yang dijadualkan pada 2013 selepas kehilangan Kedah, Selangor, Perak, Pulau Pinang serta majoriti dua pertiga kerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) di Parlimen.

Pengerusi Perhubungan Umno Pulau Pinang yang baru Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata beliau akan menumpukan usaha memperkasakan program parti dengan kerjasama erat parti komponen BN lain.

Naib Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal yang dilantik menerajui Badan Perhubungan Umno Kedah pula bertekad untuk memperkukuhkan Umno di peringkat negeri itu.

Ketua Wanita Umno Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil berkata pelantikan Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz dan Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim ke dalam MT dilihat sebagai satu penghormatan kepada golongan wanita.

Bagi Ahli MT Datuk Hamzah Zainudin, beliau melihat pelantikan barisan pengerusi badan perhubungan negeri baru adalah pasukan mantap yang dapat membantu dan memberi sokongan kepada presiden parti.

“Ini adalah satu pasukan yang dapat meneruskan perjuangan parti ke satu arah yang lebih baik,” kata Hamzah, yang juga Timbalan Menteri Perusahaan, Perladangan dan Komoditi.

Seorang lagi ahli MT, yang juga Anggota Parlimen Kinabatangan, Datuk Bung Moktar Radin menyifatkan perubahan itu dapat menyakinkan rakyat untuk kembali menyokong Umno dan BN.

“Perubahan yang kita bincang ini ialah di mana pemimpin perlu mendekati rakyat bukan sahaja sekadar turun padang tapi mampu selesaikan masalah penduduk,” katanya.

Ketua Puteri Umno Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin berkata perbincangan mesyuarat itu menjurus kepada pembaharuan yang perlu dilakukan serta usaha merealisasikan konsep One Malaysia (1Malaysia).

Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin pula menyifatkan pelantikan Timbalan Presiden Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin sebagai Pengerusi Perhubungan Wilayah Persekutuan sebagai keputusan tepat.

Katanya, pelantikan Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu akan memperkuat kembali parti itu serta mampu merampas semula kerusi pembangkang di Wilayah Persekutuan.

“Ia akan memberi semangat baru kepada kami untuk terus berjuang serta memantapkan lagi perjalanan parti, ” kata Raja Nong yang dilantik sebagai timbalan kepada Muhyiddin.

Di KUALA TERENGGANU, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said berjanji untuk memberi kerjasama penuh kepada Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein yang dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Terengganu yang baru.

Katanya sebagai Timbalan Pengerusi Umno negeri, beliau akan bersama Naib Presiden Umno itu bagi menguatkan parti bagi menghadapi pilihan raya umum akan datang.

“Datuk Seri Hishammuddin bukannya asing bagi Terengganu dan saya mengalu-alukan pelantikan beliau,” katanya.

Ahmad percaya kombinasi antara Hishammuddin yang juga Menteri Dalam Negeri dan beliau dalah terbaik bagi menerajui Umno Terengganu.

Di ALOR SETAR, bekas Menteri Besar Kedah, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid berkata beliau akan berdiri teguh di belakang Shafie.

Katanya beliau menerima dengan hati terbuka selepas digugurkan dari memegang jawatan itu dan akan memberi kerjasama demi kepentingan parti.

“Kekuatan Umno lebih penting daripada individu…saya harap kita (BN) dapat tawan semula Kedah dalam pilihan raya akan datang di bawah pimpinan beliau (Shafie),” katanya.

Di KOTA BAHARU, Tan Sri Annuar Musa berkata pemilihan Datuk Mustapa Mohamed sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan dianggap sebagai tepat kerana rekod dan komitmen tinggi beliau terhadap rakyat Kelantan dan Umno.

Beliau berkata Mustapa bukan sahaja mempunyai rekod perkhidmatan terhadap parti yang cemerlang malah komitmennya dalam kerajaan juga cukup bagus.

“Dengan kedudukan beliau sebagai Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri sememangnya dapat memberikan beliau kelebihan untuk mengukuhkan Umno di Kelantan.

Dalam pada itu, Mustapa pula berkata beliau berazam untuk mengukuhkan Umno dan memberi khidmat terbaik untuk rakyat Kelantan.

Ia merupakan pelantikan kedua beliau sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan. Beliau pernah memegang jawatan itu dari tahun 2000 hingga 2004.

Di KANGAR, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim akur dan menerima dengan hati terbuka apabila beliau tidak dikekalkan sebagai peneraju Umno Perlis.

Bekas Menteri Besar Perlis itu berharap peneraju Umno Perlis yang baru iaitu Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu yang juga Menteri Besar dapat melaksanakan tugas yang diamanahkan kepadanya dengan baik dan berkesan di samping berupaya menegakkan keadilan.

Saya tidak mempunyai masalah untuk memberi kerjasama kepada Md Isa demi kepentingan parti, katanya yang dilantik sebagai Ahli MT.

Di JOHOR BAHARU, Ketua Penerangan Umno yang baru Ahmad Maslan bertekad untuk mendekati generasi muda dan lama yang telah banyak berjasa kepada parti.

“Saya akan menumpahkan segala masa, tenaga, fikiran untuk mengukuhkan parti Umno demi agama, bangsa dan tanah air bagi membina 1Malaysia dengan rakyat didahulukan dan prestasi diutamakan,” katanya.

Di SHAH ALAM, bekas Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo percaya pemilihan Najib untuk menerajui badan perhubungan Umno negeri Selangor dapat membantu BN negeri merampas semula negeri itu dari Pakatan Rakyat pada pilihan raya umum akan datang.

“Saya amat percaya kepimpinan dinamik Perdana Menteri akan terus meningkatkan perpaduan di kalangan pemimpin Umno bahagian di negeri itu,” kata ketua pembangkang Selangor itu.

BERNAMA

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Spekulasi dan khabar angin bertiup kencang apa yang bakal
berlaku dalam UMNO yang akan diumumkan
selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi esok. Tak sabar nak tunggu perkembangan sensasi dan terkini. Saya rakyat prihatin dan peduli.

Tengku Adnan Kekal, Tiga Negeri Alami Perubahan?

Setiausaha Agung Umno Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor besar kemungkinan akan mengekalkan jawatannya, manakala Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis, mungkin dilantik bendahari agung yang baru, kata beberapa sumber parti itu di sini.

Jamaludin memenangi kerusi Majlis Tertingi Umno — badan pembuat dasar tertinggi parti itu, yang mempunyai 25 anggota dipilih — pada pemilihan parti berkenaan baru-baru ini.

“Nama mereka mungkin diumumkan selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi esok,” kata sumber itu.

Mesyuarat berkenaan Jumaat, yang akan dipengerusikan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, adalah yang pertama bagi beliau selepas mengambil alih jawatan perdana menteri dan presiden Umno.

Najib juga berkemungkinan melantik ketua penerangan baru parti itu. Walaupun beberapa nama disebut sebagai calonnya, tetapi yang paling menonjol ialah naib presiden Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Bendahari agung Umno sekarang ialah Datuk Seri Abdul Azim Mohd Zabidi, manakala Tan Sri Muhammad Muhamad Taib menyandang jawatan ketua penerangan.

Sumber itu juga berkata sekurang-kurangnya tiga negeri mungkin mempunyai ketua perhubungan baru iaitu Perlis, Perak dan Selangor.

Jawatan ketua penerangan Umno Perak kini disandang oleh Najib dan beliau dipercayai akan menyerahkan jawatan itu kepada, sama ada Menteri Besar Perak Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Zambry Abdul Kadir atau timbalan ketua perhubungan negeri sekarang, Ahmad Zahid.

Juga disebut-sebut bahawa Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu, yang menyandang jawatan Menteri Besar Perlis, mungkin dilantik ketua perhubungan baru bagi negeri itu, manakala Najib sendiri mungkin mengambil alih jawatan ketua perhubungan Umno Selangor.

Kini, jawatan ketua perhubungan Umno Perlis disandang Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, manakala Muhammad, yang gagal dalam pertandingan bagi merebut jawatan naib presiden Umno baru-baru ini, mengetuai Selangor.

Muhammad, yang sebelum ini menyandang jawatan Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, tidak tersenarai dalam Kabinet baru pimpinan Najib.

Sementara itu, banyak pihak tidak sabar untuk mengetahui sama ada Menteri Besar Terengganu Datuk Ahmad Said, yang juga ketua perhubungan Umno negeri itu, akan mengekalkan jawatan berkenaan memandangkan beliau menghadapi masalah dengan beberapa pemimpin Umno negeri.

Najib juga dijangka mengumumkan nama 10 anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno yang dilantik.

Ditanya Khamis tentang mesyuarat yang akan diadakan esok, Timbalan Presiden Umno Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin enggan memberi butiran lanjut, selain mengesahkan bahawa barisan kepimpinan parti itu akan mengalami beberapa perubahan.

“Tunggu dan lihat sajalah nanti. Pasti akan ada perubahan,” katanya sambil menambah bahawa langkah itu diambil bagi mengukuhkan Umno.

BERNAMA

JJ MUNGKIN BENDAHARI AGUNG UMNO YANG BARU

Spekulasi dan khabar angin bertiup kencang apa yang bakal
berlaku dalam UMNO yang akan diumumkan
selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi esok. Tak sabar nak tunggu perkembangan sensasi dan terkini. Saya rakyat prihatin dan peduli.

Tengku Adnan Kekal, Tiga Negeri Alami Perubahan?

Setiausaha Agung Umno Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor besar kemungkinan akan mengekalkan jawatannya, manakala Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis, mungkin dilantik bendahari agung yang baru, kata beberapa sumber parti itu di sini.

Jamaludin memenangi kerusi Majlis Tertingi Umno — badan pembuat dasar tertinggi parti itu, yang mempunyai 25 anggota dipilih — pada pemilihan parti berkenaan baru-baru ini.

“Nama mereka mungkin diumumkan selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi esok,” kata sumber itu.

Mesyuarat berkenaan Jumaat, yang akan dipengerusikan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, adalah yang pertama bagi beliau selepas mengambil alih jawatan perdana menteri dan presiden Umno.

Najib juga berkemungkinan melantik ketua penerangan baru parti itu. Walaupun beberapa nama disebut sebagai calonnya, tetapi yang paling menonjol ialah naib presiden Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Bendahari agung Umno sekarang ialah Datuk Seri Abdul Azim Mohd Zabidi, manakala Tan Sri Muhammad Muhamad Taib menyandang jawatan ketua penerangan.

Sumber itu juga berkata sekurang-kurangnya tiga negeri mungkin mempunyai ketua perhubungan baru iaitu Perlis, Perak dan Selangor.

Jawatan ketua penerangan Umno Perak kini disandang oleh Najib dan beliau dipercayai akan menyerahkan jawatan itu kepada, sama ada Menteri Besar Perak Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Zambry Abdul Kadir atau timbalan ketua perhubungan negeri sekarang, Ahmad Zahid.

Juga disebut-sebut bahawa Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu, yang menyandang jawatan Menteri Besar Perlis, mungkin dilantik ketua perhubungan baru bagi negeri itu, manakala Najib sendiri mungkin mengambil alih jawatan ketua perhubungan Umno Selangor.

Kini, jawatan ketua perhubungan Umno Perlis disandang Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, manakala Muhammad, yang gagal dalam pertandingan bagi merebut jawatan naib presiden Umno baru-baru ini, mengetuai Selangor.

Muhammad, yang sebelum ini menyandang jawatan Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, tidak tersenarai dalam Kabinet baru pimpinan Najib.

Sementara itu, banyak pihak tidak sabar untuk mengetahui sama ada Menteri Besar Terengganu Datuk Ahmad Said, yang juga ketua perhubungan Umno negeri itu, akan mengekalkan jawatan berkenaan memandangkan beliau menghadapi masalah dengan beberapa pemimpin Umno negeri.

Najib juga dijangka mengumumkan nama 10 anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno yang dilantik.

Ditanya Khamis tentang mesyuarat yang akan diadakan esok, Timbalan Presiden Umno Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin enggan memberi butiran lanjut, selain mengesahkan bahawa barisan kepimpinan parti itu akan mengalami beberapa perubahan.

“Tunggu dan lihat sajalah nanti. Pasti akan ada perubahan,” katanya sambil menambah bahawa langkah itu diambil bagi mengukuhkan Umno.

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Demikian pandangan yang dikemukakan oleh Timbalan Presiden PAS, Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa kepada Harakahdaily dalam satu wawancara semalam.

Menurutnya, mantan Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad kini dilihat mempunyai pengaruh ke atas Perdana Menteri, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak.

“Saya melihat unsur mempengaruhi itu ada dalam kabinet Najib ini.Mutakhir ini saya tengok makin banyak kelibat Tun Mahathir di atas pentas.

“Dia juga buat kenyataan dalam akhbar, hadir dalam program-program besar kerajaan dan mendapat liputan yang agak menyerlah di dalam media.Seolah-olah macam dia (Mahathir) pula PM sekarang ini,”jelasnya.

Dalam pada itu, Nasharuddin dalam mengulas mengenai kabinet ‘Mesra Rakyat’ yang dibentuk Najib menjelaskan, memang wujud pertikaian terhadap anggota kabinet yang dilantik.

“Berkenaan kabinet mesra rakyat,bagi saya ada lagi yang boleh dipertikaikan terutamanya pelantikan mereka yang telah ditolak oleh rakyat, dalam kabinet hari ini mereka bukan sahaja ditolak oleh parti tetapi rakyat.

“Tanpa saya menyebut nama sesiapa pun menteri atau timbalan menteri, kita semua sudah mengenai hal tersebut.Ada di kalangan menteri atau timbalan menteri yang dilantik itu yang menimbulkan tanda tanya di kalangan rakyat,”jelasnya lagi.

Tambahnya, memang tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa ada perubahan yang mahu atau cuba dibuat oleh Najib dalam peringkat awal pemerintahannya.

“Tetapi saya rasa masih terlalu awal untuk dinilai sama ada positif atau sebaliknya perubahan yang cuba diusahakan Najib,”tegasnya. – mks.

MB SERTA EXCO PAHANG SILA LETAK JAWATAN

Jika BN Pahang bermaruah, terdapat sekurang-kurangnya #3 sebab kenapa DUN Pahang perlu dibubarkan:

1. Empat wakil rakyat, tiga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) dan seorang Ahli Parlimen dari Paya Pesar didapati mengamalkan politik wang dan dihukum serta diberi amaran oleh Lembaga Displin Umno Febuari lalu.

2. Barisan pimpinan kerajaan negeri gagal menunaikan amanah apabila melakukan kesilapan besar sehingga kerajaan negeri diarah membayar lebih RM60 juta kepada sebuah syarikat pembalakan Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd (SGMSB).

3. Selain itu anak syarikat kerajaan negeri yang telah disaman dan diarah membayar saman berjumlah RM30 juta kepada Agro bank.

MB dan exco diminta letak jawatan, bubar Dun

Pesuruhjaya PAS Pahang, Dato’ Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man mahu Menteri Besar Pahang, Dato’ Seri Adnan Yaakub dan barisan exconya melepaskan jawatan dan membubarkan Dewan Undangan Negeri Pahang (Dun).

Beliau berkata, pembubaran Dun perlu dibuat memandangkan barisan pimpinan kerajaan negeri gagal menunaikan amanah apabila melakukan kesilapan besar sehingga kerajaan negeri diarah membayar lebih RM60 juta kepada sebuah syarikat pembalakan Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd (SGMSB).

Selain itu anak syarikat kerajaan negeri yang telah disaman dan diarah membayar saman berjumlah RM30 juta kepada Agro bank.

Menurut Tuan Ibrahim, empat wakil rakyat tiga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) dan seorang Ahli Parlimen dari Paya Pesar didapati mengamalkan politik wang dan dihukum serta diberi amaran oleh Lembaga Displin Umno Febuari lalu.

Beliau berkata ketiga-tiga Adun berkenaan sepatutnya diarah melepaskan jawatan kerana bertanggung jawab di atas perbuatan mereka tetapi menteri besar dan barisan eksconya tidak berbuat apa-apa.

“Keempat-empatnya memang mempunyai kes jika tidak masakan Lembaga Displin Umno menjatuhkan hukuman terhadap mereka,” katanya.

Dari rentetan kes berkenaan, kata Tuan Ibrahim sudah memadai bagi sebuah kerajaan yang bermaruah untuk menyerahkan kembali mandat kepada rakyat bagi memilih kerajaan baru.

Menjelaskan lebih lanjut isu berkaitan, beliau berkata, sikap tidak serius kerajaan dapat dilihat dalam kes saman SGMSB di mana kerajaan boleh mengelak daripada dikenakan tindakan iaitu menyelesaikan dengan segera sama ada melalui rundingan dan sebagainya.

Namun Menteri Besar tidak mengambil peluang itu, hingga keadaan menjadi sulit dan sukar dan jumlah tunggakan bayaran semakin meningkat.

Jumlah tuntutan SGMSB diputuskan oleh mahkamah pada 2005 hanya berjumlah RM37 juta sahaja tetapi kini telah meningkat RM63 juta. Begitu juga SGMSB mahu berunding dengan kerajaan negeri tetapi tidak pernah dilayan.

Malah difahamkan kerajaan negeri langsung tidak mengindahkan perbicaraan pada peringkat awal dahulu sehinggalah kes berkenaan dibawa ke mahkamah rayuan.

Kini kita lihat, kerajaan negeri semakin terdesak dengan perintah mandamos 20 April lalu tetapi Menteri Besar berusaha melengahkan pembayaran dengan membawa kes baru ke mahkamah.

“Apakah belum cukup bagi rakyat dan perdana menteri baru untuk menilai kerajaan dan barisan exconya,” soal beliau ketika ditemui di pejabatnya.

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ADNAN YAAKUB TIDA PILIHAN MELAINKAN UNDUR DIRI

JJ MUNGKIN BENDAHARI AGUNG UMNO YANG BARU

Spekulasi dan khabar angin bertiup kencang apa yang bakal
berlaku dalam UMNO yang akan diumumkan
selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi esok. Tak sabar nak tunggu perkembangan sensasi dan terkini. Saya rakyat prihatin dan peduli.

Tengku Adnan Kekal, Tiga Negeri Alami Perubahan?

Setiausaha Agung Umno Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor besar kemungkinan akan mengekalkan jawatannya, manakala Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis, mungkin dilantik bendahari agung yang baru, kata beberapa sumber parti itu di sini.

Jamaludin memenangi kerusi Majlis Tertingi Umno — badan pembuat dasar tertinggi parti itu, yang mempunyai 25 anggota dipilih — pada pemilihan parti berkenaan baru-baru ini.

“Nama mereka mungkin diumumkan selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi esok,” kata sumber itu.

Mesyuarat berkenaan Jumaat, yang akan dipengerusikan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, adalah yang pertama bagi beliau selepas mengambil alih jawatan perdana menteri dan presiden Umno.

Najib juga berkemungkinan melantik ketua penerangan baru parti itu. Walaupun beberapa nama disebut sebagai calonnya, tetapi yang paling menonjol ialah naib presiden Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Bendahari agung Umno sekarang ialah Datuk Seri Abdul Azim Mohd Zabidi, manakala Tan Sri Muhammad Muhamad Taib menyandang jawatan ketua penerangan.

Sumber itu juga berkata sekurang-kurangnya tiga negeri mungkin mempunyai ketua perhubungan baru iaitu Perlis, Perak dan Selangor.

Jawatan ketua penerangan Umno Perak kini disandang oleh Najib dan beliau dipercayai akan menyerahkan jawatan itu kepada, sama ada Menteri Besar Perak Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Zambry Abdul Kadir atau timbalan ketua perhubungan negeri sekarang, Ahmad Zahid.

Juga disebut-sebut bahawa Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu, yang menyandang jawatan Menteri Besar Perlis, mungkin dilantik ketua perhubungan baru bagi negeri itu, manakala Najib sendiri mungkin mengambil alih jawatan ketua perhubungan Umno Selangor.

Kini, jawatan ketua perhubungan Umno Perlis disandang Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, manakala Muhammad, yang gagal dalam pertandingan bagi merebut jawatan naib presiden Umno baru-baru ini, mengetuai Selangor.

Muhammad, yang sebelum ini menyandang jawatan Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, tidak tersenarai dalam Kabinet baru pimpinan Najib.

Sementara itu, banyak pihak tidak sabar untuk mengetahui sama ada Menteri Besar Terengganu Datuk Ahmad Said, yang juga ketua perhubungan Umno negeri itu, akan mengekalkan jawatan berkenaan memandangkan beliau menghadapi masalah dengan beberapa pemimpin Umno negeri.

Najib juga dijangka mengumumkan nama 10 anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno yang dilantik.

Ditanya Khamis tentang mesyuarat yang akan diadakan esok, Timbalan Presiden Umno Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin enggan memberi butiran lanjut, selain mengesahkan bahawa barisan kepimpinan parti itu akan mengalami beberapa perubahan.

“Tunggu dan lihat sajalah nanti. Pasti akan ada perubahan,” katanya sambil menambah bahawa langkah itu diambil bagi mengukuhkan Umno.

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NISA’ MALAYSIA ANJUR INDOOR GAME

Sebarang pertanyaan, sila hubungi; Mastura Mohamad ditalian 012-3921966, Muna ‘Izzah (013-3687150) atau Farhana (019-9317021).

Nisa’ anjur Indoor Games 25 April ini

Nisa’ Malaysia akan menganjurkan permainan rakyat Nisa’ Indoor Games (NIG), berbentuk sukan dalaman pada 25 April ini, di Dewan Jubli Perak, Bangunan Sultan Salahudin Aziz Shah, dekat sini.

Pengarah Nisa’ Indoor Games, Muna Izzah Fadzil berkata, pihaknya mengambil inisiatif mempromosikan kembali permainan tradisional dan menjadikan NIG sebagai alternatif permainan keluarga dalam merapatkan lagi hubungan kekeluargaan dan silaturrahim.

“Selain mengekalkan warisan bangsa, ia juga diharapkan kembali digemari oleh generasi muda serta segenap lapisan masyarakat, sekaligus mengurangkan gejala sosial dengan aktiviti bermanfaat,” katanya.

Nisa’ katanya, turut menjemput Nur Nabila Azman Hisham (foto di atas), jaguh catur yang mewakili Malaysia di peringkat antarabangsa, yang kini berada di kedudukan ke- 1,387 dalam Organisasi Catur Dunia (FIDE) sebagai icon NIG 2009.

Menurut beliau, orang ramai, khususnya para muslimat dan remaja dijemput menyertai sukan tersebut yang akan diadakan bermula jam 9 pagi hingga 6 petang.

Muna turut memberitahu bahawa oleh kerana pihak penganjur tidak mendapat tajaan khusus daripada mana-mana pihak, Nisa’ mengalu-alukan sebarang derma dan sumbangan dari orang ramai bagi menjayakan NIG.

Sebarang Untuk sebarang pertanyaan, sila hubungi; Mastura Mohamad ditalian 012-3921966, Muna ‘Izzah (013-3687150) atau Farhana (019-9317021).

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ANDA HANYA DIBENARKAN MEMBAWA SIKAT RAMBUT

Tahukah anda memiliki senjata tajam merupakan satu kesalahan dari segi undang-undang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kenapa perlu membawa atau menyimpan “senjata tajam” di dalam kereta atau beg sandang? Bukankah negara kita aman, damai dan sentiasa selamat walaupun pada pukul 2.30 pagi di laluan motor sepanjang Lebuh Raya Persekutuan? Buktikan jika kenyataan ini tidak benar sama sekali atau tidak berasas langsung.

Kenapa tidak memadai hanya menyimpan wisel atau “pepper spary” di dalam poket atau beg tangan? Bukankah hampir setiap orang memiliki telefon bimbit dan pertolongan hanya sejauh satu panggilan telefon sahaja.

Senario 1

Apa yang anda perlu lakukan jika anda ditahan oleh penjenayah bersenjatakan parang atau sabit di laluan motosikal di Lebuhraya KESAS pada suatu malam dalam perjalanan pulang dari bekerja lebih masa dan anda tiada memiliki sebarang “senjata” kecuali tulang empat kerat dan sikat di poket belakang.

Senario 2

Kereta kancil baru dibeli yang anda pandu tiba-tiba disondol dari belakang oleh sebuah kerata proton saga. Anda memberhentikan kereta di tepi jalan untuk melihat kerosakan yang berlaku pada kereta anda. Tiba-tiba keluar dua orang lelaki yang mengacukan botol kaca yang telah dipecahkan bontotnya seraya meminta dompet dan telefon bimbit anda.

Apa yang wajar anda lakukan dalam situasi di atas? Ini subjek kemahiran hidup atau lebih tepat lagi “ikhtiar hidup”-”survival”

Kakitangan Kerajaan Ditahan Bawa Pisau Bayonet

Seorang kakitangan kerajaan ditahan kerana disyaki menunggang motosikal curi jenis RXZ serta membawa sebilah pisau benet dalam beg sandangnya dalam operasi bersepadu khas di Jalan Bangsar di sini Rabu.

Ketua Polis Daerah Brickfields ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid berkata lelaki berusia 33 tahun itu ditahan dalam sekatan jalan raya di jalan berkenaan pada pukul 2.30 pagi.

Sementara itu, Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Kuala Lumpur dalam kenyataan Khamis berkata polis menahan lapan lelaki termasuk seorang warga Indonesia kerana memiliki kabel elektrik dan senjata tajam dalam empat pemeriksaan berasingan semalam.

Dalam kejadian pertama, seorang lelaki warga Indonesia ditahan di Jalan Changkat Thambi Dollah di sini kerana memiliki empat kabel elektrik dalam beg sandangnya tanpa dapat memberikan penjelasan.

Dalam kejadian kedua di kawasan sama, polis menahan seorang lelaki kerana memiliki sebilah pisau berukuran 23cm

Dalam operasi sama di Jalan Usahawan Setapak di sini, dua lelaki yang menaiki sebuah kereta ditahan kerana memiliki sebilah pisau Rambo berukuran 26cm manakala empat lelaki ditahan di Cheras kerana membawa sebilah keris, pisau dan sebatang besi tajam dalam kereta yang mereka naiki.

Sementara itu, sebanyak 137 kes samun dan ragut dilaporkan berlaku di sekitar Dang Wangi, Brickfields, Cheras, Sentul dan kawasan Petaling Jaya semalam.

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GUNA AKAL ELAK JADI MANGSA ROGOL

ZALIM, GANAS, BENGIS BRUTAL ATASAI DENGAN…..

BENTENG PERTAHANAN DIRI DAN KELUARGA

PENAGIHAN DADAH BUKAN MASALAH ANDA

Jika anda fikir dan rasa, penagihan dadah bukan masalah anda, berhenti membaca di sini. Jangan buang masa. Terima kasih. Jumpa anda di puncak jaya.

Jika anda fikir anda mampu menyumbang sesuatu kepada permasalahan bangsa Melayu, sila teruskan membaca. Terima kasih.

Apa yang anda perlu ketahui dari entri ini:

1. Berdasarkan statistik 2008 yang dikeluarkan oleh Unit Sistem Maklumat Dadah Kebangsaan (Nadi) seramai 6,413 (51.92 peratus) daripada 12,352 penagih dadah dikenalpasti merupakan penagih berulang.

2. Purata 16 penagih baru dan 18 penagih berulang dilaporkan setiap hari di sepanjang 2008. Gambar hiasan insan hilang pertimbangan.

3. Pusat Serenti kini dikenali sebagai Puspen (Pusat Pemulihan Penagihan Narkotik).

4. Tiga peringkat ketagihan – penagih baru, biasa dan tegar.

5. Terapi Penggantian Dadah (Drug Substitution Therapy atau DST) iaitu mengambil dadah gantian yang lebih selamat dan pada masa yang sama penagih menjalani proses pemulihan. MDST atau Terapi Penggantian dadah menggunakan Methadone telah diperkenalkan.

6. Program pemulihan dadah di Malaysia kurang berkesan, memandangkan kadar penagihan berulang melampaui 50 peratus menurut Prof. James F. Scorelli.

Membantu Penagih Dengan Methadone

Oleh Ravichandran D.J Paul

Penagihan dadah merupakan masalah serius di Malaysia dengan purata 16 penagih baru dan 18 penagih berulang dilaporkan setiap hari di sepanjang tahun lepas.

Satu lagi hakikat yang patut diberi perhatian dalam statistik 2008 yang dikeluarkan oleh Unit Sistem Maklumat Dadah Kebangsaan (Nadi) ialah 6,413 (51.92 peratus) daripada 12,352 penagih dadah yang dikenalpasti merupakan penagih berulang.

Berdasarkan kepada angka penagih berulang ini, Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, bekas pengerusi Persatuan Mencegah Dadah Malaysia (Pemadam), membuat kesimpulan bahawa program pemulihan yang dijalankan selama ini gagal memenuhi objektifnya.

Lee menyatakan ini semasa rundingan meja bulat Persatuan Perubatan Penagihan Malaysia (AMAM) di sini yang bertemakan `Looking Into the Window of Treatment Opportunities for Drug Dependence’.

Satu lagi kenyataan ketara mengenai senario proses pemulihan di negara ini datang daripada Prof. James F. Scorelli yang menyebut di dalam jurnal `International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation’ bahawa program pemulihan dadah di Malaysia kurang berkesan, memandangkan kadar penagihan berulang melampaui 50 peratus.

MERAWAT PENAGIH KERJA SIA-SIA?

Beratus juta ringgit dibelanjakan selama ini dalam memulihkan penagih yang bilangan mereka terus meningkat selain aktiviti jenayah mereka yang mengancam masyarakat.

Rakyat Malaysia tentu masih ingat sejumlah Pusat Serenti yang dibuka, sekarang ini dikenali sebagai Puspen (Pusat Pemulihan Penagihan Narkotik), dan pusat pemulihan di seluruh negara yang sering menjadi perhatian kerana penghuni yang merusuh.

Penagihan dadah merupakan masalah perlakuan dan biologi yang kompleks tetapi boleh dirawat seperti yang dinyatakan oleh Dr Sivakumar Thurairajasingam, perunding psikiatri dan pensyarah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, kampus Monash University di Malaysia.

Bagaimanapun, matlamat rawatan hari ini bukan lagi menghentikan sama sekali pengambilan dadah yang secara realitinya hanya boleh dicapai oleh sekumpulan kecil penagih tetapi satu pendekatan yang lebih realistik dikenali sebagai `harm reduction’ yang dapat membantu lebih ramai penagih.

Oleh itu, seperti di kebanyakan negara maju, Malaysia turut mengamalkan Terapi Penggantian Dadah (DST) sejak 2002 yang merupakan pilihan lebih berpotensi dalam membantu penagih pulih. Melalui terapi ini penagih sebenarnya mengambil dadah gantian yang lebih selamat dan pada masa yang sama mereka menjalani proses pemulihan. Bagaimanapun, terdapat beberapa isu dalam menggunakan DST yang perlu diberi perhatian supaya hasilnya mencapai tahap yang memberangsangkan.

RAWATAN MENDERA

Lee dan Dr Sivakumar menarik perhatian bahawa pendekatan utama rawatan sekarang ini menggunakan disiplin yang ketat di mana penagih dikurung di pusat-pusat pemulihan. Ini bukanlah pendekatan yang ideal terutama memandangkan tiada kaedah rawatan tunggal yang memadai untuk menangani peringkat ketagihan berbeza — penagih baru, biasa dan tegar. Kadar kejayaan rawatan sehingga 20 peratus yang direkodkan di institusi pemulihan kerajaan jelas menunjukkan kelemahan di dalam program pemulihannya.

Lee berpendapat rawatan tegas seperti ini hanya menimbulkan rasa takut dan menghalang mereka yang lain untuk tampil mendapatkan rawatan secara sukarela.

“Rawatan bagi penagihan dadah haruslah secara sukarela dan penagih dadah tidak patut ditangkap atau diganggu. Cara terbaik untuk melakukannya ialah memberikan mereka keyakinan untuk mendapatkan rawatan,” tambah Lee.

Satu lagi perkara penting berdasarkan kepada pemerhatian Lee ialah sokongan ibu bapa dan masyarakat diperlukan tetapi kedua-dua kumpulan ini memilih untuk menyisihkan penagih dadah.

ADAKAH DST PILIHAN TERBAIK

Walaupun DST menggunakan Buprenophine diperkenal di sini pada 2002 dan diterima dengan baik, ia tergendala pada 2004 selepas penyalahgunaan dilaporkan. Bagaimanapun, pada 2005 Projek Methodone DST (MDST) Kebangsaan diperkenal oleh kerajaan.

Walaupun MDST turut dikritik, kajian yang dijalankan oleh Universiti Malaya (UM) melalui projek perintis MDST pada 2005 mencatatkan kadar pengekalan penagih yang datang untuk mendapatkan rawatan secara sukarela sehingga 90 peratus dalam tempoh setahun.

MDST pada asasnya merupakan rawatan dalam senario pejabat dengan penagih hadir untuk mengambil dos methadone semasa tempoh induksi dan mengambil ubat itu di rumah semasa tempoh `maintenance’ atau penjagaan. Kakitangan yang mengendalikan penagih ini juga akan memantau kemajuan rawatan.

Terapi ini menangani secara langsung proses psikologi di sebalik ketagihan dan mendambakan dadah. Kajian juga menunjukkan penagih yang dijangkiti HIV dalam program MDST menunjukkan keputusan yang lebih baik terhadap rawatan Antiretroviral (ARV) dengan kadar kejayaan yang sama berbanding kes HIV positif yang tidak berkaitan dengan penagih dadah.

Dengan kejayaan yang dicatatkan oleh MDST di negara-negara lain dan dalam menepati Matlamat Pembangunan Milennium Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu, Malaysia kini meningkatkan lagi program MSDT melalui `methadone up scaling’.

ISU PENTING BERHUBUNG MDST

Buat masa ini, terdapat usaha bersepadu dalam membolehkan MDST didapatkan dengan lebih mudah oleh penagih dadah yang mahu pulih secara sukarela.

Presiden AMAM Dr Steven Chow yang mempengerusikan meja bulat itu berkata sejak 2001 sekurang-kurangnya 600 pengamal perubatan persendirian menawarkan diri untuk melaksanakan skim MDST.

Bagaimanapun, ia bukanlah tugas yang mudah memandangkan cabaran yang dihadapi oleh pengamal perubatan swasta dan penagih di bawah program MDST.

Yang pertama, kata Dr Chow, penagihan ialah penyakit `degil’ yang seringkali membabitkan pesakit yang memang degil dan oleh itu bukanlah mudah untuk meyakinkan penagih ini untuk tampil dan mendapatkan rawatan secara sukarela.

Kedua, tiada bantuan kewangan atau sumber daripada kerajaan bagi pengamal perubatan swasta yang terbabit dalam program MDST.

Ketiga, doktor-doktor ini perlu berdepan dengan isu yang berkaitan dengan penguatkuasaan undang-undang seperti penagih dadah yang di bawah rawatan mereka ditangkap polis dan menyebabkan proses rawatan terganggu.

PERLU LEBIH FAHAM

Senario ketiga menjadi keluhan Datuk Dr Lim Boon Sho, naib presiden AMAM, yang dua daripada pesakitnya ditangkap polis baru-baru ini ketika mereka menerima rawatan suboxone, satu daripada dadah gantian yang dibenarkan di bawah Akta Racun 1952.

“Seorang daripada pesakit saya yang dibawa oleh bapanya bagi menjalani DST ditangkap di luar klinik selepas beliau menerima rawatan kali pertama. Seorang lagi pesakit yang merupakan pekerja Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai yang mengikuti rawatan DST dengan rapi sejak dua tahun lepas, dan menunjukkan tanda-tanda pulih yang baik, juga ditangkap selepas menerima rawatan daripada saya. Tindakan ini memang membingungkan saya dan menimbulkan kebimbangan keluarga penagih.

“Saya mendapati terdapat salah faham yang serius mengenai dadah gantian ini,” katanya.

Doktor dermawan ini telah merawat penagih dadah di Seberang Perai bermula dengan penagih ganja sejak 30 tahun yang lepas dan beliau mendapat kepuasan daripada melihat penagih-penagih ini pulih dan kembali menjalani kehidupan biasa, ke pangkuan keluarga dan masyarakat.

Berdasarkan kepada pengalamannya sendiri, Dr Lim berkata pengamal perubatan swasta yang menjalankan DST telah menyaksikan kejayaan sehingga 75 peratus dalam memulihkan penagih.

Persidangan meja bulat itu juga berpendapat mungkin terdapat sedikit salah faham mengenai undang-undang yang menyebabkan penangkapan penagih dadah yang menjalani rawatan DST tetapi seorang wakil polis yang hadir berkata mereka mungkin ditangkap kerana kes jenayah yang lain.

KEPUTUSAN MENGGALAKKAN DARIPADA MDST

Apa jua kekurangannya, DST menggunakan methadone dilihat sebagai kaedah berpotensi dalam memulihkan penagih. Pada 8 April, Universiti Malaya mencatat pencapaian penting dalam MDST dengan pembukaan Pusat UM bagi Sains Penagihan dan Klinik Penyelidikan Methadone (UMCAS) di Jalan Universiti.

Ketua penyelaras pusat itu Dr Rusdi Abdul Rashid berkata pusat berkenaan merupakan hasil daripada projek perintis MSDT yang dilancarkan pada 2005 di klinik psikologi Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (UMMC).

Selepas beberapa minggu memulakan rawatan, kebanyakan penagih dapat kembali bekerja dan menikmati kehidupan yang lebih baik. Klinik itu dijangka memberikan rawatan kepada antara 200-400 pesakit sebulan dengan sekurang-kurangnya 200 merupakan mereka yang daripada senarai menunggu di klinik psikologi.

Dr Rusdi percaya klinik itu sedia memainkan peranan besar dalam mencapai matlamat kerajaan untuk memulihkan sehingga 60 peratus daripada sejumlah 72,000 penagih heroin yang diramalkan menjelang 2015.

MDST kemungkinan harapan terbaik buat masa ini dalam merawat penagih dadah dan banyak pusat pemulihan mula mengamalkan program ini. Bagaimanapun bilangan penagih yang meningkat setiap tahun masih membimbangkan kerana beban yang ditanggung untuk memulihkan mereka.

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BERAPAKAH SUMBANGAN PEMBAYAR CUKAI KEPADA PENAGIH DADAH

STATISTIK PENAGIHAN DADAH DI MALAYSIA

SERAHKAN BALIK KEPADA RAKYAT BUAT KEPUTUSAN

Pergolakan yang berlaku di negeri minyak atau penyu hampir serupa dengan situasi di Perak apabila Menteri Besar cuba disingkirkan cuma di Terengganu, ia berlaku di kalangan ADUN BN sendiri.

Krisis politik Terengganu menghala ke arah pembubaran Dun?

Mungkinkah krisis politik yang melanda Terengganu sekarang akan membawa kepada pembubaran Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun).

Ia dianggap sebagai langkah selamat bagi meredakan keadaan.

Teori itu boleh menjadi kenyataan sekiranya Dato’ Ahmad Said digugurkan sebagai pengerusi Perhubungan Umno Terengganu. Ahmad tentunya tidak akan mudah menyerah kalah.

Apa yang berlaku di negeri minyak tersebut hampir serupa dengan situasi di Perak apabila Menteri Besar cuba disingkirkan.

Biar apa pun krisis politik dalaman Umno Terengganu mungkin tambah membesar esok.

Pengumuman siapa dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Perhubungan Umno Negeri akan menentukan pemenang di antara Ahmad atau Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh.

Atau kedua-duanya terpinggir. Mungkin juga tokoh baru akan muncul dari kalangan 22 Adun Barisan Nasional (BN yang ada sekarang.

Sekiranya telahan itu menjadi kenyataan selepas mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi Umno esok, Terengganu sudah pasti akan mendapat Menteri Besar yang baru tidak lama lagi.

Kedudukan Ahmad sudah gonyang ekoran 10 Adun BN yang pro Idris memulaukan persidangan Dun baru-baru ini.

Dan keadaan tambah celaru apabila tiga rakan mereka dikatakan menerima ugutan bunuh melalui SMS yang hantar seorang individu.

SMS tersebut dikatakan sebagai tindak balas memandangkan ada hasrat Adun terbabit membawa usul undi tidak percaya terhadap Ahmad di persidangan Dun baru-baru ini.

Manakala Idris pula tidak disenangi pihak istana biar pun menang sebagai anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno pada perhimpunan Mac lalu.

Anggota Parlimen Machang, Saifuddin Nasition Ismail berkata, Terengganu hampir pasti akan mendapat menteri besar baru selepas Mei ini sekiranya Ahmad tidak dilantik semula sebagai Pengerusi Perhubungan Umno Negeri.

“Mungkin muka baru dari kalangan Adun BN akan dilantik ke jawatan tersebut.

“Adun yang akan dilantik nanti boleh jadi bukan lagi Ahmad dan Idris sebaliknya salah seorang daripada 22 Adun BN,” katanya pada ceramah di Markaz PAS Dun Hulu Besut di Kampung Lubok Kawah, malam tadi.

Bagaimanapun katanya adakah Ahmad akan menyerah kalah begitu sahaja tanpa menggunakan kuasa membawa ke arah pembubaran Dun.

Spekulasi pertukaran jawatan menteri besar bertiup kencang di Terengganu ekoran krisis perebutan kuasa di antara Idris dan Ahmad.

Ahmad dilantik sebagai menteri besar selepas pilihan raya umum ke-12 Mac tahun lalu memandangkan pihak istana tidak berkenan kepada Idris.

Saifuddin yang juga Pengarah Strategik KeADILan berkata, pemulauan 10 Adun BN pada persidangan Dun baru-baru ini menyebabkan lapan Adun PAS menguasai keadaan.

“Selepas Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi berucap, Dr Syed Azman pula bangun diikuti Haji Wahid Endut, Ustaz Harun Taib dan lain-lain lagi Adun PAS,” katanya.

Krisis kepemimpinan kerajaan Terengganu terus berlarutan apabila Adun pro Idris mendesak Ahmad meletak jawatan kerana mereka mendakwa memperolehi sokongan 18 Adun BN.

Ahmad sebelum ini pernah mengugut akan memecat mana-mana Adun yang membawa usul undi tidak percaya terhadapnya.

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CREDIBILITY: LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

Two experts on the subject of

LEADERSHIP,

James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, who conducted a survey for their book Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, say that the main thing that matters is honesty.

The importance of honesty was ranked at 86%. Forward-looking was second (71%), followed by inspiring (68%), competent (58%), fair (49%), supportive (46%), broad-minded (41%), intelligent (38%) straightforward (34%) courageous (33%), dependable (32%), cooperative (30%), imaginative (28%), caring (27%), mature (14%), determined (13%), ambitious (10%), loyal (10%) self-controlled (5%) and independent (5%).

Credibility matters most

The country’s new administration must be given a chance to prove itself by delivering what has been promised.

YOU can’t blame Malaysians for being such sceptics. We’ve been there and been done in too many times to continue swallowing anything that is dished out.

I’m sure the new Prime Minister was already aware of the dubiety even before the marvellous concept of 1Malaysia, People First, Performance Now was coined.

The slogan is a lofty one, especially when there is still so much resentment against the ruling Barisan Nasional Government.

It’s obvious that the results of four out of the five past by-elections reflect the people’s lingering mistrust of the party that has been in power for 51 years. That’s the zeitgeist, whether the Barisan likes it or not.

But still, in all fairness, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should be given the chance as well as the benefit of the doubt.

If his 1Malaysia website is a yardstick of sincerity to bring about meaningful change, there is hope for the future – in spite of the all the venom that has been spewed on him by the opposition.

The site provides a free and open forum to discuss matters that deeply affect all Malaysians. So far, the response has been good. There has been wide feedback, both positive and negative.

It also offers Malaysians a window to observe a side of Najib that has not been revealed in the past, as seen by his blog postings on the values he believes in and hopes to promote.

Although some have questioned the inclusion of personalities perceived to be tainted in his new Cabinet, the PM has shown that he is firmly in the driving seat.

He has promised that it will no longer be a case of a government taking the people for granted, and has correctly placed unity, economic recovery and building long-term prosperity as the priorities of his administration.

The problem is, all previous premiers too, started off by pledging a more transparent and accountable government and promised to do more for the people.

As such, he cannot expect the people to wholeheartedly give their trust to him. He can only expect them to lend it to him.

Ultimately, the soul of any leadership will be judged by its credibility.

Leaders are evaluated on the basis of their words matching their deeds. Their personal integrity and soundness of character determine the trust and faith of followers.

What Malaysians want in a leader is someone who recognises their right to deserve a better deal and accept their right to demand it in exchange for support.

But what are the traits expected of leaders?

Two experts on the subject, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, who conducted a survey for their book Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, say that the main thing that matters is honesty.

The importance of honesty was ranked at 86%. Forward-looking was second (71%), followed by inspiring (68%), competent (58%), fair (49%), supportive (46%), broad-minded (41%), intelligent (38%) straightforward (34%) courageous (33%), dependable (32%), cooperative (30%), imaginative (28%), caring (27%), mature (14%), determined (13%), ambitious (10%), loyal (10%) self-controlled (5%) and independent (5%)

Kouzes is an executive fellow at the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Leavey School of Business in Santa Clara University in the US, while Posner is dean of the school and a professor of leadership at the same university.

They had co-authored several other books, including A Leader’s Legacy, The Leadership Challenge, The Leadership Challenge Planner, and were developers of Leadership Practices Inventory which ministers and top civil servants should perhaps use as a tool to gauge themselves before setting up Key Performance Indicators.

To return to the question of credibility, it’s obvious that the new administration does not have the luxury of time on its side.

As such, the concept of 1Malaysian must first be understood by all ministers in the Cabinet.

They must also be made to undergo a crash course on the philosophy of Servant-Leadership (certainly not the half-hearted version that was bandied about five years ago with the “Work with me, not for me” slogan).

As the PM says, Malaysian ministers must act and speak as leaders representing all ethnic groups instead of being champions of their respective races.

The days of wearing different hats to different parties are long gone.

They must also realise that Malaysians from all racial backgrounds in the peninsula and Sabah and Sarawak are listening to what they say and will gauge them accordingly. And they will not wait for the next general election to retaliate.

Most importantly, the Government must also reflect its seriousness in promoting the 1Malaysia concept by ensuring that the correct messages are conveyed by the official broadcast networks, even if 80% of the viewers or listeners come from one ethnic group.

As for newspapers linked to Umno, it’s about time that stringent action is taken against those that continue to carry instigative and seditious reports which threaten racial harmony.

One newspaper seems to be getting away with this for far too long. Why the double standard?

by M. Veera Pandiyan

> Associate Editor M. Veera Pandiyan likes this piece of advice from Peter Drucker: Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
malaysianbar/theStar

CREDIBILITY: LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

Two experts on the subject of

LEADERSHIP,

James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, who conducted a survey for their book Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, say that the main thing that matters is honesty.

The importance of honesty was ranked at 86%. Forward-looking was second (71%), followed by inspiring (68%), competent (58%), fair (49%), supportive (46%), broad-minded (41%), intelligent (38%) straightforward (34%) courageous (33%), dependable (32%), cooperative (30%), imaginative (28%), caring (27%), mature (14%), determined (13%), ambitious (10%), loyal (10%) self-controlled (5%) and independent (5%).

Credibility matters most

The country’s new administration must be given a chance to prove itself by delivering what has been promised.

YOU can’t blame Malaysians for being such sceptics. We’ve been there and been done in too many times to continue swallowing anything that is dished out.

I’m sure the new Prime Minister was already aware of the dubiety even before the marvellous concept of 1Malaysia, People First, Performance Now was coined.

The slogan is a lofty one, especially when there is still so much resentment against the ruling Barisan Nasional Government.

It’s obvious that the results of four out of the five past by-elections reflect the people’s lingering mistrust of the party that has been in power for 51 years. That’s the zeitgeist, whether the Barisan likes it or not.

But still, in all fairness, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should be given the chance as well as the benefit of the doubt.

If his 1Malaysia website is a yardstick of sincerity to bring about meaningful change, there is hope for the future – in spite of the all the venom that has been spewed on him by the opposition.

The site provides a free and open forum to discuss matters that deeply affect all Malaysians. So far, the response has been good. There has been wide feedback, both positive and negative.

It also offers Malaysians a window to observe a side of Najib that has not been revealed in the past, as seen by his blog postings on the values he believes in and hopes to promote.

Although some have questioned the inclusion of personalities perceived to be tainted in his new Cabinet, the PM has shown that he is firmly in the driving seat.

He has promised that it will no longer be a case of a government taking the people for granted, and has correctly placed unity, economic recovery and building long-term prosperity as the priorities of his administration.

The problem is, all previous premiers too, started off by pledging a more transparent and accountable government and promised to do more for the people.

As such, he cannot expect the people to wholeheartedly give their trust to him. He can only expect them to lend it to him.

Ultimately, the soul of any leadership will be judged by its credibility.

Leaders are evaluated on the basis of their words matching their deeds. Their personal integrity and soundness of character determine the trust and faith of followers.

What Malaysians want in a leader is someone who recognises their right to deserve a better deal and accept their right to demand it in exchange for support.

But what are the traits expected of leaders?

Two experts on the subject, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, who conducted a survey for their book Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, say that the main thing that matters is honesty.

The importance of honesty was ranked at 86%. Forward-looking was second (71%), followed by inspiring (68%), competent (58%), fair (49%), supportive (46%), broad-minded (41%), intelligent (38%) straightforward (34%) courageous (33%), dependable (32%), cooperative (30%), imaginative (28%), caring (27%), mature (14%), determined (13%), ambitious (10%), loyal (10%) self-controlled (5%) and independent (5%)

Kouzes is an executive fellow at the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Leavey School of Business in Santa Clara University in the US, while Posner is dean of the school and a professor of leadership at the same university.

They had co-authored several other books, including A Leader’s Legacy, The Leadership Challenge, The Leadership Challenge Planner, and were developers of Leadership Practices Inventory which ministers and top civil servants should perhaps use as a tool to gauge themselves before setting up Key Performance Indicators.

To return to the question of credibility, it’s obvious that the new administration does not have the luxury of time on its side.

As such, the concept of 1Malaysian must first be understood by all ministers in the Cabinet.

They must also be made to undergo a crash course on the philosophy of Servant-Leadership (certainly not the half-hearted version that was bandied about five years ago with the “Work with me, not for me” slogan).

As the PM says, Malaysian ministers must act and speak as leaders representing all ethnic groups instead of being champions of their respective races.

The days of wearing different hats to different parties are long gone.

They must also realise that Malaysians from all racial backgrounds in the peninsula and Sabah and Sarawak are listening to what they say and will gauge them accordingly. And they will not wait for the next general election to retaliate.

Most importantly, the Government must also reflect its seriousness in promoting the 1Malaysia concept by ensuring that the correct messages are conveyed by the official broadcast networks, even if 80% of the viewers or listeners come from one ethnic group.

As for newspapers linked to Umno, it’s about time that stringent action is taken against those that continue to carry instigative and seditious reports which threaten racial harmony.

One newspaper seems to be getting away with this for far too long. Why the double standard?

by M. Veera Pandiyan

> Associate Editor M. Veera Pandiyan likes this piece of advice from Peter Drucker: Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
malaysianbar/theStar

SEKTOR PERKHIDMATAN DILIBERALISASI (SYARAT 30% EKUITI TEMPATAN MANSUH)

Liberalisasi sektor perkhidmatan adalah bertujuan untuk membentuk satu persekitaran perniagaan yang kondusif bagi menarik pelaburan, teknologi serta menjana peluang pekerjaan bertaraf tinggi.

Bidang tersebut ialah subsektor perkhidmatan kesihatan dan sosial, pelancongan, pengangkutan, perniagaan, komputer dan yang berkaitan. Sila rujuk di bawah untuk perinciannya.

Adakah anda sudah bersedia untuk bersaing di peringkat glokal (global dan local) ?

Sektor perkhidmatan diliberalisasi

Kerajaan hari ini memutuskan untuk meliberalisasikan 27 subsektor perkhidmatan berkuat kuasa serta-merta tanpa sebarang syarat ekuiti dikenakan.

Ini bermakna syarat peruntukan ekuiti 30 peratus tempatan untuk subsektor berkenaan tidak lagi terpakai.

Mengumumkan perkara itu di sini, Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, subsektor yang diliberalisasikan itu adalah dalam bidang perkhidmatan kesihatan dan sosial, pelancongan, pengangkutan, perniagaan, komputer dan yang berkaitan.

Kata beliau, liberalisasi sektor perkhidmatan bertujuan membentuk satu persekitaran perniagaan yang kondusif bagi menarik pelaburan, teknologi serta menjana peluang pekerjaan bertaraf tinggi.

“Kerajaan akan mengambil langkah untuk meliberalisasikan subsektor perkhidmatan yang lain secara progresif dari semasa ke semasa.

“Inisiatif liberalisasi ini tidak akan menjejaskan industri perkhidmatan tempatan. Ia juga tidak akan menjejaskan peniaga kerana kita telah lakukan rundingan dengan Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri (MITI),” kata beliau pada sidang akhbar di Pejabat Perdana Menteri di sini.

Hadir sama Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri yang bertanggungjawab untuk Unit Perancang Ekonomi (EPU), Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop dan Menteri MITI, Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.

Sektor perkhidmatan merupakan komponen penting dalam ekonomi negara yang menyumbang sebanyak 55 peratus kepada Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) pada 2008 dengan 47.6 peratus merupakan sumbangan perkhidmatan bukan kerajaan.

Sektor ini juga mewakili 57 peratus dari jumlah pekerjaan di Malaysia.

Justeru, Najib berkata, bagi mempermudahkan pelaburan dalam sektor perkhidmatan, satu Jawatankuasa Kebangsaan bagi Kelulusan Pelaburan Sektor Perkhidmatan di bawah Lembaga Kemajuan Perindustrian Malaysia (MIDA) telah ditubuhkan.

Jawatankuasa ini, kata beliau, akan bertindak sebagai pusat yang menerima dan memproses permohonan pelaburan bagi sektor perkhidmatan kecuali perkhidmatan kewangan, pengangkutan udara, utiliti, Koridor Pembangunan Ekonomi, syarikat berstatus Koridor Raya Multimedia (MSC) dan Bionexus serta perdagangan pengedaran.

Beliau menarik perhatian pelaburan yang diluluskan bagi sektor perkhidmatan berjumlah RM50.1 bilion pada 2008, melangkaui sasaran tahunan pelaburan sebanyak RM45.8 bilion di bawah Pelan Induk Perindustrian Ketiga.

Peratusan pelaburan asing pula dicatatkan pada 11 peratus daripada jumlah keseluruhan pelaburan.

“Dengan liberalisasi sektor perkhidmatan, kerajaan menjangka lebih banyak aliran masuk pelaburan dalam sektor ini,” katanya.

Menurut Perdana Menteri, dari segi eksport pada 2008, sektor perkhidmatan menyumbang RM102.1 bilion manakala import berjumlah RM99.8 bilion.

“Dengan fokus diberikan kepada perkhidmatan pada masa ini, usaha-usaha promosi barangan pembuatan akan dilengkapi dengan lebih tumpuan diberikan kepada promosi eksport perkhidmatan.

“Sehubungan itu, Perbadanan Pembangunan Perdagangan Luar Malaysia (Matrade) telah ditugaskan untuk menyelaras dan menerajui semua usaha promosi eksport,” kata beliau.

Pada 2007, katanya, negara ini buat pertama kali mencatatkan lebihan dagangan perkhidmatan dan ini berterusan pada 2008.

Pertubuhan Perdagangan Dunia (WTO) merekodkan Malaysia merupakan antara 30 pengeksport perkhidmatan utama di dunia.

Oleh ZULKIFLI JALIL dan THOMAS CHONG

List of services sub-sectors for liberalisation

Services sub-sectors for liberalisation.
Computer and related services.
1. Consultancy services related to the installation of computer hardware.
2. Software implementation services – systems and software consulting services; systems analysis services; systems designing services; programming services and systems maintenance services.
3. Data processing services – input preparation services; data processing and tabulation services; time sharing services and other date processing services
4. Data base services
5. Maintenance and repair services of computers
6. Other services – data preparation services; training services; data recovery services and development of creative content.

Health and Social services
7. All veterinary services
8. Welfare services delivered through residential institutions to old person and the handicapped.
9. Welfare services delivered through residential institutions to children
10. Child day-care services including day-care services for the handicapped.
11. Vocational rehabilitation services for handicapped.
Tourism services
12. Theme park
13. Convention and exhibition centre (seating capacity above 5,000)
14. Travel agencies and tour operators services (for inbound travel only)
15. Hotel and restaurant services (for 4 and 5 star hotels only)
16. Food serving services (for services provided in 4 and 5 star hotels only)
17. Beverage serving services for consumption on the premises (for services provided in 4 and 5 star hotels only).

Transport services
18. Class C Freight Transportation (private carrier license – to transport own goods)

Sporting and other recreational services
19. Sporting services (sports event promotion and organization services)
Business services
20. Regional distribution centre
21. International procurement centre
22. Technical testing and analysys services – composition and purity testing and analysis services, testing and analysis services of physical properties, testing and analysis services of integrated mechanical and electrical systems, and technical inspection services.
23. Management consulting services – general, financial (excluding business tax), marketing, human resources, production and public relations services.

Rental/leasing services without operators
24. Rental/leasing services of ships that excludes cabotage and offshore traders
25. Rental of cargo vessels without crew (bareboat charter) for international shipping.

Supporting and auxiliary transport services
26. Maritime agency services
27. Vessel salvage and refloating services

sun2surf

KEPUTUSAN PERMOHONAN PROGRAM MATRIKULASI DAN PENGAJIAN LEPASAN SPM/SETARAF IPTA SESI 2009/2010

1. Permohonan Program Pengajian Lepasan SPM/Setaraf Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA) bagi sesi akademik 2009/2010 akan diumumkan pada 1 Mei depan.

2. Keputusan permohonan Program Matrikulasi KPM telah diumumkan pada 17 April lepas dan tarikh pendaftaran ke kolej matrikulasi KPM ialah pada 11 Mei.

3. Calon yang berjaya akan diberi pilihan sama ada untuk mengikuti Program Matrikulasi di Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM) atau Program Pengajian Asasi/Diploma di IPTA.

4. Sebarang rayuan hendaklah melalui e-Rayuan mulai 1 Mei ini melalui laman web http://upu.mohe.gov.my

Pilihan Bagi Pelajar Ke Program Lepasan SPM/Setaraf IPTA

Pelajar yang berjaya dalam permohonan memasuki Program Pengajian Lepasan SPM/Setaraf Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA) bagi sesi akademik 2009/2010 akan diberi pilihan untuk memilih satu daripada dua program yang akan ditawarkan kepada mereka.

Menurut kenyataan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT) Rabu calon yang berjaya akan diberi pilihan sama ada untuk mengikuti Program Matrikulasi di Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM) atau Program Pengajian Asasi/Diploma di IPTA.

Menurut kenyataan itu lagi penawaran dua program itu adalah ekoran persetujuan antara KPT dengan KPM pada September tahun lepas untuk menggunapakai dasar tawaran terbuka bagi calon yang layak.

Keputusan permohonan kemasukan ke IPTA di bawah program itu akan diumumkan pada 1 Mei depan manakala keputusan Program Matrikulasi KPM diumumkan pada 17 April lepas dan tarikh pendaftaran ke kolej matrikulasi KPM ialah pada 11 Mei.

Sekiranya seseorang calon mendapat kedua-dua tawaran itu, calon boleh menolak satu daripada tawaran berkenaan dan jika calon telah mendaftar ke Program Matrikulasi, nama calon tidak akan diproses untuk pertimbangan kes rayuan kemasukan ke IPTA.

Calon yang tidak mendapat sebarang tawaran boleh mengemukakan rayuan melalui e-Rayuan mulai 1 Mei ini melalui laman web http://upu.mohe.gov.my.

BERNAMA

KERETA TERPAKAI UNTUK DILELONG

1. Kereta Toyota Camry bernombor pendaftaran AGS10, AFD11, AFD22, AFD33, AFD55, AFD66, AFD77, AFD88, AFD99, AFD333, AFD999, AFF33, AFF88, AFF99, AGS828 dan AEU606 didaftarkan pada 9 Jan 2009 untuk dilelong.

2. Mempunyai nombor pendaftaran orang kenamaan, perbatuan rendah, cermin ‘tinted’ yang bernilai RM2,000, bebas daripada sebarang kejadian kemalangan, diselenggara dengan baik, seorang pemilik dan masih dalam tempoh” warranty”.

3. Dokumen tender boleh didapati pada waktu pejabat mulai 4 Mei hingga 18 Mei ini di Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Perak, Bahagian Pengurusan, Aras 3, Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan dengan harga RM20 senaskah.

4. Tawaran Istimewa: kenderaan di atas boleh dibeli secara pukal atau seunit dengan harga rizab RM148,000 sebuah.

Toyota Camry Bekas Exco Pembangkang Di Perak Akan Dilelong

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By: Ramjit

–> IPOH, 21 April (Bernama) — Kerajaan negeri Perak akan melelong 16 buah kereta Toyota Camry 2.4 yang sebelum ini digunakan sebagai kenderaan rasmi exco pakatan pembangkang ketika menerajui pentadbiran kerajaan negeri.

Menurut kenyataan tender terbuka yang dihantar ke bahagian iklan sebuah akhbar berbahasa Melayu di sini Selasa, lelongan kereta itu akan berlangsung di tempat letak kereta Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan di sini mulai 9.30 pagi hingga 4 petang pada 4 hingga 18 Mei ini.

Kenyataan tender yang dikeluarkan pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Perak itu menyatakan kenderaan berkenaan boleh dibeli secara pukal atau seunit dengan harga rizab RM148,000 sebuah.

Kereta itu adalah yang menggunakan nombor pendaftaran AGS10, AFD11, AFD22, AFD33, AFD55, AFD66, AFD77, AFD88, AFD99, AFD333, AFD999, AFF33, AFF88, AFF99, AGS828 dan AEU606 yang kesemuanya didaftarkan pada 9 Jan tahun ini.

Kenyataan tender itu turut menyebut, semua kenderaan itu adalah baru yang digunakan antara satu hingga dua bulan, perbatuan rendah dan masih dalam tempoh jaminan tiga tahun oleh syarikat pengeluar.

Selain itu ia turut menyebut kenderaan berkenaan juga mempunyai nombor pendaftaran orang kenamaan, cermin ‘tinted’ yang bernilai RM2,000 serta bebas daripada sebarang kejadian kemalangan.

Bagaimanapun, difahamkan kereta rasmi yang bernombor pendaftaran AGS10 yang digunakan oleh bekas Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin tidak akan dilelong kerana beliau dikatakan telah membuat tempahan membeli kereta tersebut.

Dokumen tender boleh didapati pada waktu pejabat mulai 4 Mei hingga 18 Mei ini di Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Perak, Bahagian Pengurusan, Aras 3, Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan dengan harga RM20 senaskah.

Mereka yang ingin membeli kenderaan berkenaan perlu menghantar kembali surat tawaran tender itu sebelum pukul 12 tengah hari pada 18 Mei ini.

BERNAMA

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Perak government to auction off Toyota Camry cars

IPOH ( April 21, 2009): The Perak state government will auction off the 16 units of Toyota Camry 2.4 which were used as official cars by the Executive Councillors under the previous coalition government.

According to the statement of open tender sent to the advertising division of a Malay daily, here today, the auction would be held from May 4 to 18.

The tender statement issued by the Perak State Secretariat today said the auction would be carried out at the car park of the Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan here, from 9.30am until 4pm.

The statement said the vehicles could be purchased either in bulk or individually at a reserved price of RM148,000 each.

The cars, with the registration numbers AGS10, AFD11, AFD22, AFD33, AFD55, AFD66, AFD77, AFD88, AFD99, AFD333, AFD999, AFF33, AFF88, AFF99, AGS828 and AEU606, were all registered on Jan 9, this year.

The statement also said that all the cars were bought new and used between one and two months with low mileage and under three-year warranty by the manufacturer.

However, it is learnt that the car with the registration number AGS10 which was used by former menteri besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin would not be auctioned off as he was said to have made a booking to buy the car.

Anyone intending to purchase the cars must submit their offer before noon on May 18. — BERNAMA
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Perak Govt opts for Proton Perdana as official car

The Perak government is to buy the Proton Perdana Executive for use as the official car of the state executive councillors and ex-officio personnel, replacing the previous government’s Toyota Camry 2.4V cars which are to be auctioned off.

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the state government decided to revert to the Proton cars as they were a symbol of the nation’s pride.

Speaking to reporters after chairing a meeting of the state executive council, he did not state how many Proton cars the state government would buy but said the number would depend on the need.

Asked whether the state government was unconcerned about the maintenance cost of the Proton Perdana Executive cars, which was claimed to be high, Zambry said the state government would discuss with Proton on the maintenance aspect.

He also said the state government had received encouraging response to its decision to auction off the 16 Toyota Camry 2.4V used by the state executive councillors of the previous state government of the DAP-PKR-PAS coalition.

He said Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin had expressed the desire to bid for the Toyota Camry 2.4V, bearing registration number AGS10, which he had used as the menteri besar of the previous state government, and added that priority would be given to him.

He also did not rule out the possibility of priority being given to the former state executive councillors who wished to buy the cars they had used.

The reserve price of the Toyota Camry 2.4V is RM148,000. Those interested can obtain the tender document at RM20 between May 4 and 18 at the Perak State Secretariat at the Perak Darul Ridzuan building and hand it in before noon on May 18. — BERNAMA

SIVAKUMAR SEORANG SARJANA FALSAFAH UNDANG-UNDANG

Ayat-ayat cinta berbau amaran dari Sivakumar ( pengenalan dari wikipedia di atas. Klik pada imej untuk dibesarkan)

1.”Saya hanya tunduk kepada demokrasi dan keadilan,”

2.”Tidak ada sesiapa yang memberi nasihat kepada saya, kecuali peguam-peguam saya berkaitan dengan hal-hal undang-undang ini satu tomahan untuk menjatuhkan kredibiliti saya, saya memberi amaran kepada Timb Presiden Gerakan supaya jangan campur tangan dalam kerja-kerja saya sebagai Speaker Negeri Perak”

‘Jangan campur tangan kerja Speaker’ – V.Sivakumar beri amaran

“Jangan campur tangan kerja kerja saya sebagai Speaker dewan Undangan Negeri Perak, saya bukan budak kecil dan tidak berpendidikan, saya tahu apa yang dibuat, pihak lain tidak perlu mempengaruhi saya.

Demikian ditegaskan Speaker DUN Perak, V. Sivakumar dalam reaksi awalnya kepada Timbalan Presiden Gerakan, Dato’ Chan Koy Youn yang menyatakan Speaker DUN Perak membenarkan pihak lain membuat keputusan bagi pihaknya.

Sivakumar memberi amaran kepada Chan Koy Youn dalam kenyataan medianya di sini semalam.

“Saya akan membuktikan bahawa kenyataan akhbar yang dibuat oleh Timbalan Presiden Gerakan Dato’ Chang Ko Youn adalah tidak berasas,” tegasnya.

Chan Yoy Youn dalam kenyatannya sebelum ini mendakwa Speaker Negeri Perak membenarkan pihak lain membuat keputusan bagi pihaknya.

“Tidak ada sesiapa yang memberi nasihat kepada saya, kecuali peguam-peguam saya berkaitan dengan hal-hal undang-undang ini satu tomahan untuk menjatuhkan kredibiliti saya, saya memberi amaran kepada beliau supaya jangan campur tangan dalam kerja-kerja saya sebagai Speaker Negeri Perak.

“Saya bukannya budak kecil dan tidak berpendidikan.Saya tahu apa saya buat. Pihak lain tidak perlu mempengaruhi saya,” tegasnya.

Menurutnya, beliau menjalankan tanggungjawab yang diberikan oleh rakyat Perak kerana itu beliau mahu kemuliaan Dewan Negeri Perak tidak dicemari oleh mana-mana pihak kerana persaingan politik.

“Saya hanya tunduk kepada demokrasi dan keadilan,” katanya.

Menurut Dato’ Chang, Sivakumar akan membuat satu keputusan dan kemudiannya beliau akan mengubah keputusan itu selepas betemu dengan pemimpin-pemimpin DAP.

“Dalam kata lain, beliau menuduh saya sebagai seorang yang tidak mempunyai pendirian, ini adalah satu kenyataan yang berbau fitnah,” katannya.

Mengenai isu notis yang dikeluarkan oleh Setiausaha Dewan tanpa berunding dengannya, Sivakumar mencabar Setiausaha Dewan untuk membuat kenyataan akhbar tentang apa yang sebenarnya berlaku.

“Saya akan membuktikan beliau salah jika mengikut telunjuk mana-mana pihak dan mengatakan rundingan telah dibuat terlebih dahulu sebelum mengeluarkan notis persidangan,” jelasnya

Sivakumar mendakwa beliau juga mempunyai banyak bukti-bukti bahawa notis dikeluarkan tanpa berunding dengannya dan beliau sanggup dan bersedia untuk menyakut cabaran daripada Setiausaha Dewan jika beliau cuba menafikan kenyataannya.

Beliau sekali lagi menegaskan bahawa beliau tidak pernah berunding dengan mana-mana pihak mengenai penetapan tarikh persidangan , malah ia tidak memberi arahan untuk mengeluarkan notis tersebut.

“Semuanya dibuat dibelakang saya. Saya diabaikan sama sekali dalam soal ini,” katanya.

Selepas membuat kesilapan besar, pihak tertentu sekarang ini katanya sedang melakukan pelbagai usaha dibuat untuk memperkecilkan keupayaannya dan mahu memalukan beliau.

“Ini merupakan satu strategi untuk menjatuhkan akhlak peribadi saya,” tegasnya.
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SPR SAMPAI BILA BEGINI

Bebas, adil serta bersih bukan sahaja dari segi amalan bahkan dari segi persepsi rakyat memang sangat-sangat diharapkan dari sebuah suruhanjaya. Tetapi malangnya banyak suruhanjaya di Malaysia diletakkan di bawah Jabatan Perdana Menteri. Manakan boleh ia bebas, adil dan bersih kerana sudah barang tentu ia terpaksa akur kepada kehendak ketuanya.

‘SPR tidak habis-habis ampu Umno-BN’ – Annuar Tahir

Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat, Annuar Tahir mengecam kenyataan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) yang mencadangkan agar tiada pilihan raya kecil jika mana-mana Adun atau ahli Parlimen meletakkan jawatan tanpa sebab.

“Ini satu kenyataan yang bagi saya tidak menampakkan fungsi SPR, malah ia mengkhianati amalan demokrasi,”ujar Anuar ketika dihubungi Harakahdaily baru-baru ini.

Mengikut amalan, setiap ahli yang melepaskan jawatan walau dengan apa sebab sekalipun, satu pilihan raya kecil perlu diadakan untuk mengisi kekosongan itu, katanya.

Malah sebelum ini dalam kes-kes perletakan jawatan termasuk dalam beberapa wakil BN seperti Dato’ Sharir Samad, Abu Hassan Omar dan beberapa ahli lain tidak pernah ‘kondisi’ ini dipertikaikan, katanya.

Akhirnya hari ini SPR menyatakan cadangan yang bersifat mengampu dan tidak menepati amalan demokrasi, katanya.

“Itu menafikan hak rakyat, hanya tidak boleh buat pilihan raya kecil apabila ‘period’ Dun atau Parlimen melepasi waktu yang telah ditetapkan sahaja,” katanya.

Mengulas mengenai komentar BN menyatakan PRK satu pembaziran beliau melihat ianya hanya satu kenyataan retorik BN yang takut dengan kekalahan berganda.

“Mereka lagi banyak bazirkan wang rakyat, bila pilihan raya mereka himpunkan polis untuk takutkan rakyat, mereka gunakan wang rakyat untuk menangggung kos perbelanjaan polis, jentera kerajaan yang lain yang hanya untuk berkempen bagi pihak Umno/BN sahaja,” katanya.

Jika alasan ini digunakan, sebenarnya BN tertekan dan tidak mampu menghadapi penentangan rakyat yang hari ini menolak BN dalam semua PRK yang mutakhir ini,tegasnya.

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ADNAN YAAKUB TIADA PILIHAN MELAINKAN UNDUR DIRI

RM63 juta bukan datang dari poket DS Adnan tetapi adalah duit rakyat Pahang Darul Makmur. Sebagai CEO Pahang, beliau harus bertanggungjawab ke atas kerugian kerajaan dan rakyat Pahang. Langkah yang tepat dan berkesan ialah Adnan meletakkan jawatan sebagai menteri besar dan ketua kerajaan Pahang. Jika tidak, di mana nak letak muka rakyat Pahang…

RM63 juta: Adnan mesti letak jawatan

PAS Pahang menyifatkan kepimpinan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) negeri yang dipimpin oleh Menteri Besarnya, Dato’ Adnan Yaakob sebagai angkuh dan tidak berkebolehan untuk memerintah.

Ketua Penerangan Dewan Pemuda PAS, Pahang, Abdullah Karim mendakwa, ini kerana perintah oleh Mahkamah Tinggi Kuantan pada 20 April lalu supaya Menteri Besarnya melunaskan bayaran penghakiman berjumlah RM63 juta kepada syarikat Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd boleh dielakkan daripada awal lagi.

“Saya lihat ia merupakan satu kesilapan yang boleh dielakkan daripada awal.

“Maksudnya jika mereka kompromi dengan tuntutan yang dibuat oleh syarikat tersebut iaitu mengaku kesilapan daripada awal kemungkinan jumlah tidak sampai ke tahap itu.

“Tetapi disebabkan oleh ego dan sikap angkuh dan sebagainya mereka tak mahu selesaikan dan menyerahkan kepada mahkamah,” katanya ketika dihubungi Harakah semalam.

Pada 20 April lalu, Mahkamah Tinggi di Kuantan, mengarahkan Menteri Besar Pahang, Dato Seri Adnan Yaakob, melunaskan bayaran penghakiman berjumlah RM63 juta kepada syarikat Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd kerana melanggar perjanjian pemberian konsesi pembalakan di Mukim Bebar, Pekan, Pahang.

Hakim Dato’ Abd Halim Aman memutuskan pihak responden perlu melunaskan bayaran berkenaan dalam tempoh 14 hari bermula hari tersebut.

Menurut Abdullah yang juga seorang pengamal undang-undang dari segi merit kes sepatutnya ia selesai pada tahun lepas lagi.

Ini katanya, pada peringkat awal writ saman difail sekitar 2003 sehingga 2004 dan kerajaan negeri boleh menyelesaikan kes itu dengan syarikat terbabit.

“Jadi bukan saja MB bahkan barisan exco kerajaan negeri kena letak jawatan.

“Ini kerana walaupun ada ruang untuk kerajaan dan Adnan membuat rayuan dan sebagainya tetapi kerajaan negeri tetap dapat penghakiman RM63 juta sekalipun Mahkamah Persekutuan memutuskan Adnan tidak bertanggungjawab secara peribadi,” jelasnya.

Tegasnya, ini menunjukkan fakta utamanya kerajaan negeri tetap berhutang dengan mendapat penghakiman sebanyak RM63 juta.

Beliau berkata, ini menunjukkan satu lagi bukti jika hendak dibanding dengan kerajaan Kelantan yang diperintah PAS tidak pernah dihadapkan dengan masalah seperti itu.

Malah jumlah tersebut sepatutnya boleh bantu rakyat miskin khususnya dalam menangani suasana ekonomi yang melanda negara dan sebagainya.

Tegasnya kesilapan yang dilakukan kerajaan negeri menunjukkan bahawa kerajaan Barisan Nasional tidak berkebolehan untuk memerintah.

azm/Roy Rasul/harakahdaily

KERAJAAN REPUBLIC IRAN IKTIRAF UNISEL

Pada 21 April 2009, bertempat di Kampus Unisel Shah Alam, telah diadakan satu majlis ringkas di mana Kerajaan Republik Islam Iran yang diwakili oleh Dr Yahhid Alli, telah menyampaikan watikah pengiktirafan kerajaan Iran kepada graduan Unisel serta semua kursus yang ditawarkan di Unisel. Unisel telah diwakili oleh Naib Canselornya Prof Datuk Dr Rosti.

KETUA SETIAUSAHA KEMENTERIAN DIROMBAK

Rombakan besar-besaran kakitangan kementerian yang baru kini sedang berlaku. Jangan salahkan sesiapa jika ada yang tak termasuk dalam “bas” sebelum bertolak meninggalkan Putrajaya menuju ke suatu destinasi yang DS Najib saja yang sangat arif tentangnya. Gambar logo PTD (pegawai tadbir dan diplomatik) dan SPA (Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam)
KSN Umum Pelantikan 13 Ketua Setiausaha Baru Kementerian

Ketua Setiausaha Negara Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan (foto atas kiri) mengumumkan pelantikan dan pertukaran 13 pegawai perkhidmatan awam dari kalangan Pegawai Tadbir dan Diplomatik (PTD) bagi menjawat jawatan kanan dalam perkhidmatan awam berkuatkuasa esok.

Dalam satu kenyataan Selasa, beliau berkata pelantikan dan pertukaran itu itu adalah berikutan penstrukturan semula fungsi-fungsi agensi dan bahagian di beberapa kementerian dan susulan kepada susunan baru kabinet Malaysia seperti yang diumumkan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak pada 9 April lepas.

Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Tenaga, Air dan Komunikasi Datuk Dr Halim Man, 54, dilantik Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air.

Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Penerangan, Datuk Kamaruddin Siaraf, 56, dilantik Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan.

Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Sumber Manusia Datuk Thomas George a/l M.S. George, 57, dilantik Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Kerja Raya menggantikan Datuk Seri Dr Abdul Munit Kasmin yang bertukar ke Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam.

Setiausaha Bahagian, Bahagian Pengurusan Kewangan Strategik, Kementerian Kewangan Datuk Segarajah Ratnalingam pula dilantik sebagai Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Sumber Manusia menggantikan Thomas George.

Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Dasar Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi – STI), Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi Datin Madinah Mohamad, 53, pula dilantik sebagai Ketua Setiausaha Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi menggantikan Datuk Abdul Hanan Alang Endut yang bertukar ke Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam.

Setiausaha Bahagian (Kanan) Bahagian Perancangan, Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi Datuk Paduka Dr Sharifah Zarah Syed Ahmad, 53, dilantik sebagai Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Dasar STI), Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi menggantikan Madinah.

Timbalan Ketua Pengarah, Program Transformasi dan Kemajuan Nasional, Unit Perancang Ekonomi, Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Dr Ali Hamsa, 54, dilantik sebagai Ketua Pengarah, Unit Penswastaan dan Inisiatif Kewangan Swasta (PFI), Jabatan Perdana Menteri.

Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Perpaduan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan Datuk Dr Muzahet Masruri, 57, pula dilantik sebagai Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Program Transformasi dan Kemajuan Nasional, Unit Perancang Ekonomi, Jabatan Perdana Menteri menggantikan Dr Ali.

Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Kebudayaan) Kementerian Perpaduan, Kebudayaan dan Warisan Datuk Mohammed Mohd Daud, 56, pula dilantik sebagai Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Kebudayaan) Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan.

Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Warisan), Kementerian Perpaduan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan Datuk Dr Azmal Mohd Nasir, 55, pula dilantik sebagai Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Dasar) Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air.

Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Dasar) Kementerian Penerangan Datuk Dr Rothiah Omar, 53, pula dilantik sebagai Setiausaha Bahagian Kanan, Bahagian Pengurusan, Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan.

Setiausaha Bahagian Kanan, Bahagian Komunikasi, Kementerian Tenaga, Air dan Komunikasi Dr Mohd Ali Mohamad Nor, 49, pula dilantik sebagai Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Komunikasi), Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan.

Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Pembangunan), Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi Ali Ibrahim, 49, pula dilantik sebagai Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara, Kementerian Dalam Negeri.

Beliau menggantikan Datuk Mohd Abdul Halim Muhammad yang bertukar ke Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam.

BERNAMA

PERCERAIAN, PENGISLAMAN, PERKAUMAN

Pada posting bertarikh 19hb april 2009, bertajuk “benarkah seorang bayi keturunan India dipaksa masuk Islam” saya ada menyentuh perihal sepasang suami isteri yang berkemungkinan telah berpisah dan berebut penjagaan anak-anak.

Pada hari ini sun2surf ada membawa laporan yang melibatkan Menteri sumber manusia, Datuk S. Subramaniam, dua menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, TS Koh Tsu Koon dan Datuk Jamil Khir serta Lim Kit Siang terlibat dalam kes di atas. Tidak timbul dalam laporan ini penglibatan Jabatan Agama Islam Perak atau NGO Islam yang lain.

Kita pun tidak jelas bagaimana kes ini boleh berlaku dan menjadi begitu menonjol di dada akhbar bukan bahasa Melayu.

Pengajarannya, jika kedua suami isteri-ibu ayah yang terlibat di atas merupakan saudara baru, amatlah penting pihak berwajib memantau dan memberi segala bentuk bantuan kepada pasangan serta keluarga berkenaan. Amatlah mudah mengajak dan membujuk seseorang yang bermasalah seperti pasangan yang ingin berkahwin, seorang bekas penagih, bekas penganggur, bekas banduan dan seumpamanya untuk dia mengucap dua kalimah syahadah, TETAPI yang sukar ialah “AFTER SALES SERVICE”.

Closing the “sale” is very easy but to follow up and to look after their “hearts-iman” is extremely difficult and resource consuming. I have several experience in Australia to attest to that.

Kit Siang urges Cabinet to act fast on religious conversions

DAP veteran and Ipoh Timur MP Lim Kit Siang today urged the Cabinet to find a swift solution in its meeting tomorrow on the case of three children being converted to Islam by their father without their mother’s knowledge.

With the mother, Indira Ghandi, 34, and her two 11 and 12-year-old children present in a press conference in the party headquarters here today, Lim said the issue had yet to be resolved even after it was brought to the Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S Subramaniam.

Subramaniam was quoted saying on Tuesday that they had “identified the issues and discussed them but it will take a while before a solution can be found as it involves several agencies.”

He had a meeting with Ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon and Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom.

Lim said Subramaniam’s statement was most unsatisfactory because there was no need for the three ministers to meet to identify the issue as it is a clear example of intrusion of the family integrity.

S Subramaniam
“It is not the first case as many similar cases had happened before, so there is no reason that ‘it will take a while’ for the issue to be resolved. The basic principle is that there should not be any prejudicial action by any member of family affecting the right of the children without the consent of both parents.

“The government must put a stop to it and the failure to take any immediate action is against what (Prime Minister) Datuk Seri Najib Razak promised in his new administration of 1Malaysia, people first and performance now (concept),” he said, adding that the issue required “performance now and not performance that will take a while”.

Lim said Subramaniam should resign as a minister if the case cannot be solved because “such issues have been long standing”, beginning with the M. Moorthy conversion issue after his death in 2005.

A. Sivanesan
Perak executive councillor A. Sivanesan, who also present, said the father, Muhammad Ridzuan Abdullah, 40, had allegedly taken away their one-year-old baby and used the birth certificates to covert their religion.

“Some amendments should be made to the matrimonial law so that before the Islamic Department accepts the conversion, the law should ensure that the marriage is resolved under the civil law,” he said.

Indira, a kindergarten teacher, said: “I want back my children as Hindus.”

Giam Say Khoon/sun2surf

Video Lim Kit Siang with M Indira Ghandi and kids

SUDAHKAH ANDA MENDAFTAR SEBAGAI PENGUNDI

Sila layari laman web SPR di www.spr.gov.my untuk semakan Rang Daftar Pemilih Tambahan Suku Tahun Pertama 2009.

Sebarang kesilapan pendataan, pemilih bolehlah membuat pembetulan dengan menghantarkan pembetulan tersebut ke alamat e-mel: info@spr.gov.my atau menulis surat atau datang sendiri ke mana-mana pejabat Pilihan Raya Negeri atau Ibu Pejabat SPR di Putrajay

53,512 Pemilih Baru Januari-Mac

Puruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menerima 53,512 permohonan pendaftaran sebagai pemilih baru bagi tempoh Januari hingga Mac tahun ini.

Pegawai Perhubungan Awam SPR, Sabri Said, berkata Rang Daftar Pemilih Tambahan bagi Suku Tahun Pertama 2009 akan dipamerkan selama seminggu mulai esok di 994 tempat pameran di seluruh negara.

Mereka yang baru memohon menjadi pemilih atau mana-mana pemilih berdaftar yang telah memohon untuk pertukaran alamat pusat mengundi dinasihatkan menyemak rang daftar pemilih yang dipamerkan itu,” katanya dalam kenyataan di sini Selasa.

Sabri berkata warga negara yang baru mendaftar sebagai pemilih tetapi mendapati nama mereka tidak tersenarai dalam rang daftar itu, bolehlah membuat tuntutan dengan menggunakan Borang B dan menghantarkannya kepada Pengarah SPR negeri masing-masing dalam tempoh tujuh hari dari tarikh rang daftar itu dipamerkan.

SPR juga mempamerkan nama-nama pemilih yang akan dikeluarkan daripada daftar pemilih berasaskan mereka ini didapati telah meninggal dunia, lucut hak warga negara atau yang telah bersara daripada Angkatan Tentera/Polis yang bermakna mereka telah hilang kelayakan sebagai pemilih pos.

Sabri berkata dalam usaha membersihkan daftar pemilih daripada senarai nama pemilih berdaftar yang telah meninggal dunia, SPR memohon kerjasama waris untuk menghantar salinan sijil kematian atau permit mengubur waris mereka yang telah meninggal dunia kepada SPR.

Pemilih berdaftar digalakkan menyemak Daftar Pemilih Induk 2008 bagi tujuan membuat pembetulan bagi apa-apa kesilapan data melibatkan ejaan nama, nombor kad pengenalan, jantina, nombor rumah pemilih dan sebagainya.

“Sekiranya terdapat sebarang kesilapan pendataan, pemilih bolehlah membuat pembetulan dengan menghantarkan pembetulan tersebut ke alamat e-mel: info@spr.gov.my atau menulis surat atau datang sendiri ke mana-mana pejabat Pilihan Raya Negeri atau Ibu Pejabat SPR di Putrajaya,” katanya.

Pemilih berdaftar yang bertukar alamat tempat bermastautin digalakkan membuat permohonan pertukaran alamat pusat mengundi bagi membolehkan mereka mengundi di sesuatu pusat mengundi yang lebih dekat dengan kediaman masing-masing.

Orang ramai boleh melayari laman web SPR di www.spr.gov.my untuk semakan Rang Daftar Pemilih Tambahan Suku Tahun Pertama 2009.

BERNAMA

WARAN TANGKAP MAT SABU KESILAPAN TEKNIKAL

Kisahnya Sdr Mat Sabu telah terlibat dengan satu demonstrasi dan sebelum itu telah merancang untuk mengahawinkan anak beliau. Dalam perjalanan ke Pulau Pinang, beliau telah dihalang pihak Polis bagi tujuan menyerahkan waran. Di situlah mulanya drama. Kelongaran, budibicara dan timbang rasa walaupun sedikit tidak diberikan langsung kepada bekas ahli Parlimen Malaysia ini. Sekarang bikin orang malu pula. Di mana kenyataan mohon maaf?

21 April, 2009 15:03 PM

Mahkamah Batal Waran Tangkap Mohamad Sabu

Akibat satu “kesilapan teknikal”, Mahkamah Majistert Jawi hari ini membatalkan waran tangkap terhadap Naib Presiden PAS Mohamad Sabu dan sembilan penyokongnya yang gagal menghadiri perbicaraan di mahkamah itu semalam.

Majistret Nur Ashikin Mokhtar mengeluarkan perintah itu setelah Yusnita Yusoff, peguam yang mewakili kesemua tertuduh, memohon supaya waran itu tidak dikeluarkan kerana berlaku kesilapan teknikal mengenai tarikh perbicaraan. Yusnita memberitahu mahkamah bahawa kesilapan itu kerana pihak pembelaan menjangkakan kes itu tidak akan berjalan memandangkan Majistret Mohd Izham Ali yang mengendalikannya sedang berkursus.

Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Mukhriz Mat Rus tidak membantah permohonan peguam bela itu. Kesemua tertuduh hadir di mahkamah hari ini. Nur Ashikin, Majistret dari Mahkamah Butterworth yang menggantikan Mohd Izham dalam prosiding itu, kemudian menetapkan 28 hingga 30 Sept sebagai tarikh baru perbicaraan.

Semalam, majistret itu memerintahkan waran tangkap dikeluarkan terhadap Mohamad Sabu dan sembilan penyokongnya kerana mereka tidak menghadiri hari pertama perbicaraan yang ditetapkan selama tiga hari itu. Lima peguam mereka diketuai Asmuni Awi juga tidak kelihatan. Mohamad, 53, serta Zamarul Aini Abdul Malek, 37, Zainal Azrun Zainal Abidin, 35, Abdul Rahim Mat Ariff, 58, Md Lazim Osman, 50, Mohd Biyamin Ishak, 44, Fauzi Saharat, 44, Abdul Razak Ramli, 42, Mohd Subri Mohd Said, 42, dan Mohamad Salleh, 47, didakwa menghalang Supt Mohd Nasir Salleh daripada menyerahkan waran tangkap yang dikeluarkan oleh Mahkamah Majistret Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur, terhadap pemimpin PAS itu. Mereka dituduh melakukan kesalahan itu di hadapan Plaza Tol Bukit Tambun, Lebuh Raya Utara-Selatan berhampiran susur keluar lebuh raya dari arah Kuala Lumpur ke Pulau Pinang pada 7.45 malam 9 Dis 2007. Mereka didakwa menurut Seksyen 186 Kanun Keseksaan yang membawa hukuman penjara sehingga dua tahun atau denda sehingga RM10,000 atau kedua-duanya jika sabit kesalahan.

BERNAMA

BENARKAH PEMAKAIAN PURDAH PUNCA KEKURANGAN VITAMIN D

Bernama melaporkan satu kajian dari Australia perihal pendatang Afrika serta rakyat Australia yang kekurangan vitamin D dalam darah kesan sampingan dari memakai purdah.

Jika anda berpeluang meneliti imej di bawah yang diambil dari USATODAY , anda akan dapati vitamin D boleh diperolehi dari bahan tenusu yang diperkayakan dengan vitamin D serta ikan seperti salmon dan kod.

Mungkin rakyat Australia berketurunan Afrika tidak mampu membeli makanan segar seperti susu dan ikan. Faktor ini yang mungkin menyumbang kepada kekurangan vitamin D.

Kajian menunjukkan hanya beberapa sentimeter persegi kulit sahaja yang perlu terdedah kepada cahaya matahari untuk mendapat bekalan vitamin D dari sang suria. Kekurangan ini boleh ditampung dengan pemakanan atau pil tambahan.

Di USA , 29 % kaum kulit hitam dari Afrika berbanding mereka yang datang dari Mexico yang hanya 7.5% memiliki kandungan vitamin D dalam darah yang sangat rendah. Sila rujuk jadual di bawah.

Kesimpulannya, bukan pemakaian purdah punca kepada masalah kekurangan vitamin D di kalangan rakyat Australia atau sesiapa jua tetapi banyak faktor lain yang perlu diambilkira.

Pemakai Purdah Hadapi Masalah Kekurangan Vitamin

Oleh Neville D’Cruz

MELBOURNE, 20 April (Bernama) — Pelarian Afrika Utara dan rakyat Australia beragama Islam yang memakai purdah diberi ingatan bahawa mereka mungkin tidak mendapat Vitamin D yang mencukupi.

Daripada hampir 150 pendatang Afrika Utara yang mengambil bahagian dalam program pemeriksaan kesihatan, hanya dua yang mencapai tahap vitamin yang diperlukan untuk kesihatan, lapor Australian Associated Press.

Kajian itu dibuat di subbandar baratdaya Sydney pada musim sejuk dan panas 2006, dan kajian susulan, selepas musim panas berikutnya, menunjukkan sedikit peningkatan dalam paras Vitamin D tetapi hampir 90 peratus daripada mereka yang menjalani ujian masih mengalami masalah kekurangan vitamin itu.

Dr Craig Munns, dari Hospital Kanak-kanak Sydney, berkata mereka yang mempunyai kulit terlalu hitam memerlukan cahaya matahari tambahan untuk memperoleh jumlah Vitamin D yang diperlukan.

Bagi yang memakai purdah di luar rumah atas sebab agama, Dr Munns berkata mereka perlu memeriksa tahap Vitamin D setiap tahun dan menimbang mengambil vitamin tambahan setiap hari.

Dr Munns berkata ibu mengandung yang mengalami masalah kekurangan Vitamin D boleh menyebabkan anak dalam kandungannya mengalami masalah sama.

Mereka ini perlu memeriksa tahap Vitamin D pada tahap awal kehamilan, manakala bayi yang menyusu badan perlu diberi Vitamin D tambahan sehingga berusia 12 bulan, katanya.

BERNAMA

JPJ DAN SPRM TANDATANGANI MoU TANGANI RASUAH

Tahniah dan syabas buat JPJ dan SPRM yang telah menandatangani memorandum persefahaman (MoU) dalam usaha meningkatkan integriti, profesionalisme dan membendung gejala rasuah di kalangan petugas JPJ.

JPJ Buat MoU Dengan SPRM Untuk Bendung Rasuah

Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ), yang dikritik hebat kerana rasuah sejak akhir-akhir ini, Isnin menandatangani Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) dengan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) dalam usaha membendung gejala rasuah dan meningkatkan integriti serta profesionalisme di kalangan warga kerjanya.

Menteri Pengangkutan Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat berkata SPRM juga akan membantu JPJ dalam menyiasat latar belakang pegawai berkelayakan untuk kenaikan pangkat supaya jabatan itu bebas daripada budaya rasuah.

“Perjanjian dengan SPRM itu menunjukkan keseriusan JPJ dalam menangkis gejala rasuah di kalangan anggotanya,” katanya kepada wartawan selepas melancarkan “Pelan Integriti JPJ Malaysia” di sini, hari ini.

Setakat ini, dua pengawai JPJ di Perlis dan Melaka yang dikenakan tindakan disiplin oleh Pasukan Petugas Khas Integriti JPJ, telah dirujuk dan didakwa oleh SPRM atas kesalahan rasuah.

Pelan Integriti yang dilancarkan itu menggariskan strategi dan program yang perlu dilaksanakan bertujuan untuk meningkatkan integriti warga JPJ, memerangi rasuah, salah guna kuasa dan penyelewengan.

Ong berkata unit integriti juga akan ditubuhkan di pejabat JPJ seluruh negara bagi memupuk budaya integriti di kalangan pekerjanya dan bagi memantau aduan yang dibuat oleh orang ramai terhadap jabatan itu.

Katanya berkata jabatan itu juga akan memperluaskan lagi perkhidmatan e-Service bagi meliputi lebih banyak urusan.

“Langkah memperluaskan e-Service ini juga diharap akan dapat mengurangkan ruang bagi pegawai melakukan rasuah,” katanya.

Beliau berkata di bawah pelan tersebut, satu Lembaga Pemantauan Puspakom dan Jawatankuasa Stakeholders JPJ juga telah dibentuk.

Katanya kedua-dua badan tersebut bertindak sebagai platform kepada orang ramai dan pihak yang berkaitan untuk menyuarakan pandangan dan kritikan mereka terhadap organisasi-organisasi tersebut dan pada masa yang sama membantu dalam meningkatkan kualiti perkhidmatannya.

Terdahulu dalam ucapannya, Ong juga menyeru agar JPJ keluar daripada kepompong yang sedia ada dan melangkah ke hadapan serta menepis dan menyingkirkan segala persepsi negatif terhadap jabatan itu seperti tidak responsif, tidak mesra pelanggan, birokrasi dan rasuah.

“Saya telah menerima aduan awam yang tidak berpuas hati dengan JPJ di mana ia bukan rekaan atau tohmahan semata-mata, dan datang daripada pengalaman pelanggan dan pihak berkenaan yang berurusan dengan JPJ pada setiap hari.

“Aduan dan tuduhan-tuduhan tersebut ada kebenarannya. Walaupun pahit untuk ditelan, itulah hakikat dan realiti yang perlu JPJ tangani,” katanya.

BERNAMA

SRJK (C) TERIMA PERUNTUKAN RM4 JUTA

SJKC Selangor Terima Dana RM4j

Kerajaan negeri hari ini mengagihkan peruntukan sebanyak RM2 juta kepada 25 buah Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) di seluruh Selangor.

Majlis penyampaian bantuan kewangan disempurnakan Dato’ Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim di Lobi Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (SSAAS) di sini pagi tadi.

Abdul Khalid ketika ditemui pemberita berkata pemberian itu bagi memulihkan keadaan infrastruktur sekolah selain mewujudkan suasana pembelajaran yang lebih kondusif kepada sekolah-sekolah berkenaan.

“Sejumlah RM2 juta telah kita agihkan hari ini dan kita akan mengagihkan lagi RM2 juta dari masa ke semasa bergantung kepada jenis permohonan yang diterima,” katanya memberitahu keutamaan diberikan kepada sekolah-sekolah yang memerlukan.

Kerajaan negeri sebelum ini telah memperuntukkan RM8 juta bagi meningkatkan kemudahan infrastruktur di sekolah-sekolah jenis kebangsaan Tamil dan sekolah persendirian agama rakyat.

MURIZA ABDUL HAMID/selangorkini online

SATU DEMI SATU PERJALANAN MAHKAMAH DI MALAYSIA DIPERHATI MASYARAKAT ANTARABANGSA

Keputusan mahkamah dalam kes-kes terdahulu seperti Lim Cho Hock (1979), Tun Datu Haji Mustapha (1986) dan Haji Salleh bin Jafarudin (1986) menjunjung peruntukan dan semangat Perkara 72(1) yang tidak membenarkan mahkamah menyentuh perjalanan dewan.

Prof Aziz juga menimbulkan sikap salah seorang hakim Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin yang bersetuju dengan Tan Sri Alauddin Sheriff. Kata Aziz ini tidak konsisten kerana di dalam kes Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (2006) Zulkefli tidak memberi perhatian kepada soal prosedur yang dibangkitkan oleh Anwar dalam pemecatannya oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada 1998.

Penghakiman kes Speaker Dun Perak, mahkamah salah masuk?
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 April (Hrkh) – Dalam membuat keputusan yang menghukumkan Speaker V. Sivakumar tidak mempunyai kuasa menggantung Dato Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Mahkamah Persekutuan mengambil sikap yang berbeza dengan keputusan mahkamah sebelum ini yang mengambil kira kedudukan Perkara 72(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

Kata Prof. Dr Abdul Aziz Bari ketika ditanya mengenai permohonan 10 perintah yang belum kesemuanya dikeluarkan. Perkara 72(1), kata Aziz, jelas memberi imuniti kepada prosiding dewan.

“Oleh kerana Tan Sri Alauddin Sheriff masih belum memberikan penghakiman bertulis, sebenarnya kita masih kabur. Tetapi ini mungkin dibangkitkan oleh peguam Sivakumar dalam prosiding di mahkamah berkenaan,” katanya lagi.

Apa pun, kata pakar perlembagaan itu, keputusan mahkamah dalam kes-kes terdahulu seperti Lim Cho Hock (1979), Tun Datu Haji Mustapha (1986) dan Haji Salleh bin Jafarudin (1986) menjunjung peruntukan dan semangat Perkara 72(1) yang tidak membenarkan mahkamah menyentuh perjalanan dewan.

“Ini menyebabkan ramai yang terpinga-pinga dengan keputusan mahkamah berkenaan, sebab itu jelas menyalahi sesuatu yang telah termaktub dan diamalkan,” kata beliau.

Aziz juga menimbulkan persoalan tentang kedudukan perintah-perintah yang dipohon itu di sisi undang-undang. Katanya mahkamah tidak boleh mempersoalkan kewajaran tindakan badan perundangan.

“Sebab itu mahkamah enggan membincangkan soal apakah sesuatu undang-undang itu adil atau sebaliknya”, tambahnya.

Beliau berkata mahkamah, dalam melakukan semakan kehakiman, selalunya menangani soal bidang kuasa.

“Selagi sesuatu undang-undang itu masih di dalam bidang kuasa dewan berkenaan maka mahkamah akan melaksanakan undang-undang itu biar bagaimana tidak adil sekalipun”, katanya.

Perintah-perintah seperti injuksi dan seumpamanya selalunya dikeluarkan ke atas badan-badan atau agensi yang diwujudkan oleh badan perundangan, baik parlimen maupun DUN.

“Jadi saya berasa musykil bagaimana peguam berkenaan boleh memohon supaya mahkamah mengeluarkan perintah ke atas speaker yang merupakan sebahagian daripada dewan”, tambah Aziz.

Beliau berkata perintah juga boleh dikeluarkan ke atas menteri tetapi tidak ke atas kabinet yang merupakan badan eksekutif.

“Jadi keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan di Perak ini amat ganjil kerana ia tidak selaras dengan peruntukan perlembagaan dan amalan yang telah berjalan selama ini”.

Aziz juga menimbulkan sikap salah seorang hakim Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin yang bersetuju dengan Tan Sri Alauddin Sheriff. Kata Aziz ini tidak konsisten kerana di dalam kes Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (2006) Zulkefli tidak memberi perhatian kepada soal prosedur yang dibangkitkan oleh Anwar dalam pemecatannya oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada 1998.

“Dalam kes saman Anwar ke atas Mahathir itu Zulkefli merujuk kepada kuasa mutlak Perdana Menteri. Sepatutnya dalam kes Sivakumar ini Zulkefli harus mengambil pendekatan yang sama dan menentang keputusan Alauddin dan tiga hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan yang lain,” katanya.

Aziz berkata kes-kes perlembagaan perlu ditangani dengan prioriti yang betul; soal prosedur harus tidak menjadi halangan kepada isu pokok.

“Prosedur dan isu teknikal bertujuan membantu dan meregulisasi bukan menafikan hak,” tegasnya lagi.

TMJ/Tarmizi Mohd Jam/HARAKAHDAILY

SATU DEMI SATU PERJALANAN MAHKAMAH DI MALAYSIA DIPERHATI MASYARAKAT ANTARABANGSA

Keputusan mahkamah dalam kes-kes terdahulu seperti Lim Cho Hock (1979), Tun Datu Haji Mustapha (1986) dan Haji Salleh bin Jafarudin (1986) menjunjung peruntukan dan semangat Perkara 72(1) yang tidak membenarkan mahkamah menyentuh perjalanan dewan.

Prof Aziz juga menimbulkan sikap salah seorang hakim Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin yang bersetuju dengan Tan Sri Alauddin Sheriff. Kata Aziz ini tidak konsisten kerana di dalam kes Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (2006) Zulkefli tidak memberi perhatian kepada soal prosedur yang dibangkitkan oleh Anwar dalam pemecatannya oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada 1998.

Penghakiman kes Speaker Dun Perak, mahkamah salah masuk?
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 April (Hrkh) – Dalam membuat keputusan yang menghukumkan Speaker V. Sivakumar tidak mempunyai kuasa menggantung Dato Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Mahkamah Persekutuan mengambil sikap yang berbeza dengan keputusan mahkamah sebelum ini yang mengambil kira kedudukan Perkara 72(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

Kata Prof. Dr Abdul Aziz Bari ketika ditanya mengenai permohonan 10 perintah yang belum kesemuanya dikeluarkan. Perkara 72(1), kata Aziz, jelas memberi imuniti kepada prosiding dewan.

“Oleh kerana Tan Sri Alauddin Sheriff masih belum memberikan penghakiman bertulis, sebenarnya kita masih kabur. Tetapi ini mungkin dibangkitkan oleh peguam Sivakumar dalam prosiding di mahkamah berkenaan,” katanya lagi.

Apa pun, kata pakar perlembagaan itu, keputusan mahkamah dalam kes-kes terdahulu seperti Lim Cho Hock (1979), Tun Datu Haji Mustapha (1986) dan Haji Salleh bin Jafarudin (1986) menjunjung peruntukan dan semangat Perkara 72(1) yang tidak membenarkan mahkamah menyentuh perjalanan dewan.

“Ini menyebabkan ramai yang terpinga-pinga dengan keputusan mahkamah berkenaan, sebab itu jelas menyalahi sesuatu yang telah termaktub dan diamalkan,” kata beliau.

Aziz juga menimbulkan persoalan tentang kedudukan perintah-perintah yang dipohon itu di sisi undang-undang. Katanya mahkamah tidak boleh mempersoalkan kewajaran tindakan badan perundangan.

“Sebab itu mahkamah enggan membincangkan soal apakah sesuatu undang-undang itu adil atau sebaliknya”, tambahnya.

Beliau berkata mahkamah, dalam melakukan semakan kehakiman, selalunya menangani soal bidang kuasa.

“Selagi sesuatu undang-undang itu masih di dalam bidang kuasa dewan berkenaan maka mahkamah akan melaksanakan undang-undang itu biar bagaimana tidak adil sekalipun”, katanya.

Perintah-perintah seperti injuksi dan seumpamanya selalunya dikeluarkan ke atas badan-badan atau agensi yang diwujudkan oleh badan perundangan, baik parlimen maupun DUN.

“Jadi saya berasa musykil bagaimana peguam berkenaan boleh memohon supaya mahkamah mengeluarkan perintah ke atas speaker yang merupakan sebahagian daripada dewan”, tambah Aziz.

Beliau berkata perintah juga boleh dikeluarkan ke atas menteri tetapi tidak ke atas kabinet yang merupakan badan eksekutif.

“Jadi keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan di Perak ini amat ganjil kerana ia tidak selaras dengan peruntukan perlembagaan dan amalan yang telah berjalan selama ini”.

Aziz juga menimbulkan sikap salah seorang hakim Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin yang bersetuju dengan Tan Sri Alauddin Sheriff. Kata Aziz ini tidak konsisten kerana di dalam kes Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (2006) Zulkefli tidak memberi perhatian kepada soal prosedur yang dibangkitkan oleh Anwar dalam pemecatannya oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada 1998.

“Dalam kes saman Anwar ke atas Mahathir itu Zulkefli merujuk kepada kuasa mutlak Perdana Menteri. Sepatutnya dalam kes Sivakumar ini Zulkefli harus mengambil pendekatan yang sama dan menentang keputusan Alauddin dan tiga hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan yang lain,” katanya.

Aziz berkata kes-kes perlembagaan perlu ditangani dengan prioriti yang betul; soal prosedur harus tidak menjadi halangan kepada isu pokok.

“Prosedur dan isu teknikal bertujuan membantu dan meregulisasi bukan menafikan hak,” tegasnya lagi.

TMJ/Tarmizi Mohd Jam/HARAKAHDAILY

TERAS (TERAS KEUPAYAAN MELAYU) KELUAR KENYATAAN ISU SUK PERAK

Teras Keupayaan Melayu (TERAS) melalui Presidennya mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa Stindakan SUK Perak dengan mengarah Setiausaha DUN untuk mengeluarkan notis persidangan DUN tanpa pengetahuan dan persetujuan Speaker membawa implikasi penghinaan terhadap institusi DUN.

SUK Perak berat sebelah, permainkan kuasa Speaker

“Bukan sahaja ini akan meletakkan ‘precedent’ yang salah di mana kuasa institusi legislatif telah dicerobohi oleh kuasa Eksekutif , malah ia telah melanggar segala peraturan yang telah ditetapkan dalam Perlembagaan Negeri Perak berkaitan dengan perjalanan DUN.”

Demikian reaksi Teras Pengupayaan Melayu (Teras) berhubung kenyataan Setiausaha Kerajaan (SUK) Perak, Dato’ Dr Abdul Rahman (foto atas kanan) yang menafikan kuasa Speaker yang sah iaitu V.Sivakumar untuk menolak notis persidangan Dewan yang dikeluarkan oleh Setiausaha Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak.

Presidennya Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid (foto atas kiri) merasa kecewa terhadap krisis perlembagaan di Perak kini masih berterusan dengan campurtangan SUK Negeri untuk kali yang kedua melakukan tindakan yang menyalahi bidang kuasanya.

“Tindakan SUK Negeri yang sebelum ini mengunci dan mengarah polis untuk bertindak dengan menghalang ahli undangan negeri dari memasuki bangunan SUK bagi meneruskan sidang dewan adalah suatu yang sangat memalukan dan tidak bertamadun.

“Insiden ahli dewan undangan negeri Perak yang terpaksa mengadakan persidangan di bawah sepohon pokok telah memalukan imej negara di kacamata masyarakat antarabangsa,” katanya dalam satu kenyataannya kepada Harakahdaily.

Beliau mempersoalkan niat sebenarnya SUK itu Perak untuk terus bertindak secara tidak menghormati perlembagaan dan tidak mempedulikan doktrin pemisahan kuasa antara legislatif dan Eksekutif, yang menjadi prinsip demokrasi di negara ini.

Teras merasa sangat kecewa dengan gelagat SUK yang nampak jelas bertindak secara sangat berat sebelah dan tidak menghormati kuasa Speaker yang maseh sah di sisi undang-undang.

“Alasan Sivakumar selaku Speaker Dewan untuk terus mempertahankan kuasanya adalah wajar.

“Beliau berhak menentukan perjalanan sidang dewan undangan negeri berjalan mengikut peraturan sepertimana yang ditetapkan oleh perlembagaan negeri. Pihak SUK tidak boleh mempermainkan hak dan bidangkuasa Speaker,” kata Azmi.

Katanya, dengan mengarah Setiausaha DUN untuk mengeluarkan notis persidangan DUN tanpa pengetahuan dan persetujuan Speaker membawa implikasi bahawa suatu penghinaan terhadap institusi DUN telah dilakukan oleh SUK.

Teras katanya, mendesak agar pihak SUK tidak berperanan sebagai alat kepada pihak tertentu yang gelojoh untuk merampas kuasa secara tidak bermoral di negeri Perak.

azm/mks/Azamin Amin/harakahdaily

DS DR KHIR TOYO ANSWERS SELCAT ALLEGATIONS

Loving remarks by Dr Khir:

“There is no need for me to answer. If we answer, then someone will say something else and it will go on and on. Let God decide who is right.”

“I still got the number two spot in the Umno Youth Chief elections. As for the public, when I go around I still draw in crowds.”

Khir has his say on allegations

Former Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo has come under a lot fire recently for purportedly misusing the state agencies’ funds for costly trips, family holidays and personal gain – something he vehemently denies.

Pakatan Rakyat which wrested the state in the March 8 2008 general election has set up a Select Committee on Competence, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat) to probe the financial dealings of Balkis (the former Selangor Elected Representatives Wives Welfare Association headed by Dr Khir’s wife), to see if there was any wrongdoing or element of criminal breach of trust in the charity organisation.

Last month, the bosses of Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB), Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Bhd (KDEB) and PKNS and others testified at the Selcat hearing and some of their disclosures were shocking – that RM1.7mil was paid for DisneyWorld and DisneyLand “technical” trips, RM200,000 for a Jogjakarta trip and that they paid the air tickets for Dr Khir’s maid to go on the trips and that they got instructions from the (then) Mentri Besar to sponsor Balqis events.

Denying any wrongdoing, Dr Khir who chose not to attend the Selcat inquiry, gives his side of the story. He also says that he will never forgive Pakatan Rakyat until he dies for smearing his reputation.

Q: It has been a year since the general election with Selangor having fallen to Pakatan Rakyat, how do you see the whole political scenario?

A: I think there are mixed feelings among the public. Some believe Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is doing quite well but some do not. This is based on perception. PR managed to give a good perception about themselves to the public. The low income group are happy because a lot of goodies have been given to them but the business or corporate community in Selangor are not happy because they obviously see the economy shrinking. That is so apparent. Lately the urban areas are beginning to see that the local authorities have failed to improve their basic services.
Q: You contested the Umno Youth Chief post and came in second. What do you think of Khairy Jamaluddin as the new Youth Chief and Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir as deputy minister?

A: Khairy has won and I think he needs to work hard. Without his father-in-law (Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi), I think he needs to work even harder. But first he needs to clear the perception about him. I think the Malaysian public still cannot accept him as Youth chief.

As for Mukhriz – it’s simple. There must be ‘keturunan’ (lineage). His father (former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad) was there (in the seat of power) so his child too must be there. That’s Malaysian politics for you. It’s happened before and it’s happened again. It’s a normal thing.

UMNO

Q: Some say you are arrogant because you used the broom award to shame departments, boasted before the March 8 general elections that there will be zero opposition in Selangor and in a forum after the election you challenged the new PR government to investigate you from head to toe.

A: The broom award was decided by the state government officers and personally I think it was good because that department (that was shamed for non-performance by winning the broom award) got number one placing for performance the following year. The broom award was just to change the mind set.

As for the zero opposition, as Mentri Besar and state Barisan Nasional chairman if I say we are weak, all my people will be disheartened and dispirited. As a general, even if you lose the war, you must still say that you have not. That’s the way to handle perception, feelings and the spirit of our ‘soldiers’. Psychologically everyone does that from Mussolin to Sukarno. How can you lead and say we are going to lose. We will not say that we are not going to lose even if we think we are. It’s a strategy.

As for the forum, some people were saying I am corrupt and they will boo me if I say that I am not. The situation at that time was very wild. So I said what I said to keep their mouths shut. Actually, I am not arrogant but I have my own character in politics.

SELCAT

Q: You have been at the centre of a lot of controversy lately. How have you been responding?

A: It’s all politically motivated. Pakatan Rakyat is trying to hide their own wrongdoings. The present MB (Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim) also has a case, one of the exco member also has a case. They are trying to cover up all these things.

For example, the Balqis issue. I am not even a member and Balqis has already been dissolved and the dissolution has been approved by ROS. I was investigated by the police over the Balqis issue and the police found no wrongdoing but still Pakatan is harping on it. But I am not worried. As for the trips (which has now become controversial), as far as I am concerned I paid for my own children.

Q: Why did you not go to the Selcat inquiry to defend yourself?

A: My lawyer advised me not to go. It is a one-sided hearing. Selcat called me on Balqis issue but I am not a Balqis member so there is no locus standi for me to talk. I cannot clear my name because it is a structured hearing. Selcat is made up of my political opponents. The only two Barisan members in it went for the hearing the first day and stayed away after that. And Selcat wants me – their enemy – to appear before them? If you and I are fighting, would you have something good to say about me? If I go to Selcat, it is like I serah diri (surrender) before my political enemy. They are not interested in the truth. They are just trying to look for kesalahan orang (find fault). If they are after the truth, they would have had professionals not politicians conducting the hearing. If it was conducted by ex-judges and non-partisan ex-top civil servants, then I would have gone. But in this case, tell me why should I go to the lion’s den? Besides, Selcat did not get the approval from the AG to set it up.

Q: But this comes under the Selangor state government and assembly, surely they don’t need the A-G’s approval to set up Selcat?

A: I checked with my lawyer. Any law that involves enforcement must be done by the Federal government first of all. They have said they want to jail people and stated that they can jail up to two years and fine RM2,000. Who is going to jail the person? Does the state have the authority to do this? Surely this comes under the police. Selangor has a Public Accounts Committee – why can’t use that mechanism? But they formed Selcat just to pick on people.

Q: You say there is no locus standi for you to attend an inquiry on Balqis but some of the money in question came from PNSB of which you were the chairman?

A: This falls under the Registrar of Societies. For example I am an Umno member and if I donate money to say MIC do I have the right to ask questions about the money of MIC and ask details about the MIC management? I can’t. This is a donation from a private company to Balqis. That’s why there is no locus standi. In fact even the state government doesn’t have the right to ask these questions because they are not members. I have checked with my lawyer. They can’t.

Q: But (former Selangor MB) Tan Sri Mat Taib’s wife, Puan Sri Asbi (Rohani Asnan) who was Balqis president (until 1997) attended the Selcat hearing?

A: That is up to her. I asked the lawyer’s opinion and (he advised me against it) and so I wrote a letter to Selcat explaining why I was not coming. Because I am not a Balqis member so how can they can ask me about Balqis issues.

Q: What was the purpose of the Dec 17-24 2007 DisneyWorld, Miami Beach and Honolulu trip?

A: It was a technical visit. It was for investment purposes, river management, canal city and the theme park. We wanted to make a second Klang Valley in Selangor – an RM1bil canal city from Sungai Kuala Langat to Sungai Klang which is about 16km. There was to be an artificial beach, a river fishing area, boating, a garden in the middle and cycling lane and walkways. The water level would be maintained throughout the year. You should have a look at the canal city plan. It is very nice. So the trip was to visit water feature development areas so that we know how to do it technically in Selangor and translate the concept to reality. That is why we had in our delegation the Yang Di-Pertua (YDP) of Kuala Langat, of Sepang, the DO Sepang, the DO Kuala Langat, town planners and technical officers. They want to see with their own eyes what it looks like, only then can they execute. My trips are always multi-purpose. We meet the business community there to try and get more investments.

Q: Why didn’t (PNSB CEO) Datin Khairiyah (Abu Hassan) say that? When Selcat asked the purpose of trip, she said it was to study the theme park and did not mention river management?

A: She made a mistake. She has to look through the minutes of PNSB again. The trip was partly to study the theme park and partly to study river management and canal city project. I am very sure about that. I am the one attending the programme so I know this.

Q: Datin Khairiyah said your delegation did not meet anyone from the Disney World management team?

A: The arrangement was done by the PNSB management. On the itinerary, there was supposed to be a meeting with them but I don’t know why they cancelled it. You cannot blame me for it.

Q: You said you do not know why they cancelled a meeting with the Theme Park management?

A: Yes. I don’t know. The PNSB management should know. They sent a Recce team there earlier and everything should have been okay.

Q: It cost RM366,000 to send the Recce team ahead and yet they could not organise a meeting with the Disney World Theme Park? Are you saying the PNSB officers are not competent?

A: The Recce team was decided by management not by board.

Q: Why couldn’t they just call or e-mail to fix an appointment? Why do they have to go all the way there to fix the programme?

A: All this was decided by the management. I am the chairman (of the board) and they are the ones who set the programme and I just go for it. In fact sometimes the programme just comes to my table where to meet etc and I just follow. I did not ask for this and that. The PNSB management decided and I just followed.

Q: The Canal Development project between Sungai Kuala Langat and the Klang River is not something new. It was already proposed in 2006 and universities like UKM and Uniten have already had papers on it and discussions on the concept.

A: Yes, but after one year, the officers still did not understand the technical things about how to manage river development and all that. They wanted to have a look at what it is. That’s why I brought the technical team to study and look in detail water feature developments. A year ago we had already completed the concept of the canal city, only after this (concept paper) was completed that we go and visit.

Q: Why go to Miami Beach and Honolulu and not Venice Italy which is known for its canals?

A: PNSB suggested this to us. I don’t choose. I just follow. In fact, I had to put it off a few times because I had no time. We wanted to learn about water-feature development. We were planning an artificial beach in the Canal City so we went to these beaches (Miami and Hawaii) to learn how to develop these areas – like how many feet development should it be from the water and how to maintain the sand. In Malaysia, we tend to develop right to the water front, when in fact you must leave at least a 20 to 30 feet distance from the water. We also don’t want development projects to cause river banks to collapse (due to a lack of technical planning in developing the area around it). The technical department didn’t approve the project because they couldn’t understand the concept and couldn’t visualise it, so we said ‘then okay let’s go and learn from them’ (the experts).

Q: Why was the delegation so big? Why not bring only 10 or so people?

A: I don’t remember how many came along. When we went, developers came along too. They too want to learn about the river development and canal city development. On my part, I brought along two District Officers, Town Planner, YDP, the state secretary and the PNSB board of directors. The developers, of course, paid their own way.

Q: And why not just bring the experts down to Selangor to train the officers?

A: The thing is the technical group here do not understand the concept. They want to have a look at such projects themselves so that is why we brought them there. Besides, bringing consultants and experts down would be more expensive. The canal project is about RM1bil and foreign consultants and experts would cost about 18% of that. And that does not even include the cost of flying them down. Another thing too is that we also need to expose our officers because they are the ones who are going to approve the project. These departments need to see the project otherwise they won’t approve.

Q: Are the trips to reward the officers?

A: No. There must be a purpose to the trips. We bring officers in charge of the Kuala Langat and the Klang River area. And now because of that, they are better and better because they have more knowledge. Otherwise the officers do not know how to do it. If you talk about the barrage, the officers cannot visualise what it is like. They need to go there and learn. That is the problem with our officers these days. If we don’t give them the exposure, they don’t know. You should have a look at the canal city plan. The concept is the first in Malaysia on how to combine water, humans and development. We had the concept already in 2006 and now the trips are how do to translate that to reality. That’s why we brought YDPs, District Officers, the town planner, the state secretary and the PNSB board of directors. We can have sand, the canal and development.

Q: So the officers are sufficiently knowledgable now?

A: We have had discussions with MTES (Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Selangor). In fact, because of their exposure, many regulations in development have been changed. Instead of having the river running along behind the house near the kitchen area, the front of the house is built to face the river. We managed to change so many concepts. It’s good exposure.

Q: Why did you not ask the officers who went on the trip to go to Selcat to give their side of the story?

A: Selcat did not call them. That’s why I think it’s all political motivated. They could have called the state secretary or the others who went on the trip. But the hearing was very structured. The questions were very structured. They didn’t want to find out who is right or wrong. All they wanted was a one-sided story. The purpose is just to tarnish my name. That’s all.

Q: How come PNSB paid RM110,000 for your presidential suite in Honolulu?

A: I am not sure. It was all organised by them. And I didn’t ask. I didn’t even get to enjoy the suite or the facilities. I just used it for sleeping. I returned from the programme at midnight and by 8am I am up. Q: People are shocked by the RM1.7mil spent for the Disney trips?

A: That was decided by the management. I am actually a very simple man. I do not ask for these kind of things. Maybe they said as a chairman, that is my entitlement and they did that.

Q: You say you are a simple man but people would disagree because you fly first class and stay at expensive presidential suites?

A: You must remember when I was the (PNSB) chairman. I have my entitlement. If I were to reduce my entitlement to what an officer gets then what is the officer going to reduce to? I am the chairman. There is the deputy chairman, board of directors, government officers going along. If I fly business class (not first class), then what happens to my state secretary? He will complain. If I am travelling alone it is easier. But I am travelling with a group of people and if I downgrade myself – it’s a problem for the others. But I never ask (for the pricey presidential suites or first class flights). Whatever they provide, I go along with. I just tell them to give me a full itinerary on these trips. I want a full programme with investors and companies.
Q: But isn’t the RM1.7mil spent on the Disney trips wasteful?

A: No. The trip has so many purpose. Look at the effect, the officers got good exposure. And we get to bring investments to the state. Usually when I go on these trips, my programme is packed from morning to midnight to visit companies, factories, business associates, governors. That’s how we have increased the state’s investments from RM4bil a year to more than RM6 to RM7 bil a year. The RM1.7mil spent used proper channels and we got RM50bil investment (over the last eight years). If we spend RM5 mil for trips but it brings in RM50bil worth of investment, what’s wrong with that? Just look at Selangor now. The RM11.8bil last year was the result of my investment not Pakatan’s. They just try to take credit for it. But now investments have dwindled to RM6bil. I worry that it’s going to wind down to RM4bil. And we used to get RM17mil from sand mining but when PKR took over the state, they got only RM3mil. And they promised the people that they could collect RM250mil for sand mining. As far as I am concerned all the trips I made bring a lot of development to Selangor and introduced new concepts. The ideas come from these trips. I stopped over in Dubai for few days because I got the Sepang Gold Coast idea from Dubai’s The Palm development. I don’t know why the state cancelled the River Canal City project. They should proceed because it can spur the economy.

Q: During the technical trip you went to Kennedy Space Center and visited Disneyworld?

A: Selcat should get every information and see the real itinerary of our visit. I am not crazy to use government money for leisure trips. Sometimes on a technical trip, we have meetings after meetings for six hours or the whole day and if there is a break in between, we can fit in some leisure time too. Why not? I am a workaholic and when officers accompany on these trips they get angry because it is one meeting at 8am, followed by another at 10am, another business lunch, followed by more meetings and at night official dinners. Every one of my trips so far is like that. You can ask my state secretary or officers to confirm this.

Q: Why did your family and maid go along on these ‘technical’ trips?

A: When I move around, I do bring my family but all that is paid by me.

Q: But PNSB said they paid the flight for your children and maid for the trips?

A: As far as I am concerned I paid for my maid and children. I don’t know why she (Datin Khairiyah) would say they paid. Maybe she is against me. And why would the management pay? I paid for the flights. So why did the PNSB management pay again? Look, I am the chairman. I am not the management so I wouldn’t know if they paid for it again or not. But the management should take responsibility for that. They shouldn’t pay my personal expenses or flight tickets for my maid and children. If they pay for my family and don’t inform me, how am I supposed to know they did that (because I am not part of that decision making process).

Q: So you are denying that state funds were used for the maid?

A: I checked and the answer is ‘no’.
Q: What was the purpose of RM201,000 Jogjakarta trip?

A: The trip was to study the batik industry and also river management. There was a garbage problem at Kuala Selangor where there is the fireflies (attraction) and we wanted to see how to take care of that. Their (Jogjakarta) river management is very good. It was JPS (the Irrigation and Drainage Department) that asked us to go for the trip.

Q: On that Jogjakarta trip, Malaysia paid RM10,000 to Indonesian dancers to welcome the Malaysian delegation. Isn’t that odd?

A: You shouldn’t ask me. I was there as a guest . I don’t know the details. I am the Mentri Besar and I don’t ask all that. I didn’t know RM10,000 was paid for the welcoming ceremony. All that was decided by management. That trip, the itinerary was all decided by the management. I am the chairman so I am in the board. The board meets only about three to four times a year but it is the management (of which I am not a part of) that runs the company. They meet almost monthly. I attend their meeting only three to four times a year.

Q: Your former chief secretary Norzatun Ain Mohd Kassim told the Selcat inquiry that you asked her to write a letter from your office on behalf Balqis to seek an AP bring in RM40,000 worth of imported Indonesian batik which was being held at Port Klang but this was finally rejected by MITI because it had to protect the local batik industry. But doesn’t this shows a misuse of your office?

A: I can assure you there was no letter from me to Miti. In any case the AP was not approved, so it is a non issue. Q: PNSB’s Datin Khairiyah said PNSB paid RM14,900 for business class flight tickets to Melbourne for your wife to visit your son who is studying there?

A: No. I have checked that up already. I am very sure that my wife’s ticket was paid by me for that trip. Q: Then why would she say PNSB paid? And why did Datin Khairiyah accompany your wife?

A: I don’t why. She didn’t tell me. You should ask Datin (Khairiyah) why she went along. She can’t say there was an instruction from my wife because who is my wife to give such instructions.
Q: The Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Bhd (KDEB) said it spent RM550,000 sponsoring four Balqis dinners at Sunway Lagoon on July 24, Aug 2, 3, 4, 2007 while PNSB too donated another RM300,000 for them?

A: It was for fund raising and we got RM6mil for charity.
Q: Logically speaking why have four charity dinners held almost consecutively which cost a lot of money instead of just one?

A: They had too many people coming for it so they had to break it up in smaller groups. If they do it at such a grand scale, it would cost even more so it was better to split it up and have small programmes with different guests.

Q: There was a Balqis event where KDEB paid RM25,000 for chocolates which were to be given as souvenirs while buying imported chocolates would have cost less?

A: You can’t ask me all these details. I wouldn’t know. All this was decided by the management. For example, Tan Sri Khalid (Ibrahim) he wouldn’t know how much the chocolates cost. He wouldn’t have time for that.

Q: KDEB also paid RM17,000 for tickets for Balqis to go to China to buy artificial flowers and caps there when the company has a branch in Kepong. Why waste money when the ordering could have been done in Kepong?

A: I really don’t know. But it must have been approved by the KDEB management. It might be cheaper to fly there and order it from there. You know how cheap things are in China. What costs 10 sen there costs RM10 here. I know my wife very well. She is very careful about accounting. She’s far-sighted and always thinking about how to save money. Perhaps that’s why she bought so many flowers and caps for the welfare programmes one shot – to save money And she gets really frustrated when the public thinks otherwise.

Q: PNSB said they had to give Balqis about RM1mil each year?

A: Yes, that was a decision by PNSB. The 1mil is for charity. Balqis uses the money to help the needy. During Chinese New Year, they give RM100 to 1,000 poor Chinese, for Hari Raya they give money out to poor Malays and during Deepavali, it goes to poor Indians. And we don’t ask the people to sign invoices to show that they got the money. Balqis does many welfare programmes. They buy wheelchairs, and prosthetic limbs for the disabled and fund dialysis treatment for the needy.

Q: KDEB, PNSB and PKNS all said that they became like a ‘tukang bayar’ because whenever there was a request from Balqis they felt obliged to pay.

A: They should have brought it to the board if they were unhappy. Balqis is a welfare organisation which does work for charity. These companies have put aside a certain amount for charity (under their Corporate Social Responsibility programme). And they can channel the money to any clubs or charity. They can sponsor sports, Balqis or give it to old folks homes. In fact, KDEB sponsors football programmes more than it does Balqis events. The companies decide where to give the money to. As far as I am concerned the money is not misused. And the money Balqis gets does go to the target group (welfare and they needy). That’s what is important.

Q: But this puts bodies like PNSB. KDEB, PKNS in a dilemma because you were after all their Mentri Besar (from 2000 until the March 8 general elections) so how can they say ‘no’ to Balqis. They had to accord Balqis, which is headed by your wife, special treatment?

A: Even if Balqis made a request, the management has the right to turn it down. They can’t be ‘segan’ (embarrassed). Where does the money go? If the money goes to charity, then it’s okay. What’s wrong if it goes to the poor, old and the needy. But if it goes to certain people’s pocket that’s a different matter. What the company donates goes to charity and not to individual’s pocket. Balqis does not benefit from it. Sometimes, the money is not enough and Balqis has to top it up with their own money.

Q: But did you make calls and give verbal instructions to these bodies to fund Balqis activities?

A: No I never made any instructions. It was all done through the board of directors and went through the proper procedures. I am very sure about that. For me, in the eight years, I never called a single officer up and asked them to do things without going it through meetings first. I discuss everything in the board and jot things down. I don’t like not to be responsible for what was decided so I would jot down every instruction. And I give instructions in the meeting not outside.

Q: But the bosses at PNSB and KDEB said they received many requests from you, verbal instructions to pay for Balqis?

A: No. Can they prove it? Which letters have I signed?

Q: They said the requests were verbal?

A: No. Never. You can check my phone bill. I never call. They are trying to save their own skin. I never call. Instructions must be written. I never use my office for my own personal gain. I never do that. Maybe some officer down the line just said “the MB said to do it”.

Q: PNSB, KDEB, PKNS are all saying ‘yes you did’ but you are saying ‘no I didn’t’. Who is telling the truth?

A: I never call. If you want to be sure you can check my phone bills throughout the years.

Q: So you are saying that they are all ganging up against you?

A: That’s the problem. They want to protect themselves. That’s why I can’t go to Selcat because Selcat is my enemy. It’s not transparent.
Q: If this is the case, aren’t you angry with them for doing this?

A: No, why should I be angry. I don’t even have any power anymore (as I lost the Mentri Besar post).

Q: It was also disclosed at the Selcat inquiry that PNSB had to pay the salaries of three workers who worked exclusively for Balqis?

A: They are actually PNSB staff. They were just loaned to Balqis to help out like once a week or something like that. They are not doing it full time.

Q: There was also this Chinese New Year event organised by Balqis that you went to officiate where your wife who is the Balqis president asked PNSB to sponsor a RM3,600 Summerman suit for you as a souvenir for officiating the function?

A: That is a token of appreciation. It was decided by the management. My wife would never make such a request. I am very sure of that. My wife doesn’t interfere at all. She doesn’t go to my office. When I officiate a function, I don’t have a clue what I would get as a souvenir. It is up to the management to decide what to give. And my wife is certainly not involved in the management of PNSB (so how can she influence a decision on gifts) Actually I appreciate books as a souvenir. For me that is best. If I attend a function and if they give me some other gift, it would be very rude to reject it. But I appreciate books most and I have my own library now.

Q: When say the Prime Minister and his wife comes for functions in the state, do you give out expensive gifts costing RM40,000 to RM60,000? There were reports that KDEB had paid RM65,000 for songket for dignitiaries at a Balqis function?

A: We have to give them something special from Selangor. Every state is doing that. That’s normal.

Q: Why did PNSB give you a Patek Philip watch worth RM159,000?

A: I told them they shouldn’t have done that and I turned it down immediately. It was too expensive a gift. I was quite surprised. I never asked for anything that’s why I returned the watch. I told them you better sell the watch back and get the money back.

Q: What is behind the RM338,000 Balqis organised Sporting event where RM131,000 was spent on tracksuits?

A: It was a Bakti programme. States take turns organising it every year. It is attended by the wives of the ministers and the Prime Minister and deputy Prime Minister turn up with their wives. And we gave out a tee-shirt and a tracksuit. When Kedah hosted it, they gave the sports attire, so did Penang. And when it was Selangor’s turn, we too would give. It is after all once in 14 years. And there were four teams so that is why there were track suits in four colours.

Q: There was a report that Balqis received RM100,000 for a SPM programme?

A: These kids come from needy background and because of the Balqis programme some of them got all As.

Q: Have you spoken to your wife about the Balqis issue and what has she been saying?

A: She said everything has been done according to procedure and no money has spent for her own purpose. It was all done for the welfare programme to give the needy.

Q: When is she going to clear her name?

A: There is no need. If we answer, then someone will say something else and it will go on and on. Let God decide who is right.

Q: Why did you buy 12 units of the Al Marwa Tower in Mecca for RM25mil when PNSB had only given approval for the purchase of 5 units for RM8mil?

A: When I was in Mecca, there was this offer from this Mecca group for the apartments. So many people came and were fighting for it because it was in a prime area. It was on a first come first serve basis and we (PNSB) wanted to get five. Then one of the Indonesian companies withdrew and their seven units were offered to us and we took it. But settlement had be done in cash and within 14 days otherwise we would lose the deposit. At that time PNSB did not have enough money so instead of losing the deposit we got another buyer to buy it within 14 days. The apartment is in Mecca so only Muslims can buy it. For that reason too, the apartment units cannot be under the PNSB name because there are non-Muslim directors in PNSB. This is why as chairman I put it under my name. The name should be under whoever is the PNSB chairman and now that’s Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. I signed three times to transfer the name to his. In fact, I was the one who requested for the transfer of name for the apartment units. I had called state secretary and said ‘let’s settle this because the apartments do not belong to me and I don’t want it.” That’s the whole story.

Q: Was it a good investment?

A: Yes, very good. Now I think the five units which cost RM8mil in 2007 are now easily worth RM12mil easily. It’s very exclusive. It’s the only property near the Kaabah and just about 60m away from the Holy Mosque. You can see the Holy Mosque from the apartment. And we fought like hell to get the units.
Q: PR has raised questions on the transaction about whether it contravened the Exchange Control Act and Anti Money Laundering Act?

A: How can we transfer such a huge amount of money from here to Mecca without approval from Bank Negara? Come on lah. We are talking about RM25mil. So was I wrong to go after a good investment. The value has more than doubled now. I personally stood in the queue for four hours to get it. One Arab man offered me RM200,000 just to change the name of the booking to him but I refused. That’s why I am really frustrated and that’s why I won’t forgive Pakatan. I don’t get a single sen from it. It was for the state. The intention was for investment.
Q: There are lots of questions over the numerous technical trips you made overseas to US, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo which are costly?

A: As far as I am concerned all the trips have all been very successful. That’s why I bring a lot of officers to give them exposure. The trips are multi-purpose and bring in investment and give us ideas. I did nothing wrong so I have nothing to worry about. As for the personal trips, I made my own.
Q: Do you agree that the issue has smeared your reputation?

A: Yes, That’s why I won’t forgive them till I die, until Akhirat (the end of the world). The people will come to know the truth later on. The people are restless and fed up with this kind of gutter politics.
Q: Are you suing the state government?

A: I am looking into it.
Q: This issue has tarnished not just your image but also that of Umno?

A: That’s why I won’t forgive them. Maybe when they got into power, they forget that God is there. When you do something bad to people, one day God will do something bad to you. Wait and see. Time will decide.

Q: How are going to repair your reputation?

A: I will go down to the people. I will talk to them about what Pakatan is doing to the country, to the state now. They bohong banyak (lie a lot). They said they were planning RM10bil for the Klang River development programme and I have waited more than 3 months and there is nothing. Don’t bluff the people. That is the whole reason they want to suspend me so that I will not raise the issue.

Q: Is your conscience clear?

A: Very clear. If they do this to me and expect me to keep quiet, they are talking to the wrong person. I will continue to speak up because I love Selangor very much. I will talk because I know what they are doing. Even if they suspend me from the state assembly, they can’t prevent me from talking to the public. I will keep talking. Because far as I am concerned my job is to advise and tegur (criticise).

Q: Do you think people will believe you?

A: I think so. I still got the number two spot in the Umno Youth Chief elections. As for the public, when I go around I still draw in crowds. For example when I went to campaign in the Bukit Gantang by-election, so many people came to my ceramah. This happens everywhere I go.

SHAHANAAZ HABIB/The Star/the Malaysian Bar

DIRGAHAYU TUANKU SULTAN PERAK (DWIBAHASA)

DYMM Sultan Perak bertitah pada istiadat menghadap sembah taat setia dan penganugerahan darjah kebesaran negeri Perak sempena ulang tahun keputeraan ke-81 baginda di Istana Iskandariah di sini, Ahad.

Raja Berada Atas Politik, Tidak Mampu Tangkis Tohmahan Secara Terbuka

Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Shah hari ini bertitah bahawa seseorang raja sebenarnya berada di atas politik dan tidak boleh turun untuk berdebat dengan terbuka dalam memberi jawapan dan penerangan untuk menangkis tohmahan dan fitnah yang dilemparkan oleh kumpulan politik tertentu.

Baginda bertitah tindakan kumpulan politik berkenaan yang sampai ke peringkat menghasut rakyat untuk mencetuskan huru-hara selain turut mencemar institusi raja dengan menyemai rasa benci rakyat terhadap raja merupakan satu perbuatan ‘menyalakan api dalam sekam’ yang amat berbahaya dan boleh memusnahkan kerukunan rakyat dan negara.

“Betapa perbuatan kuasa politik telah mencemar dan mempamerkan wajah hodoh dengan membenarkan kelakuan orang-orang sedemikian. Matlamat kini dibenarkan menghalalkan cara.

“Betapa kumpulan politk tertentu merasakan mereka tidak pernah silap serta memiliki kekebalan. Betapa pula beberapa individu politik yang merasakan diri mereka tidak pernah melakukan kesalahan, memiliki imuniti daripada sebarang tindakan undang-undang sehingga undang-undang diketepikan atas matlamat untuk mendapatkan kuasa,” titah baginda pada istiadat menghadap sembah taat setia dan penganugerahan darjah kebesaran negeri Perak sempena ulang tahun keputeraan ke-81 baginda di Istana Iskandariah di sini, Ahad.

Sultan Azlan bertitah pada hemat baginda, negara kini telah terlalu berlebihan berpolitik sehingga menjejaskan produktiviti ekonomi dan imej negara di kaca mata antarabangsa.

“Dalam menghadapi kemelut ekonomi yang sedang melanda dunia ketika ini, aktiviti-aktiviti politik secara keterlaluan kerana perebutan kuasa ini tidak akan memberi manfaat kepada warga, malah rakyat biasa akan menjadi mangsa terpaksa bergelut untuk memiliki keperluan hidup harian,” titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah oleh itu para pemimpin yang mewakili kumpulan politik yang berbeza perlu mencari titik pertemuan dan kaedah bekerjasama di antara mereka demi kepentingan negara dan warga.

Sultan Azlan bertitah sepanjang perjalanan hampir 52 tahun kemerdekaan negara, diakui bahawa berlakunya kepincangan dan salah laku serta insiden penyalahgunaan kuasa dalam urus tadbir negara.

“Beta sendiri dari masa ke masa turut menzahirkan teguran, pandangan dan nasihat baik secara terbuka mahupun secara tertutup akan perkara-perkara yang tergelincir dari dasar dan garis perundangan.

“Namun kesilapan yang berpunca daripada beberapa indivIdu atau yang berpunca dari kumpulan tertentu jangan sampai ke peringkat mendorong warga dan bangsa berfikiran singkat mahu meruntuhkan sistem dan institusi sehingga boleh mencetuskan keadaan tidak seimbang, hatta membawa kepada keadaan huru-hara.

“Barang dijauhkan Allah dari bangsa menghadapi nasib malang ‘menang sorak kampung tergadai’, akhirnya terpaksa mengemis di bumi sendiri,” titah baginda.

Sultan Azlan bertitah anggapan salah bahawa raja berperlembagaan adalah sekadar lambang tanpa sebarang kuasa merupakan tafsiran yang perlu diperbetulkan.

Titah baginda, raja pemerintah bukanlah daripada kalangan insan yang buta penglihatan, pekak pendengaran dan bisu pertuturan, bahkan segala perkara yang berlaku dalam negara ini adalah dalam ruang penglihatan, pendengaran dan pertuturan raja pemerintah.

“Perlu ditegaskan bahawa raja berpelembagaan itu memiliki tiga hak iaitu hak untuk menyampaikan nasihat dan pandangan, hak untuk memberi galakan dan dorongan dan hak untuk memberi peringatan dan teguran.”

Sultan Azlan bertitah raja berpelembagaan bertindak tertakluk kepada kuasa yang termaktub di dalam perlembagaan tetapi adalah satu kesilapan untuk memikirkan bahawa peranan seorang raja pemerintah itu sama seperti seorang presiden yang terbatas semata-mata kepada apa yang tersurat.

“Peranan raja pemerintah adalah mengatasi apa yang tersurat dalam peruntukan perlembagaan. Raja pemerintah mempunyai tanggungjawab yang lebih luas dalam memastikan bahawa semangat perlembagaan , falsafah di sebalik setiap undang-undang yang tersurat, kepentingan negara dan warga negara perlu sentiasa dilindungi,” titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah berlandaskan semangat penubuhan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, raja-raja mempunyai peranan perlembagaan untuk melindungi keistimewaan, kedudukan, kemuliaan dan kebesaran raja-raja, melindungi agama Islam, melindungi bahasa Melayu dan melindungi kepentingan sah kaum-kaum lain.

“Perkara-perkara ini adalah asas persefahaman yang telah tercapai dan merupakan resipi kejayaan terbentuknya sebuah negara bangsa yang merdeka lagi berdaulat, membolehkan warganya hidup rukun lagi bersatu,” titah Sultan Perak.

BERNAMA

Rulers Are Above Politics, Can’t Answer Allegations Openly

KUALA KANGSAR, April 19 (Bernama) — Rulers are above politics and as such they cannot participate in open debate to answer allegations hurled against them by political groups, the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, said today. He said that the action of certain political groups in provoking the people and sowing seeds of hatred against the rulers, was akin to fanning “embers in the chaff” which, he said, was a dangerous act and could destroy the peace enjoyed by the people and the country.

“These groups are allowing the end to justify the means by condoning such acts.

“These groups and individuals feel that they are faultless and immune from any action, to the extend of disregarding the law for the sake of attaining power,” he said at the loyalty pledge and Perak awards ceremony in conjunction with his 81st birthday at the Istana Iskandariah here today.

Sultan Azlan also said that he felt that there was too much politicking in the country at the moment and that this would affect economic productivity and the country’s image in the eyes of the international community.

“In facing the global economic crisis, too much politicking is not helpful to the people who are struggling to make ends meet,” he said.

He added that leaders of various political parties should find a meeting point from which they could work out ways to cooperate for the sake of the country and people.

Sultan Azlan Shah also spoke on the need to correct what he described as the misconception that the constitutional monarchy was just a symbol devoid of any power.

He said the rulers were neither blind, deaf nor mute. In fact, he added, they were fully aware of what was going on in the country.

“It should be stressed that the constitutional monarchy has three rights — the right to give views and counsel, the right to encourage and motivate, and the right to remind and reprimand,” he said.

Sultan Azlan Shah said that although the constitutional monarchy acted based on the power vested in it under the constitution, it would be erroneous to think that the role of a ruler was similar to that of a president whose functions had been pre-defined in the constitution.

“The role of the constitutional monarchy goes beyond what is stipulated in the constitution.

“The rulers have a far wider responsibility in ensuring that the spirit of the constitution, the philosophy behind the written law, and the interest of the country and the people are safeguarded at all times,” he said.

He said that based on the spirit behind the formation of the Federation of the Malay States, the rulers were responsible in protecting the privileges and position of the Rulers Institution, Islam, the Malay language and the legitimate interest of other races.

“These are the basis of understanding and the ingredients which resulted in the formation of an independent and sovereign nation, enabling its people to live in peace and harmony,” he said.

Sultan Azlan Shah said that throughout Malaysia’s 52 years of nationhood, the country’s administration had seen its ups and downs.

“I myself have been giving views and advice either openly of behind closed doors on matters which I think should be rectified,” he said.

He called on the people to be wary of attempts to provoke them into dismantling the system and institution as this could create chaos in the country.

BERNAMA

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DIRGAHAYU TUANKU SULTAN PERAK (DWIBAHASA)

DYMM Sultan Perak bertitah pada istiadat menghadap sembah taat setia dan penganugerahan darjah kebesaran negeri Perak sempena ulang tahun keputeraan ke-81 baginda di Istana Iskandariah di sini, Ahad.

Raja Berada Atas Politik, Tidak Mampu Tangkis Tohmahan Secara Terbuka

Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Shah hari ini bertitah bahawa seseorang raja sebenarnya berada di atas politik dan tidak boleh turun untuk berdebat dengan terbuka dalam memberi jawapan dan penerangan untuk menangkis tohmahan dan fitnah yang dilemparkan oleh kumpulan politik tertentu.

Baginda bertitah tindakan kumpulan politik berkenaan yang sampai ke peringkat menghasut rakyat untuk mencetuskan huru-hara selain turut mencemar institusi raja dengan menyemai rasa benci rakyat terhadap raja merupakan satu perbuatan ‘menyalakan api dalam sekam’ yang amat berbahaya dan boleh memusnahkan kerukunan rakyat dan negara.

“Betapa perbuatan kuasa politik telah mencemar dan mempamerkan wajah hodoh dengan membenarkan kelakuan orang-orang sedemikian. Matlamat kini dibenarkan menghalalkan cara.

“Betapa kumpulan politk tertentu merasakan mereka tidak pernah silap serta memiliki kekebalan. Betapa pula beberapa individu politik yang merasakan diri mereka tidak pernah melakukan kesalahan, memiliki imuniti daripada sebarang tindakan undang-undang sehingga undang-undang diketepikan atas matlamat untuk mendapatkan kuasa,” titah baginda pada istiadat menghadap sembah taat setia dan penganugerahan darjah kebesaran negeri Perak sempena ulang tahun keputeraan ke-81 baginda di Istana Iskandariah di sini, Ahad.

Sultan Azlan bertitah pada hemat baginda, negara kini telah terlalu berlebihan berpolitik sehingga menjejaskan produktiviti ekonomi dan imej negara di kaca mata antarabangsa.

“Dalam menghadapi kemelut ekonomi yang sedang melanda dunia ketika ini, aktiviti-aktiviti politik secara keterlaluan kerana perebutan kuasa ini tidak akan memberi manfaat kepada warga, malah rakyat biasa akan menjadi mangsa terpaksa bergelut untuk memiliki keperluan hidup harian,” titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah oleh itu para pemimpin yang mewakili kumpulan politik yang berbeza perlu mencari titik pertemuan dan kaedah bekerjasama di antara mereka demi kepentingan negara dan warga.

Sultan Azlan bertitah sepanjang perjalanan hampir 52 tahun kemerdekaan negara, diakui bahawa berlakunya kepincangan dan salah laku serta insiden penyalahgunaan kuasa dalam urus tadbir negara.

“Beta sendiri dari masa ke masa turut menzahirkan teguran, pandangan dan nasihat baik secara terbuka mahupun secara tertutup akan perkara-perkara yang tergelincir dari dasar dan garis perundangan.

“Namun kesilapan yang berpunca daripada beberapa indivIdu atau yang berpunca dari kumpulan tertentu jangan sampai ke peringkat mendorong warga dan bangsa berfikiran singkat mahu meruntuhkan sistem dan institusi sehingga boleh mencetuskan keadaan tidak seimbang, hatta membawa kepada keadaan huru-hara.

“Barang dijauhkan Allah dari bangsa menghadapi nasib malang ‘menang sorak kampung tergadai’, akhirnya terpaksa mengemis di bumi sendiri,” titah baginda.

Sultan Azlan bertitah anggapan salah bahawa raja berperlembagaan adalah sekadar lambang tanpa sebarang kuasa merupakan tafsiran yang perlu diperbetulkan.

Titah baginda, raja pemerintah bukanlah daripada kalangan insan yang buta penglihatan, pekak pendengaran dan bisu pertuturan, bahkan segala perkara yang berlaku dalam negara ini adalah dalam ruang penglihatan, pendengaran dan pertuturan raja pemerintah.

“Perlu ditegaskan bahawa raja berpelembagaan itu memiliki tiga hak iaitu hak untuk menyampaikan nasihat dan pandangan, hak untuk memberi galakan dan dorongan dan hak untuk memberi peringatan dan teguran.”

Sultan Azlan bertitah raja berpelembagaan bertindak tertakluk kepada kuasa yang termaktub di dalam perlembagaan tetapi adalah satu kesilapan untuk memikirkan bahawa peranan seorang raja pemerintah itu sama seperti seorang presiden yang terbatas semata-mata kepada apa yang tersurat.

“Peranan raja pemerintah adalah mengatasi apa yang tersurat dalam peruntukan perlembagaan. Raja pemerintah mempunyai tanggungjawab yang lebih luas dalam memastikan bahawa semangat perlembagaan , falsafah di sebalik setiap undang-undang yang tersurat, kepentingan negara dan warga negara perlu sentiasa dilindungi,” titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah berlandaskan semangat penubuhan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, raja-raja mempunyai peranan perlembagaan untuk melindungi keistimewaan, kedudukan, kemuliaan dan kebesaran raja-raja, melindungi agama Islam, melindungi bahasa Melayu dan melindungi kepentingan sah kaum-kaum lain.

“Perkara-perkara ini adalah asas persefahaman yang telah tercapai dan merupakan resipi kejayaan terbentuknya sebuah negara bangsa yang merdeka lagi berdaulat, membolehkan warganya hidup rukun lagi bersatu,” titah Sultan Perak.

BERNAMA

Rulers Are Above Politics, Can’t Answer Allegations Openly

KUALA KANGSAR, April 19 (Bernama) — Rulers are above politics and as such they cannot participate in open debate to answer allegations hurled against them by political groups, the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, said today. He said that the action of certain political groups in provoking the people and sowing seeds of hatred against the rulers, was akin to fanning “embers in the chaff” which, he said, was a dangerous act and could destroy the peace enjoyed by the people and the country.

“These groups are allowing the end to justify the means by condoning such acts.

“These groups and individuals feel that they are faultless and immune from any action, to the extend of disregarding the law for the sake of attaining power,” he said at the loyalty pledge and Perak awards ceremony in conjunction with his 81st birthday at the Istana Iskandariah here today.

Sultan Azlan also said that he felt that there was too much politicking in the country at the moment and that this would affect economic productivity and the country’s image in the eyes of the international community.

“In facing the global economic crisis, too much politicking is not helpful to the people who are struggling to make ends meet,” he said.

He added that leaders of various political parties should find a meeting point from which they could work out ways to cooperate for the sake of the country and people.

Sultan Azlan Shah also spoke on the need to correct what he described as the misconception that the constitutional monarchy was just a symbol devoid of any power.

He said the rulers were neither blind, deaf nor mute. In fact, he added, they were fully aware of what was going on in the country.

“It should be stressed that the constitutional monarchy has three rights — the right to give views and counsel, the right to encourage and motivate, and the right to remind and reprimand,” he said.

Sultan Azlan Shah said that although the constitutional monarchy acted based on the power vested in it under the constitution, it would be erroneous to think that the role of a ruler was similar to that of a president whose functions had been pre-defined in the constitution.

“The role of the constitutional monarchy goes beyond what is stipulated in the constitution.

“The rulers have a far wider responsibility in ensuring that the spirit of the constitution, the philosophy behind the written law, and the interest of the country and the people are safeguarded at all times,” he said.

He said that based on the spirit behind the formation of the Federation of the Malay States, the rulers were responsible in protecting the privileges and position of the Rulers Institution, Islam, the Malay language and the legitimate interest of other races.

“These are the basis of understanding and the ingredients which resulted in the formation of an independent and sovereign nation, enabling its people to live in peace and harmony,” he said.

Sultan Azlan Shah said that throughout Malaysia’s 52 years of nationhood, the country’s administration had seen its ups and downs.

“I myself have been giving views and advice either openly of behind closed doors on matters which I think should be rectified,” he said.

He called on the people to be wary of attempts to provoke them into dismantling the system and institution as this could create chaos in the country.

BERNAMA

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DIRGAHAYU TUANKU SULTAN PERAK (DWIBAHASA)

DYMM Sultan Perak bertitah pada istiadat menghadap sembah taat setia dan penganugerahan darjah kebesaran negeri Perak sempena ulang tahun keputeraan ke-81 baginda di Istana Iskandariah di sini, Ahad.

Raja Berada Atas Politik, Tidak Mampu Tangkis Tohmahan Secara Terbuka

Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Shah hari ini bertitah bahawa seseorang raja sebenarnya berada di atas politik dan tidak boleh turun untuk berdebat dengan terbuka dalam memberi jawapan dan penerangan untuk menangkis tohmahan dan fitnah yang dilemparkan oleh kumpulan politik tertentu.

Baginda bertitah tindakan kumpulan politik berkenaan yang sampai ke peringkat menghasut rakyat untuk mencetuskan huru-hara selain turut mencemar institusi raja dengan menyemai rasa benci rakyat terhadap raja merupakan satu perbuatan ‘menyalakan api dalam sekam’ yang amat berbahaya dan boleh memusnahkan kerukunan rakyat dan negara.

“Betapa perbuatan kuasa politik telah mencemar dan mempamerkan wajah hodoh dengan membenarkan kelakuan orang-orang sedemikian. Matlamat kini dibenarkan menghalalkan cara.

“Betapa kumpulan politk tertentu merasakan mereka tidak pernah silap serta memiliki kekebalan. Betapa pula beberapa individu politik yang merasakan diri mereka tidak pernah melakukan kesalahan, memiliki imuniti daripada sebarang tindakan undang-undang sehingga undang-undang diketepikan atas matlamat untuk mendapatkan kuasa,” titah baginda pada istiadat menghadap sembah taat setia dan penganugerahan darjah kebesaran negeri Perak sempena ulang tahun keputeraan ke-81 baginda di Istana Iskandariah di sini, Ahad.

Sultan Azlan bertitah pada hemat baginda, negara kini telah terlalu berlebihan berpolitik sehingga menjejaskan produktiviti ekonomi dan imej negara di kaca mata antarabangsa.

“Dalam menghadapi kemelut ekonomi yang sedang melanda dunia ketika ini, aktiviti-aktiviti politik secara keterlaluan kerana perebutan kuasa ini tidak akan memberi manfaat kepada warga, malah rakyat biasa akan menjadi mangsa terpaksa bergelut untuk memiliki keperluan hidup harian,” titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah oleh itu para pemimpin yang mewakili kumpulan politik yang berbeza perlu mencari titik pertemuan dan kaedah bekerjasama di antara mereka demi kepentingan negara dan warga.

Sultan Azlan bertitah sepanjang perjalanan hampir 52 tahun kemerdekaan negara, diakui bahawa berlakunya kepincangan dan salah laku serta insiden penyalahgunaan kuasa dalam urus tadbir negara.

“Beta sendiri dari masa ke masa turut menzahirkan teguran, pandangan dan nasihat baik secara terbuka mahupun secara tertutup akan perkara-perkara yang tergelincir dari dasar dan garis perundangan.

“Namun kesilapan yang berpunca daripada beberapa indivIdu atau yang berpunca dari kumpulan tertentu jangan sampai ke peringkat mendorong warga dan bangsa berfikiran singkat mahu meruntuhkan sistem dan institusi sehingga boleh mencetuskan keadaan tidak seimbang, hatta membawa kepada keadaan huru-hara.

“Barang dijauhkan Allah dari bangsa menghadapi nasib malang ‘menang sorak kampung tergadai’, akhirnya terpaksa mengemis di bumi sendiri,” titah baginda.

Sultan Azlan bertitah anggapan salah bahawa raja berperlembagaan adalah sekadar lambang tanpa sebarang kuasa merupakan tafsiran yang perlu diperbetulkan.

Titah baginda, raja pemerintah bukanlah daripada kalangan insan yang buta penglihatan, pekak pendengaran dan bisu pertuturan, bahkan segala perkara yang berlaku dalam negara ini adalah dalam ruang penglihatan, pendengaran dan pertuturan raja pemerintah.

“Perlu ditegaskan bahawa raja berpelembagaan itu memiliki tiga hak iaitu hak untuk menyampaikan nasihat dan pandangan, hak untuk memberi galakan dan dorongan dan hak untuk memberi peringatan dan teguran.”

Sultan Azlan bertitah raja berpelembagaan bertindak tertakluk kepada kuasa yang termaktub di dalam perlembagaan tetapi adalah satu kesilapan untuk memikirkan bahawa peranan seorang raja pemerintah itu sama seperti seorang presiden yang terbatas semata-mata kepada apa yang tersurat.

“Peranan raja pemerintah adalah mengatasi apa yang tersurat dalam peruntukan perlembagaan. Raja pemerintah mempunyai tanggungjawab yang lebih luas dalam memastikan bahawa semangat perlembagaan , falsafah di sebalik setiap undang-undang yang tersurat, kepentingan negara dan warga negara perlu sentiasa dilindungi,” titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah berlandaskan semangat penubuhan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, raja-raja mempunyai peranan perlembagaan untuk melindungi keistimewaan, kedudukan, kemuliaan dan kebesaran raja-raja, melindungi agama Islam, melindungi bahasa Melayu dan melindungi kepentingan sah kaum-kaum lain.

“Perkara-perkara ini adalah asas persefahaman yang telah tercapai dan merupakan resipi kejayaan terbentuknya sebuah negara bangsa yang merdeka lagi berdaulat, membolehkan warganya hidup rukun lagi bersatu,” titah Sultan Perak.

BERNAMA

Rulers Are Above Politics, Can’t Answer Allegations Openly

KUALA KANGSAR, April 19 (Bernama) — Rulers are above politics and as such they cannot participate in open debate to answer allegations hurled against them by political groups, the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, said today. He said that the action of certain political groups in provoking the people and sowing seeds of hatred against the rulers, was akin to fanning “embers in the chaff” which, he said, was a dangerous act and could destroy the peace enjoyed by the people and the country.

“These groups are allowing the end to justify the means by condoning such acts.

“These groups and individuals feel that they are faultless and immune from any action, to the extend of disregarding the law for the sake of attaining power,” he said at the loyalty pledge and Perak awards ceremony in conjunction with his 81st birthday at the Istana Iskandariah here today.

Sultan Azlan also said that he felt that there was too much politicking in the country at the moment and that this would affect economic productivity and the country’s image in the eyes of the international community.

“In facing the global economic crisis, too much politicking is not helpful to the people who are struggling to make ends meet,” he said.

He added that leaders of various political parties should find a meeting point from which they could work out ways to cooperate for the sake of the country and people.

Sultan Azlan Shah also spoke on the need to correct what he described as the misconception that the constitutional monarchy was just a symbol devoid of any power.

He said the rulers were neither blind, deaf nor mute. In fact, he added, they were fully aware of what was going on in the country.

“It should be stressed that the constitutional monarchy has three rights — the right to give views and counsel, the right to encourage and motivate, and the right to remind and reprimand,” he said.

Sultan Azlan Shah said that although the constitutional monarchy acted based on the power vested in it under the constitution, it would be erroneous to think that the role of a ruler was similar to that of a president whose functions had been pre-defined in the constitution.

“The role of the constitutional monarchy goes beyond what is stipulated in the constitution.

“The rulers have a far wider responsibility in ensuring that the spirit of the constitution, the philosophy behind the written law, and the interest of the country and the people are safeguarded at all times,” he said.

He said that based on the spirit behind the formation of the Federation of the Malay States, the rulers were responsible in protecting the privileges and position of the Rulers Institution, Islam, the Malay language and the legitimate interest of other races.

“These are the basis of understanding and the ingredients which resulted in the formation of an independent and sovereign nation, enabling its people to live in peace and harmony,” he said.

Sultan Azlan Shah said that throughout Malaysia’s 52 years of nationhood, the country’s administration had seen its ups and downs.

“I myself have been giving views and advice either openly of behind closed doors on matters which I think should be rectified,” he said.

He called on the people to be wary of attempts to provoke them into dismantling the system and institution as this could create chaos in the country.

BERNAMA

Ulasan/komen dari Malaysian Insider

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JABATAN PALING JAHAT AKAN MENJADI JAB PALING JUARA

Jabatan Paling Juara apa agaknya? Ikuti
wawasan KP JPJ Malaysia yang baru seperti yang dilaporkan oleh theStaronline.

Sementara itu,
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Megat Najmuddin (foto di atas)salah seorang anggota Lembaga Disiplin Umno dalam satu kertas kerja di sidang Kemuncak Anti Rasuah bertajuk:

“Tiada Tolak Ansur Bagi Rasuah”

anjuran Institut Strategi dan Kepimpinan Asia (ASLI) dan Transparency International Malaysia mencadangkan lima langkah membanteras rasuah

(1) mengenakan hukuman lebih berat terhadap pemberi dan penerima rasuah,

(11) gaji lebih baik untuk kakitangan awam,

(111) kurangkan birokrasi,

(1v) ketelusan dalam penajaan politik

(v) pendidikan yang memberi tumpuan kepada hakikat bahawa rasuah itu adalah satu dosa.

Jika terdapat kajian yang menganjurkan bahawa di sana mesti wujud pendidikan tentang bahaya rasuah kerana ia satu dosa, Kerajaan harus melihat kaedah bagaimana hendak menerapkan konsep “dosa” ke dalam hati sanubari- lubuk jiwa- minda otak penjawat awam serta rakyat biasa.

Setelah beberapa tahun konsep Islam Hadhari diperkenalkan, rakyat khususnya umat Islam semakin jauh sesat dari ajaran Islam yang sebenar. Marilah kita kembali kepada ajaran Islam yang syumul (lengkap), sempurna (tidak perlu tokok tambah) dan sesuai sepanjang zaman dan tempat.

Program bina insan, kursus BIRO TATANEGARA dan seumpamanya hendaklah dimuatkan dengan ajaran Islam yang asas, bukan diisi dengan modul membenci individu atau parti tertentu, membakar semangat kemelayuan yang mampu menghancurkan roh Islam dan iman para peserta kursus dan akhirnya rugi duniawi ukhrawi.

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PR 4 : BN 1 DALAM PRK SEJAK 8 MAC 2008

Tewas 4 pilihan raya kecil pasca 2008 punca Najib gelabah

Sindrom kekalahan empat pilihan raya kecil di semenanjung pasca pilihan raya umum ke-12 mungkin membuatkan Barisan Nasional (BN) mulai serik untuk bertarung lagi di gelanggang demokrasi.

BN mulai ditimpa nasib malang pada pilihan raya kecil Permatang Pauh kemudian diikuti di Kuala Terengganu, Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau.

Sedangkan sejak merdeka sehingga sehingga Mac 2008 Umno dan BN mendominasikan semua pilihan raya kecil di negara ini kecuali di Kelantan.

Namun, semua kelebihan yang pernah dinikmati BN sebelum ini seperti semakin berakhir, lebih-lebih lagi di bawah kepemimpinan Dato’ Seri Najib Razak yang muncul dengan wajah ‘comot’.

Maka tidak hairanlah apabila apabila Perdana Menteri membuat kenyataan BN akan mengkaji untuk tidak meletak calon pada pilihan raya kecil Dewan Udangan Negeri Penanti, Pulau Pinang ekoran perletakan jawatan penyandangnya, Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin.

Bekas Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 Pulau Pinang itu meletakkan jawatan sebagai Adun Penanti Khamis lalu.

Penganalisis politik tempatan, Wan Nik Wan Yusof berkata, BN semakin lemas berdepan depan suasana politik baru sekarang apabila mempamerkan sikap keluh kesah ketika berdepan Pakatan Rakyat di pentas pilihan raya.

“Kalau sebelum ini mungkin jarang sangat kita mendengar di negara ini ada wakil rakyat yang sanggup meletak jawatan ekoran masalah peribadi yang dihadapi.

“Sedangkan perkara seperti itu sudah lama berlaku di negara-negara maju. Misalnya Jepun Perdana Menteri atau menteri akan meletak jawatan apabila berlaku sesuatu masalah.

“Budaya itu sudah lama berakar umbi dalam masyarakat di negara maju. Sebaliknya Umno dan BN takut berdepan dengan suasana seperti ini. Sepatutnya mereka berterima kasih kepada pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat yang telah memulakan era politik baru di negara ini,” katanya.

Selain itu katanya, Pakatan Rakyat juga cuba mencetus politik baru apabila tidak berkompromi dengan mana-mana pemimpin yang tidak mempunyai intergriti tinggi.

Kata beliau Pakatan Rakyat sedang dalam proses untuk melahirkan pemimpin-pemimpin yang mempunyai jati diri dan fikrah dalam perjuangan bagi memastikan nasib rakyat benar-benar terbela.

“Inilah yang membezakan di antara Pakatan Rakyat dan Barisan Nasional. Rakyat boleh membuat penilaian sendiri. Dan rakyat sudah mulai memahaminya apabila ditengok dalam kajian kes di empat pilihan raya kecil di semenanjung,” katanya.

Perdana Menteri semalam dilaporkan memberitahu BN akan meneliti sama ada mahu menyertai pilihanraya kecil Dun Penanti atau sebaliknya.

Bagaimanapun bagi mantan Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad BN tidak sepatutnya mengaku kalah dan perlu meletakkan calon pada pilihanraya kecil Dun Penanti.

Manakala Ketua Pergerakan Puteri Umno, Dato’ Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin mencadangkan kerajaan menggubal undang-undang bagi membolehkan tindakan diambil terhadap wakil rakyat yang meletak jawatan atas sebab peribadi.

Adun Dabong, Arifabillah Ibrahim berkata, kenyataan Perdana Menteri kononnya tidak berminat bertanding di Dun Penanti tidak lebih sebagai usaha untuk meraihkan simpati rakyat selepas parti itu kehilangan sokongan di semenanjung.

“Kalau sebelum ini pemimpin Umno menunding jari ke arah Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebagai punca kekalahan BN, namun sekarang selepas Najib mengambil alih teraju negara, rakyat juga tidak menyokong Umno.

“Maka tidak hairanlah apabila perdana menteri baru membuat kenyataan mengkaji semula penyertaan BN dalam pilihan raya kecil di semenanjung,” ujarnya.

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BENARKAH SEORANG BAYI KETURUNAN INDIA DIPAKSA "MASUK ISLAM"

Dilaporkan oleh akhbar Tamil Nesan,
Makkal Osai dan Malaysia Nanban bahawa seorang bapa (nama tidak disebut, diandaikan seorang Muslim) telah merampas seorang bayi dari ibunya, dan selalu memukul isterinya sekaligus memaksa si isteri memeluk Islam.

Dilaporkan bahawa bayi berkenaan kononnya dipaksa mememeluk Islam.
Pihak berwajib sila ambil perhatian dan buat ulasan di akhbar.

Isu ini boleh diseleweng dan dipergunakan untuk menyerang Pakatan Rakyat oleh pihak-pihak seperti MIC. Sila lihat laporan Bernama di bawah.

MIC Mahu Dapat Semula Kepercayaan Penduduk Kaum India

Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu berazam memberikan suntikan baru kepada MIC dengan merangka pelbagai bentuk reformasi dalaman bagi memulihkan kembali sokongan masyarakat India terhadap perjuangan parti itu.

Presiden MIC itu mahu melihat perubahan dan pembaharuan dalam masa 12 bulan ini dengan merapatkan barisan pemimpin dan ahli demi mengembalikan semula kepercayaan penduduk kaum India di negara ini terhadap parti itu.

Mengambil kira kehendak masa kini, Samu Vellu berkata parti itu akan mengadakan 176 perjumpaan di seluruh negara mulai bulan depan antara pemimpin parti dengan ahli bagi mendengar pandangan dan suara di peringkat umbi.

“Soal menyatupadukan semula ahli dan cadangan bernas dari ahli akan membantu pemimpin meneruskan kesinambungan usaha meningkatkan taraf hidup penduduk kaum India di negara ini,” katanya di sini, Sabtu.

Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan anugerah cemerlang pelajar Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) Sekolah Tamil 2008 peringkat negeri Perak di Dewan Kolej Masterskills, Tasek, dekat sini.

Samy Vellu, bekas Menteri Kerja Raya itu, juga meminta pemimpin parti di peringkat kebangsaan dan negeri supaya bersedia mengubah cara berfikir dan menerima pandangan serta pendapat bagi mengeratkan hubungan dengan semua ahli.

Selain perjumpaan parti, katanya, mereka juga akan mendapatkan pandangan mengenai masalah dari persatuan, pihak pengurusan kuil dan badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) bagi memantapkan lagi usaha memperjuangkan nasib masyarakat keturunan India di negara ini.

Beliau juga meminta semua 800 cawangan parti di negeri Perak menganjurkan program dan aktiviti masyarakat pada setiap hari Sabtu dan Ahad bagi memperkukuhkan perpaduan di kalangan ahli dan menarik minat ahli untuk membantu membina semula kredibiliti parti.

Pada majlis itu, seramai 150 pelajar yang mendapat keputusan 7A dalam UPSR tahun lepas menerima cenderamata.

BERNAMA

AHLI PAS JANGAN JADI MANGSA

Biasalah gerak saraf dan perang saraf mainan politik. Pandai-pandailah kita memainkan peranan.

Umno canang modal lama lagakan pimpinan PAS

PAS menjangkakan Umno/BN tidak akan meletak calon bagi merebut kerusi Dun Penanti yang terletak di Parlimen Permatang Pauh yang dikosongkan oleh bekas Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 Pulau Pinang, Mohammad Fairuz Khairuddin.

Demikian dinyatakan oleh Presiden PAS, Dato’ Tuan Guru Haji Abdul Hadi Awang ketika ditemui di Mesyuarat Agung PAS Kawasan Kubang Kerian kali ke-35 bertempat di Sek. Men. Ugama Taqaddum Maarif Pasir Tumboh.

Abdul Hadi juga berkata sekiranya Umno yang mengatakan PRK di Penanti akan membazirkan wang kerajaan, ini menggambarkan pihak mereka telah mengaku kalah sebelum diadakan PRK, justeru itu beliau menyarankan agar kemenangan terus diberi kepada Pakatan Rakyat.

“Pakatan Rakyat akan tetap bersedia untuk menghadapi PRK kali ini di Dun Penanti walaupun ada desas desus yang mengatakan BN tidak akan meletakkan calon mereka di sana,” ujar beliau.

Menyentuh tentang propaganda media arus perdana yang mengatakan terdapatnya kumpulan tertentu dalam pemlihan pimpinan PAS kali ini yang akan diadakan pada bulan Jun nanti, Abdul Hadi berkata itu adalah modal lama Umno/BN.

“Saya tidak melihat pertandingan dalam PAS sebagai merebut jawatan yang melibatkan politik wang dan lobi melobi, Umno saja yang dok kalut mengatakan kita ada kumpulan tertentu, sebab itu saya mengatakan modal lama, dulu pun mereka kata kita ada golongan ulama bertembung dengan golongan profesional, kini golongan pro muzakarah dengan yang menentangnya, itu adalah karut yang dicanang oleh mereka,” katanya lagi.

Menurut Abdul Hadi lagi, jawatan presiden dalam PAS boleh ditandingi dan beliau beranggapan ia seperti sebuah rumah yang mempunyai atap, tingkap, dinding dan tiang, sesiapa yang berada di tahap atap ia akan lebih memikul tanggungjawab sehinggakan panas dan hujan tetap utuh di atas.

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KEMPEN GAYA HIDUP SIHAT PERLU NAFAS BARU

Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican berkata kempen gaya hidup sihat, yang dilancarkan pada awal 90-an walaupun membabitkan jutaan ringgit, gagal menyampaikan mesej dengan berkesan kepada orang ramai perihal penyakit seperti obesiti-kegemukan( 30% rakyat Malaysia dalam kategori gemuk), kencing manis dan serangan jantung (kadar 141 bagi setiap 100,000 penduduk).

Memorandum Kabinet Mengenai Gaya Hidup Sihat Dirangka

Kementerian Kesihatan akan menyediakan satu memorandum Kabinet, memohon kerjasama agensi dan jabatan kementerian yang berkaitan, untuk memastikan rakyat Malaysia lebih peka akan kesihatan dan melakukan perubahan bagi mengamalkan gaya hidup sihat.

Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican berkata usaha bersepadu oleh semua agensi kerajaan yang berkaitan diperlukan bagi memerangi kes kegemukan dan obesiti yang semakin banyak di negara ini, satu masalah yang membawa kepada penyakit kencing manis dan masalah berkaitan jantung.

Bercakap pada satu sidang akhbar selepas melancarkan mesyuarat saintifik ke-13 Persatuan Jantung Kebangsaan Malaysia di sini pada Jumaat, Dr Ismail berkata kempen gaya hidup sihat, yang dilancarkan pada awal 90-an dan membabitkan jutaan ringgit, dilihat tidak berupaya menyampaikan mesej dengan berkesan kepada orang ramai.

“Jadi, di mana silapnya? Adakah kerana mereka tidak memahami mesej yang disampaikan? Adakah terlalu sukar mengubah tingkah laku seseorang? Atau kerana mereka dikelilingi satu suasana yang tidak menggalakkkan mereka untuk mengamalkan tabiat hidup sihat?

“Bagi orang ramai melakukan senaman mereka mesti mempunyai kemudahan. Jika kita pergi ke negara-negara barat, mereka mempunyai taman-taman, lorong pejalan kaki, mempunyai laluan khusus untuk orang berjoging, berbasikal. Kita tidak mempunyai kemudahan sedemikian, setiap ruang yang ada kita akan gunakan untuk membuat perkara lain,” katanya.

Dr Ismail berkata kerajaan, pihak berkuasa tempatan dan pihak-pihak berkepentingan mesti mencari jalan bagi menggalakkan orang ramai bersenam memandangkan kajian yang dilakukan mendapati 30 peratus rakyat Malaysia gemuk.

Dalam ucapannya, Dr Ismail berkata Laporan Pendaftar Sindrom Serangan Jantung Akut (ACS) pada 2006 mendapati daripada sejumlah 31,186 kemasukan ke 73 unit penjagaan koronari (CCU) di Malaysia, 12,534 adalah kerana ACS.

Nisbah kemasukan ACS adalah 47.1 bagi setiap 100,000 rakyat Malaysia pada 2006 dengan anggaran mereka yang menghidap serangan sakit jantung di Malaysia adalah sekitar 141 bagi setiap 100,000 rakyat Malaysia.

Bagi memerangi gejala yang membimbangkan ini, selain kempen Gaya Hidup Sihat, kementerian akan menggunakan dan membangunkan teknologi dan teknik berkaitan jantung di kebanyakan hospital kerajaan dan swasta, katanya.

BERNAMA

PERKATAAN ARAB YANG DISALAHEJA

Sila baca petikan laporan di sebelah atau di bawah ini, dan uji kehebatan analisis anda serta ilmu bahasa ‘Arab asas anda. Selamat mencuba.

Satu kesilapan typos telah berlaku pada laporan Bernama bertarikh 17hb April 2009 yang membuktikan bahawa bahasa Arab yang mana Bahasa Melayu telah meminjam banyak istilah dan perkataan darinya, mempunyai ejaan, sebutan dan ilmu sarof yang tersendiri.

Kesilapan ejaan memberi makna yang amat jauh dari maksud asal yang dihajatkan.

Kini terdapat banyak perkataan serta istilah Arab dalam Bahasa Melayu yang telah berubah maknanya secara tidak sengaja dek kerana perubahan ejaan, sekaligus sebutan.

Laporan Bernama
Prinsip 6M Perlu Diamalkan Semua Agensi Agama

PUTRAJAYA, 17 April (Bernama) — Pendekatan prinsip 6M akan diberi tumpuan oleh semua agensi agama bagi memastikan agensi berkenaan serba boleh dan sentiasa memandang ke hadapan, kata Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom hari ini.

Beliau berkata prinsip 6M itu ialah Musyatarah (menepati syarat kejayaan) Mua’tabah (menghakis sifat-sifat buruk) Mu’aqabah (mengekalkan tindakan yang benar) Muraqobah (mengawal diri secara berterusan) Muhasabah (menilai diri) dan Muhajadah (bersungguh-sungguh).

Dalam amanat sulungnya pada perhimpunan bulanan Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) di sini, katanya prinsip ini adalah komitmen untuk melahirkan keseragaman ketetapan dan matlamat serta pendapat yang merupakan cabaran besar yang perlu ditangani oleh semua agensi ini.

Ia juga akan menjadi panduan untuk bersikap tegas dan jelas tanpa sebarang kompromi dalam perkara yang menjurus kepada kerosakan organisasi, kata beliau.

Bercakap kepada pemberita selepas perhimpunan itu, katanya beliau yakin prinsip itu dapat memperkukuhkan lagi agensi agama di negara ini.

Pendekatan Petunjuk Prestasi Utama (KPI) yang diperkenalkan di bawah pentadbiran Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak akan digunakan untuk mengukur kejayaan pelaksanaan prinsip 6M itu.

BERNAMA

PEMILIHAN PIMPINAN PAS DARI PERSPEKTIF BERNAMA

Ulasan berita sekitar pemilihan pimpinan PAS menjelang Muktamar PAS Pusat seperti yang dilaporkan oleh BERNAMA. Dimuatkan 3 laporan untuk tatapan anda.

Hanya Yang Layak Boleh Tawar Diri Bertanding – Nik Aziz

MACHANG, 13 April (Bernama) — Mursyidul Am PAS Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat menasihatkan hanya mereka yang layak sahaja menawarkan diri untuk bertanding jawatan dalam pemilihan pada Muktamar PAS yang dijadualkan Jun ini.

Nik Aziz ketika mengingatkan perkara itu berkata beliau tidak mahu anggota parti itu yang tidak mampu menjadi pemimpin yang baik, membuang masa menonjolkan diri menarik sokongan.

“Kalau yang ada kemampuan, tak ada masalah untuk mereka tawar diri untuk bertanding. Kalau yang ada kemampuan menonjol tak apalah, (tapi) kalau yang tidak ada kemampuan tapi menonjolkan diri, tak payahlah undi dia,” katanya.

Nik Aziz yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Hari Terbuka Loji Rawatan Air Merbau Chondong, sempena sambutan Hari Air Sedunia 2009 peringkat negeri di sini, hari ini.

Katanya, PAS turut memberi kebebasan kepada anggota akar umbi untuk memilih barisan pimpinan yang mereka mahukan dan menolak mana-mana pemimpin yang dirasakan tidak lagi diperlukan parti itu.

“Saya tak nak sebut apa-apa, nanti pengaruhi orang lain pula, biar saya senyap-senyap sudahlah. (Tetapi) kalau barang perlu diubah, ubahlah. Terserah kepada (anggota parti) dari peringkat cawangan untuk mengundi siapa,” katanya.

Muktamar PAS dijadual diadakan di Shah Alam, Selangor Jun ini.

– BERNAMA
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Hadi Sedia Dicabar Bagi Jawatan Presiden PAS

KOTA BAHARU, 18 April (Bernama) — Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang bersedia menghadapi cabaran bagi pertandingan merebut jawatan nombor satu parti pada Muktamar PAS Jun ini berikutan desas-desus berlakunya pergolakan kuasa sehingga wujud dua pasukan di dalam parti itu.

Malahan beliau menyerahkan kepada ahli parti untuk memilih sama ada dirinya atau pemimpin yang lain sebagai presiden kelak.

“(Bagi) saya biasa saja, melihat sejauh mana kepercayaan ahli kepada saya. Saya tak akan buang pakaian (jawatan) kerana ia adalah amanah yang diberikan pengikut kepada saya,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan kuliah maghrib perdana di Masjid Kota, di sini, malam tadi.

Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita ketika ditanya sama ada bersedia menghadapi pertandingan jika dicabar dalam pemilihan parti pada Muktamar PAS yang dijangka diadakan di Shah Alam, Selangor Jun ini.

Mursyidul Am PAS Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, dalam kenyataannya sebelum ini berkata beliau menyerahkan kepada ahli untuk menentukan pemimpin yang akan dipilih dalam muktamar agung itu.

Nik Abdul Aziz juga menolak dakwaan wujud pergolakan kuasa peringkat kepimpinan sehingga terdapat dua pasukan dalam PAS iaitu Pasukan Tok Guru dan Pasukan Presiden.

Beliau berkata dakwaan yang mengatakan terdapat pasukan Tok Guru atau pasukan Presiden dalam PAS adalah tidak benar dan apa yang penting ialah mengukuhkan parti bagi menghadapi pemilihan Jun nanti dan mencari pemimpin yang benar-benar layak menerajui parti itu.

Abdul Hadi berkata beliau tetap bersama PAS sama ada dipilih atau tidak untuk menerajui kepimpinan parti.

“Terpulang kepada pengikut sama ada nak tukar ke pakaian atau baju (pemimpin) kita. Namun saya (akan) terus bersama PAS, yang penting ialah pemimpin Islam. Siapa jadi pemimpin saya tak kisah,” katanya.

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Calon Ketua Pemuda PAS: Salahuddin Tiada Petunjuk

KOTA BAHARU, 18 April (Bernama) — Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS pusat Salahuddin Ayub yang tidak akan mempertahankan jawatannya itu dalam pemilihan pada Muktamar PAS Jun ini berkata beliau tidak akan memberi petunjuk kepada ahli dalam menentukan calon bagi menggantikan tempatnya itu.

Anggota Parlimen Kubang Kerian itu berkata terserah kepada ahli untuk membuat penentuan.

“Saya tidak mempunyai petunjuk dalam menentukan calon jawatan Ketua Pemuda menggantikan tempat saya,” katanya kepada pemberita di majlis mesyuarat perwakilan PAS Kawasan kubang Kerian, di sini, hari ini yang dirasmikan Presiden parti Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.

Pada 15 Feb lepas, Salahuddin mengumumkan keputusan tidak mempertahankan jawatan ketua Pemuda bagi memberi peluang kepada muka baru menerajui Dewan itu.

Salahuddin juga berkata beliau menyerahkan kepada ahli untuk mencalonkannya untuk jawatan naib presiden parti pada pemilihan nanti.

Katanya beliau yakin pertandingan merebut jawatan dalam parti akan berlangsung dalam suasana sihat dan demokrasi sebagaimana menjadi amalan PAS sebelum ini.

– BERNAMA

BN BELUM PASTI SERTAI PRK PENANTI

Amalan politik wang dan projek mee segera merugikan kerajaan dan menguntungkan pihak-pihak tertentu. Gunung emaspun boleh habis. DS Najib belum pasti sama ada BN akan menyertai PRK. Bunyi macam tak “confident”.

Ayat cinta DS PM”

” BN perlu melihat terlebih dahulu sama ada pilihan raya kecil itu menguntungkan rakyat atau sebaliknya.“di baca” menguntungkan BN

Najib: BN Mesyuarat Akhir Bulan Tentukan Sama Ada Sertai P/raya Kecil Penanti

Majlis Tertinggi Umno dan Dewan Tertinggi Barisan Nasional (BN) akan mengadakan mesyuarat akhir bulan ini bagi menentukan sama ada mengambil bahagian atau tidak pada pilihan raya kecil Penanti, Pulau Pinang.

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata BN perlu melihat terlebih dahulu sama ada pilihan raya kecil itu menguntungkan rakyat atau sebaliknya.

“Tak tahu lagi (sertai atau tidak) kita tengok dulu tapi saya tak ketepikan apa juga kemungkinan,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri majlis `Sambutan Meraikan Perdana Menteri’ peringkat Parlimen Pekan di sini hari ini sempena pelantikannya sebagai Perdana Menteri pada 3 April lepas.

Sehubungan itu, Najib yang juga Pengerusi BN dan Presiden Umno berkata beliau akan mengadakan mesyuarat dengan Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Umno dan bertemu dengan presiden-presiden parti komponen BN bagi membincangkan perkara itu.

“Saya akan bawa perkara ini kepada mesyuarat MT akan datang, kalau tak sempat saya akan bawa kepada Biro Politik, dan juga bincang dengan presiden-presiden parti komponen BN,” katanya.

Najib berkata BN akan sepakat berhubung pilihan raya kecil itu.

“Sebab kita perlu kuat kata sepakat, dalam hal ini jelas sekali ini satu mainan politik mereka (pembangkang), dengan tujuan mereka itu kita dapat mengesannya.

“Ini bukan sebab peruntukan Perlembagaan Negara, kalau disebabkan perlembagaan negara, kita tetap hormati,” katanya.

Pilihan raya kecil DUN Penanti bakal diadakan berikutan tindakan bekas Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 Pulau Pinang Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin daripada Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) meletakkan jawatan sebagai anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri Penanti berkuatkuasa Khamis lepas.

Mohammad Fairus, 32, yang sedang disiasat oleh Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia, berkata langkah beliau itu adalah bagi membersihkan namanya daripada segala tohmahan selain bagi membolehkan beliau melanjutkan pelajaran.

BERNAMA

MAHKAMAH BERTINDAK "ULTRA VIRES"-LUAR BIDANG KUASA KATA DR AZIZ BARI

Aziz berkata apa yang jelas ialah perlembagaan tidak membenarkan mahkamah mencampuri urusan dan prosiding dewan. Kuasa mentafsir ‘Standing Orders’ atau peraturan Dewan ialah kuasa mutlak speaker.

Aziz berkata apa yang jelas ialah perlembagaan tidak membenarkan mahkamah mencampuri urusan dan prosiding dewan.

Ini dinyatakan dengan jelas oleh Perlembagaan Persekutuan di bawah Perkara 72; khususnya 72(1) yang dengan jelas menyebut bahawa “Sahnya apa-apa perjalanan dalam mana-mana Dewan Negeri tidak boleh dipersoal dalam mana-mana mahkamah”.

Mungkin selepas ini AP Govind Singh Deo akan mempersoalkan kenapa beliau digantung dari sidang Parlimen dan membawa kesnya ke mahkamah.

Mahkamah bertindak di luar kuasa atau ‘ultra vires’ – Dr Aziz Bari

Meskipun keputusan mahkamah mengisytiharkan tindakan Speaker DUN Perak menggantung Dato Dr Zambry Kadir mengecewakan banyak pihak, ia terpaksa diterima.

Demikian kata Profesor Dr Abdul Aziz Bari ketika diminta mengulas keputusan mahkamah tertinggi negara pada 16 April lalu. Dalam keputusan lisannya mahkamah membuat keputusan sebulat suara. Ketika menyampaikan keputusan itu Presiden Mahkamah Rayuan, Tan Sri Alauddin Sherif memutuskan bahawa Speaker V. Sivakumar tidak mempunyai kuasa berbuat demikian.

Aziz berkata, perlembagaan – baik negeri maupun persekutuan – tidak menyatakan dengan jelas kuasa-kuasa speaker dan selama ini undang-undang dan amalan yang ada baik di Malaysia dan seluruh Komanwel ialah ia tertakluk kepada budi bicara speaker dan ini dipandu oleh ‘Standing Orders’ atau peraturan dewan. Ini mempunyai asas di dalam perlembagaan dan kuasa mentafsir ‘Standing Orders’ itu ialah kuasa mutlak speaker.

“Saya tidak tahu apakah asas Mahkamah Persekutuan mengisytiharkan tindakan Speaker DUN tidak sah. Dari mana mahkamah mendapat kuasa berbuat demikian?” soal profesor undang-undang itu.

Aziz berkata apa yang jelas ialah perlembagaan tidak membenarkan mahkamah mencampur