There is nothing democratic about the DAP. They kill off opposition within the party every time someone breathes dissent.
PKR’s ADUN for Hutan Melintang, S Kesavan, went on a hunger strike to protest the Election Commission’s “failure” to address several concerns including the registration of fraudulent voters in his constituency in Perak.
He began his hunger strike at 11am on 22 June 2017 and was supposed to end it on 24 June 2017 at 11am.
Hardly 10 hours later he was rushed to the hospital, possibly after smelling mutton curry being cooked at one of the restaurants nearby.
At 9am he was already craving for tosai with mutton curry.
Muslims particularly in Northern Europe this year fast at least 16 hours a day for a month. Muslims in Malaysia including children that have reached puberty fast 13 hours a day. Here, you have a wimpy pathetic attention-deficient ADUN who can’t even last 10 hours.
As usual, quick to take advantage of the pathetic situation is the pathetic representative of the DAP, Nga Kor Ming.
Commenting on the incident Ah Ming aka Ming Yuen blames the Barisan Nasional government for S Kesavan’s ill-health.
He said the people must vote against the BN because of that.
I would rather people vote out stupid representatives. Those who voted in S Kesavan voted someone who is bloody lazy, did not do his work properly, and is now seeking attention to show that he is actually doing something when all he could have done was to obtain a ‘C’ Form from the Election Commission, fill in the names of those whom he think should not be voting in his constituency, and pay RM10 for each name he wants out.
Instead of doing so, he elected to go on a hunger strike when he knew it wouldn’t solve anything, get as much political mileage from it, and blame others for his stupidity.
Those who voted in Ming Yuen are equally at fault for voting in another moron. All he does is yap away on social media like some pig heavily infested with tapeworms.
So I tried engaging Ming Yuen on Twitter.
This is how he replied to me.
This is how democratic the DAP is. Always criticising others but will react adversely when criticised.
But this is all about leadership by example. He has an equally undemocratic teacher.
Corrupt Minister Lim Guan Eng a.k.a Tokong must be pretty livid at being attacked left, right and center. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â The project was signed in late 2013 and was supposed to have commenced in 2015 to be completed in 2018. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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.
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. Â Perhaps, people in DAP and Pulau Pinang can help him see the light even better by giving him the boot.
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.
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. Â 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.’ Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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 1Tokong 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. Â 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. Â 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
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. Â 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.
So back to ‘leadership by example’ and the death of poor Nhaveen. Â If the Chief Minister of Penang could commit corrupted acts and go about acting innocent, what are sexual assault and bullying compared to that? Â It’s embedded in the Pulau Pinang genes now by its political leadership.
Therefore, Â 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.
There are times when I wonder how neither Ramadhan and Syawal are no longer sacrosanct to the people from the Pakatan Harapan.
The latest blank shot was fired by Fahmi Fadzil claims that the Pakatan has nothing to do with the civil suit by the US Department of Justice.
There is a pattern here actually.  The RM2.6 billion issue was first brought up by  the Wall Street Journal on 2 July 2015, exactly 14 days before Hari Raya.
This was followed a year later by the first civil suit by the DoJ on 20 July 2016, again, 14 days after Hari Raya.
That the latest suit comes a week before Hari Raya is of no surprise to me. It is just timed for the Pakatan to have something to talk about while diverting the real issues of the abuses committed by their overlords in the DAP as well as the problems of the self-proclaimed champion of Pakatan, the PPBM.
The overlords in the DAP, a party that virtually submits to the wishes of the Emperor Lim Kit Siang and Tokong Lim Guan Eng  has been facing questions from the Penang Barisan Nasional and esteemed blogger Miss Lim Sian See.  All the questions have thus far gone unanswered. The self-proclaimed champion of Pakatan, PPBM, is facing an internal strife where the leadership cannot even answer questions posed by those in their own ranks, who were jumped upon by Mukhriz who slammed them for criticising the leadership.  It was alright, however, for his father to criticise the leadership of UMNO TWICE that resulted in a trust deficit in the party, and the departure of one President.
Like his father, Mukhriz Mudah Lupa
I doubt that there is anything to worry about the latest DoJ suit. Â It still is a civil suit for the forfeiture of assets and is far from being a criminal suit. Â And while direct reference has been made towards Jho Low, most other characters mentioned in the suit are monikers (for lack of a better word) to refer to people who are NOT being investigated regarding the case.
But of course, people like Fahmi Fadzil insists that someone be brought to justice, and charged in a court of law in Malaysia. Â On what charge? Â What crime has taken place and where? Â Even the DoJ says it is a civil suit for something that happened within the American financial system. Â How do we even try an American case in Malaysia? Â So does Pakatan speak about all this with no knowledge or any hint of any comprehension of the legal system?
Now, let me repeat this. MO1 is called MO1 because MO1 is NOT being investigated. Â In the suit document I do not see any Najib Razak or MO1 or Rosmah Mansor being named as persons or institutions that might be affected by the suit.
Do you see any MO1 mentioned?
Therefore, if MO1 is not affected by the investigation and suit, why is there a need to summon the Ambassador of the United States to Malaysia?
And yes, Singapore has fined, charged, jailed, banned some people and banks for money laundering of 1MDB money. Â Was that done by Malaysians or Malaysian officials?
And isn’t making statements like “And lest we forget, the aim of the civil forfeiture is to return the money stolen back to the Malaysian people” malicious? Â Perhaps Fahmi Fadzil can enlighten us which money of the rakyat’s that has been stolen? Â As far as audits performed by the government and renowned audit firms, all 1MDB money has been accounted for. Â And mind you, monies borrowed by 1MDB to make more money were not from the rakyat’s coffers. Â Unlike the bailouts of cronies by Pakatan’s Supreme-Leader-once-Enemy Mahathir, no public fund was ever used by the 1MDB to make money, save for the paid-up capital when setting up the company.
Also the following statement made by Fahmi Fadzil:
“It is clear that Malaysians demand the truth – about what really happened in 1MDB; about the billions of ringgit allegedly siphoned by certain individuals; about diamonds and other expensive things bought allegedly using billions stolen from the Malaysian people.“
Again, audits of the 1MDB has shown that no money is missing from 1MDB’s coffers. Â So how can there be billions of ringgit siphoned by any individual from the Malaysian people? Â Walk the talk, Fahmi. Show us the billions siphoned from the Malaysian people. Â Talk is cheap. Â Bullshit s cheaper.
Diamonds. Â Well, who has the diamonds? Â What was Fahmi Fadzil implying? That the wife of the MO1 received diamonds? Â There has been no proof whasoever that Rosmah received any diamond ring from Jho Low. Â If she did, is it wrong for a person to receive gifts? When you receive a present from your father, do you ask him where he got the money to buy that present from?
Jho Low did buy his mother diamonds though.
Maybe Pakatan should drag Jho Low’s mother to court for receiving a gift from his son
The only story about the wife of MO1 receving a diamond ring only came from one of the jokers in Pakatan. Â The most famous joker who lost four court cases for slander.
Pakatan’s Chief Joker
My only guess why Salleh Said Keruak wrote as such is that he, as I am, was angry that story about a civil suit by the DoJ that makes no mention of the MO1 being investigated, is being skewed by Fahmi Fadzil et al to make it look to the rakyat as if there has been a wrongdoing by the MO1 and the wife of the MO1.  Only brainless monkeys would continue to believe the lies that have been dished out by the Pakatan.
And as for Fahmi Fadzil’s call for Jho Low to be tried in Malaysia, I hope he does have a brain. Â What has he stolen from Malaysia?
Eager to divert attention from the problems faced by Pakatan, Fahmi tries to look smart and suggest stupid things. Please continue with this stupidity, Fahmi. Â You are definitely doing BN a favour.
One of the things introduced by the Najib Razak administration is for Ministers to go down to the ground and meet with the frontliners, learn about the problems that they face as well as consider the proposals from them on how things can be done better. Â The days of “I’m a Minister therefore I know better” or “You are new therefore you know nothing” are over.
Sun Tzu quoted in Chapter 10 of the ‘Art of War‘:
“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.“
Taking queue from both his boss and Sun Tzu, Minister of Defence Dato’ Sri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein rushed off to Kuantan after the conclusion of the recent National Security Council meeting to rendezvous with the Royal Malaysian Navy frigate KD Lekiu which was conducting a patrol in the South China Sea. Â Despite the very limited time that he has, he made it a point to meet the frontliners to see how they are getting on while keeping the nation safe and secure during the fasting month.
Hishammuddin looking at the KD Lekiu before landing (taken from the Minister’s Twitter)
Hishamuddin, who was accompanied by the Chief of the Armed Forces  General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor, and the Chief of Navy Admiral Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin RMN, landed on board the KD Lekiu at 5.30pm and was met by the Commanding Officer of the KD Lekiu, Captain Mohd Fadzli Kamal Mohd Mohaldin RMN who then gave the Minister a short safety briefing.
Hishammuddin saying goodbye to the crew of the EC725
When the Ec725 helicopter took off and flew by the starboard side of the KD Lekiu, Hishammuddin said, “That helicopter crew is excellent, and for it to be able to land on this ship shows great cooperation between the Air Force and the Navy. Â That is how the services, the Army included, depend on each other for support.”
True enough. It was the first time that the KD Lekiu had accepted the EC725 on its flight deck.
On board the Minister spent his time talking to the officers and men, asking them how do they find spending Ramadhan and Aidil Fitri away from home. Â There are times that the KD Lekiu, like many other man-o-wars in the navy, have to spend up to three months at sea away from home, regardless of the festive seasons.
This scene is repeated throughout the Minister’s visit – officers and crew asking for a photo op with the Minister and the latter is always obliging
Through the Royal Malaysian Navy’s “Rakan Maritim” (RAKAM) program where the maritime community especially the commercial fishermen work hand-in-hand with the Navy to provide information especially on crime at sea, Â the fishing community has been providing such support especially through the “Initiatif Bertanya Khabar” (IBK) conducted by the individual naval vessels that are on patrol. Â A fishing trawler that was hailed came alongside.
The Minister is seen helping a trawler crew come on board
Encik Ramli bin Isa and Fauzi bin Omar had been out at sea for four days with another crew member. Â The moment they realised that it was the Minister himself whom had helped them up, their face lit up. Â The Minister, General Raja Mohamed Affandi and Admiral Ahmad Kamarulzaman asked them how they were and if they find that the waters are safe from foreign elements.
I later asked the two fishermen of the Navy’s initiative. Â They are very happy with it and find it reassuring that the Navy has been actively making its presence felt. Â On meeting the Minister, they were very surprised that a Minister would want to even ask how they are.
“I know he must be really busy but for him to make time to ask me how I am is like having a dream come true,” said Encik Ramli.
Hishammuddin later gave some food to the fishermen for them to break fast with.
Hishammuddin later had a talk with some of the crew which was also attended by the Commanding Officer and the Chief of Navy. Â There, the Minister related to the men the government’s plans for the Navy, and how the Ministry is working hard to facilitate the Navy’s 15-to-5 transformation program.
DS Hishammuddin and TS Ahmad Kamarulzaman spend a few moments with the men of the KD Lekiu
Tan Sri Kamarulzaman is happy with the progress of the 15-to-5 transformation program where the Royal Malaysian Navy will limit its fleet types to just five instead of the current fifteen. Â The program will see the RMN operating only Littoral Mission Ships, Littoral Combat Ships, New Generaion Patrol Vessels, Multirole Support Ships, and Submarines.
RMN’s 15-to-5 transformation program (courtesy of Senang Diri)
As we waited for maghrib prayers, Dato’ Sri Hishammuddin said to me, “I’m amazed by these navy people. Â They stay months at sea guarding our waters. ”
“I guess we’ll just have to make the public understand about what they do out here,” I replied.
The Minister frowned and replied with a sigh, “That is another matter. It is so difficult to get the public to understand wht these people do here, the hardship they have to go through. Imagine if these people are not here to do their duty. Mosul, Aleppo can happen here.”
It is so damned hard to get the support of the people, especially from the non-Malays, let alone to get them to join. Â But when something happens, they would be the first to condemn, especially so in the case of the fatal crash that killed two of our RMAF pilots.
The usual comments made especially by the non-Malays about the Malaysian Armed Forces
How the realisation that without the Malaysian Armed Forces this country would be in ruins escapes them puzzles me. Â It is because of these men and women that they are able to wake up in the morning and make money, and then go home to sleep peacefully.
Perhaps it is time for the National Service to be what it is – a two-year active duty upon attaining the age of 18, followed by a 10-year stint as reservists. Â That would probably make them have a better understanding of the Armed Forces and love the country as something more than just a place to make money in.
In the meantime, the men of the KD Lekiu will continue to be vigilant so we can all wake up shamelessly in total ignorance of their existence.
It is a sad day for the nation. We lost two Ops Daulat heroes, Major Mohd Hasri Zahari RMAF, and Major Yazmi Mohamed Yusof RMAF. Â The nation mourns for them. Â What happened to them 21 minutes into their flight, 60 kilometers North Northeast from the Kuantan Air Base will not be known until the Board that has been set up to investigate this incident comes out with its final report.
Details are sketchy. Â The pair took off at 11.09am and communications was lost at 11.30am. Â They were said to be performing a Functional Check Flight, which requires a rather complex form of flight manouvers depending on the function that needs to be tested. Â For example, an aircraft that has recently had an engine change will need a specific profile for that Functional Check Flight.
If it was a Functional Check Flight, the crew would have had a checklist that they needed to follow. Â They would record their findings according to each of the item, in sequential order, given in the checklist for them to perform before signing off upon completion of the Functional Check Flight.
Something must have happened in the midst of the flight that only the Board would be able to deduce after gathering all the facts.
Officers and men (and women) of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, like in the other services, are paid to die if necessary. Â When they step into the aircraft, no matter how well they are maintained, there is that nagging little part in their mind that knows that there is a chance that they might not come back alive. Â Just as we drive to work every day. Â When we leave home, how sure are we that we will get to see our family again? Â But the pilots knew what was expected of them when they applied to join His Majesty’s Armed Forces. Â We, as Malaysians, know that these two would die for anything as long as others may live. My only grouse is, every time something like this happens, instant “experts” flood the Internet with baseless accusations and theories.
THEORY NO.1 – LIKE MH370 THE RMAF RADAR PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING AGAIN, THAT IS WHY THE AIRCRAFT IS STILL MISSING
For those who still think that radar covers everything that is above the surface of the Earth, please have someone swing a baseball bat at your head – repeatedly. Â Radar only covers some 15 percent of the surface of the Earth. Â The Air Defence people did not sleep that night when the MH370 went missing. Â They saw where it went until the aircraft went out of radar coverage. Â You can read more about it here. The details of the flight may have changed a bit as we have learnt much more about what happened at night, but the RMAF was spot on with its procedures.
In the case of the missing BAe Hawk 108 aircraft, you must first know how radar works. Â The radar transmits a radio beam which bounces off a flying object, and the beam that is bounced back is received by the radar’s receiver. Â This is then translated as an image on the radar screen for the operator to see.
I explained a bit more early this month on how the RMAF Air Defence radar works. Â Please read about it here.
The Hawk went down. Â Which means it no longer reflected any beam for the radar receiver to receive. Â How can there be any image showing on the screen? Â So based on the last seen position, a search-and-rescue team was dispatched by helicopter to the last known location of the missing Hawk. Â They found the bodies of the pilot but not the aircraft. Â This I shall answer in…
THEORY NO.2 – THE HAWK IS MISSING BECAUSE THE RMAF DOES NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS
This is the obvious, actually. Â If the RMAF know where the aircraft is, this theory of your would be academic. Â But no. Â If you expect to find a wreckage that is almost intact, think again.
In 1996, ValuJet Flight 592 fell out of the sky after taking off from Miami and disappeared in the Everglades. Â The DC-9 aircraft with 110 on board was shredded into pieces by the impact. Â It took months before they could retrieve as many pieces of the wreckage that could be found.
In 1993, an RMAF PC-7 crashed into a paddy field in Perlis. Â The PC-7 is a much slower aircraft compared to the Hawk. Â When I arrived at the scene, it too was shredded into pieces. Â Nothing that resembled an aircraft could be seen. Â We found the engine a couple of days later buried 12 meters deep in the soft paddy field.
The ground where the Hawk is said to have gone missing is a secondary jungle that is swampy in nature. Â The wreckage could be in there somewhere. All we need to find is the impact point. Â This may also be related to Theory No.4. Â But that is for later.
THEORY NO.3 – THE HAWK IS AN OLD JUNK
How old is old for an aircraft?
I shall not compare military aircraft to civilian airliners. Â I shall not even compare the Hawk to the C-130H that we have been operating since 1976. Â They conduct different missions and face different kind of airframe stresses. Â However, be mindful that the Royal New Zealand Air Force operates C-130s that are more than 50 years old. Â Older than I am, in fact.
I will then compare the Hawk to another aircraft that probably faces even greater airframe stresses – the F-16A. Â The United States Air Force retired its F-16s that entered service in 1979 only five years ago. Â Therefore they were in service for 33 years! Â The Hawk has been in service in the RMAF for 22 years now. Â The USAF has over 5,000 aircraft and the average age of 25 years! Â The Republic of Singapore Air Force only retired its A-4SU after 31 years in service. Â In fact, our F-5Es entered service in 1975 and was only retired in 2015 the same year the RSAF retired its F-5Ss after 36 years! Â Was it old? Â Ask a Tiger-driver how superb the F-5 was as it was retired. Â Only the avionics could be considered old.
THEORY NO.4 – WHY DIDN’T THEIR CHUTES OPEN? DON’T THEY HAVE EJECTION SEATS?
The bodies were found 20 meters from each other. Â An eyewitness said that she saw both men with their chute deployed. Â I don’t know how credible this eyewitness is. Â I hope that she is not as credible as the makcik who said she saw the MH370 somewhere in the North Andaman Sea from 40,000 feet.
Truth be told, I am sure that the top brass are as equally perplexed as I am. Â That is why they have convened a Board to investigate this.
Could they have ejected? Â Perhaps. Â I can only think of them being too low and were in a full dive when they did so. Â Back i the 1980s, an Aermacchi MB-339A that was performing aerobatics went into a dive. Â The air crew ejected but they were too low and the orientation of the aircraft was not one in which they could have ejected safely. Â At least one of the air crew wen through the wall of a house.
Being in full dive would also explain the missing aircraft as it could be in shreds with a large portion of it down in the swampy ground. Â I can only speculate here and I hate to speculate.
So, let us just let the RMAF conduct their investigation and we get on with our daily lives, can we? Â And in the meantime, let us offer our heroes some prayers, and pray that the family they have left behind be given the strength to face the dark days ahead until light comes shining back into their life.
And stop hiding behind user names and keyboards while hitting out at the RMAF over this incident. Â Cowards will die many times while the brave die but once.
Maafkan saya sekiranya artikel saya kali ini agak berbunga. Â 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. Â 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. Â Kita mulakan dengan cerita hangat, iaitu, pelupusan sebuah pesawat Nuri yang MUNGKIN telah banyak berjasa. Â 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. Â MUNGKIN. Tetapi tidak mungkin ianya satu-satu helikopter yang telah membuat tugas tersebut pada ketika itu. Â Bagaimana pula dengan trak tiga tan atau ambulan yang membawa anggota-anggota tersebut dari pesawat Nuri tersebut ke hospital? Â 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. Â 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. Â Untuk pengetahuan umum, kerajaan bukanlah sebuah badan untuk membuat keuntungan seperti badan swasta. Â Sebab itu pelupusan pesawat Nuri tersebut tidak mengikut harga pasaran. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â Tetapi ianya mesti memenuhi dua syarat:
Ianya masih boleh digunakan lagi dalam bentuk dan fungsi asal tetapi tidak diperlukan lagi oleh agensi Kerajaan; atau
Ianya tidak ekonomi diperbaiki tetapi boleh diguna sebagai bahan latihan dan pameran. Â Sebagai contoh: KD Rahmat yang masih dalam keadaan sempurna.
Persoalannya, adakah pesawat Nuri tersebut masih sempurna rupanya dan boleh dibuat bahan pameran? Â 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. Â Kedua-dua buah kapal tersebut telah ternyata banyak berjasa kepada pihak British semasa Peperangan Falklands pada bulan April hingga Jun 1982. Â 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. Â Namun apakah nasib kedua-dua buah kapal tersebut?
HMS Broadsword telah dilucut tauliah dan dijual kepada Tentera Laut Brazil pada tahun 1995. Â HMS Hermes pula dilucut tauliah pada tahun 1984 dan kemudiannya dijual kepada Tentera Laut India pada tahun 1986. Â Malah, tidak ada satu pun di antara lebih 200 kapal yang menyertai armada Britain untuk menawan kembali Kepulauan Falklands dijadikan bahan pameran di muzium. Â 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. Â 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. Â Pesawat Nuri masih banyak yang berkhidmat dalam perkhidmatan Tentera Udara DiRaja Malaysia dan Tentera Darat Malaysia. Â 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. Â Itu sifat tentera papan kekunci sahaja.
“You belajar dulu jadi Menteri, lepas tu baru bercakap. Sebab, kita kena ingat. Dalam politik ni kita jangan cakap besar!“
Itulah kata-kata Menteri Kerajaan Padang Rengas yang ditujukan kepada Menteri Pelancongan, Kesenian, Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan Sarawak Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah selepas Abdul Karim menyatakan ketidaksetujuan beliau dengan cadangan mengenakan cukai bilik bagi hotel-hotel di negeri Sarawak.
“You cakap besar, you tunjuk samseng, kita lebih samseng lagi.“
Saya rasa tidak ada sesiapa pun yang akan mempertikaikan siapa samseng paling besar di negara ini.
‘Brutoh Lu!”
Tindakan Nazri tersebut telah dipandang oleh bukan sahaja rakyat negeri Sarawak, malah seluruh Malaysia sebagai biadab dan keterlaluan. Â Ianya diihat sebagai takbur dan merosakkan usaha Najib Razak yang menjadi Perdana Menteri pertama yang membawa lebih banyak pembangunan kepada Sabah dan Sarawak setelah diabaikan sekian lama oleh Perdana Menteri yang mempunyai 22 tahun peluang.
Ianya seolah-olah beliau tidak menghormati semangat setiakawan parti-parti komponen Barisan Nasional, dan juga seolah-olah beliau bertindak sebagai seorang Menteri di dalam kerajaan beliau sendiri.
Tidak cukup dengan penghinaan yang telah dilakukan, beliau terus menghina Abdul Karim dengan gelaran “Menteri Setahun Jagung.”
Nazri menggelar Abdul Karim “Menteri Setahun Jagung”
Reaksi pertama ditunjukkan oleh Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Abang Zohari yang lebih dikenali sebagai Abang Jo. Â Beliau telah mengeluarkan kenyataan menarik keluar penyertaan negeri Sarawak dari Lembaga Pelancongan Negara.
Reaksi seterusnya dari Menteri-Menteri kabinet Malaysia adalah dari Abdul Rahman Dahlan yang berasal dari Sabah dan juga Fadillah Yusof dari Sarawak yang juga merupakan Pengerusi Belia Barisan Nasional negeri Sarawak.
Twitter Abdul Rahman Dahlan yang menyelar tindakan Nazri
Mungkin Nazri merasakan dirinya besar. Â Bukan sahaja beliau akui beliau lebih samseng dari orang lain, malah merasakan juga bahawa beliau lebih besar dari orang lain. Â Beliau pernah berkata bahawa beliau lebih besar dari Ketua Jabatan Hal Ehwal Khas, Puad Zarkashi, semasa mengulas kenyataan Puad menyuruh kedua-dua individu yang menyebabkan kemelut terkini FGV untuk meletak jawatan.
Walaupun dalam video di atas Menteri Kerajaan Padang Rengas tersebut menyatakan bahawa tiada sesiapa patut bercakap besar dalam politik, beliau sering bercakap tak serupa bikin.
Sikap besar kepala beliau dikongsi bersama oleh isteri muda beliau yang juga merupakan Timbalan Menteri Kerajaan Padang Rengas, Haflin. Â Haflin, yang bukan Datin Bergelar kerana merupakan BUKAN isteri pertama yang masih hidup, telah mengejek Abdul Karim melalui akaun Instagram beliau.
Ejekan Haflin mengenai kenyataan “setahun jagung”
Haflin juga telah mengherdik mereka yang tidak bersetuju dengan perbuatan Nazri.
Haflin memarahi orang yang membuat komen negatif terhadap Nazri
Haflin adalah Timbalan Menteri Kerajaan Padang Rengas kerana sering menjalankan tugas-tugas di luar negeri bagi ihak beliau sedangkan Kementerian Pelancongan masih ada Timbalan Menteri, KSU, TKSU serta Ketua Pengarah Kementerian yang sepatutnya membuat tugas tersebut.
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Siapa Haflin? Adakah beliau juga besar dari Abdul Karim dan Puad Zarkashi?
Apabila disoal siapakah dia dalam Kementerian Pelancongan, ini jawapan beliau:
Saya rasa orang-orang yang sering membalun Rosmah Mansor pun kini tahu Rosmah tak kepoh macam si Haflin. Â Malah Rosmah banyak menghabiskan masa memberi makan dan mengaji bersama anak-anak yatim dan para pelajar tahfiz hampir setiap malam di kediaman beliau.
Nazri bagaikan tidak menghiraukan kesan yang mungkin akan menjejaskan usaha Barisan Nasional Sarawak untuk memenangi pilihanraya DUN Pujut. Â Dalam video di atas, Nazri menyatakan bahawa DUN Pujut memang milik DAP. Sekiranya BN Sarawak kalah di Pujut maka ianya tidak memberi kesan kepada BN.
Persoalannya ialah: adakah tindak-tanduk Nazri ini dilakukan untuk mengalihkan tumpuan para pemerhati politik dan rakyat dari kemelut yang dihadapi rakan baik beliau Lim Guan Eng?
Buddy-buddy gittew – Samseng Utara dan Samseng Padang Rengas
Lim Guan Eng yang kini bukan sahaja cuba menyelamatkan diri dari dibicarakan di atas tuduhan perlakuan rasuah, tetapi juga mengenai kepincangan pentadbiran kerajaan negeri Pulau Pinang serta kelemahan pengurusan kewangan negeri.  Nazri yang secara terbuka berkawan dan memberi sokongan kepada Lim Guan Eng mungkin berfikir beliau perlu mengalihkan perhatian ramai dari isu Lim Guan Eng kepada Sarawak.
Tidak hairanlah apabila wanita pengamal media sosial tersohor Cik Lim Sian See juga membuat kenyataan mengenai perangai samseng Nazri yang dipelajari dari sahabat karibnya dari Pulau Pinang itu.
Gambar yang dikongsi oleh Cik Lim Sian See mengenai Nazri dan Tokong
Mahu tidak mahu Najib Razak juga yang kini terpaksa membersihkan najis yang telah dilepaskan oleh Nazri. Â Telah terlalu banyak yang dilabur oleh Najib Razak untuk menentukan pembangunan yang dibawa ke Sabah dan Sarawak akan membantu menaik taraf kehidupan rakyat di kedua-dua buah negeri tersebut dengan harapan mereka terus memberi sokongan padu kepada kerajaan Barisan Nasional baik di peringkat negeri mahupun pusat. Â Terpaksalah Najib Razak membuat satu keputusan yang jitu untuk mengatasi najis yang telah dilemparkan oleh Nazri kepada rakyat Sarawak.
Sudah tiba masanya samseng tersebut diajar makna adab kerana perbuatannya terhadap sokongan yang diraih Najib Razak dari Sarawak itu tidak lain tidak bukan tetapi umpama Julius Caesar ditikam oleh Brutus dari belakang.
It has been a while that I have actually driven late at night in Kuala Lumpur, a city that city-dwellers claim to have become more and more unaffordable to live in. Â So, I took a drive last night just to see how it looks like mid-Ramadhan. Â I shun driving through KL towards the end of Ramadhan because there would be a mad rush for season end bargains. Â The middle of Ramadhan should be alright for a drive.
I was wrong. Â I used to be able to park my car in front of the embassy of Nepal on Jalan Ampang (behind St John’s primary school) and walk across the Klang river for a plate of roti canai on previous years’ Ramadhan night. Â However last night, the jam started just after the intersection between Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Ampang as cars tried to get to the Masjid India and Capital Square areas. Â Parked cars lined the sides of Jalan Ampang from across Sunway Tower all the way to Jalan Melaka!
A friend who works at a very famous textile mall in the Masjid India area confided that sales this Ramadhan has so far exceeded the total sales for Ramadhan 2016. Â And it has only been 15 days since the beginning of Ramadhan with another two weeks to go.
I have not gone to see the sales of Naelofar scarves. Â If hundreds of dUCk scarves costing RM800 each could all disappear from the shelf within five minutes, I expect a mad scramble for the Naelofar ones which have gone on sale one week before Ramadhan even started!
What about the Ramadhan buffets?
Ramadhan buffets are generally dearer compared to last year. Â I have had the chance to sample some by both invitations and personal visits. Â I have not seen one that is not full, be it at one that costs RM65 per head or the one that charges RM218 per head. Â And most are not corporate invites as they throng these venues in shorts and t-shirts, and often than not I see long tables of families, not co-workers, enjoying their Ramadhan buffet. Â Even university students swamped the RM65 ones, something unthinkable back in the mid-1980s.
At one venue the hotel car park was full that I had to park next to the waste bins near the hotel’s goods delivery area! Â I was lucky to have gotten that spot as I see scores of people having to walk from afar after parking their car by the roadside.
So, how oppressed are the Malaysians financially? Â Is it true that it used to be better two Prime Ministers ago?
Consumer spending in Malaysia over 10 years (Trading Economics/Department of Statistics Malaysia)
If you look at the graph above on consuer spending in Malaysia over the last ten years, despite claims that RM1 could get you many things back then compared to now, consumer spending in Malaysia has been on the upward trend. Â If you look at your social media accounts, even university students can afford to go on a holiday in Bali and Lombok now when the farthest they would go back in the 1990s was a weekend in Port Dickson. Â Students in the 1990s could hardly afford a flight to Kota Kinabalu.
Consumer spending increased to RM152 billion in the first quarter of this year from RM150 billion in the last quarter of 2016 and averaged RM101.7 billion from 2005 until the first quarter of 2017. Â The lowest consumer spending by Malaysian was in the second quarter of 2005 when it was RM56.8 billion and peaked at RM153.5 billion in the second quarter of 2016 – exactly the period when whining Malaysians complained without facts that the country is on the brink of financial doom.
As a matter of fact according to the Department of Statistics of Malaysia, the median and mean monthly salary and wages paid to employees in 2016 have increased by 6.2 and 6.3 percent respectively compared to 2015.
This is also helped by the fact that sales tax has gone down from the 10 percent sales tax (and 6 percent service tax) that were not fully remitted to the government due to the suspected underdeclaring of sales and profits, to just 6 percent Goods and Services Tax.
Sales Tax in Malaysia (Trading Economics/Malaysian Inland Revenue Department)
Corporate Tax, despite claims that the government has been charging corporations more, has been brought down to just 24 percent in 2016 from 30 percent back in 1997.
Corporate Tax in Malaysia from 1997 to 2016 (Trading Economics/Malaysian Inland Revenue Department)
And the government continues to make life more affordable in especially Kuala Lumpur, the city many big spenders complain is getting expensive to live in. Â The Light Rapid Transit system that was originally built especially for the 1998 Commonwealth Games, has now been extended in service to connect Puchong and Putra Heights, while by 17 July 2017 the Mass Rapid Transit Line 1 will connect Sungai Buloh to Kajang directly meeting the KTM Komuter in Sungai Buloh and Kajang, while meeting directly with the LRT at Pasar Seni, and is within walking distance with the KL Monorail at Bukit Bintang.
The LRT will further extend from Bandar Utama to Johan Setia, south of Port Klang, and will be passing Tropicana, Glenmarie, Shah Alam stadium, UiTM, Bukit Raja, Sri Andalas and Bukit Tinggi. Â The construction of LRT extension (known as LRT 3) has already commenced.
The MRT Line 2, which has also begun its site clearing phase will be from Sungai Buloh to Putrajaya, passing through Sri Damansara, Kepong, Jinjang, Sentul, Titiwangsa where it will meet with the KL Monorail and LRT Ampang/Seri Petaling lines before going through Kampung Baru, Ampang Park, KLCC East, TRX, Bandar Malaysia, Kuchai, Bandar Tasik Selatan where it meets with the LRT, ERL and KTM Komuter, Serdang, Seri Kembangan, and Cyberjaya.
Meanwhile KTM Komuter will have a service linking its station at Subang Jaya with the Subang Skypark Terminal.
These are all ways initiated by the government to make connectivity better and cost of living lesser for the people of the Klang Valley. Â At least, no false promises such as abolishing tolls have been made, such as the one made by the DAP-led state government in 2007Â which have not only gone unfulfilled, but also reneged on by introducing not only tolls for Pulau Pinang voters to shoulder, but also having to foot higher parking charges statewide.
Statement by the Pulau Pinang state government promising a tolled highway
So, stop complaining saying things are unbearably expensive because figures show more people can afford to splurge, and stop telling lies in this holy month of Ramadhan, for those who claim to be Muslims or decent, refined and educated human beings.
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