Raja Nazrin: Uphold the Rule of Law

Raja Nazrin calls for rule of law to be upheld
By Shannon Teoh

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Raja Muda of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah today called for regard for the law and respect for lawful institutions.

Three weeks after his royal family had to preside over a constitutionally disputed change of government in Perak, the crown prince said that upholding the rule of law was key in combating terrorism and violence in the midst of an economic crisis.

Speaking at the International Conference of Youth on Terrorism, Raja Nazrin said that a high regard for the rule of law and institutions established in accordance to the law would instead promote peace and harmony.

He proposed that the public respect “institutions established through and in accordance with law” as the law is a fundamental building block of any nation.

Under the Federal Constitution, Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy that gives certain discretionary powers to the Malay rulers, which include the appointments of the prime minister and chief ministers, the chief executives of the country and individual states respectively.

“In Malaysia, primacy of law is upheld as one of pillars of the Rukunegara.

“A lawless system breeds a lawless culture, which in turn suggests lawless governance and lawless government,” he said.

Calling the current economic crisis “one of the most serious in modern history,” he said that domestic and international affairs would be complicated by the effects of the downturn.

“Economic deprivation may not actually light the flames of extremism but it can more than casually fan them.” he said.

This was due to a sense of dissatisfaction, “as a result of real or imagined injustices” which he said would have to be comprehensively addressed.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

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Karpal and his song: 'Singh is King'

Karpal warned Umno Youth not to play games with him and likened himself to the recent Bollywood blockbuster 'Singh is Kinng'.

A day after proclaiming that 'Singh is King', Karpal Singh finds himself mobbed by a group of angry Umno Youth members at the Parliament lobby.

At about 2.30pm, the wheelchair-bound Karpal was surrounded by about 30 Umno Youth members, who tried to prevent him from entering the Dewan Rakyat and demanded he apologise.

Karpal telephoned fellow DAP MP Fong Po Kuan, who arrived with a 'rescue team'.

During the ensuing drama, DAP MP for Segambut Lim Lip Eng claimed that he was assaulted as he tried to help Karpal escape the pushing and shoving which broke out at one of the entrances to Parliament.

According to Lim, he was hit a number of times on the face and his body.

Among the mob leaders were Serdang Umno Youth chief Ungku Salleh Ungku Jamal, Gombak Youth chief Megat Zulkarnain Omar Din and Petaling Jaya Utara Youth chief Lat Sharizan Abdullah.

Umno Youth secretary Abdul Rahman Dahlan confirmed members of the influential party wing were involved in the scuffle.

"It's a very serious accusation by Karpal as an experienced MP. We have 700,000 members and we might not be able to control all of them," he told AFP.

The opposition parliamentarians also complained that security personnel did not intervene until they made noise.

Karpal had in Parliament yesterday accused his political opponents for sending two bullets in the mail.

"Where did the damn Umno Youth fellows get the bullets?" Karpal asked. "Singh is King. I am not afraid. They made 100 police reports, sent me two bullets and demonstrated."

In the morning, Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin in an unrelated press conference challenged Karpal, whom he described as an "arrogant MP who thinks he knows everything", to repeat his accusation outside of the Parliament building.

"It is a wild and insane allegation... Khairy told reporters at the Parliament lobby.

"DAP always talks of a world class parliament but their chairman behaves in a very uncivilised and rude manner," added the Rembau MP.

Khairy said more than a hundred police reports were filed against Karpal when he threatened to sue Perak ruler, Sultan Azlan Shah, over the political turmoil in the state.

The Umno Youth leader urged the Attorney-General's Chambers to look into the reports and take action.

"We want to remind him that Umno Youth is not playing games and Karpal is the one who is playing with the sentiments of the rakyat, he is playing with fire.

"If he does not repent, then it would only serve to aggravate our anger and the anger of the people," he warned.

Umno Youth member Mukhriz Mahathir said Karpal should be charged with sedition for the bullets comment, and that he should show more respect to the constitutional monarchy.

Source: Malaysiakini.com

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Lessons Learned:

Singh may be king, but Umno Youth members can be terrifying as their leaders proclaimed that they could not control their own members, and the security personnel at the parliment also could not control them too. I'm not sure whether the police are able to control them at all and we can't be sure whether the Prime Minister and his ministers can control them too. We are also not sure whether they can be controlled at all.

But I think if money is thrown around, they could possibly be controlled to some extend. That's after all, is money politics; which do work, at times.

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Sultan Selangor stays above politics

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE SULTAN OF SELANGOR

Following is the full statement by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, over the controversy involving Bukit Lanjan state assemblyman Elizabeth Wong, issued by his private secretary, Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani.

I am pleased to inform that Yang Amat Berhormat Tan Sri Dato'' Abdul Khalid Bin Ibrahim, the Dato'' Menteri Besar Selangor has sought an audience with His Royal Highness, The Sultan of Selangor, on Wednesday, 25th February 2009 and duly informed His Royal Highness on the political development and the issue which involved Yang Berhormat Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping, the Selangor State Assemblyman for Bukit Lanjan who is also the State Selangor Exco Member.

His Royal Highness, The Sultan of Selangor, has commanded me to inform that His Royal Highness could not offer any guidance or advice to the Yang Berhormat Dato'' Menteri Besar of Selangor in the matter related to the issue of Yang Berhormat Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping as it was still under police investigation and it involved her political position.

It is His Royal Highness'' stance as the Sultan of Selangor to be above politics. His Royal Highness believes that whatever decision that is going to be made by the Yang Amat Berhormat Dato'' Menteri Besar of Selangor will made with accurateness, fair and with wisdom by taking into consideration the interest of the Rakyat in particular and the State of Selangor generally.

His Royal Highness is upset and worried as of late the intrusion of someone''s privacy and private rights was being used to destroy one's dignity and reputation. It is a sad thing as one''s life and private rights were being made public and subject to public scrutiny by publicising in the mass media.

To Yang Berhormat Elizabeth Wong, His Royal Highness felt sad and sympathised with her as to the unfortunate event she had suffered and hoped that Yang Berhormat Elizabeth Wong will remain calm and be patient in continuing with her life henceforth.

Source: NSTP and Malaysiakini.com



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Most Malaysians not satisfied with sex

2 ot of 3 Malaysian men and 3 out of 4 Malaysian women are not satisfied with their sex lives, according to a survey carried out byPfizer in the Asia-Pacific Sexual Health and Overall Wellness survey.

India top the survey with 70% saying their sex lives are satisfying.

Japan fared the worst as only 10% of Japanese women are satisfied with their men.

The survey links the level of erection hardness to sexual satisfaction for men (note: probably, based on the complain by women). The level of erection hardness is measured in a scale of 1 to 4, where level 1 is like "tofu" - big, soft and dangling (Cantonese: kak ye yau cha kuei); level 2 is like peeled banana where it is not hard enough to penetrate (kak ye kung chiew); level 3 is hard enough to penetrate but not completely (yat poon lan chiew); and level 4 is like cucumber - hard and rigid and facing the sky.

Most Malaysian respondents have level 3 hardness.

According to Dr Rosie King, it was found that greater sexual satisfaction is strongly associated with greater satisfaction with life overall. Generally, men and women who are highly satisfied with their sex life have a more positive outlook on their relationships and life. I am not sure whether it will translate to more children or more wives.

Source: The Star and NSTP


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Buy a University place?

Want a pace in varsity? Buy a number

Reported at The Star
page N23
25 February 2009

Students who want to apply for a pace in public universities (IPTA) must buy an ID number to forward their applications.

From March 3, 2009, they can buy the number for RM10.60 - RM15.60 at Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN).

According to Higher Education Department Director-General Datuk Prof Radin Umar, those who bought the number would then be given 3 chances to make changes.

Note: the unique number purchase is not intended to be like Magnum or Sports Toto or BigSweep. It's necessary because there are too many applicants (139,207) and only 40,500 places available for grabs.

Note: This is not about buying degrees; it is buying a privilege to make changes on their applications before the closing date.

Note: Those who cannot afford may have to apply for loan from banks or their political representative - MP or ADUN.

Source: The Star

Wisdom of Pak Lah

[Quote]


“The real threat to the Muslim community is not from the non-Muslims.”

- Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi




Asked what his advice was for Malaysians facing adversity, he replied that Malaysians should work hard and have faith in their ability to survive.

“I myself was thrown out of the cabinet for three years and nine months,” he recalled.

“I called it my sabbatical. And I still made it to the top. We have survived so many crises because we have faith in our abilities and ourselves.”

When asked what he plans to do next, Pak Lah replied: “Gardening, planting fruit trees and melons. A kampung boy returning to his old ways.”

When the moderator – noted regional news presenter Lorraine Hahn – pressed him on what he will miss the most about being prime minister, he said he would not know “until I am out of office.”


Source: The Malaysian Insider

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Wisdom from Noh Omar

[Quote]

"There is no corruption among them . They have high moral standards."

"We are the ones who are corrupt and without moral values, right?"

(He was referring to Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim and Barisan Nasional)

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Pocket Projector

I love this piece! A mini projector; the size is: 5inch x 2inch x 1inch.

It cost RM1,799.00

It's an Aiptek Pocket Cinema V10

You can get it at Unisoft Sdn Bhd (Tel: 03 - 5192 4921)



I'm not advertising for Aiptek or Unisoft.

I saw it in the newspaper and I surf the web for more information; and I like it. I will get one!

With this gadget I can carry a projector in my pocket and use it to do presentation.

The good thing is it do not use bulb which is costly; it uses LED.


Using a white LED light source and LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) display, the Pocket Cinema V10 can project up to a 127cm (diagonal) image - that's 100cm by 75cm - and a display range of between 25cm and 180cm.

The 10 lumens brightness figure does highlight the fact this isn't the brightest of projectors; entry-level home/business models easily achieve 2,500 lumens. (A 100W bulb puts out about 1,300 to 1,700 lumens. 10 lumens - that's around one tenth the illumination of most home cinema projectors.

The Aiptek Pocket Cinema V10, a mobile projector comes with an SD card slot for photos and a USB connection for uploading files to the 1GB internal memory.

The VGA (640x480) resolution, 4:3 aspect ratio and paltry 0.5W built-in speaker.

There's good file type support (JPEG, MP3, AVI, ASF, DAT, MOV, M4V, MPEG, RealMedia and WMV)

A USB socket enables connection to a PC.

The V10 does have a practical business use, as a presentation tool. However it can't run Microsoft Office.

However, it seems that this gadget had poor video quality and not bright enough. The projector needs almost complete darkness to display a quality image unless you view the image at 15inches.

Ehm ... do I still want to buy the Aiptek, or,

would it be better to get a slightly bigger Mitsubishi PK20?






My fellow blogger Moo_t has advised me to buy this:

Dell M109S Palm Projector

Size: 3.64" x 4.12" x 1.46"
Weight: 0.80 lbs
Brightness: 50 ANSI Lumens (Max)
SVGA native resolution: 858 x 600

The M109S utilizes mercury-free LED light source of usage life up to 10,000 hours.

I think Dell might be a better choice. But is 50 Lumens bright enough to do powerpoint presentation, Moo_t?

Indonesia: A maturing Democracy

I’m ready for Kalla’s challenge, says Yudhoyono
The Malaysian Insider

JAKARTA, Feb 23 – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said his relationship with Vice-President Jusuf Kalla would not be affected if his Number 2 challenged him in July’s presidential election.

Dr Yudhoyono, in an exclusive interview with the Metro TV station on Saturday, said Kalla’s nomination would not affect the way they carried out their duties in the remaining months of their term.

He was responding to Kalla’s statement last Friday that he was ready to fight for the top spot if his Golkar party wished it.

“We have the people’s mandate to work together until October. If political conditions dictate that we should compete against each other in July, then I’m ready,” Dr Yudhoyono said.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

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Malaysia: A murmuring Democracy

Dr M mocks BN over Perak deadlock
By Leslie Lau
Consultant Editor

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has ridiculed Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi for asking Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir to lodge a police report against the Perak State Assembly Speaker.

Writing in his popular chedet.cc blog, he said that while it was possible for the Speaker to commit a crime, “the suspension of any assemblyman is not a crime which the police can take action against.”

In his latest blog post, Dr Mahathir poured scorn on Abdullah’s suggestion for Zambry to lodge a police report against Speaker V Sivakumar over the suspension of the Perak MB and his entire state executive council.

“If the decision of the Speaker can be considered a crime, then what will happen when the Parliamentary Speaker suspends opposition members for whatever reasons?

“And this happens frequently. Will opposition members lodge police reports? If they can, then can we consider the police to have powers over the Parliamentary Speaker?”

The former PM also commented on Zambry’s statement that he would attend the state assembly sitting despite the suspension.

He said that under the legislature’s standing orders, the Speaker can direct officers of the assembly to remove Zambry.

“Also, where will Zambry sit? What if Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin sits in the mentri besar’s chair? Will the Speaker ask his officers to force Nizar to vacate the chair?

“Let us all as citizens watch what happens next.”

Source: The Malaysian Insider and Che Det: Timah Bukan Perak


TIMAH BUKAN PERAK
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
on February 22, 2009 7:42 PM

1. Kita sedang melihat banyak peristiwa yang pelik berlaku di Perak yang dahulu terkenal dengan timahnya. Tetapi tidak ada yang lebih lucu daripada nasihat Perdana Menteri kepada Dato' Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Menteri Besar Barisan Nasional supaya beliau membuat laporan polis berkenaan dengan penggantungannya oleh Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak.

2. Jika keputusan yang dibuat oleh Speaker boleh dianggap sebagai satu jenayah, apa akan jadi jika Speaker Dewan Rakyat menggantung ahli pembangkang kerana apa-apa sebab? Dan ini kerap berlaku. Apakah ahli pembangkang akan lapor kepada polis? Jika boleh maka bolehlah kita anggap bahawa polis berkuasa keatas Speaker Dewan.

3. Memang ada jenayah yang boleh dilakukan oleh Tuan Speaker tetapi menggantung seseorang ahli Dewan bukanlah diantara jenayah yang boleh diambil tindakan oleh Polis.

4. Sekarang dilaporkan yang Dr Zambry akan hadir sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak. Mengikut aturan peraturan Dewan, Speaker boleh arah pegawai Dewan untuk keluarkan Yang Amat Berhormat Dr Zambry dari Dewan. Dapatkah pegawai berkenaan yang bukan terdiri daripada parti Pakatan Rakyat berbuat demikian?

5. Dimana pula tempat duduk YAB Zambry? Apakata kalau YB Dato Seri Mohamed Nizar Jamaluddin duduk di tempat Menteri Besar? Apakah pegawai Dewan akan disuruh oleh Speaker untuk paksa Nizar kosongkan kerusinya? Apakah YAB Zambry akan berada di Dewan atau di luar Dewan setelah Speaker mengarah pegawai sekat YAB Zambry daripada berada dalam Dewan.

6. Bersama-samalah kita rakyat lihat akan peristiwa yang akan berlaku.

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The prelude to the Rise of Anarchism

Bewildered in Malaysia, perplexed in Perak, stupefied in Selangor
— no wonder the masses are agitated

By Ooi Kee Beng
The Malaysian Insider
February 22, 2009

Extract of the article above:

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In truth, the political game in Malaysia has reached the level where intrigues and hidden tactics are the order of the day, where the mass media, the police and the judiciary are no longer expected to act professionally, objectively, and with integrity.

Politicians, even leading politicians, are certainly not expected to act like statesmen, and in a non-partisan manner.

Under such circumstances, no one really expects any proof to be reliable or made readily available. Indeed, proof becomes rather superfluous where faith and trust in the institutions of state are in short supply.

Perception is everything in politics, and in Malaysia, where the BN has been in power since independence and controls — and has consequently compromised — all the institutions of government to varying degrees, any episode that hurts the opposition is invariably believed to bear BN’s fingerprints.

No evidence either way, be it in the Perak crisis or the Wong case, or even in the many politically charged criminal cases being heard at the moment in Malaysian courts, is taken at face value by the public.

Malaysia’s addiction to conspiracy theories is quite incurable, fed as it is by dose after dose of bewildering episodes and partisan posturing.

It is not only Perak that is suffering a constitutional crisis. The whole country is mired in a misguided democracy. — Today

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The writer is a Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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Source: The Malaysian Insider

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Umno seek British help on Perak Crisis

A senior constitutional lawyer left Kuala Lumpur yesterday for London to engage the services of a QC on behalf of Umno to advise the party on a host of questions that is roiling debate in the country.

Umno is seeking the opinion of a Queen’s Counsel (QC) on the constitutional issues which have bedeviled Barisan Nasional’s takeover of the Perak state government from Pakatan Rakyat.

Sources say the QC that will be engaged by Umno is likely to be someone who has already appeared in the courts here in a span going back almost three decades.

It is believed that a QC who has appeared in cases in Singapore is also on the shortlist.

Three high-profile QCs who have previously appeared in Malaysia and Singapore to argue on complex issues of law have been Michael Beloff, Anthony Lester and Geoffrey Robertson.

Robertson appeared for regional weekly magazine Far Eastern Economic Review in a matter arising from a report the journal carried on arrests in Singapore in 1987 when the government there cracked down on social activists – ‘Marxists in clerical collars’, was the pithy description of the late S Rajaratnam, then foreign minister of the island republic.

Robertson, who memorably cross-examined then prime minister Lee Kuan Yew in the case, was like Beloff, unable to shift the court in his client’s favour.

Beloff appeared in the Federal Court for proponents of the Merdeka University in 1982. He was unsuccessful in the Merdeka University appeal.

Lester was engaged by the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) as counsel when the late Mustapha Datu Harun sued Sabah governor Adnan Roberts and Chief Minister Pairin Kitingan for restoration as chief minister in 1985. Mustapha lost the case.

The judgment handed down was then viewed as having established the precedents that:

"A ruler can appoint as chief minister a member of the legislative assembly who in his opinion commands the confidence of a majority in the House, and that once appointed, a chief minister is obliged to quit if he loses a no-confidence motion in the legislature.

Article 16(6) of the Perak Constitution states that:

"if the Mentri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly, then unless at his request His Royal Highness dissolve the legislative assembly he shall tender the resignation of executive council".

Source: Malaysiakini

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Moral of Umno's Lesson:

The British can be helpful when Umno is in Crisis.

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Legal Analysis of Article 16

Article 16(6) is clear, unambiguous and unequivocal:

Firstly, the members of the Legislative Assembly must show non-confidence in the MB;
then, if that happens the MB shall request the Ruler to dissolve the legislative assembly;

if he fails to request His Royal Highness to dissolve the legislative assembly, the law says he has to tender the resignation of the Executive Council, and even if he do not, the law will imply that the Executive Council has resigned (automatically).

There is no provision of another way to replace the Executive Council and MB in the State Constitution and unless one is prepared to imply it using purposive interpretation in the statute, it seems clear that the only possibility left is to call for election or declare a state of emergency.

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One Million Hits

One Million Hits are a hallmark for bloggers. I have just achieved this feat today.

RockyBru took less than one year.
Mahathir took less than 3 months.
I had to wait for 5 long years to get this.
Anyway, I finally did, and thanks to all those who had contributed to it.

Double-tongue politicians: Malaysia's Culture

Once a strong bodeker of Anwar Ibrahim, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir says that Anwar Ibrahim now had one set of moral standards for himself and another for his opponents,.

Zambry added that Pakatan Rakyat had first hailed defections as a "halal" or legitimate democratic right but has now declared it as "haram" or immoral.

"He has changed and is now struggling between his ideals and reality. I am against projecting a holier-than-thou image and then telling the whole world that because you are pure, everything is justifiable.

"When we do it, it is haram, for him it is halal, so it is two different parameters of morality. It is very Machiavellian," Zambry said, referring to the term that denotes the employment of cunning duplicity in politics or general conduct.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

How true! How true!

We are not blind to this truth - on all sides of the system administrators.

In fact it is more than that:

Police says, Eli Wong's picture is not politically motivated.

MACC says VIP case would be better for A-G to handle.

Zambry says Perak Mufti Harussani's comment on the appointment was made in accordance to the law (but he is not a lawyer, nor have any legal background; he can only comment on Islamic point of view, but not on constitutional law and the Federal Constitution).

Police may also say that the defections of the 3 Pakatan assemblymen was done in accordance with the law, but that's not their scope.

Some Indonesian workers working in KL also wanted to have a say regarding our constitutional crisis and Malaysian governmental system.

Ah Soh and Ah Sam were also discussing about the constitutional crisis in the wet market and Pasar Malam.

We are Malaysians!

Barisan can't be wrong or wronged!

MB Khalid cowed & carred!

Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim will be charged in connection with the allegation that he abused his power over the expense incurred for the maintenance of a luxury car and the distribution of cows.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Ahmad Said Hamdan said there is strong evidence in relation to the case.

Umno's watchdog had filed a MACC report accusing Khalid of using public funds to maintain the vehicle.

On the cow issue, Khalid was accused of misusing RM110,400 of state funds for the purchase of cattle for his Bandar Tun Razak parliamentary constituency in conjunction with the Hari Raya Korban celebrations.

Source: Malaysiakini.com

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I am not sure of the cow-thing, but Khalid, as a rich man and wanting to use his personal car for official duties should have known that any car maintenance bills cannot be charged to the government as it can be viewed as inappropriate and contextually an abuse of his position. The cost of maintenance of Proton Perdana should be far less than the cost of maintaining a Lexus. Of course, the Lexus is a new car and the Proton Perdana belonging to the State government is old. But the essence is confidence in the right-minded thinking person. Paradoxically, we don't have those thinking person that can differentiate between corruption and misappropriation. We must observed that what is right is what we have to accept as right when told by those in power; Khalid is only a state chief minister, not the PM. So, he should be conscious of that.

As regards the cow, if what Khalid did was wrong, then those who consumed it must also be wrong. Is this statement a rule of law or rule of moral law? It is neither; for we have no more moral laws; we have laws, and morality is now a subjective definition and interpretation, ssubjected to those who have big mouth and unused brains.

Woman died during sex

LONDON, Feb 19 — A jealous husband strangled his wife after she called out another man's name during sex, a court has heard.

Colin Scully, 53, told police he throttled 39-year-old Tracey after she shouted “Paul” as they made love.

Scully told police that “Paul” referred to a Paul Deighton, a man they knew from a scooter club.

Scully also told officers that it “blew his mind” when his wife mentioned any other men.

In his police interview, he said: “I strangled her, didn't I?”

The jury also heard from Tracey's alleged lover Paul Deighton, who became friends with the couple when they joined a scooter club in Bridlington in 2007.

He insisted that there had been no affair between them but admitted that she had sent him inappropriate text messages.

“The texts were entirely innocent at first but then changed from general conversation to a little bit more later,” he said.

The victim's mother Wendy Wild also told the court that her daughter had confided in her that Scully liked to film her having sex with other men.

Wild: “She told me that he wanted to get in touch with swingers. I asked her if she had done this before and she said, ‘Yes, he made me do it’.

“I said, ‘Have you both been with other people?’. She said ‘No, only me. He made me prostitute myself’.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

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Moral Lesson for Wife:

Don't call another man's name when making love or sleeping, especially if his name is Paul or Helmi. Your husband may be the next Colin Scully.

Sound Advice: Use Scotch Tape! It cost you $1.50 only and would save your life or pain or arse or an Exco seat.

Proton MPV? Inova?

Proton MPV has arrived!




It may be available by April 2009.

Price? Maybe below RM90,000.00



Value for money. Let's wait for more news and comments from the journalists who had test drive.

Crown Prince of Emir BayiSingh

Is he related to BayiSingh?




















Mr William Singh, the new crown prince of Africa

Khir Koyoed again in Elizabeth's Nude Saga

Elizabeth Wong Nude Photo Saga

Dr Khir Toyo asked: "She is a single person. How can she allow a man into her room when they are not married? What's the status of the relationship."

Source: Malaysiakini.com



Dear Dr Khir,

You are an absolute koyo! Elizabeth Wong is a Chinese and not a Muslim. Miss Wong is a single, unmarried woman and she is legally entitled to sleep with any man she chooses as long as the man is 18-year-old or older. Miss Wong's religion permits her to have a boyfriend and though she is discouraged to have pre-marital sex, it is legally permissible and the priests do not have the power or rights to adjudge her morality. The Chinese moral and religion allows any single girl to sleep with their boyfriend, including consensual sex; and there is absolutely nothing wrong. The moral of a married man or woman is slightly differed: married person can sleep and have sex with others provided they do it discreetly and make absolutely certain that there is no hidden CCTV or webcam; otherwise, they become public personalities Ex-Rated Stars.

Mr Khir, do not use your own moral rules to judge another. Please take care of yourself, your wife and your daughters, and sons too. Mr. Khir, you are a Muslim and under Islamic Law you are not permitted to fool around with women nor sleep with any other woman except your legal wife. I am more fortunate than you as I am Chinese and I have much more freedom to do or act in regards to sex and sexual intercourse and my religion do not discourage me to do so. However, it is up to me to adopt any form of moral principles or policies.

With that, I hope you, Khir Toyo would not be caught sleeping with other women - it is Khalwat, and you will be punish in accordance to Syariah Law. I truly hope that none of your nude pictures will appear in U-Tube or Malaysiakini. Pray hard and take care, Mr. Toyo. Wish you luck.

Ku Li said Umno do more harm to Rulers

Ku Li: Who has harmed Malay Rulers more than Umno?
Extracted from The Malaysian Insider

“Today’s crisis in Perak is about the legitimacy of the process by which a new state government has been formed in Perak. It’s not about the status of the Rulers,” Tengku Razaleigh said in his latest post titled “1993”.

“In comparison, the constitutional crisis of 1993 arose from an ugly confrontation between Umno and the Rulers over a question that had direct and profound implications on their sovereignty and that of the Yang Dipertuan Agong. For good reason, the Head of State in most countries may not be prosecuted in an ordinary court of law. In 1993, the government campaigned to remove this immunity through amendments to the Constitution.

“I opposed these amendments,” the Gua Musang MP said emphatically.

Alluding to his political rival Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the veteran Umno leader said both the rulers and parliament were railroaded by the government of the day to pass the amendments.

“These are the very same amendments which today make it legal for a Ruler to be prosecuted. Mr Karpal Singh, though I disagree with him, was acting well within rights that an Umno-led government enacted in 1993 when he earlier proposed to sue DYMM the Sultan of Perak,” he added.

Reflecting on the irony, Tengku Razaleigh posed the question, “Umno serve the Rulers more genuinely by upholding and protecting the Constitution which guarantees their status, or by histrionic displays tuned for the coming Umno elections?”, in an apparent reference to candidates in the party elections who have taken to the streets and demanded action against the opposition.

"This had a bearing upon the kind of leaders and party that Umno members want," Tengku Razaleigh said.

“Was greater harm done to the sovereignty of the Rulers in 1993 through Parliament or a week ago on the streets of Perak?” Tengku Razaleigh asked.

“And is today’s Umno, with its inconsistent adherence to the rule of law, its inconstant respect for the key institutions of our country, a credible or effective defender of the Rulers and of the laws upholding this institution?

“Or do we actually harm what we claim to protect?” he said in ending his post, which also included two videos of his parliament speech in 1993 opposing the amendments when he was Semangat 46 leader after Umno was declared illegal in 1988. He rejoined Umno in 1995.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

Read the full text here at razaleigh.com

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Do they actually harm what they claim to protect?
Do they actually know themselves?
Do they? Huh!
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Khir Toyoed Elizabeth Wong in the Nude

Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong lodged a police report at the Damansara police station here Sunday night over nude pictures and videos of her that have been circulating via MMS.

The pictures are believed to have been taken using a handphone, possibly before the general election last March.

It is rumoured that the pictures may have been taken and circulated by an ex-boyfriend.

Selangor opposition chief Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo said that Malaysians were not ready to accept leaders afflicted with scandals and given this, Wong should relinquish all her positions.

“This is a moral issue and Malaysians cannot accept leaders with moral issues, so she must vacate her state assembly seat.

“Let the people decide and if they still want her they can vote her in again or vote for someone else if they don’t want her to represent them anymore," said Dr Mohd Khir, who last week was detained and questioned by police for taking part in an illegal assembly.



Azmin Ali (PKR-Gombak) said the party would wait for Wong to explain the situation to the Selangor mentri besar.

“We don’t want to know if these are old or new nude pictures. She must explain to us and if she is really guilty of having posed or was involved in the taking of these pictures, we will not hesitate to take action.

Meanwhile, Bernama reported that Wanita MCA crossed the political divide on Monday to defend Wong.

MCA Wanita chief Datin Chew Mei Fun condemned the person or persons responsible for circulating nude pictures of Wong.

Source: The Star and Malaysiakini and The Malaysian Insider

In Toyo's philosophy, Malaysian can accept corrupt politicians from Umno, Rahim Tamby Chik, and all these ....

America needs to imitate NEP

The Chinese are coming, to buy bargain US homes

Feb 13 — Beijing lawyer Ying Guohua is heading to the United States on a shopping trip, looking not for designer clothes or jewellery, but for a US$1 million (RM3.6 million) home in New York City or Los Angeles.

He expects to get a bargain. Ying is part of a growing number of Chinese who are joining tours organized especially for Chinese investors who want to take advantage of slumping US real estate prices amid a financial crisis.

"It's a great time to buy because of the financial crisis, and houses in large cities like New York and Los Angeles will definitely go up in a few years," Ying said.

China's ultra-rich have been buying property in the US for years, and more are joining the buying tours made attractive by still-rising Chinese income levels and American real estate prices that have been falling for 2½ years. More than 100 Chinese buyers have joined such tours since late 2008.

The US has plenty of unsold homes to offer — 3.67 million as of the end of December. The price of the house, a buyer said, was US$1 million compared with US$1.3 million before the crisis in early 2007.

The home-buying opportunities mirror a larger trend. Cash-rich Chinese companies are looking to buy resources made suddenly cheaper by the downturn or companies suffering under the global debt meltdown. Yesterday, the Aluminum Corp of China, also known as Chinalco and the world's leading aluminium producer, invested US$19.5 billion in debt-burdened global miner Rio Tinto Group — China's biggest overseas investment to date.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

We have the "Malaysia, Your Second Home" programme, but the Chinese aren't showing interest.

American government would have to ponder over the influx of these Chinese and may consider to adopt our Malaysian NEP; otherwise, the Americans would some day complain about the rich immigrants who would occupy their land.

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Daily Contemplation

Free will is not the liberty to do what one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulses. There lies freedom indeed.

-- George MacDonald

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Success defined

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

-- Jim Rohn

Did they Remember the "Natang"?

About 1000 people gathered at the Ipoh City Hall field this afternoon to declare their support for the Malay Rulers.

The event was organized by Umno Youth and several NGOs including GPMS.

Umno Youth members came in from other states like Selangor, Penang, Negri Sembilan and Kedah to joun their Perak counterparts at the gathering.

"Elements like Karpal Singh who do not respect the sultans should disappear from the face of the earth", According to GPMS vice-president Jais Abdul Karim.

The crowd held banners, one of which read 'Nizar penderhaka Melayu Zaman moden', and shouted 'Daulat Tuanku'.

In his short address at the gathering, Khairy Jamaluddin suggested that the Perak Sultan should banish Mond Nizar from the state as many started to burn posters of the ousted menteri besar on the field.

Do we all remember the displayed word - Natang?

I presumed those who understands Bahasa Malaysia knows what it means without the need of dictionary.

Did they forget this banner displayed in Terengganu by Umno and Umno Youth members?

What did they call our DYTM Yang di Pertuan Agong who is also the DYMM Sultan of Terengganu?

What did our PM says about the decision by DYMM Sultan Terengganu and our present Agong?

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Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi defended his choice of former MB Datuk Idris Jusoh for the post, saying “the appointment of anyone other than Idris is unconstitutional and invalid.” He said this was because the majority of the assemblymen in Terengganu wants Idris, the Jertih assemblyman to be reappointed the MB.

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Did Umno Youth forgot about their protest against the Sultan of Terengganu on the appointment of Ahmad Said?

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Pergerakan Pemuda, Wanita dan Puteri Terengganu semalam sebulat suara membantah dan menolak campur tangan istana dalam pelantikan Menteri Besar yang tertangguh hampir dua minggu sejak Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12, pada 8 Mac lalu.

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Did they forgot about 1988 Constitutional crisis involving the Sultans?

Did they forgot about the Perlis MB saga in March 2008 where words used was contemptuous against the Sultan of Perlis?

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"But the Raja's decision was to appoint another person, I do not know why," Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said. He also said that no one should go against Abdullah's decision but should instead respect his leadership. "This is Barisan Nasional's pride. If there is no respect for Barisan Nasional and Umno, who else will respect them?

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"No one should go against Abdullah's decision ... no respect for BN and Umno? The Sultan of Perlis went against Abdullah's decision and accordingly it must be construed as a disrespect to Umno and BN? Saying the Sultan had disrespect to Umno, must, in the context of GPMS earlier statement be construed as treason too!

Selective memory!!!

Today's Contemplation: Thoughts

Watch your thoughts, they become your words
Watch your words, they become your actions
Watch your actions, they become your habits
Watch your habits, they become your character
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

-- Anonymous

Story of Accountants - Take Five

A businessman was interviewing applicants for the position of Divisional Manager. He devised a simple test to select the most suitable person for the job. He asked each applicant the question, "What is two and two"?

The first interviewee was a journalist. His answer was "twenty-two."

The second applicant was an engineer. He pulled out a calculator and showed the answer to be between 3.999999 and 4.000001.

The next person was a lawyer. He stated that in the case of Jenkins v. Commissioner of Stamp Duties (WLR), two and two was proven to be four.

The last applicant was an accountant The business man asked him, "How much is two and two?"

The accountant got up from his chair, went over to the door, closed it then came back and sat down. He leaned across the desk and said in a low voice, "How much do you want it to be?"

He was hired!

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Constitutional Monarchy, rule of law and good governance

"Under normal circumstances, it is taken for granted that the Yang di Pertuan Agong would not withhold his consent to a request for the dissolution of Parliament. His role is purely formal," said Sultan Azlan Shah in his book Constitutional Monarchy, Rule of Law and Good Governance.

Sultan Azlan Shah in his opening speech at the 14th Malaysia Law Conference in October 2007:

This year marks the 50th year of our nation's Independence. It is also the 50th year of our Merdeka Constitution. Malaysia and its people have every reason to celebrate this joyous occasion as the country prospers as a constitutional democracy with a constitutional monarchy in the form as established by the Merdeka Constitution in 1957.

Not all countries that achieved their freedom at the end of the colonial period are today able to celebrate their independence with pride. Some are under military rule, whilst others have had their institutions undermined or even abolished.

The 50th anniversary of our independence is therefore an appropriate moment for all of us to reflect upon the strength of our constitutional system. As we rejoice in our success, It is important to be alert to the pitfalls of failure if proper regard is not given to our constitutional mechanisms.

We must ever be mindful that written constitutions are mere parchment pieces.

It is important that there must be, in the hearts and minds of those who are entrusted to administer and uphold the constitution, a belief in the values and principles that animate the august document.

I had occasion to observe when sitting in the Federal Court in 1977 that the "constitution is not a mere collection of pious platitudes". I spoke then of the 3 essential features of our constitution. I said:

"It is the supreme law of the land embodying three basic concepts: One of them is that the individual has certain fundamental rights upon which not even the power of the state may encroach.

The second is the distribution of sovereign power between the states and the federation.

The third is that no single man or body shall exercise complete sovereign power, but that it shall be distributed among the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, compendiously expressed in modern terms that we are a government of laws, not of men."

The prescription that "we are a government of laws, not of men" describes the basic principle that runs through our entire constitution-the principle of the Rule of Law.

The Rule of Law is the defining feature of democratic government. In delivering the eleventh Tunku Abdul Rahman lecture in November 1984, I again defined it as follows:

"The rule of law means literally what it says: The rule of the law.

Taken in its broadest sense this means that people should obey the law and be ruled by it.

But in political and legal theory it has come to be read in a narrow sense, that the government shall be ruled by law and be subject to it.

The ideal of the Rule of Law in this sense is often expressed by the phrase "government by law and not by man""

In a speech delivered in Kuala Lumpur in April 2004, Lord Woolf spoke of the 'rule of law',

"The Rule of Law is the rule by the laws that govern a true democracy.

They are the laws that provide for a proper balance between the protection of human rights and the interests of the State. Laws which an independent and responsible judiciary can enforce to protect all members of society from abuse of power."

The reference by Lord Woolf to the role of the judiciary is highly significant. I wish to state with all fortitude that without a reputable judiciary-a judiciary endowed and equipped with all the attributes of real independence-there cannot be the Rule of Law.

All countries, including those that are totalitarian regimes, have courts. But as I observed previously:

"The [mere] existence of courts and judges in every ordered society proves nothing; it is their quality, their independence, and their powers that matter."

In matters concerning the judiciary, it is the public perception of the judiciary that ultimately matters. A judiciary loses its value and service to the community if there is no public confidence in its decision-making.

In this regard the principal quality a judiciary must possess is "impartiality". Lord Devlin said of "judicial impartiality" that it exists in two senses-the reality of impartiality and the appearance of impartiality. He emphasized that the appearance of impartiality was the more important of the two.

Impartiality also means that judges are not only free from influence of external forces, but also of one another. No judge however senior can dictate to his brethren as to how a decision should be arrived at.

It is of the essence of a judge's character that he must be a person of unquestionable integrity who brings an unbiased mind to his task. Like Caesar's wife, he should be above suspicion.

It is said that public confidence in the judiciary is based on four evaluating criteria. They are:

(1) the principle of independence of the judiciary;
(2) the principle of impartiality of adjudication;
(3) the principle of fairness of trial; and
(4) the principle of the integrity of the adjudicator.

How does our judiciary measure today against these criteria?

Sadly I must acknowledge there has been some disquiet about our judiciary over the past few years and in the more recent past. In 2004, I had stated that it grieved me, having been a member of the judiciary, whenever I heard allegations against the judiciary and the erosion of public confidence in the judiciary.

Recently there have been even more disturbing events relating to the judiciary reported in the press. We have also witnessed the unprecedented act of a former Court of Appeal judge writing in his post-retirement book of erroneous and questionable judgements delivered by our higher courts in a chapter under the heading "When Justice is Not Administered According to Law". There are other serious criticisms.

I am driven nostalgically to look back to a time when our Judiciary was the pride of the region, and our neighbours spoke admiringly of our legal system. We were then second to none and the judgements of our courts were quoted confidently in other common law jurisdictions. As Tun Suffian, a former Lord President of the then Federal Court, said of the local judges who took over from the expatriate judges after Merdeka that the transformation was without "any reduction in standards".

Admittedly society is more complex today and the task of judges may be more difficult then what it was before, but the values I speak of are universal and eternal.

There is no reason why judges with the assured security of tenure they enjoy under the Constitution should not discharge their duties impartially, confidently and competently.

Judges are called upon to be both independent and competent. In these days, judges must ever be mindful that the loss of independence can come from many sources, and not just from the executive. Therefore, judges must piously resist the lure of socializing with business personages and other well connected people. They may discover at their peril that they have compromised themselves in the cases that come before them with the unedifying spectacle of recusal applications.

Nothing destroys more the confidence the general public, or the business community has in the judiciary than the belief that the judge was biased when he decided a case, or that the judge would not be independent where powerful individuals or corporations are the litigants before him.

Confidence in the judiciary may also be eroded where the business community perceives incompetence in decisionmaking.

A judgement in a banking or commercial transaction that is contrary to the established norms or which is incomprehensible in its reasoning is bound to give rise to suspicion and loss of confidence.

It therefore becomes apparent, that our attempts to establish ourselves as a leading financial and commercial center will fail, if we do not have a competent judiciary to decide on complex commercial disputes. In this regard, it is utmost importance that the foreign investor have faith in the competence and integrity of our judiciary.

The international foreign investor also expects a speedy resolution of their cases before the courts. Delays cause a loss of profits to the business community. In the recent World Bank survey on resolution of commercial disputes, Malaysia ranks poorly, 63 amongst 178 economies. A similar report by the US State Department warns American businessmen to be wary of the slow process of adjudication of cases before the Malaysian courts. This is indeed a poor reflection on our courts.

Countries such as Singapore and Hong Kong, who have a similar legal system and who share similar laws, and whose judges and lawyers are trained as ours, are ranked in these surveys as amongst the best in the world (Hong Kong is placed first and Singapore ranks as fourth in the world).

The reason is obvious: these countries have undertaken major reforms in their court structure and procedures and have introduced more efficient and transparent commercial courts so as to attract the foreign investor.

Maybe it is also time for us to consider such changes in our legal system and introduce a strong central commercial court in Putrajaya as in London, with especially trained judges who are familiar with the new and ever changing commercial laws and their developments, so that we too can become the center for the resolution of commercial disputes in the region.

I should point out that mere cosmetic changes alone would not suffice. If we wish to achieve this goal, it is imperative that major reforms are introduced. Many other countries have taken such steps to establish specialized commercial courts.

Recently, the Dubai Commercial Court (where one of our own former Chief Judge has recently been appointed to sit as a judge in this new court), and the Qatar Commercial Court have been established.

I know that judging is an arduous task calling for a good mind and a capacity for hard work. The inevitable consequence of incompetence is delayed judgments and backlog in cases leading to all round dissatisfaction.

Only last week, I read in a latest Malaysian law report that a case of medical negligence involving a death of a lawyer took 23 years to reach the Court of Appeal. Similarly there have been reports that some judges have taken years to write their grounds of judgements involving accused persons who have been convicted and languishing in death row.

Surely, such a situation cannot be tolerated in any progressive nation.

It will also be appropriate for me to say a few words on lawyers.

The administration of justice is not just the role of the judiciary. I had said previously in July 1984 on the occasion of a farewell dinner speech to the Bar Council on leaving office as the Lord President, that there cannot be an independent Judiciary without an independent Bar. I stated further that the judiciary cannot function without legal profession.

This symbiosis calls for a proper understanding of the relationship between the Bench and the Bar. The Bar and its leadership must ensure there is a high standard of integrity and ethics among its members. A Bar that is riddled with bad practices cannot assist the administration of justice.

In this respect the relationship between judges and lawyers must be a roper and correct one. As I have said earlier, judges are supposed to be no respecters of persons who appear before them. This rule applies not only to litigants but also to lawyers. It is not just a matter of prudence and good practice, but fundamentally one of ethics.

As is often said, there are good lawyers and bad lawyers. Whilst the majority of the lawyers discharge their duties as officers of the court with professionalism and dedication, there have been cases of some others who have brought disrepute to the legal profession. There have been allegations against some lawyers that in clear dereliction of their responsibilities, they have either misled the courts, or attempted to choose the judges or courts for their cases to be heard so as to obtain a favourable decision in their client's favour. This is serious interference with the administration of justice and the process of the court.

There is one further important point that I feel compelled to say.

This deals with a judge's quality in decision-making. We in Malaysia live in a multi-cultural and multi-religious society. Our founding fathers accommodated this diversity into our Constitution that is reflected in the social contract, and saw this diversity as strength.

Judging in a diverse society is not an easy task. Judges in many parts of the world face similar difficulties. Those of you who were present at the lecture delivered by Justice Albie Sachs at the Second Tun Hussein Onn Lecture last week will know how the Constitutional Court of South Africa, as the guardian of the constitution, wrestle to arrive at a just decision when dealing with the issues relating to diversity or discrimination.

Judges in Malaysia must be ever mindful that they are appointed judges for all Malaysians. They must be sensitive to the feelings of all parties, irrespective of race, religion or creed, and be careful not to bring a predisposed mind to an issue before them that is capable of being misconstrued by the watching public or segments of them.

I am reminded of the proud accolade of the late Tun Suffian in his Braddel Memorial Lecture in 1982, when speaking of the Malaysian judiciary to a Singapore audience he said:

"In a multi-racial and multi religious society like yours and mine, while we judges cannot help being Malay or Chinese or Indian; or being Muslim or Buddhist or Hindu or whatever, we strive not to be too identified with any particular race or religion – so that nobody reading our judgement with our name deleted could with confidence identity our race or religion, and so that the various communities, especially minority communities, are assured that we will not allow their rights to be trampled underfoot."

I have found it necessary to speak at some length on these matters because it is my earnest hope that the Malaysian judiciary will regain the public's confidence and it will once again be held in high esteem as it once was held.

In conclusion, I wish to say as I have said on previous occasion 'in the judiciary, people place their trust and hope'.

It now gives me great pleasure in officially declaring open the 14th Malaysian Law Conference.

I wish all of you a fruitful and meaning full discussion and exchange of ideas.

Source: mt.m2day.org

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Daulat Tuanku!

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Lessons to be learned from Carlos Ghosn:


"Don't believe what I say;
Believe what I do."

Story of Accountants - Take Three & Four

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.

To the accountant, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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Story of Accountants - Take Four

An Accountant and His Frog

An accountant was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess".

He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week".

The accountant took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket.

The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want." Again the accountant took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.

Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?"

The accountant said, "Look I'm an accountant. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that's cool."

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Story of Accountants - Take Two

An architect, an artist and an accountant were discussing whether it was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress

The architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship.

The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because of the passion and mystery he found there.

The accountant said, "I like both." "Both?" The accountant replied "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go to the office and get some work done."

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Perak, Oh Perak: What KuLi says

This is what Tengku Razaleigh has to say about the Perakomania:

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"The mysterious disappearances, sudden reversals, and weak explanations, show ample signs of illegal inducement.

"No matter what the truth of the matter, let us not fool ourselves. People will not believe that these crossovers were honest. This mistrust will taint any government formed on the back of these crossovers."

"The two assemblymen whose allegiance we have suddenly gained are under investigation for corruption, while the Bota assemblyman's justification for his record-breaking 10-day double-hop is an insult to the public's intelligence and nauseating in its insincerity."

"The Constitution and the role of the Ruler in such crises must be respected because defections are not a basis for the formation of a government. Elections are."

"The menteri besar has sought the Ruler's consent for the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly. The decision now rests with the Ruler."

"Our taking control without resorting to elections would cement the enmity of the very people we should be trying to win back. Come the next general election, they are going to reject both our state and parliamentary candidates with greater vehemence, and not just in Perak."

"We are under close public scrutiny and unless we implement radical reforms and are seen to be doing so, we are finished politically come next elections".

[UNQUOTE]

Source: The Malaysian Insider

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News from The Malaysian Insider: Perak crisis spotlights royalty’s role

The early signs emerging from Perak are not promising. The previously unsullied reputations of Sultan Azlan Shah and his erudite son, Raja Nazrin Shah have been the subject of scorn and ridicule.

Q: Cakap Tak Serupa Bikin?


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Raja Nazrin Shah: Only those who are capable, responsible and scrupulously honest should be allowed to serve in positions of leadership. Those who are inefficient, incompetent and, most importantly, corrupt, should be held in absolute contempt. It was very important, he added, to have leaders who were earnest in building unity and did not resort to religious or ethnic posturing to further their careers.

Raja Nazrin Shah: “The Constitution is the supreme law of the land and guarantees the rights of every Malaysian. Get a copy of the Federal Constitution and read it…the integrity of that document must be protected at all cost.”

Sultan Azlan Shah: “Nothing destroys more the confidence the general public, or the business community has in the judiciary than the belief that the judge was biased when he decided a case, or that the judge would not be independent where powerful individuals or corporations are the litigants before him.”

Raja Nazrin Shah: “In the last two decades, judicial independence and integrity have eroded. The result is a lack of confidence in the judicial system and the complete disregard for the law by some quarters. These are dark stains on our honour and reputations and they have the potential to weaken, if not destroy the nation.”

[Unqoute]

Source: The Malaysian Insider

Pakatan Yang TakHormat di Perak

Perak, oh Perak!

PKR, oh PKR!

Anwar, oh Anwar!

This is the price you have to pay!

The leopard never can change its spots.

Einstein had repeatedly defined "Insanity": you repeatedly kept those who had proven to be corrupted frogs, and expect their characteristics to produce different results.

PKR deserved it! Pakatan deserved these corrupter and Umno will always welcome back their own creed.

DAP knew that she would defect; she did what she had to do.

Sama sama cari makan!

Money is everything, irrespective of your color and intellect!

Money, oh money; we all love money!

God bless us with more money!

Story of Accountants - Take One

Two accountancy students were walking across campus when one said, "Where did you get such a great bike?"

The second accountant replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want."

The first accountant nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't fit."

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Bayi's Story: The Prize of Love

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases.

On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.

On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining room table by candle-light, put on some soft background music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, and a bottle of spring-water .

When she had finished, she went into each and every room and deposited a few half-eaten shrimp shells dipped in caviar into the hollow of the curtain rods.

She then cleaned up the kitchen and left. When the husband returned with his new girlfriend, all was bliss for the first few days. Then slowly, the house began to smell.

They tried everything; cleaning, mopping and airing the place out.

Vents were checked for dead rodents and carpets were steam cleaned.

Air fresheners were hung everywhere. Exterminators were brought in to set off gas canisters, during which they had to move out for a few days and in the end they even paid to replace the expensive wool carpeting.

Nothing worked!!!

People stopped coming over to visit. Repairmen refused to work in the house. The maid quit.

Finally, they could not take the stench any longer and decided to move. A month later, even though they had cut their price in half, they could not find a buyer for their stinking house.

Word got out and eventually even the local realtors refused to return their calls.

Finally, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to purchase a new place ...

The ex-wife called the man and asked how things were going .

He told her the saga of the rotting house. She listened politely and said that she missed her old home terribly and would be willing to reduce her divorce settlement in exchange for getting the house back.

Knowing his ex-wife had no idea how bad the smell was, he agreed on a price that was about 1/10th of what the house had been worth, but only if she were to sign the papers that very day . She agreed and within the hour his lawyers delivered the paperwork.

A week later the man and his girlfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving company pack everything to take to their new home...

And to spite the ex-wife, they even took the curtain rods!

Who are the Intellectuals?

"The tragic joke of human history is that on any of the altars men erected, it was always man whom they immolated and the animal whom they enshrined.

It was always the animal's attributes, not man's, that humanity worshipped: the idols of instinct and the idol of force - the mystics and the kings - the mystics, who longed for an irresponsible consciousness and ruled by means of the claim that their dark emotions were superior to reason, that knowledge came in blind, causeless fits, blindly to be followed, not doubted - and the kings - who ruled by means of claws and muscles, with conquest as their method and looting as their aim, with a club or a gun as sole sanction of their power.

The defender of man's soul were concerned with his feelings, and the defender of man's body were concerned with his stomach - but both were united against his mind."

--- John Galt in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

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Who are the Intellectuals?

"Any man or woman who is willing to think. All those who know that man's life must be guided by reason, those who value their own life and are not willing to surrender it to the cult of despair in the modern jungle of cynical impotence, just as they are not willing to surrender the world to the Dark Ages and the rule of the brutes."

--- Ayn Rand in her book: For The New Intellectual

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Bayi's Story: Chinese Torture

A handsome young man was traveling through the jungle. Growing tired, he passes by a house and decides to ask if they could put him up for the night. After he knocks on the door, and a young sweet girl opens the door. The youthful traveler asks if he could stay the night. The girl had to asked her grandfather to permit this young guy to stay. The grandfather agrees on condition that -- the handsome young man doesn't fool around with his granddaughter. The old man warns him that if he does screw his granddaughter, he will perform the three greatest Chinese tortures on him. The traveler agreed, and the old man lets him in.

After dinner, the young man chats with the granddaughter, who has the look of Sharon Stone and the lips of Angelina Jolie. After he figures that the old man is asleep, he goes into her room and makes love to her.

The next morning, the man awakes with a 100-lb rock on his chest with a sign reading, "First Chinese torture: wake up with 100-pound rock on chest."

Being a strong man, the traveler thinks nothing of it. He picks up the rock and throws it out the window.

On the back of the rock, there is another sign reading "Second Chinese torture: right ball tied to rock."

Thinking quickly, the traveler jumps out the window. On the other side of the window, there is another sign reading, "Third Chinese torture: left nut tied to bed post."

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Moral of the Lesson: Check your balls, always!

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Bill Gates on Education

"If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.”

--- Bill Gates in his first “annual letter” outlining his work on his twin passions – health and development in the poorest nations. Read more at www.gatesfoundation.org/

Bayi's Story of a CONDOM

The government today announced that it is changing its national symbol to a CONDOM because it more accurately reflects the government's political stance.

A Condom:
allows for inflation,
halts production,
destroys the next generation
protects a bunch of pricks,
and give you a sense of security while you're actually being screwed.

Damn, it just doesn't get more accurate than that.

Life's Lesson: Experience & Control

The more we plan our steps, the more chance there is that we will go wrong, because we are failing to take into consideration four things:

1) Other people (2) Life's teaching (3) Passion, and (4) Calm.

The more we feel we are in control of things, the farther off we are from controlling anything. A threat does not issue any warning, and a swift reaction cannot be planned like a Sunday afternoon walk.

Do not allow your supposed experience of life to transform you into a machine.

Often what we call experience is merely the sum of our defeats. Thus we look ahead with the fear of someone who has already made a lot of mistakes in life and we lack the courage to take the next step.

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Extracted from Paulo Coelho's book, "Like the Flowing River

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