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Monday, 2 October 2017

Las Vegas Shooting

It saddens me so much, reading into such horrifying stories nowadays. My heart aches with sadness and tears just threatens listen / viewing videos or reading such news nowadays. Apparently it is such a norm nowadays for such happenings. Where are the days of wonderful peace and love? Why is everyone burning with hatred for each other - without much valid reason? We are all humans.... each and everyone of us. Irregardless of which country we originate from or what language we speak. Why do we have to resolved to such horrifying violence? Is mankind really that blood thirsty for war? Do people really love watching violence and destruction and all the devastation our children and their children have to grow up to?

 I really pray for world peace.... to everyone... irregardless of their skin colour, their belief and their language. I pray we will one day be able to just accept each other for who we are and what we are instead of demanding others to be like ourselves.

 Original Article : Las Vegas Shooting (clickable link)

Las Vegas shooting: First victims of country music concert massacre identified

THE wife of one of the victims of the Las Vegas massacre that left more than 50 people dead has revealed he saved her life.
Staff writers
News Corp Australia NetworkOCTOBER 3, 20174:45AM



Woman Told 'Get Inside' as Gunfire Rings Out on Vegas Strip. Credit - Instagram/Beardofvegas via Storyful

THE first victims of the horrific Las Vegas shooting that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured have been identified.
Sonny Melton, 29, Jordan McIldoon, 23, Quinton Robbins, 20, and Denise Gesford Chambers were killed when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on 22,000 people at a country music concert.
Melton was watching country music star Jason Aldean at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village with his wife when Paddock opened fire.
“At this point, I’m in complete disbelief and despair. I don’t know what to say. Sonny was the most kind-hearted, loving man I have ever met. He saved my life and lost his,” Heather Gulish Melton said in a statement to Fox 17 News.
Sonny Melton was attending the concert with wife Heather Gulish Melton (left) when he was shot dead. Picture: Facebook/Sonny Melton
Sonny Melton was attending the concert with wife Heather Gulish Melton (left) when he was shot dead. Picture: Facebook/Sonny MeltonSource:Facebook
Melton, a registered nurse from Tennessee, “checked in” to the concert on Facebook, with loved ones expressing their condolences under the post.
“He saved my life. He grabbed me and started running when I felt him get shot in the back,’ Mrs Gulish Melton, a surgeon, told WSMV.
“I want everyone to know what a kind-hearted, loving man he was, but at this point, I can barely breathe.”
Gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, killed himself after the mass shooting. Picture: Supplied
Gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, killed himself after the mass shooting. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied
Jordan McIldoon, 23, of Maple Ridge in British Columbia, Canada, was attending the festival with his girlfriend, his parents told CBC.
They said he was a heavy-duty mechanic apprentice and about to start trade school.
“We only had one child,” they said. “We just don’t know what to do.”
According to a Facebook post by Heather Gooze, a woman who was on the scene, McIldoon died in her arms.
“Friends and family, I am ok. I am right outside of the festival grounds. We are not allowed to go anywhere. I am with a young man who died in my arms! RIP Jordan mcildoon from British Columbia. I can’t believe this just happened!!!” she wrote on Monday.
Jordan Seymour McIldoon (left) was killed in the attack. Picture: Facebook/Jordan Seymour McIldoon
Jordan Seymour McIldoon (left) was killed in the attack. Picture: Facebook/Jordan Seymour McIldoonSource:Facebook
Quinton Robbins, 20, from Nevada, also died on Sunday night, with his aunt describing him as “the most kind and loving soul”.
“Everyone who met him, loved him. His contagious laugh and smile. He was truly an amazing person. He will be missed by so many, he is loved by so many,” Kilee Wells Sanders said.
Robbins was a student at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and worked as a recreational assistant at the City of Henderson.
“Quinton was a pay-it-forward kinda guy,” family friend Tyce Jones told Newsweek. “Always had a smile on his face and was a nice guy. He loved his family and loved to coach his little brother’s flag football team. He will be missed.”
Quintin Robbins (left) was killed in the shooting. Picture: Facebook/Quintin Robbins
Quintin Robbins (left) was killed in the shooting. Picture: Facebook/Quintin RobbinsSource:Facebook
More than 500 people were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
Australian authorities are making urgent calls to determine if any Australians have been caught up in the attack.
“The Australian Consulate-General in Los Angeles is making urgent inquiries with local authorities to determine whether any Australians have been affected by a shooting incident at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas,” a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman said.
Littleton: 13 Dead
Columbine High SchoolApril 20, 1999
Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, stalk and gun down 12 fellow students and one teacher before committing suicide in the school library.
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Post officeAugust 20, 1986
Postal worker Patrick Henry Sherrill arms himself with three pistols and kills 14 co-workers in 10 minutes , before taking his own life with a bullet to the head.
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Virginia Tech: 32 Dead
BlacksburgApril 16, 2007
Student Seung-Hui Cho, 23, goes on a shooting spree killing 32 people in two locations and wounding 17 others on campus. He then commits suicide.
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San Ysidro: 21 Dead
McDonald'sJuly 18, 1984
Armed with a long-barreled Uzi, a pump-action shotgun and a handgun James Huberty, 41, shoots dead 21 adults and children at a McDonald's. A police sniper kills Huberty one hour after the rampage begins.
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Binghamton: 13 Dead
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immigration centerApril 3, 2009
Jiverly Wong kills 13 people and injures four during a shooting at a migrant centre. He then kills himself.
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Geneva County massacreMarch 10, 2009
Michael McLendon kills 10 in shooting rampage. The dead include his mother, grandparents, aunt and uncle.
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Killeen: 23 Dead
Luby's CafeteriaOctober 16, 1991
George Hennard, 35, crashes his pickup truck through Luby's Cafeteria then guns down 23 people. He then commits suicide.
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Seattle: 13 Dead
Wah Mee gambling and social clubFebruary 18, 1983
Three gunmen storm the Wah Mee gambling and social club, rob the 14 occupants then shoot each in the head, killing 13. Two of the assailants are caught and jailed for life. A third flees to Canada before being caught and deported to Hong Kong.
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PennsylvaniaSeptember 25, 1982
Prison guard George Banks, 40, kills 13 people including five of his own children. In September 2011, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturns his death sentence ruling he is mentally incompetent.
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University of TexasAugust 1, 1966
Charles Joseph Whitman, a former US Marine, kills 16 and wounds at least 30 while shooting from a University of Texas tower. Police officers Ramiro Martinez and Houston McCoy shoot and kill Whitman in the tower. Whitman had also killed his mother and wife earlier in the day.
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Navy YardSeptember 16, 2013
Aaron Alexis, 34, shoots dead 12 people in the Washington Navy Yard. Alexis is killed.
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Newtown: 27 Dead
Sandy Hook Elementary SchoolDecember 14, 2012
Adam Lanza, 20, guns down 20 children, ages six and seven, and six teachers and staffers, before turning the gun on himself. Investigating police later find Nancy Lanza, Adam's mother, dead from a gunshot wound.
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GeorgiaJuly 29, 1999
Mark Barton, 44, kills his wife and two children at his home. He then opens fire in two different stock broker businesses killing nine people and wounding 12. He later kills himself.
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Century movie theaterJuly 20, 2012
James E. Holmes, 24, dressed head-to-toe in protective tactical gear and aremd with several weapons, sets off two devices before spraying a movie theatre with gunfire during a midnight screening of Batman: Dark Knight Rises. Twelve people are kileld and 58 wounded. Holmes is found guilty of 165 charges and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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Fort Hood army baseNovember 5, 2009
Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 people and injures 32 at the Fort Hood army base, during a shooting rampage. He is convicted and sentenced to death.
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New JerseySeptember 5, 1949
Howard Unruh, 28, a veteran of World War II, shoots and kills 13 people as he walks down Camden's 32nd Street, using a German Luger pistol. He is found insane and is committed to a state mental institution. He dies at the age of 88.
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Pulse NightclubJune 12, 2016
Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, opens fire inside Pulse, a gay nightclub, in Orlando. At least 49 people are killed and more than 50 are injured. Police shoot and kill Mateen during an operation to free hostages.
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Inland Regional CenterDecember 2, 2015
Married couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik open fire on an employees at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, killing 14 people. They are then gunned down by police after a road chase.
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Monday, 25 September 2017

Leave Malaysia While You Can

Although what this man says is really making sense, I highly doubt that the UK will be so welcoming a bunch of suddenly migrating people to their country - especially when they themselves are already making such a big fuss over Migrants in the Brexit issue......

Original article from FMT : Leave Malaysia While You Can (clickable link)


Leave Malaysia while you can, Zaid tells young Malays

 | September 25, 2017
Former minister says Malaysia is a 'sick Muslim country which teaches you the wrong things'.
Zaid-Ibrahim_rakyat_600PETALING JAYA: Calling Malaysia a “sick Muslim country”, Zaid Ibrahim today urged Muslims in the country to embrace the Islamic concept of hijrah, or the migration of the Prophet Muhammad to flee from persecution, by moving to the UK where he said their lives would be better.
“They give you the space to grow and make yourself useful. Move out while you can,” he said in his latest blog post today.
In Malaysia, Zaid said, news was classified as fake or real depending on whether or not the government liked it.
“Corruption and abuse of power are glorified, while beer festivals are held up as an example of evil.”
He was referring to the Better Beer Festival 2017, which was banned by authorities after the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) rejected the organisers’ application for a permit to host the event.
Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun said on Thursday that the event was cancelled due to security reasons as the police had information that militants were planning to sabotage the festival.
The event’s organisers, MyBeer Malaysia, previously said they had been told by authorities that the beer fest was “politically sensitive”.
This followed opposition to the event by PAS, which labelled it as a “vice festival”, claiming that such events could lead to Kuala Lumpur becoming known as Asia’s vice centre.
In Malaysia, Zaid added, Muslims scholars “don’t like gays and liberals, although gays and liberals are God’s creations too”.
“They will continue to make you intellectually poor by stifling you, giving you no freedom to grow and develop your minds.
“London is the place for you to migrate to. Many Malays are already making their homes here. Bring your family out and join them.”
The former minister added that the hijrah was not a one-day celebration, but a commitment to seek a new life.
“It means seeking a place where you can find knowledge and prosperity for your family,” he said.
Although England was a “beer-loving country”, he said, it also produces well-educated men and women who contribute to science and the arts.
“They are inventors, who produce medicine, machinery, and so much more that makes life better for humanity.”
In Malaysia, meanwhile, there was no place for knowledge and scholarship, especially in matters of religion, he said.
“The people who talk about Islam in Malaysia are low-grade scholars, and many are mouthpieces of the ruling party.
“They are sycophants, not of the same calibre as the Mu’tazillah, the jurists and theologians of the Abbasiyah period who debated religious issues, such as the concept of tawhid or unity of God.
“They discussed the inherent difficulties of reconciling reason and revelation.
“They were not preoccupied with beer festivals or dress codes for women, or separate laundrettes for Muslims, although the revelry and festivities of the caliphates were well known,” he said, referring to other recent controversies including reports of a self-service launderette in Johor which has adopted a Muslim-only policy by limiting its clientele to Muslim customers.
“So I urge young Malays to plan their lives properly. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Malaysia is a sick Muslim country which teaches you the wrong things,” he said.

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Friday, 18 November 2016

When Corruption knows no boundaries

The eve of Bersih 5.......

 It´s been years and yet Malaysia is still unable to "throw off" the dirty and corrupted government and it´s leader, the Prime Minister of Malaysia. And now, not only is he being such a paranoid "baboon", he is now arresting anyone and everyone who speaks ill of him or even tries to get Malaysia to be free of corruption.

 Below, is an article, written by the 3 children of Maria Chin Abdullah, the chairperson of this Bersih "group". Apparently, on the eve of Malaysia´s 5th Bersih Rally, this lady (even after all the death threats to her and her family and NO ACTION was taken to PROTECT her and her family from those thugs of "that certain someone in Malaysia") is now arrested under the charges of Destabilising the Government. 

 I really hope, that one day.... some outside help - be it whether from UN or NATO or whatsoever - would come help the Malaysians to be freed from dictatorship (Shame how they always insist that Malaysia is a democracy country and able to do free speech.... but on the other hand lock everyone who is doing it)!

 Original Article : A letter after our mother's arrest ahead of the Bersih 5 rally


A letter after our mother's arrest ahead of the Bersih 5 rally

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The following is a letter written by the children of Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah, after her arrest.
It is the eve of the Bersih rally. We are sure that everybody is preparing for the rally, for what seems to be the next step to achieving a free and fair election for Malaysia.
It was around 6pm, we were at home preparing dinner when we received a call from a family friend asking if we were okay and if we heard about the news.
Confused about what was going on, we asked her what happened.
She explained to us that our mother has been arrested and was brought to a police station for further processing.
Within the next hour we were at the police station and as we arrived we had to wait for one of our mother’s lawyers to bring us in to see our mother.
While we were in the processing room, our mother explained to us that she was being charged for destabilising the government.
Both Mandeep Singh and our mother were reassuring us that everything is going to be fine in a calm and collective state.
We hope that the charges would be dropped and that she would be released soon.
After everything that has transpired, it is disappointing that people who fight for a fair and clean election have been branded as a threat to the country.
Is this the type of country that we Malaysians want to live in, where corruption runs amok, elections are rigged and innocents are placed behind bars?
When we were younger, we did not understand what our parents were fighting for or why our father was protesting strongly against the Internal Security Act.
He is gone now. We are old enough to understand the importance and sacrifice of the work that people like them do.
People like our parents, who are willing to speak up against corruption do not do it for their own sake, but for the sake of the future generations.
As we are writing this, we as Malaysians, are hours away from an opportunity to voice out to make a change in Malaysia.
It is why it is so important for us, as Malaysians, to show that we will not tolerate the injustice that government officials have got away with.
We implore to our fellow Malaysians that are attending the rally, or are watching it at home, to listen to the speakers and to understand what Bersih is trying to achieve.
We hope that the rally will be peaceful and to see you there.
Sincerely,
Azumin, Aziman, Azemi.
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Sunday, 20 March 2016

It´s all about respecting one another

It´s been a while since I last posted in here. Life has been kinda hectic. However, upon stumbling upon this article, I felt it a need to save it in here. 

 There´s been so many issues going on all around lately. From the worsening politics in Malaysia to the ISIS and etc. This article - as you can read later - is about the Muslim students thinking and wanting issues bent completely to fully accommodate them alone. Upon the rejection, everyone cries discrimination and racism.

 I wonder if they ever stop to ponder....... you are a "visitor" in a foreign land. It´s kinda like... someone invites you to their home, but you turn around and try to "enforce" your own rules and upbringing into their home, and then when the host denies you, you cry foul! So who is the one who is lacking of "brains" and "thinking mentality" at the moment? To think that you students have managed to go all the way to University level of education, I would expect that maybe to an extent you have a sense of logic within you.

 Happy reading.

Original Article Link : Muslim Students Demand Special Treatment, University Offers 8 Epic Word

Muslim Students Demand Special Treatment, University Offers 8 Epic Words

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Dom the Conservative
Muslim Students Demand Special Treatment, University Offers 8 Epic Words
Along with two other colleges, the Technical University of Berlin has refuted Muslim students’ unreasonable demands.
After a group of Muslim college students began taking over a university’s “multi-faith” room, establishing gender segregation and allowing in only Muslims, the school decided to show that they wouldn’t be bullied by political correctness, issuing the perfect 8-word response in an official letter to the Islamic supremacists.
After abuse by Muslim students, campus prayer rooms which were meant for all faiths at the Technical University of Berlin have been shut down, along with prayer rooms at two other universities, the Technical University of Dortmund and the university of Essen Duisburg, prompting the Islamic community to cry “racism.” However, instead of cowering to the minority’s demands, the schools are standing their ground — and with good reason.
When confronted with accusations of discrimination and Islamophobia, TU Berlin President Christian Thompsen simply responded that “higher education and religion should be kept separate,” according to the Norwegian Defence League.
“It boiled down to the fundamental question — do we want religious facilities at our universities? I think higher education and religion should be kept separate,” Thompsen said. “Previously Muslims didn’t have much opportunity to practise their religion in Berlin. But now there are enough prayer rooms the students can use – perhaps not within walking distance, but a few stops away by bus. A prayer room at the university is no longer necessary.”
The decision came after Muslim men began driving out women and non-Muslims from one of the inter-faith prayer room, proving their tendency to abuse the tolerance so graciously afforded them in Western countries.
“The room was created in a time where the Muslim students had no place nearby to go for prayers,” Thomsen said to Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). “The next places for Muslim students to pray may be not in walking distance, but with a bus it’s just two or three stations away.”
The universities also cited fairness, reminding that it would be bias to offer Muslims special treatment. Since it’s impossible to accommodate all beliefs, everyone will equally have no designated area specifically for religious worship.
“With more than 130 nations at our university, we can’t offer a room for every religion or culture,” the university added. “The room was installed in a time in which there were no places for Muslims to go nearby. This has changed in the past two decades.”
Of course, many of the Muslim students are dissatisfied with equality and demand tolerance while subsequently being intolerant of other faiths. Muslims had driven out other faiths and established Sharia gender apartheid, as is legislated in Islamic countries. However, they proceeded to complain that they were being discriminated against when the rooms, which couldn’t be used by anyone but them, were shut down.
The West needs to adopt the “abuse it, lose it” policy towards foreign cultures and faiths. If you cannot reciprocate the tolerance given to you, you are not worthy of tolerating. If you cannot respect those who’ve offered you respect, your demands will be refuted.
Muslims have proven in every country where they become a large minority that they are incapable of both practicing their religion and respecting other faiths, cultures, and laws. It is time for us to realize this incompatibility, not as a deficiency in our own democracy, but as their own unwillingness to coexist with us.
H/T [The Local]
Photo Credit [Daily Caller, TU Berlin]
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Saturday, 5 December 2015

Malaysian Democracy Goes Up In Flames

Malaysian Democracy Goes Up In Flames

Malaysian Democracy Goes Up In Flames

2 DEC 2015

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Scorched earth - how Malaysia's democracy is going up in flames like the Borneo Jungle
Scorched earth – how Malaysia’s democracy is going up in flameslike the Borneo Jungle  
Najib Razak claims that the draconian ‘security’ bill, which he is rushing through Parliament over the next three days, is based on provisions brought in by the UK to counter bombing attacks against civilians.
This is untrue.
Liberal forces may be up in arms in the Britain about what they describe as the dangerously wide powers granted by the UK anti-terror acts, but these are nothing compared to the sweeping provisions currently being rushed through in Malaysia, which allow the PM to introduce martial law at the drop of a hat.
In particular, the UK terror laws are directed specifically against mainly foreign nationals suspected of planning random and murderous attacks against innocent civilians – attacks of a kind that are yet to take place in Malaysia.
From reformer to dictator via the bank
From reformer to dictator via the bank
By contrast, the main provisions of Najib’s act are clearly directed against internal critics.
Indeed, whilst the British law allows for indefinite detention of foreign nationals believed to be fomenting acts of terror, the Malaysian law allows similar sweeping powers against anyone the Prime Minister regards as threatening his own political position in any way.  He is allowed to imprison under this act someone he regards as threatening the economy for example…. this includes criticising his own management of it in any way.
The licence for dictatorship that Najib is currently rushing through Malaysia’s pretend Parliament in just three days goes much much further even than all this however. It is a sign of just how little regard the elected representatives have for their responsibilities that they are allowing this final public removal of their authority in such a way.
Najib's council of war - the so-called National Security Council
Najib’s council of war – the so-called National Security Council [from Malaysiakini]
Far in excess of anything that has been brought through in the UK, Najib is effectively allowing himself a War Cabinet, his so-called National Security Council, to run the country as a straight dictatorship, by-passing all the previous checks and balances that define a democratic system.
And his Parliamentary bosses (which is what the MPs elected by the people are supposed to be) are letting him do it overnight and without the slightest justification whatsoever.
Power behind the throne - wife Rosmah is given to ring up officials on her all-powerful husband's behalf
Power behind the throne – wife Rosmah is given to ring up officials on her all-powerful husband’s behalf
Of course, he is pretending that all these powers are just ‘provisional’ to counter a ‘possible emergency’ – but there is nothing to stop him assuming them when he likes for whatever reason he chooses in this legislation and given how desperately he is currently hanging on to power there is little doubt he will do so sooner rather than later.
The Prime Minister is grabbing all these powers on the pretext of an emergency that simply does not exist in Malaysia. There have been zero terror attacks and there is no war – and yet he has taken on more powers and authority through this bill than Winston Churchill adopted when the Nazis were heading for Britain’s beaches.
When Churchill launched his own War Cabinet against the Nazi invaders, for example, he specifically included opposition politicians in key positions in order to preserve the democratic principle and bring the people with him.
Yet, Najib’s War Cabinet, consists of a handful of his closest political cronies, along with an un-elected police officer, that very IGP who has been running amok in recent weeks attacking anyone who raises concern about corruption in high places.
Running the country as they like from now on new DPM, PM and Police Chief
Running the country as they like from now on new DPM, PM and Police Chief
He is moreover granting this crony cabal arbitrary powers to run the country as they like and to arrest and detain who they like, without reference to any existing laws all in the name of fighting terror.  Most significantly, Najib is also granting his boys and himself total immunity from prosecution over any of their actions in advance, in case any ‘mistakes’ they might make in the heat of their battle against the “terror threat” facing Malaysia.
These ‘mistakes’ could under this definition most certainly include plundering the public purse further into their own bank accounts, perhaps under the ‘mistaken belief’ that this would increase their personal protection agains these bombers, criticisers, law enforcers and other such threatening figures allegedly ‘seeking to topple the Prime Minister’ of Malaysia.
This is Najib Razak’s bid for supreme and untrammelled powers of dictatorship over his country, all under the guise of protecting it from a terror threat that has so far not manifested itself within its borders.  And he is doing it because he can no longer rule by consent, since he has lost the confidence of his people and he is in trouble with the law.
This thinly disguised bid for dictatorship has nothing to do with anti-terror measures
To be clear, the British anti-terror legislation may have been locally criticised, but it does not allow the British Prime Minister to run the country along with his cousin, police chief and mad-dog new deputy, without reference to Parliament or the law and it does not allow the British Prime Minister personal immunity for all his actions.  Neither does it allow the British Prime Minister to define anything he likes as an ‘act of terror’ on grounds as woolly as ‘undermining the economy’ or ‘bringing the government into disrepute’.
This rushed through legislation has nothing to do with protecting Malaysian citizens from foreign bombing attacks and terrorists, it has everything to do with protecting Najib Razak from the consequences of corruption.
Yet that corruption has entrenched so deep within his own UMNO party that it does not occur to his MPs that they are solemnly tasked with the duty of protecting the rights and freedoms of the people, who elected them and who pay for their very comfortable positions.  Not a single one of them has thought to stand up in their pretend Parliament and express the slightest concern that their role has finally been made redundant.
These bow-wows are instead interested only in how much Razak will be prepared to pay them this time to do what they are told.  And, as long as it is enough so that they can pack their bags and leave Malaysia to live somewhere a little more free and congenial (e.g. London) when things get too rowdy back home, this is all these ‘legislators’ clearly care about.
By bringing through this so-called anti-terror legislation Najib is formally abolishing democracy in Malaysia, just a few years after assuming office under the pledge of reforming its earlier erosions.
He does so in the face of opinion polls that quite rightly show him to be the most unpopular Prime Minister ever in the history of the country – 16%.  At least when Hitler abolished democracy in Germany he was popular when he did it!  Even so, the consequences are there for all to remember.
Heil Najib - he is now 'protected' against all legal action against him - self-granted immunity.
Heil Najib – he is now ‘protected’ against all legal action against him – self-granted immunity.
No one should believe a word of it when Najib and his cronies declare that these provisions will never be abused or used except to tackle terror offences. It was not believable when he brought in SOSMA and other oppressive Acts in 2012 and sure enough SOSMA and all those acts have been first and foremost used not to tackle terrorists but to suppress democratic critics of corruption.
Never mind, say the UMNO frogs, we can parachute out to London or New York.  Never mind say the opposition, we will win the next election hands down and then we can repair the country.
Both are wrong.
Najib knows how desperate his measures are and he has no intention of holding a next election.  His solution will be to claim a terrorist emergency to abolish all elections till future notice.
Parliament will in the course of this week grant him that power to do so and also to claim immunity for this act against his people.  There is one major terrorist at large in Malaysia who is single-handedly threatening the peaceful and democratic way of life of the people and that is the Prime Minister himself.
As for those UMNO pleasure seekers, Sarawak Report and many others will be waiting to name and shame them from London to New York.  Exile might not be so easy after all.
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Thursday, 17 September 2015

Today, I feel like I do not belong

Today, I feel like I do not belong

 | September 17, 2015
Why was the hatred that was spewed at the rally met with silence? Why did the Malay leaders not speak out against it?
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A few weeks ago, while my friends and I were having a late supper at a mamak place in Jalan Ipoh, an elderly Malay gentleman in his 70s invited himself to our table. He then congratulated us on being ‘friends’.
“It is such a rarity to see people of different races having gatherings such as this,” he said as he shook our hands and took some time to get to know each of us.
My friends and I found it pretty amusing. We didn’t see anything unusual about us hanging out together. I mean, we do lots of things together all the time – we put on theatre shows, we handle acting workshops, play board games, celebrate birthdays, go on holidays, have potlucks and cookouts, watch movies, enjoy karaoke sessions… we even find comfort in each other when a shoulder to cry on is greatly needed.
While it was nice being applauded by the Malay gentleman for holding on to the Malaysian spirit, I thought it was kind of sad to have someone congratulate you for having friends of other races. I mean shouldn’t this be the norm in a country which takes pride in its multiracial status?
Today I finally understand the Malay gentleman’s surprise at the closeness he observed between the multiracial group he came across sharing a meal at the mamak shop. Maybe, we were never meant to be together after all.
As I browsed through reports on the Red Shirts gathering, and watched the video clips of what transpired and what the protestors and spokesperson of the rally had to say, my heart sank.
“Enough is enough. This is our land. Menjadi warganegara bukan bermakna kita ada hak bersama. Pendatang is pendatang. Babi is babi.”
The people I saw preaching those words weren’t people who had been dragged over and paid to say such things. They seemed like intelligent people. They seemed like my peers. They could have been my neighbours and my colleagues.
If educated young Malay folks had such strong hatred for the non-Malays, I fear for my future in this country I call my home.
But why? What have I done wrong to be treated in such a despicable way? Is it my fault that my ancestors weren’t Malay? Is it my fault that I have Indian blood running through my veins?
I have been a good child to my motherland all these years. And I can’t put into words how much I love and treasure my Malaysia. But today I feel like I do not belong here.
I used to believe that my Malay friends were the real Malays while those inciting hatred were puppets under the influence of others. But today as our atmosphere filled with so much hatred, my world came tumbling down. I did not see anyone standing up for me.
While some of my Malay friends ridiculed the Red Shirts Rally and some posted pictures with hashtags #IamMalaysian, the rest remained silent. As for me, I tried very hard to crack some jokes on social media to take my attention away from what the rally had turned into. But after a few attempts, I couldn’t keep it up. It had gotten to me.
The thing is, if only the Malay leaders who had been so opposed to the Red Shirts Rally, would have uttered a few words to console our bleeding hearts, it would have made a difference. It would have been much appreciated. If only my Malay friends had offered words of comfort to ease our troubled minds, instead of joking about images of Air Asia stewardesses dressed in red…that would have meant a lot.
I find myself wishing they had been a little bit more sensitive. Is that too much to ask?
All my life I have been proud to be Malaysian. All my life I have been confident that if I was hanging on a cliff, my Malaysian brothers and sisters could be counted on to give me a hand. Today, I am not sure.
In my 40 years of life, I have contributed to this country and its people in so many ways. I have raised my two children to love this nation and to contribute to society when they are capable of standing on their own two feet. I have even written articles calling those who abandoned this country for another as unpatriotic. But today, I ask myself if I was wrong all along.
Maybe this isn’t my country. Maybe I do not belong here. Do I sound bitter? Trust me, it’s nothing compared to how I feel inside.
For what it is worth, thank you Malaysia for putting me in my place.

Original Artilce : Today I Feel Like I Do Not Belong (Clickable Link)
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