Dr Porn Chua has no sympathy because Teoh Beng Hock is not his son!

...and he is Umno's good dog! Well done, Chua. You don't even fight for justice, let alone the Chinese.

No need for RCI to probe Teoh’s death, says Soi Lek

UPDATED @ 01:59:22 PM 08-01-2011

By Boo Su-Lyn

January 08, 2011

The crowd for Teoh Beng Hock Inquest verdict day.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek today dismissed calls for a royal commission to probe Teoh Beng Hock’s death, whose scope has been limited to anti-graft investigation methods.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced the formation of a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to review the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigation procedures.

“The Attorney-General already said he would file for a revision (of the verdict) to look into the cause of death,” Dr Chua told reporters today.

On Wednesday, the Coroner’s Court returned an open verdict in Teoh’s inquest, which means it could not ascertain how the 30-year-old DAP political aide had fallen to his death in 2009.

The PM said Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail had expressed his dissatisfaction with Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas’s verdict and would file for a revision soon at the Shah Alam High Court.

Najib has also said the RCI could not look into the cause of Teoh’s death as the law mandated such investigations to be done through the coroner’s office.

Teoh’s family, the Bar Council and the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam), however, have demanded the PM to expand the powers of the RCI.

The Teoh family’s lawyer, Gobind Singh Deo, said yesterday it was meaningless and a waste of public funds to set up an RCI that could not investigate how Teoh had plunged to his death.

Bar Council president Ragunath Kesavan also stressed that the Najib administration was obliged to give the family closure.

Teoh’s sister Lee Lan accused Najib yesterday of failing to honour his promise that the Teoh family would know how her brother died.

She expressed her disappointment with Najib’s announcement of setting up an RCI that lacked the powers to investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding Teoh’s death.

Lee Lan pointed out that the coroner had noted there were pre-fall injuries and had singled out the injury to Teoh’s neck.

She also said when the family met Najib two years ago after Teoh died, the PM personally pledged he would see to it the family will know how Teoh fell nine floors to his death.

The former political secretary to Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah was found dead on the fifth floor service corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on July 16, 2009.

MACC officials had earlier interrogated him overnight at its then-Selangor headquarters on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam on allegations that his former boss had abused state funds.

Today however, Dr Chua questioned Lee Lan’s claims of Najib’s vow to the family.

“Do you know what the prime minister said to the family? Were you there?” he asked a reporter who had highlighted Lee Lan’s claims.

“It is not fair to say what the family said is true and what the prime minister said is not true,” added Dr Chua.

He also stressed that Teoh’s death should not be used to gain political mileage.

“We extend our fullest sympathy but it should not be politicised,” he said.

Well, Dr Porn Chua, were you there to know what the prime minister said to the family? I bet you were not there as well. Were you in a hotel room f***ing a Chinese lady? Come on. You don't have to stoop so low to defend your master. Here's a good chance for you to defend the Chinese but you just blew it! Why not you balik Cina since China cannot and will not do anything to help Teoh Beng Hock too!

RM55K for cockroach leg as dried onion in Pizza Hut Subang Parade meal

Source: The Sun on Tues, October 12, 2010.

Maid rape: Maid said Rais didn't do it after Rais said he didn't do it to maid

Maid denies rape by Malaysian minister

UPDATED @ 07:13:49 AM 08-01-2011

January 07, 2011

JAKARTA, Jan 7 — An Indonesian maid who once worked for Datuk Seri Rais Yatim denied that the Information, Communication and Culture Minister had ever raped her in the eight years of service with him, a news portal reported today.

The detik.com website reported that the woman denied the allegations in a statement to four officials from the Indonesian Workers Protection and Placement Centre (BP3TKI) in Semarang near here.

“I worked for eight years in Datuk’s house. I was treated well, there were no problems and definitely no rough or undesirable treatment towards me,” she said in a statement.

National Protection and Placement of Indonesian Workers Authority (BNP2TKI) head Jumhur Hidayat told detikcom that the meeting with the woman was based on a report by BP3TKI, state news agency Bernama reported.

Bernama is under Rais’s ministry. The minister denied on Wednesday the allegations raised by political foes and bloggers.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak also raised doubts about the claims today, noting the alleged incident had reportedly happened in 2007 but only raised recently.

In today’s report, Jumhur stressed that the alleged rape of the maid had never happened.

“There is testimony from the maid and also a written statement from her that she was never raped while working for Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim’s (picture) family in Malaysia, including any undesirable behaviour,” Jumhur said in a statement to detik.com.

He said the four BP3TKI officials had met the maid and her husband where the woman related that she worked in Malaysia from 1999 to 2007 at Rais’s house before returning to her Central Java village.

“I have reported her statement to the Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar,” said Jumhur.

He asked all quarters to be cautious when making allegations of Indonesian maids

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being raped by Malaysian ministers.

“This involves the reputation of the maid and her family’s life in the village,” he said.

Rais’s denials came after several weeks of a whispering campaign that the claims were in US diplomatic cables leaked by whistleblower website WikiLeaks.

However, no such documents were found on the WikiLeaks website.

Rais has been under pressure from some bloggers in the past few months, particularly over claims that his ministry abused a RM1 billion fund for netbooks meant for poor students.

But the allegations have been cleared.

The veteran minister has been in government since 1974, having served in his Negri Sembilan home state and previously as foreign minister.

I'm not surprised if the maid has denied rape out of fear. After all, who is not afraid of Malaysian Ministers, particularly Cabinet Minsters, who may blow you to smithereens if they want to hide their crimes?

Malaysiakini has the story:

Alleged rape victim fears minister's reach

The truth: The Government doesn't want to know the truth. MACC 'murderer'

That's why the RCI is only to study the investigating procedures adopted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and to determine whether there was a violation of human rights in the investigation process involving Teoh.

The RCI is NOT to find out the cause of the political aide’s death.

On July 29, 2009, The Star Online reported: Najib assures Teoh's parents of thorough investigation. The first para read: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak met the family of Teoh Beng Hock and gave them his assurance that every effort would be made to find out the cause of the political aide’s death.

So, tell me. Does the Government want to know the truth?

Satim, the new broom, to replace Khir, the old broom, as Opposition leader

BN appoints Satim Selangor opposition chief

By Adib Zalkapli and G. Manimaran

January 07, 2011

Khir quit the post after being charged with land fraud. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 — Seri Serdang assemblyman Datuk Satim Diman has been named the new Selangor opposition leader, making him a potential mentri besar candidate if Barisan Nasional (BN) retakes the state.

At the state Umno liaison committee meeting last night, former minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed was appointed state party secretary, a position previously held by Satim.

The minor reshuffle was made following the resignation of Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, who quit as opposition leader early last month after he was charged with land fraud.

“The appointment was decided last night and my task will be to prepare the party to win back Selangor,” Satim told The Malaysian Insider.

“Datuk Mohd Zin as a former minister is very experienced; he will focus on strengthening Umno and I will continue with other works that we started before; everyone will have a role to play. The reshuffle shows our seriousness in winning back Selangor,” said the Puchong Umno division chief.

Selangor Umno is headed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak with Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Datuk Seri Noh Omar as the new deputy.

“The meeting last night showed our preparedness. All members of the state liaison body attended including the new Youth chief Engku Salleh,” said Satim.

Satim had previously come under attack from Umno blogs for alleged failure to perform as a state lawmaker and was also rumoured to have resigned in June last year.

The four-term assemblyman later denied the rumours and made several appearances at Umno-organised public rallies in the state.

Satim was tipped to be the Selangor mentri besar after the resignation of Tan Sri Abu Hassan Omar in 2000 but then prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad chose to back the younger Khir to take over the state leadership.

Early this week, Selangor Umno Youth also saw a leadership change when influential Serdang Youth leader Engku Salleh Engku Abdul Jamal was named as the new state Youth chief, replacing Sepang Youth chief Suhaimi Mohd Ghazali.

The reshuffle comes at a time when the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government is struggling to control the fallout from its disagreement with the palace over the appointment of new state secretary, Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi.

The administration of Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim has refused to recognise Khusrin’s selection, which it insists was made after interference by the BN federal government.

Ha, finally, the broom-award giver who gave himself the boot, is being replaced by a new broom. Well, who can forget Khir who in the year 2007 presented a broom to Hulu Selangor District Council chief Tukiman Nail and Hulu Selangor Land Office’s former district officer Mislan Tugiu for failing to collect assessment above the 50% mark required for 2006? He should thank his lucky star that he was not awarded a literal broom.

EIU: 'Malay-first Muhyiddin most likely the one to replace 1Malaysia Najib'!!!

Najib’s future at stake in snap polls, says EIU

By Shannon Teoh

January 06, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s position as Umno president and prime minister will be at risk if Barisan Nasional (BN) “fails to secure a resounding victory” in snap polls anticipated this year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Its latest country report on Malaysia said that with Umno’s internal elections postponed to 2012, its president will need a strong mandate in a general election this year.

“If the party fails to secure a resounding victory in the snap general election... there would be even greater resistance to economic reforms, undermining the credibility of the prime minister, Najib Razak (picture), and potentially placing his position as president of Umno — and hence his role as head of government — at risk,” said the EIU in this month’s report on Malaysia.

It also named Najib’s deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the most likely contender to be Najib’s replacement.

Umno’s support base sees it as a champion of Malay rights and privileges and a shrinking presence in Parliament will be interpreted by more hawkish factions as a threat to Malays.

Najib’s moves to liberalise and relax economic guarantees for Bumiputeras would provide fodder for right-leaning elements to push for a more hardline leader.

In its report, the EIU also warned that while BN was expected to maintain power after the next general election, “the ability to make or break BN” has been in the hands of politicians from Sabah and Sarawak whose bloc of 52 MPs now make up nearly two-fifths of BN’s 137 seats in Parliament.

“Unresolved issues, such as illegal foreign immigration to Sabah, may cause the BN parties based in Borneo, or individual MPs from the island, to defect to the opposition or use the threat to do so to secure greater influence within the coalition in the run-up to the next general election.

“Moreover, the Borneo-based parties will become even more influential if MPs from the island retain their seats at the next election and a substantial number of BN legislators based in Peninsular Malaysia lose theirs,” the report said.

The Sarawak state polls must be called by July 2011 and will be a severe test of what has been a BN stronghold.

A shaky performance will likely destabilise parties that have been loyal to BN there.

Umno announced in November that it had postponed internal party elections for 18 months which intensified speculation that a snap general election could be called in the first half of 2011.

Twice in recent history, when Umno has postponed its party polls, a general election has then been held within a year.

The EIU report also noted that BN has been boosted by victories in two recent by-elections — Galas in Peninsular Malaysia and Batu Sapi in Sabah — which may have marked a turning point in terms of voter support for the governing coalition after an initial run of consecutive defeats.

MCMC double standard: Fast action against Rocky, no action against Rais

Blogger Ahirudin Attan demands to know why the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has yet to act on the allegations of rape against Information, Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim that had spread like wildfire over the Internet since Ahirudin, on Dec 23, had posted in his blog Rocky's Bru and hinted that a senior cabinet member was alleged to have raped his maid in 2007.

This, said Ahirudin, was contrary to past actions of MCMC, when the cyberspace watchdog had acted swiftly when a police report was filed against him.

Ahirudin told Malaysiakini when contacted today, that MCMC had to investigate the allegations as blogs came under the  purview of MCMC.