Keadilan Untuk Teoh Beng Hock – Kenapa Anda Patut Jangan Jadi Ah Beng

Tangkapan skrin posting di laman Facebook DAP mengajak orang ramai berdemo di hadapan pejabat SPRM

Nampaknya untuk mengalihkan perhatian terhadap tuduhan-tuduhan rasuah yang dilakukan oleh keraajaan Pulau Pinang pimpinan Lim Guan Eng, DAP mengkaldaikan ahli keluarga Teoh Beng Hock untuk mengajak orang ramai berdemo hari Jumaat ini (7 Julai 2017) membuat bantahan terhadap apa yang disifatkan sebagai sikap pilih kasih pihak SPRM kerana tidak membuat sebarang siasatan terhadap MO1.

Teoh Beng Hock telah ditemui mati setelah terjatuh dari pejabat SPRM Selangor yang berpusat ketika itu di Plaza Masalam di antara 3.45 pagi dan 1.30 tengahari pada 16 Julai 2009.

Teoh Beng Hock ketika itu ditahan SPRM untuk memberi keterangan mengenai kes penyelewengan peruntukan wang sebanyak RM2,400.00 yang telah dibayar oleh ADUN Seri Kembangan, Ean Yong Hian Wah yang merupakan majikan Beng Hock, untuk pembelian bendera sambutan Hari Kebangsaan tetapi tidak pernah diambil dari pembekal.

Sebenarnya pada ketika itu lebih banyak penyelewengan yang didakwa dilakukan oleh bukan sahaja Ean Yong Hian Wah, malah oleh lain-lain wakil rakyat DAP ketika itu seperti Ronnie Liu.  Anda boleh membaca dengan lebih lanjut dan melihat salinan invois-invois palsu yang dibuat oleh wakil-wakil rakyat dari DAP ini di laman blog ini.  Blog ini pernah dilaporkan sebagai sebuah laman spam untuk mengganggu proses pendedahan penyelewengan-penyelewengan tersebut.

Berikut adalah soalan-soalan yang diajukan oleh adik perempuan Teoh Beng Hock, Teoh Lee Lan, di dalam video di laman Facebook DAP di atas:

1.  SPRM TIDAK MELAKUKAN TANGKAPAN DAN SIASATAN UNTUK KES MO1 SEPERTI KES TEOH BENG HOCK SEDANGKAN JUMLAH WANG TERLIBAT ADALAH RM2.6 BILLION DAN BUKAN RM2,400

Mungkin adik Teoh Beng Hock ini masih lagi berada dalam keadaan terkejut setelah lapan tahun bersedih.  Eloklah saya memberitahu beliau dan yang lain-lain bahawa SPRM telah pun menjalankan siasatan terhadap wang RM2.6 billion tersebut dan telah pun menemui penderma yang memberikan wang tersebut.

Wang tersebut juga telah disahkan BUKANNYA berasal dari 1MDB, dan jauh sekali ianya merupakan duit rakyat seperti yang digembar-gemburkan mereka yang tiada keupayaan untuk berfikir.

Otak Kurang Upaya – para penyokong DAP

Kes 1MDB adalah jauh berbeza dengan kes yang melibatkan Teoh Beng Hock dan Ean Yong Hian Wah kerana kes mereka berdua benar-benar melibatkan wang rakyat dan konspirasi untuk pecah amanah.  Inilah yang disiasat oleh pihak SPRM tetapi terbantut akibat kematian Beng Hock.

Jumlahnya tidaklah berbillion namun ianya melibatkan wang yang telah diamanahkan oleh rakyat tidak kiralah kecil atau besar jumlahnya.  Kalau Teoh Lee Lan tidak faham apa itu amanah, jangan bertanya kepada Lim Guan Eng sebab beliau telah didakwa di mahkamah atas perlakuan rasuah.

2. SPRM TIDAK MENYIASAT WANG RM2.6 BILLION TETAPI MENAHAN TEOH BENG HOCK YANG KEMUDIANNYA MATI SEMASA DI DALAM TAHANAN MEREKA. IANYA SATU PERBUATAN YANG AMAT KEJAM

Teoh Lee Lan hanya mampu mengulangi kisah “RM2.6 billion” yang ternyata adalah wang yang telah didermakan.  1MDB telah disahkan sendiri oleh Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Wang Negara yang keanggotaannya termasuk enam orang Ahli Parlimen dari pihak pembangkang sebagai tidak kehilangan sebarang wang.

Di antara enam orang Ahli Parlimen pembangkang yang dinyatakan di atas termasuklah juga seramai dua orang dari parti DAP, iaitu parti mendiang Teoh Beng Hock.

Dalam kes yang melibatkan mendiang Teoh Beng Hock, wang rakyat telah lesap begitu sahaja.  Kononnya RM2,400 telah dibayar kepada pembekal bendera, namun tiada penghantaran bendera dilakukan.

Saya amat bersetuju bahawa perbuatan salahguna wang rakyat seperti dalam kes mendiang Teoh Beng Hock adalah suatu perbuatan yang amat kejam.

3. MENGAPA SPRM MENYIASAT SATU KES TETAPI TIDAK KES YANG LAIN? INI PERSOALAN YANG KAMI INGIN MEREKA JAWAB

Video selama 1 minit 42 saat ini sebenarnya membosankan.  Jika kita lihat soalan yang ketiga ini, ianya tidak ada bezanya dengan soalan-soalan pertama dan kedua.  Tetapi tidak mengapalah jika Teoh Lee Lan masih inginkan jawapannya.

Semasa Teoh Lee Lan masih bersedih, SPRM telah menyiasat dan membuat banyak tangkapan terhadap ramai orang tanpa mengira pangkat mahupun darjat.

Setakat ini ada lebih kurang 5,500 kenyataan media yang telah dikeluarkan oleh pihak SPRM mengenai aktiviti-aktiviti yang teah dijalankan oleh Suruhanjaya tersebut, termasuk kenyataan-kenyataan berhubung siasatan dan tangkapan kes-kes yang melibatkan perlakuan rasuah.  Teoh Lee Lan boleh membaca kesemuanya apabila sudah hilang sedikit rasa sedih dan mata kurang kabur akibat terlalu banyak membaca skrip yang disediakan oleh pihak DAP.

Untuk mengetahui kenapa tiada tangkapan yang dibuat terhadap MO1 kerana kehilangan RM2.6 billion, saya harap Teoh Lee Lan boleh merujuk kepada jawapan saya kepada soalan pertama dan kedua.

4. AMALAN DWI-STANDARD SPRM TELAH MELEPASKAN MO1 DARIPADA PERTUDUHAN TETAPI TIDAK TEOH BENG HOCK

Sekali lagi, Teoh Lee Lan, para penyokong DAP boleh merujuk kepada jawapan saya kepada soalan-soalan satu hingga tiga di atas untuk kes RM2.6 billion.  1 MDB juga tidak kehilangan sebarang wang.  Malah, Department of Justice Amerika Syarikat juga tidak menamakan MO1 sebagai orang yang terlibat disiasat oleh mereka.

Tidak ada satu pertuduhan pun yang dibacakan sama ada di Singapura mahupun tempat-tempat lain yang melibatkan konon-kononnya 1MDB ada menyebut perkataan “1MDB” dalam pertuduhan dan prosiding mahkamah mereka.

Sekiranya Teoh Lee Lan ingin mengetahui apa itu dwi-standard, beliau bolehlah membaca dengan lebih lanjut lagi mengenai dwi-standard yang menjadi sebahagian genetik DAP. Dan yang kuat menipu juga adalah dari parti DAP.

Sebagaimana Teoh Lee Lan ada persoalan, saya juga ada beberapa soalan untuk beliau:

1. TEOH BENG HOCK MATI KETIKA MEMBERI KETERANGAN MENGENAI SALAHGUNA WANG RAKYAT OLEH DAP.  SIAPA YANG AKAN DITANGKAP SEKIRANYA BENG HOCK MASIH HIDUP DAN MENCERITAKAN KESEMUA MAKLUMAT YANG ADA PADA BELIAU?

2.  SIAPA YANG MENERIMA MANFAAT POLITIK SEKIRANYA TEOH BENG HOCK HIDUP DAN SEMPAT MENCERITAKAN KEPADA SPRM MENGENAI MAKLUMAT-MAKLUMAT PENYELEWENGAN YANG BELIAU KETAHUI? BARISAN NASIONAL ATAU DAP?

3. SIAPA YANG MENERIMA MANFAAT SEKIRANYA TEOH BENG HOCK MATI SEBELUM SEMPAT MEMBERI MAKLUMAT MENGENAI PENYELEWENGAN WANG RAKYAT YANG DISYAKI DILAKUKAN OLEH WAKIL-WAKIL RAKYAT DAP?

4. KENAPA LIM GUAN ENG YANG BERKATA BELIAU LEBIH RELA MATI BERDIRI DARI MELUTUT KETAKUTAN TAKUT PULA UNTUK MENGHADAPI PERTUDUHAN RASUAH BELIAU DI MAHKAMAH DAN KINI MASIH MENCARI JALAN UNTUK MEMBATALKAN PROSIDING?

5. KENAPA TEOH LEE LAN TIDAK BERTANYA KEPADA EAN YONG HIAN WAH KENAPA SENGKEK SANGAT NAK SELEWENG RM2,400 HINGGA MENGAKIBATKAN KEMATIAN BENG HOCK?

6. KENAPA TEOH LEE LAN SANGGUP DIPERKALDAIKAN DAP SEPERTI SEORANG AH LIAN?

Dictators Asphyxiate Party

On 12 November 1933, even with the Nazi party as the sole political party contesting in a German parliamentary election seeking to endorse Hitler’s plan to remilitarise the Rhineland,  43,007,577 ballots were cast, of which 39,655,288, or 92.2 per cent, endorsed the list and 3,352,289, or 7.8 per cent were defective.  Hitler reacted badly and a directive by the Ministry of Propaganda to no longer keep track of spoiled ballots was issued.

Joseph Stalin used elections as part of his Great Purge of potential communist competitors.  More than 70 percent of factory committee members were replaced, 66 percent of the 94,000 factory committee chairmen, and 92 percent of the 30,723 members of the regional committee plenums.

The DAP conducted a party election that was rigged, blamed Microsoft Excel for the election woes, then blames everyone else but themselves over the party’s registration which is now in limbo as the Registrar of Societies is soon to decide on the fate of the party. But this is not new.  Even the Melaka DAP fiasco was blamed on UMNO.

DAP’s Emperor Lim Kit Siang offers to reisgn in order to save the DAP

In an attempt to hoodwink party members as well as the public, Emperor Lim Kit Siang offered to resign to “save the party from deregistration.”  It is just a ploy to divert attention from his and his son’s struggle to maintain their hold on the DAP.

A servant of the Lims who was planted in Johor, Teo Nie Cheng, even questioned the need for the ROS to meet up with Ahmad Zahid Hamidi before deciding on the fate of the DAP.  She knows very well that Zahid is not just a Deputy Prime Minister but also the Home Affairs Minister thus making the ROS reportable to him.  But in order to paint a negative picture and show that the ROS is an effete agency in case things go bad for the DAP, she purposely links the ROS to Zahid who can later be blamed for the DAP’s own arrogance.

Teo Nia Seng trying to lonk DAP’s arrogance to the BN

The DAP fiaso began with the December 2012 DAP party elections, where the numbers show that the Emperor only received 62.4 percent of total votes, while his son the Tokong received 1,576 votes out of 2,576, or only 61.2 percent of total votes.  In short, 1,000 delegates did not vote for Tokong.

Before the 2012 party elections the DAP had 31 Central Executive Committee members of which three were Indians, two Sikhs and two Malays.  During this election, all SEVEN Malay candidates lost.  I wrote SEVEN because although the media quoted EIGHT, Zairil Khir Johari IS NOT Malay.  His name is not Zairil bin Khir Johari, but Zairil Khir Johari bin Ablululah.

Zairil, or Christopher Ross Lim as his name was before Khir Johari married his mother in 1996 when he was seven or eight, only managed to secure 305 votes.

One of the Malay candidates, Zulkifli Mohd Noor from Pulau Pinang, who had tried for the past 25 years to get into the CEC,  received 216 votes.  He was clearly peeved:

When we say ‘Malaysian Malaysia,’ we must represent all religions, all races…balance. The message I conveyed did not reached the grassroots. They are still choosing leaders based on race,” he told Bernama.

He said that the election was also not based on ability and experience of the candidates in fighting for the party.

There is no change. The results is a setback for Malay candidates. Perhaps the top leaders who contested want to take care of their own interests, not the party’s interests.”

However, 19 days after the party elections the DAP announced that there had been a technical error in the vote tabulation and declared defeated candidate Zairil Khir Johari Abdullah as a duly elected member of the CEC.

This prompted two DAP life-members, David Dass Aseerpatham and Mahendran Krishnan, vice-chairman and secretary of the party’s Ladang Paroi branch respectively, to lodge a report against the DAP at the ROS.

The investigation into the legality of the DAP CEC was as a result of reports by DAP members, not BN

“This is a clear case of election manipulation, and it is also against the democratic process and the party’s slogan of competency, accountability and transparency (CAT),” David Dass said.

Calls for a fresh CEC election made by members have gone totally ignored.  Members in Pulau Pinang and Seremban protested.  The ROS promptly launched an investigation into the allegations made and asked the DAP for its annual report to be submitted by 14 February 2013.

In April 2013, a month before the 13th General Elections, the DAP threatened the ROS and asked the latter to withdraw from investigating the DAP.  The ROS had asked DAP to present proof of its claim of mistake during vote counting at the Central Executive Committee (CEC) elections.

The Director-General,  Datuk Abdul Rahman Othman said this was to determine whether it was due to a computer glitch or cheating.

We are still investigating and one of the major issue is the votes received by candidates in the party elections,” Rahman said in a statement.

Furthermore,  the ROS stated in May 2013 that it had found 753 DAP members who were eligible to attend its national congress on 15 December 2012, did not receive notice.

DAP members who did not receive the notice were denied the right to vote and choose the leaders they wanted at the congress,” he said in a statement which also said the ROS would continue investigations on other issues raised by complainants, and go through all documents submitted before arriving at a decision on the validity of the congress based on the Societies Act 1966.

There were other illegal things that the DAP had done since then including removing the Kedah State DAP Committee headed by Lee Guan Aik in May 2013 and replacing them with members of the Lim’s choice including Zairil Ross Lim as the State’s committee interim Chairman.

My committee and I were removed because certain dynastic leaders did not want us to continue to lead Kedah DAP,” alleged Lee. “I was removed without any valid reason neither was I called to face any inquiry. I was removed in an undemocratic way.”

Lee Guan Aik was removed from his elected post undemocratically

This prompted Lee to also lodge a report with the ROS in July 2013 which in turn issued Lee an official letter in December that year duly recognising him as the Kedah DAP chairman.

Letter from the ROS confirming that Lee is still the DAP Chairman for Kedah

Those leaders in the centre are not bothered to resolve the leadership crisis in Kedah. They are running the Kedah DAP like a kongsi gelap (secret society) … there’s so much secrecy,” Lee said. “The DAP publicly portrays itself as a democratic party but in truth it is not.

This certainly does sound like how Joseph Stalin ran the Soviet Union’s Communist Party.  Pulau Pinang’s Joseph Lim Guan Eng has also been running Pulau Pinang like a dictator. Just ask Ang Kean Seang and Teh Yee Cheu.

It was not the first time that the DAP under the Emperor Lim Kit Siang had removed people not aligned with his dynastic rule.  In the 1990s the Emperor removed the likes of Goh Hock Guan who was the Selangor State DAP Chairman.  Others who were expelled included Dr Soarian, Chan Teck Chan, Seow Hun Khin, Chin Nyuk Soo and Goh Lin Eam.

Goh Hock Guan, in his letter to Cheng Man Hin, said,

“I don’t want to have any relationship with Lim Kit Siang. We’re totally adverse in terms of viewpoints and personality. As long as Kit Siang is holding the position as the Secretary-General of the DAP, he would definitely and finally destroy the future of DAP.”

Lee Lam Thye was made the Deputy Secretary-General but without power nor authority. Under Kit Siang’s orders, Lam Thye was not allowed to give views nor comments of any dissatisfaction. But he had an impeccable record of service to his constituency, and this threatened Kit Siang’s position.

On 29 September 1990, Lee Lam Thye dropped a bombshell announcing his departure from the DAP.  He said,

“A few leaders had hurt me from behind…I can’t stand anymore.”

After Lam Thye’s resignation, Lim Kit Siang issued a gag-order on the DAP ordering all party members to ‘shut-up’, avoiding giving any statement, view or statement through the media.

This is how the DAP under the Lims and their cohorts is being run now – as a society it is a dynastic triad; given the power to govern it would be just like Hitler’s Nazi party since it now shows how it equals to Joseph Stalin.

DAP’s only hope is now in Tan Seng Giaw, virtually the only politician who opposes constructively and professionally.  Hopefully sane party members will see this.

But as long as the computer used to count party ballots is operated by someone appointed by the Lims, DAP will continue to be a party which blood is sucked dry by the Lims and their henchmen, and will die of asphyxiation.

Malaysia’s Efforts To Combat Human Trafficking Recognised

Malaysia has been taken off the US Human Trafficking Watchlist after its position in the watchlist has improved to Tier-2 (pic courtest of Fact Retriever)

Slavery has been around since the beginning of time. Up until the introduction of the English Common Law in the Malay States, those who can no longer afford to pay taxes entered bondage slavery to keep their daily bread. Such was the time when slavery was almost all about labour exploitation.

And then the British brought in workers from Southern China and India to toil the tin mines and rubber plantations respectively.  Other than bringing in opium to keep them happy, Chinese females were also brought in to fulfill their sexual desires.

Today, there are more human slaves in the world than ever before in history. There are an estimated 27 million adults and 13 million children around the world who are victims of human trafficking. (Skinner, E. Benjamin. A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery. New York, NY: Free Press, 2008).  Nearly 80% of human trafficking is for sex, and 19% is for labor exploitation (http://www.ncdsv.org/images/NCADV_HumanTraffickingFacts.pdf ).

Two years ago we were shocked by reports of Malaysia being used as a base for human traffickers with the discovery of 28 camps and 139 graves of trafficked Rohingyas in Wang Kelian.

A forensic policeman transports body bags with human remains found at the site of human trafficking camps in the jungle close the Thailand border after bringing them to a police camp near Wang Kelian in northern Malaysia May 25, 2015. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Since then the government has pulled out all stops in its efforts to eradicate the menace. Najib Razak even made a personal decision to become more involved in combatting human rights violators, especially in the realm of human trafficking. He instituted a government-wide initiative to consolidate efforts. Working with law enforcement, immigration authorities, the manufacturing and agriculture sectors and NGO’s, the Malaysian government planned and executed a comprehensive effort to combat trafficking at the local and regional levels.

The efforts have since paid off.  The latest US State Department’s Trafficking In Person (TIP) report, Malaysia was elevated from a watch list to “Tier 2”, which represents significant efforts to combat human trafficking.  This is as a result of the Prime Minister driving the efforts to improve in several key areas, which the US has today recognised as achieving.

Not all are thankful that the efforts made by the government, notably Klang MP Charles Santiago who calls the US State Department’s TIP report a ‘farce‘ that is ‘driven by political objectives.’

The Farcical MP

Charles Santiago is the same person who in 2015 asked then-US President Barack Obama NOT to elevate Malaysia’s TIP status from Tier 3.  Nothing good should ever come to Malaysia for as long as it is not he nor his comical colleagues that are in power.

Charles Santiago asking Obama in 2015 not to make Malaysia look good to anyone

This MP is from the very same Pakatan coalition that the US Department of Justice’s suit on 1MDB-related individuals and companies are not politically-motivated because it would hit the Barisan Nasional hard, but argue that the US State Department’s TIP report as politically-driven instead because it does no good to the Pakatan’s aimless struggle.

Making stupid calls over nothing

According to the US TIP report, the Malaysian government conducted 106 risk assessments and ultimately granted six victims work visas and 12 special immigration passes for freedom of movement. An additional 28 victims were approved for freedom of movement. Prosecutions were initiated by the Malaysian government against 175 alleged traffickers, up from 38 initiated the previous year. The government convicted 35 traffickers—18 for labour trafficking and 17 for sex trafficking.  There were 1,558 trafficking victims identified in Malaysia last year and 3,411 cases investigated by the Royal Malaysian Police.

The report added that the Malaysian government demonstrated increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period. During the reporting period, the Malaysian Attorney-General approved and the Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi enforced implementing regulations for the amendments to the anti-trafficking law.

As for the protection of the trafficking victims, the report says that Malaysian officials provided three NGOs with funds to conduct various programs and activities with trafficking shelter residents. They also increased its funding allocation to the Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development to operate government facilities for trafficking victims.

As a matter of fact, the Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development maintained seven facilities specifically to house trafficking victims, and the government allocated RM3.06 million (USD682,270) to open three new trafficking shelters.

With this elevation, Malaysia is now a regional leader in combatting human trafficking.  Najib Razak will be working with regional countries, in particular the ASEAN nations,  that are lagging behind, and will support efforts by Myanmar, Laos and Thailand to solve their trafficking problems.

While we should all be proud of this achievement, we should spare no effort to eradicate this inhumane trade.  However, credit should be given where credit is due, and politicising issues such as this shows how selfish one can be putting his/her agenda above the nation’s.

AirAsia X: Jawapan Saya Kepada BERNAMA

Tengahari tadi pihak BERNAMA mengajukan soalan kepada saya mengenai pendapat sesetengah pihak yang mempertikaikan Juruterbang pesawat menggalakkan para penumpang penerbangan D7 237 untuk berdoa. Berikutnya adalah jawapan saya:

Untuk memahami keadaan krew dan pesawat kita perlu fahami jenis kecemasan yang dihadapi pesawat.

Pesawat jenis Airbus A330 sememangnya boleh berlepas, terbang dan mendarat dengan hanya menggunakan sebelah enjin. Namun ianya sekiranya bilah kipas enjin yang dipadamkan adalah berada dalam keadaan terimbang.
Dalam keadaan penerbangan AirAsia X D7 237 salah satu bilah kipas turbin telah patah dan menghentam salah satu oil pump dan merosakkan sistem hidraulik sebelum “ditelan” (ingested) oleh enjin. Apa lagi kerosakan yang dialami enjin tersebut tidak diketahui.
Ketidak seimbangan bilah kipas ini mengakibatkan gegaran teruk kepada rangka pesawat dan tindakan seterusnya ialah untuk juruterbang mematikan enjin tersebut dan berpatah balik.

Namun untuk dua jam seterusnya gegaran yang kurang sedikit kekuatannya masih berlaku kerana satu fenomena yang digelar “efek kincir angin” di mana bilah kipas tersebut diputarkan oleh angin akibat pesawat itu menujah ke hadapan.
Walau bagaimanapun, disebabkan ianya tidak berputar secara seimbang, satu lagi fenomena yang dikenali sebagai ‘dynamic spillage’ membentuk satu kon udara di hadapan enjin tersebut berlawanan dengan udara yang ditolak ke belakang oleh tujahan tersebut.
Keadaan ini boleh mengakibatkan kemungkinan ‘mounting bolt fatigue’ dan seterusnya tertanggalnya enjin tersebut. Ketidak seimbangan ini boleh berakhir dengan malapetaka besar.
Kehilangan enjin akan mengakibatkan kerosakan ‘fuel lines’, ‘electrical lines’ yang amat diperlukan oleh pesawat untuk terus terbang turun.
Kini rangka pesawat itu juga akan diberi pemeriksaan terperinci untuk menentukan ianya selamat untuk diterbangkan semula.
Juruterbang tersebut faham akan keadaan tersebut dan memberitahu para penumpang bahawa keadaan di geladak penerbangan adalah terkawal namun sekiranya ada yang ingin mendoakan keselamatan boleh berbuat sedemikian.
Apa peliknya berdoa sedangkan banyak lagi syarikat penerbangan yang memainkan video doa Musafir sebelum penerbangan termasuk British Airways untuk penerbangan khas Haji dan Umrah.
Lazimnya yang sering mempersoalkan keperluan doa adalah dari kalangan orang yang tidak beragama.

Bila Rantai Dilepaskan

Selamat kita menjalani ibadah puasa selama sebulan di dalam bulan Ramadhan di mana syaitan-syaitan diikat dengan rantai.

Tatkala anak bulan Syawal kelihatan, maka berakhirlah bulan Ramadhan semasa masuknya waktu Maghrib, dan dengan itu syaitan-syaitan dilepaskan dari ikatan.

Dan dari sebelum kewujudan Adam itu lagi, hamba Allah yang digelar Iblis telah memohon kebenaran daripada Allah ‘Azza Wa Jalla untuk menyesatkan manusia dan didatangkan dalam berbagai rupa kepada manusia.


Seorang bekas menteri yang merupakan budak suruhan parti DAP yang juga bekas ahli parti PKR dan presiden parti KITA telah mengkritik tindakan juruterbang pesawat Air Asia X yang meminta para penumpang mendoakan keselamatan mereka apabila enjin sebelah kiri pesawat tersebut mengalami kerosakan 90 minit setelah berlepas dari Perth, Australia.

Kata beliau, sekiranya Kapten pesawat tersebut mahu berdoa, eloklah Air Asia menggajikan seorang Imam.

Dalam reaksi balas terhadap kenyataan Zaid Ibrahim itu, Ahli Parlimen Pasir Mas Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz menyelar Zaid.

Saya cuba mengagak bila Datuk Zaid Ibrahim berdoa kepada tuhannya? Bila saatnya?


Pesawat Airbus A330 tersebut telah mengalami kerosakan enjin di sebelah kiri (Enjin No.1) yang bukan sahaja telah mengakibatkan gegaran teruk kepada rangka pesawat malah mengakibatkan pesawat tersebut tidak dapat mengekalkan paras ketinggian penerbangannya.

Gegaran ini berterusan walaupun setelah enjin dipadamkan akibat fenomena yang digelar ‘windmill effect‘ di mana udara yang melalui bilah kipas turbin enjin yang dimatikan menyebabkan putaran kipas berterusan (free-wheeling) yang menghasilkan gegaran.

Gegaran berterusan ini boleh juga menyebabkan enjin tersebut tertanggal dari sayap, atau mengoyakkan hos minyak (fuel lines) atau merosakkan sistem elektrik yang kritikal.

Kehilangan enjin melalui tertanggalnya enjin tersebut dari sayap boleh mengakibatkan malapetaka yang amat sukar dielak dan menyebabkan kehilangan kesemua nyawa krew dan penumpang pesawat tersebut.

Kerosakan enjin tersebut dipercayai telah  diakibat oleh kegagalan struktur salah satu bilah kipas turbin enjin tersebut yang telah tertanggal dan kemudiannya memusnahkan sebuah pam minyak (oil pump) dan sistem hidraulik sebelum ‘ditelan’ oleh enjin tersebut dan menyebabkan lain-lain kerosakan.

Kerosakan seumpama ini dikategorikan sebagai satu insiden yang amat serius kerana hampir mengakibatkan kehilangan pesawat serta nyawa krew dan penumpang.

Maka, adalah berpatutan Kapten pesawat, selain meminta para penumpang mematuhi arahan anak-anak kapal, juga meminta agar mereka mendoakan keselamatan mereka semua.

Inilah yang dipersoalkan oleh Zaid kerana bagi diri beliau, ianya seolah-olah Kapten pesawat telah pasrah dan tidak lagi mahu ambik tindakan kecemasan, dan berserah kepada tuhan untuk menentukan nasib mereka pada ketika itu.

Mungkin Zaid lebih cenderung kepada menyuruh mereka berbuat apa jua yang dapat menghiburkan hati mereka termasuk mungkin juga meminum sebanyak mungkin minuman beralkohol yang mungkin dijual di dalam pesawat tersebut.

Sekurang-kurangnya mereka akan mati dalam keadaan gembira seperti mereka di dalam gambar berikut ini.


Sebab itu saya katakan, syaitan akan menjelma dalam berbagai rupa. Dan mereka bebas kembali menghasut anak Adam dengan berakhirnya Ramadhan.

Selamat Hari Raya, PM Ke-7

Will the real 7th Prime Minister please stand up?

When I first set my eyes upon the photo above late last month, I thought of individual monologues based on the body language shown by the individuals in the photo.

Lim Kit Siang: “I am only holding this up because I will need the support of the Malays in PKR.”

Mahathir: “Anwar as the 7th PM? No way, Jose!”

Azmin: “I don’t really want to put this up but I need the party to vote me for the top post.”

Wan Azizah: “Better him than me. I am clueless most of the time!”

The above photo is the perfect depiction of how the Opposition front is in a disarray.  Each of the parties in the Pakatan Harapan want to become the Big Brother. PKR believes that it has what it needs to lead the coalition; Pribumi believes that it should have the lead role as it has a former Prime Minister as well as a former Deputy Prime Minister (and throw in a former Menteri Besar who did virtually nothing for the state he governed); while the DAP knows that it is the Kingmaker in the coalition, and no matter who becomes the Pakatan’s PM, they call the shots.

However, if those above were actually sincerely hoping for Anwar Ibrahim to become the next Prime Minister, they would be utterly disappointed as Anwar had recently announced the removal of himself as the coalition’s PM candidate.  The announcement leaves the race to become the Pakatan’s Prime Minister candidate to just two persons – Azmin Ali, PKR’s current Deputy President and Menteri Besar of Selangor, and U-Turn Mahathir, a former Prime Minister who stepped down but now misses the power that comes with the seat.


Wan Azizah does not come close to being the person either Azmin or Mahathir are.

But what of Lim Kit Siang?

Lim Kit Siang is the de facto father of the Opposition, no matter by what name you call it.  Although he declared that he is not interested in the post of the Prime Minister, everyone knows that he does not have to be in the seat to actually rule the country.  Nizar Jamaluddin, the JKR engineer who once went on to become Perak’s Menteri Besar, contested on PAS’s ticket but became the MB because his mother is related to Perak DAP henchmen Ngeh Koo Ham and Nga Kor Ming.  Through Nizar, the DAP managed to get things done its way, including giving leasehold land to Chinese New Villages inhabitants for 999 years!

Although Kit Siang is just a member of the DAP’s Central Executive Committee and nothing more, he is the hidden hand behind the CEC and especially his son, Lim Guan Eng (Tokong) who is the party’s Secretary-General.

Lim Kit Siang is known to use whatever means at his disposal to make sure he stays in power.

Those born in the mid-1970s and onwards may not have heard of the name Goh Hock Guan. He was the DAP Secretary-General who was involved in a power tussle with Kit Siang.

Hock Guan, who was also the Selangor DAP Chairman, wanted to field Lau Dak Kee in the Ulu Selangor by-election but Kit Siang favoured (now Tan Sri) Lee Lam Thye.

The repeat of this was in Johor during the 13th General Elections where Kit Siang and Tokong pushed aside then-state DAP Chairman Boo Cheng Hau and fielded their minions in order to hold on to power.

Kit Siang’s next move was to expel Hock Guan from the party. Others who were expelled included Dr Soarian, Chan Teck Chan, Seow Hun Khin, Chin Nyuk Soo and Goh Lin Eam.

Goh Hock Guan, in his letter to Cheng Man Hin, said,

“I don’t want to have any relationship with Lim Kit Siang. We’re totally adverse in terms of viewpoints and personality. As long as Kit Siang is holding the position as the Secretary-General of the DAP, he would definitely and finally destroy the future of DAP.”

Lee Lam Thye was made the Deputy Secretary-General but without power nor authority. Under Kit Siang’s orders, Lam Thye was not allowed to give views nor comments of any dissatisfaction. But he had an impeccable record of service to his constituency, and this threatened Kit Siang’s position.

On 29 September 1990, Lee Lam Thye dropped a bombshell announcing his departure from the DAP.  He said,

“A few leaders had hurt me from behind…I can’t stand anymore.”

After Lam Thye’s resignation, Lim Kit Siang issued a gag-order on the DAP ordering all party members to ‘shut-up’, avoiding giving any statement, view or statement through the media.

Lee Lam Thye certainly has a better life outside Kit Siang’s DAP

Azmin Ali may be the star of PKR but he does not have the support of the leadership.  It is no secret that he has no love whatsoever for Wan Azizah and her camp.

While Wan Azizah is no match for Azmin, who was Anwar’s Principal Private Secretary, Rafizi and Tian Chua who are in the former’s camp has been actively and openly doing things to undermine Azmin’s position.

Dubbed as the UMNO-man in PKR, I doubt that Azmin would make it to the Prime Minister’s seat as long as there still are those who are opposed to him.

And I also doubt his ability to rein them in onto his side.

This leaves us with the Gollum who still yearns for his precious seat.


At 92, many think that he is too old to be returning to the Premiership. He doesn’t think so.  Even with a protem Pribumi President, he thinks that only he is fit to lead the nation he dumped in 2003.


Which is why despite concerns he has twice hinted that the next Prime Minister for Malaysia is him.

We all know what kind of a PM he was, and we all know putting him and Kit Siang side-by-side, they are actually one of a kind. Both are fighting for the survival of their dynasty while current PKR’s reason for struggle has not changed since 1998 – Anwar Ibrahim’s freedom and nothing else beyond that.

Wan Azizah has already announced after Anwar’s bombshell announcement that the Pakatan should concentrate on winning the next general elections before thinking of who is to become the PM.

Wan Azizah’s absurd comment

That is as absurd as saying let us get in the car and then we decide where to go on a holiday.  Everybody wants to know who will become the PM if they let you win.  Having said that, you do not need to have a brain if you are Wan Azizah

Although time is running out for him, Mahathir has no problem working with arch enemy Kit Siang as long as he gets to become PM again.

Maybe all he wants is to die in office. That way he stays No.1 till kingdom come.  Who doesn’t want a send-off fit for a Pharaoh? So, in the meantime, wishing the 7th PM Selamat Hari Raya, whoever you may be.

Bungling Bungalow Buyer

Ah Beng damn buay sai one – pic by NSTP

Corrupt Minister Lim Guan Eng a.k.a Tokong must be pretty livid at being attacked left, right and center.  We are not just talking about the attacks by members of his opponent parties, but also from his own party, the DAP.

Guan Eng was charged in court for corruption after abusing his position to purchase a RM4.7 million bungalow at No.25 Jalan Pinhorn for only RM2.8 million.  This was in return for the sale of a state land at Taman Manggis to a developer linked to the bungalow.

On Tuesday, BN’s Abdul Rahman Dahlan questioned the Pulau Pinang DAP-led government’s act to overpay by 400 percent above the gazetted scale of fees the feasibility studies and detailed design fees to concession holders.  Lim Guan Eng’s government paid RM31.3 million for the feasibility studies for 20.23 kilometers of road, and an additional RM177.5 million for the same for the detailed designs bringing the total paid to RM208.8 million.

Rahman Dahlan (center) holding up the Pulau Pinang Public Accounts Report 2016 that mentions the cost of the feasibility studies and detailed designs

This is way above the RM41 million calculated by the Malaysian Board of Engineers based on the gazetted scale of fees.  The project was signed in late 2013 and was supposed to have commenced in 2015 to be completed in 2018.  The project has yet to take off.

The 20.23 kilometers of roads are namely the 10.53km Tanjung Bungah-Teluk Bahang paired road; the 5.7km Lebuhraya Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu-Air Itam bypass and the 4km Lebuhraya Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu-Persiaran Gurney bypass..  These roads were supposed to be linked to the proposed Pulau Pinang undersea tunnel to the mainland which feasibility study has yet to be finalised despite the several changes of deadline.

The feasibility study for the undersea tunnel, promised to be completed at end of 2016 by Lim Guan Eng himself, has thus far cost RM305 million.  In April 2017, the Tokong announced that the study is only 87 percent completed and would be submitted to the Works Ministry in October 2017.

Tokong has also come under fire for excessively destroying the environment from within the DAP ranks.  Teh Chee Yau, the ADUN for Tanjung Bungah, has repeatedly protested the destruction of the environment namely the uprooting of old trees to make way for unnecessary widening of roads, as well as the sand dredging and reclamation projects offshore.

Veteran DAP lawmaker Tan Seng Giaw also voiced his concern against the excesses in Pulau Pinang in his Facebook and Twitter postings.

Retaliating to MCA Pulau Pinang Chief’s reference to Seng Giaw’s Facebook posting, Tokong, who is a unChristian habitual liar said that Seng Giaw had been incommunicado since the beginning of the year and will be dealt with internally.  Seng Giaw hit back by saying it is not true that he is incommunicado.

Perhaps, Tokong only knows how to use the Internet to spread lies on social media but does not know that besides searching for porn and spreading lies, the Internet could also be used to send messages through E-mail, WhatsApp and other media.

Tokong may be a bungling bungalow buyer, lying through his teeth and hope people will buy his lies. But you have to give it to him for believing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel he is not looking at.  Perhaps, people in DAP and Pulau Pinang can help him see the light even better by giving him the boot.

Lim Guan Eng peeping into the tunnel – adapted from Bill Day’s cartoon at http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/cartoon/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-a-bill-day-cartoon/

Al Jocular

Over the last weekend Al Jazeera, through its social media account AJ Plus, published a video hinting at linking several people to the latest DoJ suit using just clips and text without showing any image of text from the DoJ document to back up its video claims.

The Qatar-based Al Jazeera’s office was closed down by Saudi authorities for supporting the Houthis is Yemen and inciting Saudi internal ranks to leave the country.

In 2013, Egypt did the same for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood organisation and spreading rumours to incite the masses.

It is doing the same now in Malaysia, probably aimed at undermining the support for the current administration in the build up to the next general elections.

I have produced a video based on the one by Al Jazeera that is being spread by haters.

Please share this:

The Bully Speaks

In an incredibly amazingly stupid feat, the DAP has blamed the death of teenager Nhaveen on the Barisan Nasional federal government.


Jagdeep Singh Deo on his Facebook account said that “the crux of the matter is that the Federal Government has failed this family by not preventing this incident.”

Nhaveen died after being assaulted by other teenagers in DAP-run state, Pulau Pinang. He never regained consciousness.

How do you blame the Federal Government for something that happens in your backyard? Pulau Pinang is the only state that has its own Volunteer Patrol Force (Pasukan Peronda Sukarela) with the publicised aim to assist the Royal Malaysian Police to combat crime, on top of the already legally existing Volunteer Patrol Scheme of the Rukun Tetangga that was formed under the Rukun Tetangga Act.

Tokong’s Sturmabteilung

However, the PPS is just the DAP’s version of Hitler’s Sturmabteilung (Storm Detachment) or more popularly known as the Braunhemden (Brown Shirts). The PPS, or Penyangak Purple Shirt, was used mainly to do DAP’s party works, intimidate the population, and stifle resistance.

Datuk Huan Cheng Guan asks if he police hangs political party banners?

Tokong’s purple mob assaulted Ong Eu Soon, a Pulau Pinang activist who has been outspoken towards Tokong’s government.  Ong, who was at a newsvendor in Air Itam one night, was approached by ten PPS members including Lee Chan Kwong and Lee Yew Kuen who attacked him with their motorcycle helmet.

“You speak up, we beat you up.” – PPS Motto

This is all ‘leadership by example.’  Just as how the Tokong believes he is above the law, the PPS thinks that they are licensed to eliminate resistance to Tokong’s administration.  And just like Tokong who does not believe in press freedom, they too attacked journalists. A PPS member, Lim Ah Chye, was found guilty for attacking Guan Ming Daily’s Deputy Crime Chief, Ang Kean Siang, and destroying his camera.  Ah Chye also harrassed Kean Siang and his girlfriend by threatening them with death should Kean Siang refuse to withdraw his police report.

PPS is just another Nazi organisation

PPS looks up to the Penang administration which is led and controlled by the DAP.  DAP is famous for bullying not only its own members who go against Tokong’s wishes, but also representatives from its partner-parties into submitting to the wishes of the Tokong as the Chief Minister, a role Emperor Lim Kit Siang is said to want to fill in when his Tokong son goes to jail for corrupt practices.

Tokong is a bully – Part 1
Tokong is a bully – Part 2

The Tokong would do anything to stay in power in order to fulfill his greed no matter if he breaches the law and even the Federal Constitution.  Therefore it is no wonder that even a Malaysian-born foreign citizen could knowingly be fielded as election candidates.

There are already those who want to curb Tokong’s excesses.  DAP’s Tanjung Bungah rep as called for the Chief Minister’s term to be limited to only two terms, effectivly ending Tokong’s reign by the next general elections.

Limit the Chief Minister’s term to only two terms and drop ADUNs who are corrupted – a clear point towards the Tokong

However, Teh Yee Cheu knew that his motion would not get any support but submitted it anyhow to show on record that he had called for such a move.  His motion did not get support from those who are afraid of losing their privileges if the Tokong wins against the motion.

Even veteran DAP politician, Tan Seng Giaw, who is very much respected even outsude the ranks of the DAP has been making veiled comments about the excesses of the Pulau Pinang state government led by Tokong.

Tan Seng Giaw laments about Pulau Pinang on Facebook

It is no secret that Tokong is trying to bully Tan Seng Giaw out of the political scene like Boo Cheng Hau of Johor has, and much like his bully-of-a-father the Emperor Lim Kit Siang who killed off those opposed to him in DAP namely Lee Lam Thye and Hu Sepang.  Lee Lam Thye would have been the leader of the DAP had Lim Kit Siang not cheated and had the DAP election results his way. Lam Thye resigned from the DAP and politics.

To mitigate the damage, the Emperor made a speech saying the DAP suffers a major setback in its struggle as a result of Lee Lam Thye’s resignation.

As for Seng Giaw, he would have had the highest votes in the DAP 2012 elections with Emperor Kit Siang getting 7th place, and the Tokong relegated to just a miserable party member.

So back to ‘leadership by example’ and the death of poor Nhaveen.  If the Chief Minister of Penang could commit corrupted acts and go about acting innocent, what are sexual assault and bullying compared to that?  It’s embedded in the Pulau Pinang genes now by its political leadership.

Therefore,  the Pulau Pinang state government has itself to blame for bringing the culture of terror into the state and encouraged its citizens to behave like its leaders.

Pertahanan: Bukan Hati Tisu

Maafkan saya sekiranya artikel saya kali ini agak berbunga.  Ini adalah kerana kita berada di dalam bulan Jun, dan ada tiga peristiwa yang pernah dan telah berlaku dalam bulan Jun.

Peristiwa yang pertama ialah peperangan di Kepulauan Falklands 35 tahun yang lalu dalam bulan Jun yang telah memperlihatkan pertempuran-pertempuran sengit di antara Angkatan Tentera Argentina dengan Angkatan Tentera British.

Peristiwa kedua ialah pertemuan saya dengan seorang bekas anggota lain-lain pangkat Tentera Udara DiRaja Malaysia yang kini bertugas di salah sebuah stesen televisyen utama di Malaysia.  Saya teringatkan kata-kata beliau semasa kami sama-sama belayar di atas salah sebuah kapal milik Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaysia, iaitu, “Ramai sekarang lebih gemar berpakaian seperti tentera, berlagak seperti tentera, tetapi lalui latihan tentera untuk sehari pun tidak pernah.”

Peristiwa ketiga ialah peristiwa pelupusan sebuah pesawat Sikorsky S-61A4 Nuri yang telah menjadi buah mulut ramai sehingga ada yang sanggup merosakkan imej Angkatan Tentera Malaysia dan Kementerian Pertahanan.

Percaya atau tidak, ketiga-tiga peristiwa yang saya sebutkan di atas ada hubungkaitnya.  Kita mulakan dengan cerita hangat, iaitu, pelupusan sebuah pesawat Nuri yang MUNGKIN telah banyak berjasa.  Saya menggunakan dan menggariskan perkataan MUNGKIN itu kerana tidak ada sesiapapun yang boleh, dengan fakta, membuktikan bahawa pesawat tersebut setaraf dengan pesawat TUDM yang pertama, “Lang Rajawali (FM-1001)” ataupun kapal friget pertama yang dibina khusus untuk TLDM iaitu KD Rahmat.

Ada yang berinteraksi dengan saya melalui laman Facebook menyatakan bahawa pesawat Nuri tersebut pernah memainkan peranan membawa keluar para anggota tentera yang tercedera semasa tragedi Gubir pada tahun 1976.  MUNGKIN. Tetapi tidak mungkin ianya satu-satu helikopter yang telah membuat tugas tersebut pada ketika itu.  Bagaimana pula dengan trak tiga tan atau ambulan yang membawa anggota-anggota tersebut dari pesawat Nuri tersebut ke hospital?  Ada yang nak dipamerkan di muzium juga?

Namun, ada pihak yang tidak berpuas hati dan terus menjadikan isu ini tular di media sosial hingga terpaksa pihak Kementerian Pertahanan masuk campur.

Kenyataan Kementerian Pertahanan berhubung isu pelupusan sebuah pesawat Nuri

Mari kita lihat sebentar proses pelupusan harta kerajaan.

OBJEKTIF PELUPUSAN

Pelupusan sesuatu aset kerajaan adalah untuk memastikan kerajaan tidak menyimpan aset yang tidak diperlukan lagi atau yang tidak boleh digunakan lagi.  Ini adalah untuk menjimatkan ruang simpanan aset tersebut dan bleh menjanakan sedikit kewangan untuk kerajaan.

Dalam isu ini, ada yang mempertikaikan harga pelupusan pesawat tersebut yang dikatakan jauh lebih murah dari harga pasaran.  Untuk pengetahuan umum, kerajaan bukanlah sebuah badan untuk membuat keuntungan seperti badan swasta.  Sebab itu pelupusan pesawat Nuri tersebut tidak mengikut harga pasaran.  Begitu juga dengan tanah kerajaan. Penilaian tanah kerajaan tidak sama dengan penilaian tanah milik individu ataupun swasta.

Sebab itu juga faedah pinjaman perumahan bagi kakitangan kerajaan adalah pada kadar empat peratus.  Adakah anda bersetuju sekiranya kerajaan memberi pinjaman kepada kakitangannya mengikut Base Lending Rate yang dikenakan oleh sektor perbankan?

Maka, jangan samakan proses pelupusan kerajaan dengan proses pelupusan swasta.

JUSTIFIKASI PELUPUSAN

Ada beberapa kategori yang diberikan kepada aset-aset yang hendak dilupuskan.  Saya masih ingat satu ketika dahulu semasa Lembaga Audit Pelupusan datang ke pangkalan di mana saya bertugas, di antara barangan yang hendak dilupuskan adalah sejumlah rucksack (backpack) yang usang.  Bukannya rosak sangat pun, tetapi telah dikategorikan sebagai usang.  Beg-beg ini dipotong atau dikoyakkan di hadapan para juruaudit yang hadir.  Memang sayang. Tetapi ianya telah usang.

Dalam isu pelupusan pesawat Nuri di atas, pesawat tersebut telah membuat pendaratan cemas di Pulau Perak pada penghujung tahun 2014 mengakibatkan kerosakan teruk kepada rangka pesawat tersebutyang tidak ekonomi untuk dibaiki.  Saya yakin, setelah dibawa pulang ke pangkalan asal pesawat tersebut, ianya telah “digantung” dan dijadikan “pokok Krismas” di mana komponen-komponen yang boleh digunapakai sebagai alatganti lain-lain pesawat Nuri diambil dari pesawat tersebut.  Sebab itulah buruk betul rupa pesawat tersebut.

Setelah habis komponen-komponen penting diambil dari rangka pesawat tersebut, satu tender dikeluarkan untuk melupuskan rangka pesawat tersebut.

Satu permohonan dibuat oleh pihak Unit Pengurusan Aset Kementerian Pertahanan, kepada Perbendaharaan Malaysia untuk melupuskan pesawat tersebut yang mana disertakan juga laporan kemalangan pesawat tersebut serta gambar-gambar.  Kemudian satu Lembaga Pemeriksa Pelupusan akan ditubuhkan yang mana keanggotaannya juga melibatkan sekurang-kurangnya dua orang ahli yang tiada sangkut paut dengan aset yang hendak dilupuskan.  Setelah semua proses dokumentasi selesai, barulah tender pelupusan dikeluarkan.

KENAPA TIDAK DIBERIKAN KEPADA MUZIUM?

Aset yang dilupuskan boleh diberikan kepada mana-mana pihak yang membuat permohonan.  Tetapi ianya mesti memenuhi dua syarat:

  1. Ianya masih boleh digunakan lagi dalam bentuk dan fungsi asal tetapi tidak diperlukan lagi oleh agensi Kerajaan; atau
  2. Ianya tidak ekonomi diperbaiki tetapi boleh diguna sebagai bahan latihan dan pameran.  Sebagai contoh: KD Rahmat yang masih dalam keadaan sempurna.

Persoalannya, adakah pesawat Nuri tersebut masih sempurna rupanya dan boleh dibuat bahan pameran?  Anda lihat sendiri rupanya.

BAGAIMANA KISAH PESAWAT NURI INI BERHUBUNG KAIT DENGAN DUA LAGI KISAH DI ATAS?

HMS Broadsword (kiri) dan HMS Hermes (kanan) – gambar Wikipedia

Gambar di atas menunjukkan dua buah bekas kapal diraja Britain iaitu sebuah friget bernama HMS Broadsword dan kapal pengangkut pesawat HMS Hermes.  Kedua-dua buah kapal tersebut telah ternyata banyak berjasa kepada pihak British semasa Peperangan Falklands pada bulan April hingga Jun 1982.  Kapal-kapal tersebut adalah di antara sebab tentera Argentina mengalami kekalahan dan terpaksa menyerahkan Kepulauan Falklands balik kepada British.

Seelok-eloknya kapal-kapal tersebut dijadikan bahan pameran di muzium, atau di Sungai Thames di mana kapal era Perang Dunia Kedua HMS Belfast berada.  Namun apakah nasib kedua-dua buah kapal tersebut?

HMS Broadsword telah dilucut tauliah dan dijual kepada Tentera Laut Brazil pada tahun 1995.  HMS Hermes pula dilucut tauliah pada tahun 1984 dan kemudiannya dijual kepada Tentera Laut India pada tahun 1986.  Malah, tidak ada satu pun di antara lebih 200 kapal yang menyertai armada Britain untuk menawan kembali Kepulauan Falklands dijadikan bahan pameran di muzium.  Sebuah lagi kapal pemusnah yang berjasa, HMS Glasgow, telah dilucut tauliah pada tahun 2005, dan kemudian dilupuskan pada tahun 2009.

Malah, TLDM juga mempunya sebuah kapal yang menjadi kapal pertama dibina untuk TLDM iaitu KD Mutiara (jangan dikelirukan dengan KD Mutiara yang masih berkhidmat sekarang).  Kapal KD Mutiara tersebut pernah membawa delegasi Malaya berunding dengan Borneo Utara, Brunei dan Sarawak mengenai penubuhan Persekutuan Malaysia.  Delegasi Malaya ketika itu termasuk Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Haji Abdul Razak, dan Tun Ghazali Shafie.  Ianya juga merupakan kapal TLDM pertama yang diberi gelaran “Kapal DiRaja.”

Itu memang aset yang amat bersejarah, malah memainkan peranan besar dalam penubuhan Malaysia.  Kenapa tidak disimpan dan dijadikan bahan pameran muzium?

Kapal KD Mutiara ditauliahkan ke dalam perkhidmatan Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaya pada tahun 1961

Teringat kembali kata-kata petugas stesen televisyen yang merupakan bekas anggota TUDM, “Ramai sekarang lebih gemar berpakaian seperti tentera, berlagak seperti tentera, tetapi lalui latihan tentera untuk sehari pun tidak pernah.”

Begitulah hakikatnya sekarang. Yang tidak pernah mengalami dunia ketenteraan yang begitu galak berkata-kata mengenai hal-ehwal ketenteraan sehingga mengajak rakyat berasa tidak puas hati dengan Angkatan Tentera Malaysia sedangkan tidak memahami proses pelupusan aset.  Pesawat Nuri masih banyak yang berkhidmat dalam perkhidmatan Tentera Udara DiRaja Malaysia dan Tentera Darat Malaysia.  Tunggu sahajalah satu hari nanti apabila kesemuanya tidak lagi berkhidmat untuk ATM. Banyak nanti bahan pameran. Cuma dikhuatirkan muzium yang tidak mencukupi

Tentera kuat berpegang kepada tradisi. Tentera juga tidak lupa kepada sejarah. Tetapi tentera tidak bersifat sentimental dan berhati tisu.  Itu sifat tentera papan kekunci sahaja.