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Riong Kali did not state his apology to Dr Mahathir

Kalimullah "Riong Kali" Masheerul Hassan aka Singapore Snitch

This morning, Datuk Ahirudin "Rocky's Bru" Attan case brought by the suit by then Dark Lord of NST Kalimullah "Riong Kali" Masheerul Hassan and three others exactly five years ago came to an amicable end. Rocky apologised "For the considerable distress, embarrassment and inconvenience caused to the plaintiffs" as a result of some of the things I'd written about them on my blog".

Former NST journo who was ostracised during Dark Lord Riong Kali's tenure had his analysis on the out of court settlement this morning, which actually resulted from the latter's apology to former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for thelies on his News Sunday Times article "And, really, who is demonizing whom?" on 11 June 2006. That lie brought the articles by posted Rocky and another blogger Jeff Ooi, who is now DAP MP for Jelutong calling Riong Kali a 'Liar'.

This is Riong Kali's statement on today's end of game:Statement:

Apology by Blogger Ahirudin Attan to Datuk Syed Albar, Datuk Hishamuddin Aun, Brenden Perera and Dato Seri Kalimullah Hassan

dated: January 31, 2012

On behalf of my friends and former colleagues — Datuk Syed Faisal Albar, Datuk Hishamuddin Aun and Brenden Perera — all of us are glad that this unpleasant episode in our lives has come to an end. It is something that should not have happened and it is something that caused undue stress, damage and anguish to our families, friends and us personally and professionally.

We accept the apology by Ahirudin Attan and his expression of regrets at the damage, distress and embarrassment he has caused not only to us but also our families and friends. The repeated lies over a long period of time and the unfairness of it all led us to the painful step of filing the legal suit against Ahirudin to clear our names and reputation. Having come from the same Press fraternity, it was not a decision we took lightly when we went to the courts to seek justice.

We would like to put this incident behind us and move on.

As for me personally, this is the sixth apology I have received in less than 12 months — from DAP MP for Jelutong and blogger Jeff Ooi, the New Straits Times, Berita Harian, Utusan Malaysia, Matthias Chang, the former political secretary to Tun Mahathir Mohamad, and now Ahirudin Attan — for publishing defamatory and libellous statements against me. It re-establishes my faith that eventually the truth will prevail and that justice will be done.

Kalimullah Hassan.

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Riong Kali conveniently did not mention that part of the settlement reached recently in the suit and counter suit with Matthias Chang, that he had to apologise to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. His apology to Tun Dr Mahathir was the pertinent point that the last two suit cases managed to be 'resolved amicably'. The fact is that, Tun Dr Mahathir was never part in any of these legal cases between Riong Kali and Rocky, Ooi and Chang but he had to apologise.

Why did Riong Kali conveniently miss that apology to Tun Dr Mahathir out?

This is the sort of weasel Riong Kali is. Even at this point, he was not willing to tell the whole truth. That is not withstanding the scum that he real is.

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The Fault, dear Najib, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves

January 31, 2012

The Fault, dear Najib, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves

by Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com

COMMENT Really, there appears to be no such thing as a good time for Prime Minister Najib Razak to call for snap polls. By 'a good time', it meant conditions where positive factors outweigh negative ones for the re-election of the UMNO-BN government.

Najib has been trying to formulate and implement policies for this excess of positives over negatives since taking charge in April 2009. najib abdul razak in perth chogm 1 But every time he feels he has a surplus of good vibes over bad ones, his government is upset by gremlins that have the effect of stalling the recourse to a new mandate as every new PM who desires validity for his reforms is impelled to.

The latest instance of this imp of misfortune dogging him is the attorney-general's filing of intent to appeal the High Court's January 9 decision to acquit Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim on a charge of sodomy.

Najib had begun capitalising on that acquittal the day it was delivered, citing it as a demonstration of the liberal reforms he had initiated under his government.

Ironically, this credit-taking had the effect of confirming that the judiciary had indeed been subject to the whims of the executive. But the opposition was not going to protest this indirect confirmation of their suspicions for obvious reasons: Anwar's acquittal on a case that was filled with unconscionable gaps was right and fitting.

More expediency than conviction

But the sequel for the credit-taking Najib began to turn sour almost immediately. Right-wingers in his party, already angry that the Police had allowed Pakatan Rakyat supporters to gather in numbers at the judgment's delivery, now clamoured that the decision be appealed.

anwar ceramah in melaka 040112 When the A-G's Chambers filed its notice of intent to appeal, the PM decided that not only would he have his cake – take credit for the acquittal, he would eat it too – absolve himself of responsibility for the appeal.

It would have been better if Najib had signaled his displeasure with the A-G's decision. It would have suggested there was more conviction than expediency to his reforms.

But the PM is not a man of conviction so much as convenience. Talk of reform and transformation of the economy and polity trips easily off his tongue.

The jargon of progressive management drips from his government's public relations vents but because there is no conviction behind it, the exploitative convenience behind the cupcake soon enough becomes detectable.

It would be wishful thinking for the PM to hope for luck with the good fairies of electoral timing. Thus far it appears these good fairies have frowned more than fawned on him. Because of this, the PM has had to resort to munificent measures his deficit-battling government can ill afford, such as the RM500 handout to citizens earning less than RM3,000 a month, to keep on the credit side of the ledger by which, supposedly, the electorate evaluates its leaders.

But even these inducements cannot dispel the fumes emitted by the scandals that almost continually occur on the PM's watch.

Less than rosy prognosis

The cattle-rearing project undertaken by the Wanita UMNO leader Shahrizat Abdul Jalil is only the most sensational of the lot in that it contains details lurid enough to sustain the buzz among the chattering classes. As if all this were not bad enough, details of his wife's sybaritic shopping expedition in Sydney on a recent vacation only serve to keep the embers of controversy glowing.

Furthermore, with the economic indices – stemming mainly from the glitz outlooks for the United States and Europe – pointing to a less than rosy prognosis for 2012 than that painted by the government, Najib must be wondering what would it take to create a favourable time for an election.

"I can call spirits from the vasty deep?" says a character in Shakespeare's Henry the Fourth.To which the protagonist replies, "Why, so can I, so can any man. But will they come when you do call for them?"

Besieged leaders seeking a mandate must wonder at the elusiveness of a propitious time in which to summon electoral spirits from the "vasty deep." With the clock winding down on his inherited (from predecessor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's) mandate, with the downward draft exerted by recurrent scandals on his watch, and with the glitz of his reforms getting plainer by the month, can Najib avoid the musings of Cassius to Brutus in another of Shakespeare's plays (Julius Caesar): "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves."

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NFC says no to memo on credit card expenses

An attempt to hand over a memo demanding the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) to account for its credit card expenses of RM600,000 was refused at the door today at its office in Kuala Lumpur.

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A delegation of about 10 members of the PKR-linked NGO Jingga 13 were met by the NFC's corporate communications manager Khaidir Jamal outside its office, but he refused to accept the memorandum.

He said the company's executive chairperson Mohamad Salleh Ismail (left) had given instructions not to accept the memo as he did not want to affect the ongoing police investigations.

Khaidir asked the group to voice their concerns to the police instead.

Speaking to reporters later, Jingga 13 coordinator Fariz Musa, who led the delegation, expressed disappointment over the refusal.

"We want transparency because it involves public funds. Therefore we are disappointed that we couldn't hand over the memo," he said.

Fariz was also baffled by Khaidir's excuse because the NFC's bosses had previously made press statements denying allegations against their company.

"We understand and we have already informed the police, but at the same time NFC's management had responded through the media and through a briefing organised by NGOs to explain that the money was not misused.

"Yes, he can deny, but we want proof... to account for every sen that you used with the credit card," he said.

The issue emerged on Jan 16, when PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli alleged that four family members of Women, Family, and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil had swiped RM593,500 in credit card expenses, paid for by NFC.

The four are Shahrizat's husband Mohamad Salleh, son Wan Shahrinur Izmir (chief executive officer), another son Wan Shahinur Izran (executive director), and daughter Wan Izzana Fatimah.

Wan Shahrinur Izmir had denied the allegations, saying that those were for business expenses.

His corporation was previously given a RM250 million soft loan by the government for a project to develop the cattle industry.

Last week, Malay pressure group Perkasa had challenged Wan Shahrinur Izmir to lodge a police report against Rafizi for making false allegations if he was innocent.

MCA challenged to raise issue in cabinet

Meanwhile, in a statement today, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang challenged the four MCA cabinet ministers to raise the matter, which MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek said has been "poorly handled (by Shahrizat)", in the next cabinet meeting.

Taking issue with the Chinese-based party, Lim said that if MCA is laying the blame on Shahrizat, then their cabinet representatives should not have kept quiet in the many months since the scandal broke.

"Are the four MCA ministers brave enough to raise in the cabinet the fact that Malaysians have no faith in either the police or the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to get to the bottom of the RM330 million 'cattle condo' and that the only credible and acceptable solution is the formation of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to conduct a full-fledged inquiry?' he asked.

The four ministers are Health Minister Dr Liow Tiong Lai, Transport Minister Kong Cho Ha, Housing and Local Government Minister Chor Chee Heung and Tourism Minister Dr Ng Yen Yen.

Chua had in an interview with the Malaysian Insider said Shahrizat is not a junior member of cabinet and should have dealt with the issue better, while Premier Najib Abdul Razak's silence makes it appear like he is protecting the women, family and community development minister.

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This is what I am talking about

As I said earlier, the government that is going to plan Malaysia's future beyond 2020 is not about a popularity contest between two people. It is about what do we do about Malaysia's aging population? Would we just dump them into old folks' homes and let the Rotary Club or Lions Club worry about them? Or are we going to come out with a good policy to support them?

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Last week, I wrote an article called Are we having a popularity contest?' Basically, my argument was that we need a good education system, a good healthcare system, and food (meaning a good agriculture policy so that Malaysia can feed its growing population without depending on imports: like it now does and has been from the very beginning).

Read the article here: http://malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/no-holds-barred/46760-are-we-having-a-popularity-contest.

Today, there is another issue I want to talk about: and that is about Malaysia's aging population and what do we do with our old people. First, read the news report by AsiaOne (below) regarding Japan and the graphics below from the UK Parliament website.

In 50 years or so, Japan expects its population to decrease. That would be good if it was India or China. The problem with Japan, though, is that they expect less people to be born while old people will live longer. This means, in 50 years from now, almost half the population would be retired people.

This would also mean they would not be income-generating Japanese, they would need supporting (and with no younger/working people to support them they would be dependent on state support), and they would be a strain on the healthcare and welfare system.

This, to a certain degree, is already happening in the UK. Everywhere you go in the UK you will notice one very glaring thing: everyone appears so old. And I should know: I have been living here almost three years now.

In less than 50 years from now, according to the UK Parliament website, this is what we are going to see:

The UK is going to see what Japan is going to see: a growing aging population.

What has all this got to do with Malaysia? Well, in the 1980s, a mere 30 years ago, Malaysia was said to be amongst the youngest countries in the world (not in terms of nationhood but in terms of population). Around 70% of Malaysians were below voting age.

Today, according to Malaysia's Department of Statistics, this is what it is:

Guess what it is going to be like by 2050 or 2060.

And this is what it is according to citizens/non-citizens and racial breakdown:

Can you see that two-thirds of Malaysians who will need to worry about the problem are going to be the Bumiputeras? By then, Malaysia's 'overseas population' is going to increase from one million, now, to probably three million or so -- about 85% or 90% of them non-Bumiputeras. The non-Bumiputeras are not going to suffer as much as the Bumiputeras as they are more 'mobile' and know how to plan their future better than the Bumiputeras do.

Today, people are living longer than, say, around the time of Merdeka. Around the time of Merdeka, by the age of 55 you retired and you are not expected to live too long after that. Today, at 65 or 70 you are still active and probably healthy as well. Today, you may live to the age 75 or 80. And what is troubling is: long before that, say before the age of 65, your savings and EPF would have dried up.

How do we support our old people? They need food and a good healthcare system. In the UK, they can have that, although at great cost to the system (and the working population). But then even the lowest paid worker is taxed 20% of their salary at source and the VAT takes away another 20%. By the time all the taxes takes its toll, 70% of what you earn goes to the system to support the old people and 'others' (such as school leavers who are unemployed) who depend on the system.

Many ask me whether I plan to return to Malaysia. Well, I am going to be 62 in September. What happens when I reach 65 in three years' time? Will I be taken care of if I return to Malaysia? In England, at 65, I will be the problem of the UK government. In Malaysia, I will be my children's problem.

No, my children have their own children to worry about. I can't make them worry about my wife and me as well. My wife and I will have to be the government's problem. And it will have to be the UK government because the Malaysian government will have no time to worry about me (they are engrossed in winning popularity contests).

To those Malaysians who plan to live, retire and die (hopefully after the age of 80) in Malaysia, you need to worry about this. I no longer need to worry about it. So let's hear from those who are fishing for our votes: what are you going to do about Malaysians who will retire at 60 and will probably live for another 20 or 25 years before they go meet their Maker?

And note that by 2050 or 2060, we may be talking about 60% or 70% of Malaysia's population (unless we want to 'balance' the ratio by 'importing' even more, younger Indonesians into Malaysia and give them Malaysian citizenship).

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Survey shows 'super-gray' Japan in 2060

(AsiaOne) - Japan will become a "super-gray" society in 2060, as people aged 65 or over will account for 39.9 per cent of the population that year, according to a survey conducted by a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry institution.

The nation's total fertility rate--the average number of children each woman will have in her lifetime--will be 1.35 in 2060, up 0.09 points from the previous survey released in 2006, the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research said Monday.

However, the nation's total population will continue to drop, from 128.06 million in 2010 to 86.74 million in 2060.

The nation's population 50 years on is estimated every five years in tandem with a national census. The estimate is used as basic data for various indexes such as public pension finances and economic growth.

This time, the institute made three types of estimates based on the census conducted in 2010: moderate, optimistic and pessimistic.

In its moderate estimate, the institute revised upward the long-term outlook for the total fertility rate after it recovered to 1.39 in 2010 from the record low of 1.26 in 2005.

The institute said the recovery of the total fertility rate in recent years can be attributed to women in their mid-30s deciding to have children after previously being reluctant due to worsening economic conditions.

The total fertility rate is expected to drop again in the years ahead, but eventually move upward and reach 1.35 in 2060, the institute said. However, the population will continue to shrink, as at least 2.07 children per woman are necessary to maintain the population.

In 2048, the population is expected to fall below 100 million, two years earlier than the previous estimate.

The average longevity of Japanese men is expected to increase to 84.19 years in 2060 from 79.64 in 2010, and women's lifespans will also rise, to 90.93 from 86.39. The number of people aged 65 or older will peak in 2042 with 38.78 million, and then drop to 34.64 million in 2060.

The number of juveniles aged under 15 was 16.84 million, or 13.1 per cent of the total population, in 2010. The figure will drop to 7.91 million, or 9.1 per cent, in 2060, according to the institute.

The working-age population--those aged from 15 to 64--will drop from 81.73 million, or 63.8 per cent of the total population, in 2010 to 44.18 million, or 50.9 per cent, in 2060.

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The Fault, dear Najib, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves

January 31, 2012

The Fault, dear Najib, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves

by Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com

Najib had begun capitalising on that acquittal the day it was delivered, citing it as a demonstration of the liberal reforms he had initiated under his government.

More expediency than conviction

It would have been better if Najib had signaled his displeasure with the A-G's decision. It would have suggested there was more conviction than expediency to his reforms.

But the PM is not a man of conviction so much as convenience. Talk of reform and transformation of the economy and polity trips easily off his tongue.

But even these inducements cannot dispel the fumes emitted by the scandals that almost continually occur on the PM's watch.

Less than rosy prognosis

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Umno, MCA, NATO after Perkasa insult

Jackson Ng, Retired Journalist

SO, THE Umno-linked Perkasa's insult of giving away "white funeral ang pows" to the Chinese community during the Chinese Lunar Dragon Year has attracted the attention of our 1Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Finally, after two days of silence, Najib saw the seriousness of the stunt pulled by his Umno-linked Perkasa.

However, it was a terrible let down from the premier. All he said were:
1. The use of "white envelope" angpow had nothing to do with the Barisan Nasional (BN) federal government;
2. "I think that as long as we can have a better understanding of Chinese culture and promote sensitivity to cultural taboos, such controversial events can be avoided; and
3. "We all know that ang pow means a red envelope, dominated by red rather than other colours," Najib said, adding that the incident can be used as a social experience.

Ibrahim "Perkasa" Ali's stunt to insult the Chinese during the communnity's Lunar Year celebration was deliberate, nothing short of mindless provocation aimed at worsening race relations.

If it was a stunt by a non-Malay aimed at the Malays during Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, will Najib still respond the same? All Najib is trying to do is to quell the Chinese community's anger to save Ibrahim's hide (skin is too polite a word to describe this animal).

And now, the MCA "adulterer" president's son, Chua Tee Yong, also wants to pit in his meaningless and worthless say. All Tee Yong had to say in response to the insult which was co-sponsored by a MCA division and branch leader is: "Perkasa cannot be excused for giving out white ang pows at a Chinese New Year gathering on Sunday. Perkasa should have been aware. They should have learnt the practices of another race before organising such an event, so that they did not upset anyone."

Tee Yong, who is also MCA Young Professionals Bureau chief, is displaying much "pride and professionalism" in taking care of the interest of the Chinese community and defending the insults from Ibrahim the past few months. He is doing it by showing his elders the way to bootlick Umno and its cronies. Like father, like son.

There were also quotes attributed to Tee Yong saying that Ibrahim must apologise to the Chinese community. That's all? We are expected to accept and forget the incident.

If I use a hearse to deliver something to Tee Yong's house or place a coffin in front of his house, can I just apologise and forget the incident?

Enough is enough. Ibrahim has been spewing racial and sensitive and seditious remarks against the non-Malays the past few months and getting away with it because Perkasa is backed by former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad and BN-Umno.

What we want from Najib and MCA is action to be taken against Ibrahim and to stop the garbage coming from his mouth. We don't want NATO (No Action Talk Only).

Anything short of punitive action and legal prosecution for public mischief or nuisance is to condone Ibrahim's shameless behaviour as a Malay and Malaysian and he will continue to spew more venom to destroy unity among Malaysians.

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Utterly disgusted!

I was shocked and felt disgusted by the dishing out of 'white packets' to some old Folks at a supposedly Chinese New Year open house organised by the extremist group Perkasa.

It is customary for Chinese to give out red packets during Chinese New year. In fact, the term "Any Pow" so commonly used in Malaysia means "red" packet.

White packet is taboo in CHinese custom. It is normally reserved for showing condolence during a funeral wake. So to invite some old folks and then giving them white packets is akin to inviting someone to your house just to insult them.

Some of the organisers have pleaded ignorance. But that is hardly believeable.

Even if the organisers do not know about Chinese custom, it will take a moron not to see that before and during Chines New Year, every where any person goes in towns and cities, there are red decorations, and many of these decorations are in fact made from red packets. Even if the person is staying in a rural areas, there is no way for him not to notice the TV advertisements aboutChinese new Years where red packets are given out.Furthermore, as a MP, Ibrahim A must have attended many open houses during the past decades, so to plead ignorance is utterly nonsense.

I do not know why they go to such an extent .. This action is not going to endear them to the people, especially the right minded and moderate Malaysians.

I really do not know what they are trying to gain by doing so. If the sole purpose of this organisation is to gain votes for UMNO, they should ask themselves that are they helping UMNO this way? What they are doing is not helping the Top Leader, since this is against the 1Malaysia that the Top leader has been preaching.

No 1 has immediately dissociated the government from this act of giving white packets, but the perception is that this organisation has close association with many of the right wing leaders of the Big brother, so ultimately, there is no escape that many people will blame the Big brother for this.

Recommended reading: If only he walks the talk

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Another piece of news that is utterly disgusting is posted in Malaysian Insider today. It is about golf membership of a prestigious golf club being sold at different prices for different ethnic groups.

I blame this sort of thing on the 50 over years of race based politics. Something must be done on this. Otherwise, polarisation, which is already at its worst level now, will get out of hand and that is dangerous.

I will post the photo here :

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MCA's 'White' Chinese New Year

MCA arranged and Perkasa nailed it! Compulsive attention seeker, Ibrahim Ali, and his gang of senseless and at times comical Perkasa members had caused another ruckus. This time, they had forked out almost RM10k only to court another controversy because the money was distributed in white envelopes. Netizens had criticized the act as an insult to the Chinese because the only time a white envelope is used is during bereavement.

MCA Seputeh division committee member Collin Tiew, who had arranged for more than 50 people to attend the Perkasa's CNY open house, claimed that he was victimized after he was criticized for playing a part in the Perkasa's event.

Tiew claimed that he did not know Ibrahim Ali before the event was surprisingly asked to help translate Ibrahim's speech during the event. Tiew said he was upset with the white packet but did nothing to advice or stop Ibrahim Ali from distributing them during the event.

Yes, unbelievable! My experience of working with so many politicians told me that a lack of integrity is common.

This incident is another proof that MCA has lost the plot. The party has been on the offensive against Dap for working with Pas to install an Islamic nation but the party has no qualm working with the racist and ultra Perkasa.
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Perkasa's stand on a number of issues which included wild and baseless allegations against the Chinese community and Christians has angered many people, especially the Chinese community but the party which has been vocal against Pas and the latter's ambition to install the Hudud law.

The party has been critical against Dap working with Pas in Pakatan but has largely kept very quiet when section of UMNO and Pas have been mooting a unification of the Malay political forces. If MCA is vary of Pas, it should have reacted with the same contempt against UMNO's intention to work with Pas. Can MCA assure us that the UMNO-Pas partnership does not have an Islamic state ambition and Hudud will not be implemented?

What MCA needed is consistency and a political backbone if the party is serious of rebounding as a political force to be reckoned with. Playing with the fear of the community against the Hudud law is ill conceived and poorly executed.

Hudud does not hurt the innocent. We are being badly affected by immense corruption, racists and ultra politicians, journalists and academics which have no qualm or respect for Malaysia's multiracial society and fabric.

If MCA truly represents the Chinese community, it should have gone down to the ground to listen to the community grouses, fear and needs and not trying to play with communal and religious fire. It should be brave enough to tell those unscrupulous politicians in its coalition to stop abuse of power, corruption and poor governance.

! An MCA t rying to instill fear to push the community to vote them may eventually face the full brunt for its own lack of political acumen. Who cares if MCA ended up with no representation in the government if the party is good for nothing?

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MCA's 'White' Chinese New Year

MCA arranged and Perkasa nailed it! Compulsive attention seeker, Ibrahim Ali, and his gang of senseless and at times comical Perkasa members had caused another ruckus. This time, they had forked out almost RM10k only to court another controversy because the money was distributed in white envelopes. Netizens had criticized the act as an insult to the Chinese because the only time a white envelope is used is during bereavement.

MCA Seputeh division committee member Collin Tiew, who had arranged for more than 50 people to attend the Perkasa's CNY open house, claimed that he was victimized after he was criticized for playing a part in the Perkasa's event.

Tiew claimed that he did not know Ibrahim Ali before the event was surprisingly asked to help translate Ibrahim's speech during the event. Tiew said he was upset with the white packet but did nothing to advice or stop Ibrahim Ali from distributing them during the event.

Yes, unbelievable! My experience of working with so many politicians told me that a lack of integrity is common.

This incident is another proof that MCA has lost the plot. The party has been on the offensive against Dap for working with Pas to install an Islamic nation but the party has no qualm working with the racist and ultra Perkasa.

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Perkasa's stand on a number of issues which included wild and baseless allegations against the Chinese community and Christians has angered many people, especially the Chinese community but the party which has been vocal against Pas and the latter's ambition to install the Hudud law.

The party has been critical against Dap working with Pas in Pakatan but has largely kept very quiet when section of UMNO and Pas have been mooting a unification of the Malay political forces. If MCA is vary of Pas, it should have reacted with the same contempt against UMNO's intention to work with Pas. Can MCA assure us that the UMNO-Pas partnership does not have an Islamic state ambition and Hudud will not be implemented?

What MCA needed is consistency and a political backbone if the party is serious of rebounding as a political force to be reckoned with. Playing with the fear of the community against the Hudud law is ill conceived and poorly executed.

Hudud does not hurt the innocent. We are being badly affected by immense corruption, racists and ultra politicians, journalists and academics which have no qualm or respect for Malaysia's multiracial society and fabric.

If MCA truly represents the Chinese community, it should have gone down to the ground to listen to the community grouses, fear and needs and not trying to play with communal and religious fire. It should be brave enough to tell those unscrupulous politicians in its coalition to stop abuse of power, corruption and poor governance.

An MCA trying to instill fear to push the com! munity t o vote them may eventually face the full brunt for its own lack of political acumen. Who cares if MCA ended up with no representation in the government if the party is good for nothing?

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