Long time ago....

I have not post a single thing for a long-long time. Maybe I should start again.

Sighhhh

Selamat Berpuasa

To my muslim friends, selamat berpuasa....

Nazri is RIGHT

Nazri is right on this. The powers to prosecute must be left only to the Attorney General's chamber and nothing more. And that applies to every other agencies such as Film Censorship, Copyright cases, Health Authorities etc. This is important to preserve separation of powers, check and balance so that the system will not be abused. The right of all man including accused person must be protected.

I thank the Malaysian Insider for the article below:-

Nazri previously announced that the MACC would not be empowered to prosecute its own cases. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — Hong Kong’s former anti-graft chief Bertrand de Speville has backed Malaysia’s decision to keep prosecution separate from corruption investigations to uphold the separation of powers.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz last month stressed the need for a check-and-balance between the investigation side and prosecution when dismissing calls for such powers for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Only the Attorney-General has such powers in the country.

“I think it shouldn’t,” de Speville replied when asked how important it was for an anti-corruption body to have prosecution powers in the bid to cut graft.

The former head of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is widely-regarded as an authority in the fight to cut graft. He was in Kuala Lumpur for the launch of his book, “Overcoming Corruption: The Essentials”, republished by the Research for Social Advancement.

De Speville, who has acted as a consulted to some 48 countries, went further by advising against granting the enforcement body further jurisdiction to also take its cases to court.

“Because I believe it’s important in fighting corruption we don’t lose sight of our basic principles of criminal justice and those basic principles say the functions of investigating, prosecuting and trying and sentencing should be kept distinct,” he explained.

“The investigator investigates, the prosecutor decides whether or not to prosecute and the judge tries and sentences.

“It’s very important those three functions are kept separate,” he stressed.

De Speville added that if a graft investigator is alleged of being corrupt while on the job, the matter should be investigated no differently from any other case.

The MACC, modelled after the ICAC, was set up in 2008 to step up the fight against corruption, a crime that was seen as a “white-collar” offence.

Malaysia’s dipping scores over the years in the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by world graft watchdog, Transparency International, is alleged to have cost the country billions of ringgit in foreign direct investments.

Groups from both sides of the political divide and outside have been lobbying Putrajaya to inject MACC with prosecution powers.

Among the pro-prosecution supporters then were Umno Youth deputy chief Datuk Razali Ibrahim and Bar Council chief Ragunath Kesavan.

A 2009 MACC report noted that the enforcement body only had a 45 per cent conviction rate.

Of the 754 cases that were taken to the lower courts last year, just 79 cases resulted in convictions.

Of the 119 cases that went on trial in the High Court, 77 cases were in the prosecution’s favour.

Zahid is wrong....I am PATRIOTIC

I have not blog for a long long long long timeeeeeeeeeeee. But I Think this got to blog.

I read and reread mahaguru and still unable to accept his explanation on Zahid calling non-Malays as unpatriotic, that is really one-sided. And surely it is not reverse psychology as he so assumed that is. First things first, I am Offended. Why? For the fact that I am Malaysian First and Chinese Second.

Second, "Finding Faults on Govt 24/7" - It is unbelievable that His Majesty Opposition is considered to be unpatriotic. What about govt members who corrupt and spend unnecessary of the rakyat's money, are they more patriotic? Surely not. It takes an idiot to actually agree with Mahaguru.

Thirdly, issues of "improving the infrastructure, creating better living environment, job etc...". Hello!!? Isn't that the powers of the executive at the federal level by creating a more even playing field to compete the best instead of falling way behind our neighbours such as Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines? And O thought those are the works of the local council. What about the role of Parliamentarian at the federal level as they are to debate policies and law not looking at the 'longkang' or public amenities...

And by the way, before that, I think the opposition members are damn more patriotic for defending the good constitution to see for a better Malaysia. And trust me, we are willing to fight till the end of the last drop of blood to defend this constitution and this country.

Remember the rukunegara
Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan
Kesetiaan kepada RAJA dan NEGARA
Keluhuran Perlembagaan
Kedaulatan Undang-undang
Kesopanan dan kesusilaan.

As a Minister, Zahid should not question the patriotic and loyalty of any citizen.

Selamat Berpuasa

To All Muslims, Selamat Berpuasa....

Is accusing UMNO sedition?

Accusing UMNO also sedition?

Teluk Intan MP investigated over alleged sedition

KUALA LUMPUR: Teluk Intan Member of Parliament M. Manogaran was Friday called by the police to give a statement over remarks he made, including accusing Umno of being behind the attempted arson on churches, at a function in Teluk Intan, Perak recently.

Manogaran, who was accompanied by his lawyer N. Surendran, arrived at the Setapak police station here at 3pm to give his statement to Hilir Perak Commercial Crime chief ASP Teh Jern Wah. He left about one hour later.

He is alleged to have made the seditious statement when speaking at a ceramah (public address) organised by PKR at Cenderung Balai in Teluk Intan on Jan 22.

He is also alleged to have said that the trial involving Opposition Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was unfair and aimed at preventing him from contesting in the next general election.

The case is being investigated under Section 4(1)(C) of the Sedition Act 1948 following a police report lodged by a policeman in Teluk Intan after Manogaran allegedly made the seditious statements.

Met by reporters, Manogaran denied making the statements and wanted police to show the recording of his speech at the ceramah as proof. -- Bernama

Quality of a Leader

That is what I call a true leader. Knowing a mistake and quick to tender an apology. Not like some.

Kit Siang apologises for ‘doormat’ incident

By TEH ENG HOCK

PETALING JAYA: DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang has apologised over the “doormat” incident, where party members walked on a large poster of Hee Yit Foong, Mohd Osman Jailu and Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi during a DAP Perak convention on Monday.

The three were Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen who left the coalition to become Barisan Nasional-friendly independents, causing the Perak state government to fall.

“I was taken by surprise when confronted with the doormat and tried to avoid stepping on the three pictures but not completely with success.

“I fully share the apology made by the DAP leadership over the incident,” he said Friday, adding that he had suggested during the convention for the Perak DAP leadership to tender a public apology over the incident.

He said in a statement that the incident was a lesson to all politicians to be particularly mindful about sensitivities of Malaysians in a plural society and the propensity of irresponsible politicians to turn a non-racial issue into a racial one.

“The DAP leadership has learnt from the mistake,” he said.

In a separate statement, DAP Perak chairman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham claimed full responsibility for the incident but said national party leaders, including those from PKR and PAS, should not be blamed.

“DAP leaders including Lim Kit Siang, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and the leaders of PKR and PAS who were invited to the convention are not to be blamed.

“As the doormat was placed across the entrance to the convention hall, all persons entering the hall will have to step on the doormat,” he said.

He added that it was unjust for Umno leaders to single out Kit Siang as the latter did not place the doormat.