Half past six-es in Perak

Malaysiakini - Karpal: High Court decision null and void.

Someone has brought the judiciary to disrepute, and the saddest part is that someone is the Ipoh judiciary.

The Ipoh High Court is now under accusation of contempt of the State Assembly, in its pathetic and unforgiveable attempt to bar the State Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar from convening assembly meetings, having the temerity to suggest such Assembly meetings called by the Speaker are unlawful.

In reality the judiciary has no authority to interfere with the Legislative.

Like the Malaysian police force, judicial commissioner Ridwan Ibrahim didn’t seem to understand the democratic concept of ‘separation of powers’. He dared to interfere with the proceedings of the State Assembly, something completely outside his jurisdiction.

Karpal Singh has told the Speaker, Sivakumar, to ignore the Ipoh High Court as its ruling has been unlawful and void.

The Lion of Gelugor roared: "Why challenge something which is in fact non-existent? Ignore the High Court order as I think the assembly has the power to ignore the order. It is null and void and it is not required to be followed."

Unbelievable and impossible as it may seem, the judicial commissioner has brought even greater shame and disrepute to the Malaysian judiciary. For a lawyer to propose ignoring a High Court order means that High Court ruling is half past six!

Unrelenting like a bulldog, Karpal urged Sivakumar to turn the tables on the judicial commissioner for making an unconstitutional decision for which he ‘could be brought before the Perak state assembly’.

And let’s not forget the Ipoh Police Chief for unlawfully barring the State Assembly from its legislative proceedings. I believe the penalty is several years imprisonment.

But even worse than the judicial commissioner’s unconstitutional interference with the State Assembly, he has either stupidly or maliciously attempted to foist upon Sivakumar the services of the State Legal Advisor who is already representing Sivakumar’s opponent in the courts, Zambry the Pretender to the MB position.

Any layperson would see that as an unmitigated ‘conflict of interest’, not unlike buying a house by using the housing developer’s lawyer to oversight the purchase contract.

His reasoning that Sivakumar, whom he wrongfully presumed to be a 'public official', is obliged to accept the services of the State Legal Advisor is untenable, as he fails to understand, apart from the unforgiveable ‘conflict of interest’, that a Speaker of the House is NOT a public official.

Article 132(3)(b) of the Federal Constitution categorically states that ‘the public service shall NOT be taken to comprise’ the Speakers of Parliament and the Legislative Assemblies of the State.

What a sad, sorry and half past six bloke!

Each day we are losing respect for yet another once-hallowed and respected Malayisan institution - today the dubious credit for that erosion of respect must go to judicial commissioner Ridwan Ibrahim.

Tree of democracy

I stood silently for years
Seeing all and hearing all
Though saying but naught
Whispering only to the wind

No one looks at me for long
But they huddle beneath me
As I stretch gently over them
Providing relief from the sun

Sometimes the rain tickles
My green fronds teasingly
And I could only smile back
At its many wet sweet kisses

Something strange happened
Yesterday when democracy
Sought sanctuary under me
In the shade I spread around

A man in resplendent gown
Of black and gold, with dignity
Call his group to official order
Made me feel like Yggdrasil

Now, many would come to me
Staring, smiling & even touching
When once they just walked by
I’ll always remember 03 03 09

Perak DUN assembled under tree

03 March 2009, barely a year after the last Malaysian general election when tsunamic results brought about a sorry saga of gross interference by civil servants (including the police force) in the State's democratic process, forcing the Perak State Assembly to convene a sitting al fresco, under a tree.

De jure Perak MB said the State Assembly was forced to do so by a 'doctrine of necessity' when the BN controlled police force blocked the rakyat's elected representatives from accessing the building which houses the state assembly.

The two photos are evidence of a historical moment when the rakyat's elected representatives stood up against adversity to demostrate their will to make democracy work for those they represent.

Malaysiakini photo

Malaysian Insider photo

Beneath the buah cherry tree (8)

The typical idyllic scene in an older part of Suburbia – a kedai kopi (coffee shop or in reality, just a stall) beneath a Malaysian ‘buah cherry’ tree. The customers sit al fresco enjoying their coffee or tea, some nasi lemak, roti canai or kueh, and their favourite hobby, casual conversation.

Ahmad: Dei aneh, good news lah!

Leong: Aiyah ‘mad, mana ada good news, this country karn neen nair kau kau liao.

Muthu: OK, what good news?

Ahmad: It could have been us, you know, sitting under this pokok buah cherry, and convening the State Assembly, just like V Sivakumar way down in Perak. Just imagine, we three could be Yang Berhormat sipping out kopi-o while pondering or pontificating on State matters.

Leong: Yeah, first order of business – sack that Assembly clerk for daring to usurp the YDP DUN’s powers. F**king lil’ Napoleon. That bloody civil servant has the nerve to lock down the state secretariat building in an attempt to prevent the State ADUNs from having a sitting.

Muthu: Second order of business, pass a motion to censure the police for interfering with the Legislative. What does the Ipoh police chief think he’s doing, having the bloody nerve to intrude into areas beyond his powers. Hasn’t the Home Minister just said that the Police have no jurisdiction in parliament, and parliament means either the federal or states’ building and adjoining area.

Ahmad: Third order of business – pass motion to express the House displeasure at that Judicial Commissioner for attempting to lumber Sivakumar with the State legal advisor, when there is an obvious ‘conflict of interest’.

The State legal advisor is representing the pretender MB against the de jure MB, so how can this bloke also represent the latter as well. This is f* nonsense of unmitigated half-past six proportion.

Muthu: Real pundee pariah bullsh*t … errr … maybe we shouldn't use these f* and p* words lah if we want to imagine we are ADUNs under the buah cherry tree hehehe!

Leong & Ahmad (together): Poorah aneh!

Ahmad: These are the precise words some of those f* politicians used. Get use to them and we’ll be real ADUNs pretty soon.

Muthu: So … what’s next with the Perak state?

Leong: Looks like the BN executive with its control of the judiciary, police and civil servants has virtually installed a semi-dictatorship against the PR-controlled Legislative. It's a real Berak state now.

Ahmad: A good lesson for the state governments of Penang, Selangor and Kedah – play their game – evoke the ‘Night of the Long Knives’ whenever the PR gains control of a State from the BN.

Muthu: Night of the Long Knives?

Leong: Ahmad means that BN appointees in the PR controlled state civil service should be purged as those officials would be like that pundee Perak clerk of the DUN.

They cannot be relied on to act impartially like professionals in the finest tradition of the Civil Service in most Commonwealth nations. There's something to be said about the American system. Those Yanks works on the basis that when a government falls its appointed officers are purged as well.

Muthu: Karn neen nair, Nizar did sack that State religious director, but only because he was insubordinate to the MB. He refused to cooperate and work with the State PR government. Incidentally he is a member of UMNO Parit Buntar, and no doubt been UMNO appointed and obviously UMNO-affiliated.

But guess who rebuked Nizar and had that insubordinate UMNO-affiliated civil servant reinstated?

Leong: What do you think he will do?

Muthu: Who?

Leong: HRH.

Both Leong and Muthu turn to Ahmad for his take.

Ahmad: F* if I know! And gnam gnam when the country is facing the gravest threat to our economy and well-being ... apart from the fact we have become the laughing stock of the world. How did we arrive at such a f*up situation?

The three friends pondered silently at the rotten state of affairs in the Silver State, an imbroglio ironically brought about by a constitutional bungle (one way or another) by a previously acclaimed ‘silver bullet’.


The Buah Cherry Tree Dialogues:
(1) Beneath the buah cherry tree
(2) Beneath the buah cherry tree (2)
(3) Beneath the buah cherry tree (3)
(4) Beneath the buah cherry tree (4)
(5) Beneath the buah cherry tree (5)
(6) Beneath the buah cherry tree (6)
(7) Beneath the buah cherry tree (7)

Also read Malaysiakini High drama, violence & 'pokok demokrasi'

A sweetie's take on Malay culture

Yesterday I penned Tribalism in Malaysian politics where I discussed the Malaysian culture of tribalism, which I had posted before in Ijok - where Malays are even more tribal!

Sweetie Helen Ang, who writes regularly in Malaysiakini, has just written an excellent article for the Centre for Policy Initiatives titled The Muhammad Muhammad type Malay culture.

Apart from being a sweetie (my knees feel weak oledy!) and a fellow Penang larng, she’s a damn good writer – I encourage you to read her article.

Nation of flip-floppers

Flip flops!

The road toll – the verdict was that it’s not good enough – insincere; the other side of the coin was that the government has been responsive.

Well …?

Then we come to the use of the word ‘Allah’.

No, can’t use it … then yes … then again, no … then …?

Personally kaytee isn’t all that supportive of the Church’s insistence on using this word.

Yes, yes, all the arguments that ‘Allah’ is an Arabic word meaning ‘God’ and not necessarily that of the god of Islam only ... yadda yadda ... but I am not convinced because other words exist for use, like ‘Tuhan’, ‘YWVH’, Jehovah, Elohim, etc

… or that we’re dependent on Indon publication of al Kitab – no, not in today’s world when we have the means to publish our own Malay version of the Bible.

I know I am going to be damn unpopular with my Christian friends when I say this … while I believe on principle there ought not to be a monopolistic use of any word or words, I can understand why the Muslim community worries about the Church’s obdurate intention to use this word, especially more so when I know it’s obligatory, a sacred duty of the Church and Christians to be ‘missionary’ … ‘nuff said.

Then there’s Mr Flip Flop himself, AAB … though he was fairly collected and resolute against Anwar’s frenzied hot air on 916 and frogs …

… then Mr Man Man Lai was an equal Mr Flip Flop himself ...

... reformasi, then deformasi …... katak-fikasi (subversion of the ballot box), then ketuanan rakyat …

… also claiming grandstandingly he would frown upon any PKR misbehaving like those UMNO Youth members who mobbed Karpal … but conveniently and shamelessly ignoring the fact he has yet to discipline the Kulim Wonder for precisely the same thuggish behaviour ...

... yes, his unfulfilled promise which has been months and months overdue …

But don’t blame them, not AAB, Anwar, Syed Hamid, Najib, because we are in reality a nation of Flip-Floppers …

… aren’t we?

The other day I read in Malaysian Insider a news article about the Perak Prince Regent talking about the ‘rule of law’ – oh my God, the readers’ comments were most unfavorable to HRH.

Just imagine, some months ago, this man was seen by probably the same critics as the very epitome of Malaysia's future leadership, its hopes, the ‘silver bullet’ from the Silver State to kill the UMNO werewolf …

… now, he and his Dad have plunged to rock bottom in those same Malaysian eyes …

(kaytee was never in favour of royalty taking more than a constitutionally limited/ceremonial role, having earlier frowned upon and warned about their naughty intervention in Perlis, Terengganu … which I had termed as 'Ops Clawback').

Read also my previous posts:

(1) Rulers no 'Silver Bullet'.

(2) Tainted silver ain't no silver bullet.

(3) Dangerous euphoria over 'political' royalty.

How swift are the Mighty fallen … or … more to the truth, their admirers were just blooming flip-floppish wakakakaka …

… OK, now read Malaysiakini Of sultans and state assemblies - incidentally I personally see Prof Bari as another Flip-Flopper wakakaka.

Then there were those who had previously condemned PAS hudud … then flip-floppishly ignored PAS’ recent admission during the KT by-election it wants to introduce hudud when it comes to power, rationalizing why it’s okay as per Anwar’s advice (and ignoring Karpal’s warning) …

(kaytee is still firmly against hudud, period …)

What about frogs … didn’t I hear from the acolytes of Mr Deformasi that, froggies are necessary to fulfill the people’s needs (huh???) because they just couldn't wait until 2013 …

… and these same unmitigated Wonders now curse the 3 Perak frogs and 1 revolving-door Wonder … wakakaka

Hmmm, let me see .. what else have I been fairly consistent about that I know one day the ‘faithful’ will (inevitably) flip flop over … wakakakakakakakaka

Flip flop, flip flop, flip flop ;-).

Tribalism in Malaysian politics

On Thursday, I read fairness and good advice in a Malaysian Insider’s editorial titled Malaysia is far from a mature democracy — The Malaysian Insider … indeed, how true!

The article discussed the terrible behavior of a group of some 30 UMNO Youth members mobbing Karpal Singh as the DAP MP was about to enter Parliament.

With UMNO youth, one is never quite sure what the issue had been about … whether it was about defending the Sultan of Perak … or Malay rights … or the position on Malaysia as an Islamic nation … or … whatever then is the vogue pahlawan bull.

Now, I support Karpal’s constitutional right to say what he has said about suing the Perak Sultan, based on what he (Karpal) believes to be a gross error on HRH’s decision on the Perak power grab by the BN.

Remove the bigoted ethno-religious emotions, and one would see that thus far, Karpal hasn’t said anything illegal in his criticism of the decision by HRH Sultan of Perak.

In fact I would say he has shown enormous courage for calling a spade, royal Silver as it might have been, nothing but a spade.

He has been vindicated by many legal experts in his criticism of the royal constitutional bungle (a generally agreed opinion within the legal community).

In my previous post, I had highlighted former Judge NH Chan’s succinct conclusion that HRH had gone beyond his constitutional role because of a desire to exercise a show of pretend-power.

NH Chan had described HRH’s sacking of MB Nizar as ‘… no more than a pretended show of power when, in fact, there is no such power …’ – see my earlier post All that is Silver does not glitter.

As for the celaka comment I concede Karpal might have been provocative in using that unpleasant word and also in accusing UMNO Youth of sending him the threatening letter with bullets. But one doesn’t bash or bully a person, especially more so when he’s a disabled senior citizen, just because one takes offence at his words.

We are supposed to be a nation governed by the ‘rule of laws’ – remembering that Rukun ke-4 is KEDAULATAN UNDANG-UNDANG.

Besides, he made those comments in Parliament and it’s up to the Speaker, and certainly not a pack of thugs, to deal with their substance. Karpal has to answer for his comments made under privilege, but to Parliament.

Contender for the UMNO Youth Chief, Khairy Jamaluddin had indirectly recognised Karpal’s parliamentary privilege when he challenged Karpal to re-state his remarks outside Parliament. And I have been pleased to read that KJ had frowned upon the hooliganism of his Youth members for their shameful behavior, a terribly disrespectful act within the sanctity and hallowedness of Parliament.

However there are important issues to raise from that unpleasant incident.

Why has there been such a show of disgraceful conduct by young members of a major political party in Malaysia, where they demonstrated they were no matter than Mat Rempits?

I reckon the following factors may possibly explain:

(1) The Malaysian culture of tribalism – I posted on this in Ijok - where Malays are even more tribal!

The tribal nature of the Malays made those hoons see Karpal as an enemy against the Malay tribe. But those idiots may be divided into three groups, as follows:

(a) Those who took offence against Karpal because they really did believe he was anti Melayu, or anti Sultan or anti Islam … (as I've said, you can’t tell which would be their cause, because this group would be like lemmings, easily roused and led, just like the anwarista hardcore elements).

What about the Chinese? In my post 'Xcuse, we're DAP, we don't plot coup d'état! in mid-2008, I mentioned a Malaysiakini columnist Manjit Bhatia … who lambasted the Malaysian non-Malays (mainly Chinese and Indians) for paying only lip service to their support for the opposition.

As an example of their alleged 'apathetic' political commitment, he singled out the general lack of non-Malay participation in the Anwar Ibrahim inspired street protest, the so-called reformasi revolution, that was launched after the former DPM was sacked from UMNO.

I replied to Manjit in a letter to Malaysiakini, where I said:

... the non-Malays, particularly the Chinese, wouldn't want to take sides in what was basically a tussle between two Umno factions - Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s and Anwar Ibrahim's?

That one side lost was inevitable and certainly not the concern of either the Chinese or Indians. That the loser suffered all the subsequent nastiness is regrettable but hardly made that bloke a political reformist.

Unless the Chinese are young and idealistic (most of whom would probably be in PKR already), they are too sceptical (of bullsh*t), cynical and in many ways, too calculative to be so idiotically led. Mind you, this is not a compliment to the Chinese but a statement of fact.

And until Hindraf came on the scene, the Indians too were apathetic to the twists and turns of Malay-dominated politics.

(b) Those UMNO hoons who know what they were going to do to Karpal would be unlawful, but rationalise internally that they had to do it untuk bangsa, agama dan negara.

They are no different from those PKR people who had idiotically rationalised that Anwar’s frog hunting has been reformasi itself, or that the 916 collapse was in reality a clever Anwar’s strategic intention wakakakakakakakaaa.

They had the nitwit nincompoop-ish nerve to explain they couldn't 'afford' to wait until 2013 to gain majority rule, while in the same f* foul fetid breath, claim to be better than UMNO, standing for democratic reforms.

But these half-clever self-rationalising people are the more dangerous because they are clever yet at the same time easily chong-ed or want to be chong-ed because that suits their hopes or rather, fantasies. In fact they would be more fanatical than Group (a) who are just blindly loyal and easily influenced.

(c) Then there’s the cunning group, those who don’t give a shit about HRH or Malay rights or whatever, other than their own political interests. Sometimes they could be the self-acclaimed ‘patriots’ who are really the instigators, agent provocateurs, exploiters – or what we commonly know as sh*t-stirrers - leaders who say ‘charge’ but won’t themselves. They exist on both sides of the fence.

(2) The second factor would be the behaviour of those leaders from Group (c) above.

Look at Khir Toyo who said that he couldn't conceive of non-Malays being on par with Malays, or Hishamuddin still insisting on defending the 30 UMNO Youth members despite their thuggish conduct in mobbing Karpal in the lobby of Parliament. What messages were they sending across (beside the one that they are ethnic heroes)?

Virtually most UMNO leaders including Anwar Ibrahim, Najib, KJ, etc had at one stage or another, resorted to bangsa, agama dan negara.

These so-called leaders, in promoting themselves as ethnic guardians have condoned, or even fostered such unlawful tribal behavior - recall the crude brutish bouncer-like conduct of Anwar's bodyguards?

Hasn’t Hishamuddin's shameful declaration to stand by those 30 thugs been a loud message to the clowns that their criminal misconduct were okay because it was for bangsa?

And hasn’t Anwar’s refusal to punish the Kulim Wonder been a message as abysmally shameful as that of Hishamuddin, where by exploiting the name of Islam (part of the bangsa, agama dan negara mantra), PKR members could do what they want, including crash gating like gangsters into a Bar Council or any forum, exactly like what had occurred at Apcet II?

Read also:

(1) UMNO suspended Ahmad Ismail - PKR mollycoddled Zulkifli Noordin

(2) Who was in charge when Apcet II was attacked by thugs?

Put the police and other civil servants into any one of the above groups, and you’ll understand why they had stood silently by while the UMNO youths harassed a MP in Parliament’s lobby, but why they had the swiftness of action and audacity to question Sivakumar, the speaker of the Perak State Assembly on state assembly matters – a gross misconduct and abuse of police powers which must be censured in no uncertain terms by both federal parliament and the state assembly …

… but which, rest assured, neither AAB nor Najib nor Syed Hamid will ever do.

And it sure as hell doesn't help when PAS Pak Haji Hadi Awang voiced (again) his willingness to form a (chiefly pan-Malay) unity government, a concept previously proposed in clandestine talks between UMNO and PAS - see Malaysiakini Ku Li backs Hadi's 'unity govt' call.

Keberanian PDRM?

Tahukah ai takut apa?

Tindakan polis menyoal YDP (speaker) DUN Perak Sivakumar. Ya!

Bolehkah/Berhakkah polis soal seorang YDP DUN tentang hal DUN?

Hmmmi, beranilah mereka, polis diraja Malaysia.

Berani menyoal YDP DUN.

Hah, berani karena menunjuk ketidakhormatan kuasa YDP DUN dalan hal DUN and ketidakpedulian Rukunnegara ke-tiga, yaitu Keluhuran Perlembagaan.

Biadap kan? Ketidakhormatan perlembagaan negeri mereka.

Baca juga:

Cerita Squatgate - Proudly Beneath Sang Saka Biru

Cerita Police - Naked Squatting then, Groping Buttocks now! dan Siapa Raja!

Juga Men in blue bashed youth till he was blue black and bloodied

Tetapi malang, polis ta’mampu pula dengan yang kes2 berikut:

Remembering Preeshena Varshiny

dan

Remembering Nurin Jazlin Jazimin

kenapa pula ai berani blog dengan BM?

oleh karena baru saja ai dah minum jus tapai wakakakakakkaakakaka hic wakakakakakakakakakaaa

woot, caution to the angin liao ;-)

UMNO Youths mobbed wheelchair-bound Karpal Singh

Malaysiakini - 'Singh is King' mobbed, MP claims assault

A wheelchair-bound Karpal Singh was surrounded and mobbed by 30 UMNO Youth members at the lobby of Parliament House.

While the Hang Tuah-ish perwiras harassed a man who is, in modern impolite words, a physical cripple who needs a wheelchair to get around, police and security personnel stood by idly, refusing to intervene - see Malaysiakini 'Cops, security did not help me'.

Karpal had to ring his DAP colleague sweetie Fong Po Kuan, who arrived with a 'rescue team' to save the DAP chairperson. Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng was bashed in the face and body.

An outraged Lim Kit Siang demanded that Umno Youth leader Hishammuddin Hussein and PM AAB apologise over the incident.

Uncle Lim sai: "This has never happened before ... it is the most outrageous and shameful episode in the history of Parliament."

Karpal called upon Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia in chambers later, and urged the latter to pass a resolution under the Houses of Parliament Privileges and Powers Act 1952 to issue a warrant of arrests against the Umno Youth supporters.

I heard Pandikar couldn't be reached for comments. Elegant silence? wakakakakaka.

Uncle Lim said it was also a clear violation of the Houses of Parliament Privileges and Powers Act 1952 and that those UMNO Youth "... should have been arrested on the spot for violating the act ... something has become very ugly in Malaysian politics."

Those gutless Wonders! And one of them could be a future PM.

All that is Silver does not glitter

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.

- Dato’ Haji Mohamad Munir bin Bani, Dato’ Lela Bakti Private Secretary to His Royal Highness

(from Malaysian Insider Sultan sympathises with Eli but won't interfere)

The above was also published in Malaysiakini Nude photos: Sultan throws ball back into MB's court.

Well said, Tuanku!

As one who is rather lukewarm to royalty, I have slowly come to admire more and more HRH Sultan Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, ruler of Selangor.

While Malaysian eyes, ears and admiration had initially focussed hopefully on the royalty in the Silver State as ‘silver bullets’, it has been the Selangor Sultan who, though less pontificating and less pompous (thank goodness & menjunjong kasih Tuanku for small mercies), have stolen the affection of the ordinary rakyat.

I admit I wasn’t too impressed by HRH's admission that he was the initiator of the issue of ‘social contract’ aired during the last Rulers Conference, but I have noted that HRH has been very careful not to lend any impression he was politically biased nor had he demonstrated any political preference.

He had carefully talked with the ADUNs of the Pakatan after the March 08 election to ascertain their loose alliance has sufficient cohesion to form a stable State government, without interfering with the choice of MB, showing he was a ruler only concerned about the good governance of his State.

Perhaps one could argue that he was ‘reported’ as not keen on having Teresa Kok as the deputy MB of Selangor, but that could well be the work of the royal courtiers, most being mainly pro-UMNO or UMNO people.

My mate Dean Johns whose latest article Royalty and loyalty appeared in his Malaysiakini column today, is like me, not all that ardent about many royal members.

Notwithstanding our shared tepid feelings towards the monarchy, Dean has shown some admiration for King Bumiphol of Thailand, but rightly not for the Crown Prince whose conduct had been said could well match those of a certain Malaysian Sultan (the one who didn’t like a caddy or a hockey coach).

Many years ago, King Bumiphol in a shocking, virtually earth-shattering move for Thais, did the unprecedented and conferred on his daughter* the title of Crown Princess.

* I believe the second one – the first was originally disowned when she married a farang (Mat Salleh)

His message to the Crown prince wasn’t subtle at all – HM was virtually saying publicly that the throne was not guaranteed for the Crown Prince nor would it be automatically through the male line.

Strangely, even after the Perak constitutional imbroglio, Dean still has some good words for the Perak Sultan, stating that HRH is ‘… among the more worthy and distinguished members of Malaysian royalty …’.

Distinguished certainly …

… but let’s examine the words of NH Chan which he wrote for Malaysiakini in Sultan has no powers to ask Nizar to quit.

As Malaysiakini reminded those who are not familiar with his name, NH CHAN is former Court of Appeal judge famous for his ‘All is not well in the House of Denmark’ comment regarding judicial corruption. He was then referring to High Court’s commercial division which was located in Wisma Denmark, Kuala Lumpur. The quote is based on Shakespeare’s ‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark’.

I won’t go into the entirety of the legal mauling Chan gave HRH, but read this one extract:

As a former Lord President, who was then the highest judge in the country, the sultan should know that it is improper to see an interested party alone without the other side being present before announcing his decision.

It was only after the ruler had seen Najib that he summoned Nizar to inform him that he had decided not to dissolve the legislative assembly.

That was his undoing. It was a fatal error. This is not a case of natural justice where both sides have a right to be heard. There was no hearing. […]

Every judge, unless he is a bad judge, knows that the right thing to do is to apply the oft-repeated saying of Lord Chief Justice Hewart in R v. Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy: “It is not merely of some importance, but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done”.

I encourage you to read NH Chan’s erudite analysis of the sorry saga.

But the part that caught my eye and confirmed my long-held suspicion about the Perak Sultan was Chan’s comment on HRH sacking of Nizar:

It is a personal discretion of the ruler to act on the appointment of a menteri besar. Since the ruler has the power to appoint another person as menteri besar in place of Mohd Nizar based on his judgement, there is, therefore, no need to order him to resign at all.

This is no more than a pretended show of power when, in fact, there is no such power.

A pretend show of power!

… exactly what I wrote in Bismarck: The king reigns but does not govern on 09 November 2008, where I said [relevant extracts only]:

I felt then the blog Malaysia-Today had promoted the royals beyond their constitutional role.

I have no doubt that those promotions of the royalty as potential political saviours had encouraged the royalty to begin exerting their powers, and in many incidents, in clumsy unconstitutional manner.

Their post election interferences by some Sultans were prime examples which regrettably many supported in glee, revelling in the embarrassment of an UMNO PM without realizing the more constitutionally-dangerous significance of those royal manoeuvres. I hate to use cliché but those silly sycophantic supporters couldn’t see the bigger picture.

Then I wrote about the humiliation of Nizar [relevant extracts]:

Another lamentable example had been the Perak Sultan's undermining of Perak MB Nizar’s authority by rescinding the latter’s sacking of the State religious director.

Publicly chopping the MB’s authority off at the knees, in a show of unnecessary but raw royal power play, the Prince (acting on behalf of the Sultan) justified his action on the fact that the Sultan as the religious head of the State had the royal prerogative on State religious matter.

That's true but unfortunately the sacking didn’t have anything to do with any religious issues or policies but rather a case of a civil servant demonstrating sheer insubordination to the MB by refusing to implement the State government’s directive.

But regardless of whether it was a case of insubordination by a civil servant or a MB committing a faux pas with a State religious issue, was there really such a need for HRH to publicly humiliate the new MB and undermine his authority as the State’s CEO? Surely a quiet royal word to Nizar and the MB would have been right royally apologetic (even if he wasn’t incorrect).

It was that pretend show of power!

And guess what happened after MB Nizar succumbed to such traditional Malay royal psy-war and reinstated an insubordinate State civil servant?

The Prince Regent in a subsequent speech (3 months later in late July) attempted to change (by stealth) his justification for his royal interference from that of religious matters to administrative fairness.

… only after Karpal Singh had blasted the Perak Sultan for interfering in the MB's administrative management.

I had warned time and time again that the royalty had been the problem rather than the solution …

And my apt advice to HRH Perak:

While the Sultans have a place under the Malaysian Constitution, they should be careful not to step down from their royal pedestal onto the grubby world of politics where they then draw justified criticisms unto their political (and not royal) persons.

But HRH the Sultan of Selangor has shown impeccable conduct as a constitutional monarchy.

There’s a Chinese saying, ‘bah chew mai knua sneo hnui’ meaning ‘don’t set your sights too far’ (when looking for something desirable).

It applies particularly to those politically conscious in KL and Selangor who had looked towards the Silver State for the ‘silver bullets’.

Sex and (or in?) Malaysian politics

I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though - Elton John


Malaysiakini - Oral sex: Easy to allege, hard to prove!

Sex, sex, sex!

Our politics and politicians (some anyway) loves to indulge in issues of sex, or if unlucky wakakaka, just hurl accusations, innuendos and snide remarks about others and their sexual escapades.

UMNO takes the cake for the lower end stuff such as the bocor-ites, the ‘you-like-it-hard-or-soft’, the tunnel between the AirAsia stewardess’ thighs, the waitress at a club, etc. One former MB even murdered someone who bonked his sister.

Then of course there's the famous or infamous accusations against Najib but till to date, there's not a shred of evidence - all reckless smears and Statutory Declarations, the latter of which tap danced around with "I was reliably informed ..." or "He told me he was told by him who was told by her that, yes she told him, she like it in the behind ...".

KJ had his moments as well ...

MCA – hmmm, CSL realizes he has a perpetual life-long baggage. I am not sure how he’ll shrug it off, but the Malaysiakini news article (see above) may be of some comfort to him.

Contrary to what I read yesterday, I have just been informed that UMNO actually don’t like him, which could possibly explain why the police saw fit to haul in for an interview on an already long-dead subject. I doubt his rival would have the direct pull to 'persuade' the police to take an interest in a matter of oral sex.

MIC – well, once there was once a rising star and his blue tapes (I heard a poor sweetie committed suicide - kesian), and I also heard another story ... but ... ;-)

PKR – well, … the suspicions are always there. I believe Tan Sri Ramon Navartanam once mentioned about such habits being practised in a certain boarding school.

Independent – Ibrahim Ali did say men like to play, but only with sub-50 women.

PAS? DAP?

Two ascetic monk-ish moralistic tight ass parties.

I heard MAS and AirAsia planes need a longer take-off run when DAP members are on board.

Why?

… because it has been rumoured they are heavier due to their (un-discharged) sperm-laden balls. Maybe some DAP people are still virgins? Wakakaka.

Laugh, DAP, that’s meant to be a compliment.

On the other hand, no, that’s not true (the virgin part), not since Hee Yit Foong shafted them. Wakakakakakkakaaa.

Hey, any DAP member laughing? C'mon, I am a DAP supporter so don't be mad - it's good to laugh at yourself - all together now, wakakakakaka!

One DAP supporter said in Facebook that those who aren’t involved with oral sex, please keep their mouths shut wakakakakakakakaka ... which may explain why Hafiz Yatim wrote in Malaysiakini Oral sex: Easy to allege, hard to prove especially if you keep mum! ;-)


If it wasn't for pick-pockets and frisking at airports I'd have no sex life at all - Rodney Dangerfield

Against the order of nature?

Malaysiakini - Cops probe Soi Lek for alleged oral sex!

Poor Chua is being harassed again, as if the shame of having his private tryst secretly filmed and then maliciously circulated, was not bad enough.

Malaysiakini reported that “… Selangor Criminal Investigation Department chief Hasnan Hassan ….. said that the police are investigating the sex DVD under section 377(A) of the Penal Code."

And just what is section 377(A) of the Penal Code?

It’s that convenient political weapon which covers 'carnal intercourse against the order of nature'. Anwar Ibrahim has had it used against him too.

The penal code states that “a person who has sexual connection with another person by the introduction of the penis into the anus or mouth of the other person is said to committed carnal intercourse against the order of nature.”

One could get 20 years plus a whipping if found to be guilty of having a blow job.

Jeeez, where do these people come from – no, I mean those who conceived of such a penal code ;-) …..

And that phrase ‘Introduction of the penis …..’ – wakakaka, visualize “Hi, I’m Penis, and who are you, Assh*le?”

What an intercourse ;-) er … verbal intercourse of coz. ;-)

And another phrase 'against the order of nature' - wakakaka, hey you guys still living in 1900's lah.

Nowadays blow jobs and ‘what else’ between consenting adults are the norm and not against the order of nature - in fact it's bloody 'natural' wakakaka ...

... and I bet at least several hundred thousand other people besides Chua would have to be incarcerated or whipped for blow jobs.

Malaysiakini reported: The sex scandal resurfaced on Feb 10 after a Kelana Jaya resident discovered in his mailbox an envelope containing a DVD and a letter.

The letter instructed the recipient to lodge a police report after watching the video.

Upon watching the DVD, the resident realised that the DVD was a pornographic video and proceeded to make the police report.

Good citizen eh? Yeah right!

If this is not staged as a harassment against Chua instigated by his rivals I don’t know what it is.

:-) Can't get over this choice of phrase: ‘Introduction of the penis …..’

"Hi Assh*le" - "Hi yourself you Pr*ck" wakakakakakakakakaka ;-)

The Moon jumped over the Cow

Malaysiakini - PAS seeks 'tell all' meeting with Khalid!

PAS Selangor has shown PKR, and Khalid Ibrahim in particular, that as an ally it’s less supportive than the DAP which has much earlier declared its 100% backing for the besieged Selangor MB.

Malaysiakini reported "In a 'less than full support' statement, Selangor PAS said Khalid should reveal the decisions that he expects to make in dealing with the allegations."

This is the same State PAS which had held covert pan-Malay talks with UMNO, and which incidentally Fairus, the Deputy CM of Penang, wanted in for the PKR as well.

And I believe it’s the PAS that PKR has been on tender hooks and behaving badly (conduct of gross disloyalty) regarding the contemptible attempt to smear the good name of Elizabeth Wong.

Anyway, thanks to MACC or the UMNO version of the Inquisition as I had alluded to in my post Exigit Sinceras Devotionis Affectus - the MACC, Chief Inquisitor Ahmad Said Hamdan @ Tomás de Torquemada, declared prejudgementally (most unbecoming of a MACC chief) that "there was strong and good evidence" against Khalid Ibrahim ...

... in alleged wrongdoing in the maintenance of a luxury car (a Lexus which is Khalid's personal property, but which he uses for his offical duties as MB) and purchase of sacrificial cows.

‘Sacrificial’ cows? This implies worshipping. Mana ada?

They were disembelihkan and parceled out as free daging sapi to the rakyat of Bandar Tun Razak.

Let’s examine the first allegation – maintenance of Khalid’s personal Lexus.

As the MB of Selangor Khalid has use of an official car, but he elects to use his own Lexus. I assume he is not charging the State for that.

So this bloke is using his own car for State duties.

Think of the wear and tear of his Lexus and the added/imposed road risk, all without cost to the State.

Shouldn’t he at least be allowed to charge the maintenance expenses to the State … provided of course the maintenance expenses can be proven they were directly related to his official functions … stuff like petrol, oil, water … and in the longer run, even tyres.

The counter argument is of course weaker but nonetheless could be mounted … like why couldn’t he like everyone and use the State car – nak syiok sendiri saja, so bloody well pay for your own petrol.

And, if he merely assigned all his petrol bills to the State, including those he used for his personal trips, then it becomes tricky.

Additionally, what else had been changed for maintenance?

But on the balance of it all, I would argue that based on what I have touched on above, Khalid should be entitled to claim maintenance expenses from the State.

In fact Malaysiakini reported in 'MB didn't order cows and it's his Lexus' that his lawyer Sankara Nair stated: "The Lexus is his own personal car which he was using even before he became the menteri besar, while the maintenance expenses for official purposes were all approved by the state."

There appears to be clear cut accountability, so I think it’ll be difficult for the bullsh*t MACC to have a solid case against Khalid. But then again, people have been charged for less.

On the cerita kerbau I think Khalid may have a problem. No doubt Sankara said that Khalid didn’t order the 46 kerbau to be donated as free beef during the Hari Raya Korban festival last December, but alas, the people who benefitted from Selangor State’s largesse were from his federal constituency of Bandar Tun Razak, in another State (not Selangor).

There appears to be a very strong case of ‘conflict of interest’, much in the same way as it would be seen, if Selangor State or one of the Selangor State controlled enterprises donated the same equivalent to the federal constituency of Seputeh during Chinese New Year, even without the knowledge or agreement of Teresa Kok, ADUN for Kinrara.

As my visitor Observer and many others have stated, it’s wishful thinking to hope UMNO won’t be keeping a beady eye on the PR, hoping to yell: “Aha … KNN ... gotcha!”

Exigit Sinceras Devotionis Affectus - the MACC

Read the following headlines and by putting 2 and 2 together, you needn’t wonder why people don’t have any iota of respect for the new anti-corruption body, the MACC.

Malaysiakini - Karpal takes MACC chief to task

Malaysian Insider - Pakatan braces for BN assault in Selangor

Good olde Karpal Singh lambasted the MACC chief Ahmad Said Hamdan for issuing what he considered as a public prejudgment (the legal equivalent of an Israeli or Japanese-styled pre-emptive strike) against Selangor MB, Khalid Ibrahim.

Ahmad Said declared that “there was strong and good evidence" against Khalid Ibrahim in alleged wrongdoing in the maintenance of a luxury car (a Lexus which is Khalid's personal property, but which he uses for his offical duties as MB) and purchase of sacrificial cows (for donation to the people of federal constituency of Bandar Tun Razak, Khalid's federal seat).

Whether those allegations have any basis is a separate issue but regrettably Ahmad Said has prejudiced the allegations against Khalid in more than one way (not just the alleged corruption) as Khalid has also lodged a libel suit against Khir Toyo for slandering him.

Karpal said Ahmad Said has violated the rule of law with his premature-inclined big mouth and demanded the MACC chief publicly clarify the basis on which such public disclosure on the findings of a graft investigation were released, blooming way way before prosecution has even been instituted.

The Lion of Gelugor roared: "It’s a prejudgment that the MACC chief must explain immediately. Ahmad’s public statement would compromise and jeorpadise Abdul Khalid’s case."

If you recall, in my previous post Anwar Ibrahim - 'Make an uproar in the east, hide the west' Ahmad Said had chewed Anwar Ibrahim for making the same premature statements about an incomplete investigation into the alleged Kedah corruption case, stating: "The Kulim case is being investigated and is not completed and Anwar's statement will affect investigation" - see Malaysiakini 'Bribery in Kedah': MACC ticks off Anwar

He's obviously one of those cakap ta'serupa bikin devotees.

Then Karpal twisted the knife around a fair bit. He rebuked Ahmad Said “for lacking the necessary knowledge on the very law that governs the MACC, which arguably does not bestow any prosecution powers on the commission.”

Ahmad Said had stupidly stated that though the MACC has prosecution powers, he had forwarded the case to the AG’s chambers because the case against Khalid Ibrahim involved a VIP.

Like Nemesis unbound, Karpal roared that Section 58 of the new Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission Act clearly states that: "A prosecution for an offence under this Act shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Public Prosecutor".

In other words, the MACC chief has diddly squat powers to independently prosecute anyone. That could only be done subject to consent from the AG’s chambers.

Karpal punished Ahmad Said for his vainglorious boast: "It’s shocking the MACC chief did not know about Section 58. It exposes his incompetence."

Oh, what will the Pakatan do without our spiritual and legal guardian, Karpal Singh, Lion of Gelugor?

And Malaysiakini Vox Populi comments have this to say: New anti-corruption body yet another BN lap dog?

I call for this MACC to be dissolved. We certainly don’t want an Israeli-Japanese preemptive-styled auto de fé headed by an UMNO-appointed Tomás de Torquemada, more so when he has demonstrated he's incompetent.

Anwar Ibrahim - 'Make an uproar in the east, hide the west'

Malaysiakini - Anwar warns against moral hazard!

Anwar? You all know me ;-)

It’s so hard to take Anwar seriously. Whenever he pontificated, either piously or pompously, I always look for something underlying his usual grandstanding oration.

Of course I still recall his claims of assassination when he scooted off to the Turkish Embassy, and claiming as well that the ambassador had either invited or advised him to do so. Subsequently the Turkish ambassador denied that.

Oh, don't forget the flak jacket too wakakaka.

And the real issue?

Saiful Bukhari Azlan!

Then, coming to KeADILan, a party set up with one sole purpose, to fight for Anwar’s release from prison …

… KeADILan grew into PKR with basically still the same nonsensical not-about-reforms reformasi.

After playing coy and resisting expectations for him to join PKR formally for years*, we see his wife suddenly resigning as federal representative of Permatang Pauh to enable Anwar to stand in the by-election, as a PKR candidate wakakaka.

* I've always held the belief he wants to return to UMNO, which has been why I reckon he didn't want to formally join PKR

And the real issue?

He thought his arrest for alleged sodomy was then imminent!

Now, we hear the 916 man claimed in Parliament, as reported by Malaysiakini, that he had adduced evidence of corruption and chicanery by the Umno-dominated Barisan Nasional, which led to the Perak coup d’etat.

... as if we need evidence to know that!

He also talked about corruption in Kedah, accusing the BN of attempting what had been done in Perak.

This is the best part in the Malaysiakini news article 'Bribery in Kedah': MACC ticks off Anwar: Anwar said the BN’s shenanigans in Perak and Kedah, led by the prime minister-designate Najib Razak, were done without the ‘slightest trace of shame’.

Wakakakakkakakaka – was there the slightest trace of shame in his froggie 916? Was there the slightest trace of shame in his Taiwan forays?

But leave that - Why has he modified Sun Tze’s 'Make an uproar in the east, strike in the west' into 'Make an uproar in the east, hide the west'?

And the real issue?

Elizabeth Wong!

As I blogged in Elizabeth Wong's 'Et Tu PKR'?:

Instead of looking after Eli during her most vulnerable period, the [PKR] top brass have been looking over their shoulders, more concerned about the impact of this issue on the heartland’s support (which they prefer than the current urban support they enjoy), and also fearing that their PAS partner with their conservative tight ass morality, may be repulsed into UMNO’s arms.

These senior party members (you know who) want Eli to preferably disappear from the face of the earth, but if not, then to resign and, to put it cruelly, bugger off.

Forget about her loyalty, service, and dedication to the party. She has now become a liability to PKR. […]

Oh, the pressure she had been subjected to, the betrayal, the lack of support – can you understand why she broke down into tears?

But wait, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The Malaysian Insider reported in Eli could remain assemblyman, but exit exco because those spineless Wonders now realized how blooming popular Eli is, and are shit scared of the no-no move of accepting Eli’s resignation.

Eli’s supporters and those very sympatheic to her cause may be so pissed off that they will desert the PKR banner.

Malaysiakini reported in Anwar reveals 'evidence' of bribe attempts that when the press asked him “… why he had to wait until today [19 Feb 09] to make the revelation, he replied: “We had to wait for the ACA to conclude their investigations”.

“During the last parliamentary session, I did not have enough information about it. That is why I had to wait until it is complete. This is the earliest I could reveal to you now.”

But today Malaysiakini reported in 'Bribery in Kedah': MACC ticks off Anwar that MACC chief commissioner Ahmad Said Hamdan was mad with Anwar for revealing issues on an incomplete investigation, stating: "The Kulim case is being investigated and is not completed and Anwar's statement will affect investigation."

Now, let’s re-pose the question that the press asked of him yesterday: “Why did you have to wait until today [19 Feb 09] to make the revelation.”

And the real issue?

Eli’s supporters must be marshaled back to the fold, and the best way to do that is to have an easily identifiable foe, the evil UMNO (mind you, not that UMNO doesn’t merit the title sometimes).

Distraction and re-attraction.

It’s not as if we don’t know Malaysian politics is full of corrupt practice, with possibly the only 2 parties that would stay clean being PAS and DAP.

But yes, the real issue has been PKR’s pathetic and disloyal treatment of Eli Wong, asking her to resign.

We could sense this a thousand kilometers away from the stench of fear emanating from an equivocating Khalid Ibrahim, and an unhelpful, unsympathetic Azmin Ali with his moralizing statement, obviously distancing the PKR from her, whilst ironically UMNO’s acting Law Minister Nazri and even KJ were supportive.

Added to this has been the fact that the most likely culprit behind Eli’s distress, shame and premature retirement from frontline politics is a PKR man. He’s equally gutless as well, disappearing into another country.

All in all, it has been a monumental disaster for PKR.

But the gutless deserves to be gutted!

Perak in driverless auto-cruise

Last year in September (after 916 wakakaka) I blasted Dr Abdul Aziz Bari, a professor of law and, I suspect an anwarista, in my Don't misuse the King!

Oh, I would recommend to Hannah Yeoh she reads my post as well wakakaka.

In that post I provided a piece of advice for the good professor. I said: ... don’t try to be too clever and open the royal Pandora box.

Well, guess what happened recently in the royal Pandoerak box?

I have stop reading Dr Bari’s articles after that post-916 brouhaha-for-nothing, but I bet he must have sung a different tune when the Sultan of Perak recently dismissed Nizar and the PR government wakakaka.

Hmmm, I am having too many wakakaka’s in this post but I have to blame Dr Bari for the hilarity of the post-916 ... wakakaka - sorry, will try to be serious ;-).

So … in a lovely Ruy Lopez: Marshal counter-attack, Perak DUN speaker V Sivakumar has cornered the Sultan-appointed MB and a few of the UMNO ADUNs, and effectively/legally swung the balance of power back to the PR wakakaka (sorry) ;-).

I hate to use another chess term but alas, I have to say it: Sivakumar has brilliantly brought about a stalemate.

Wiki describes ‘stalemate as:

… a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal moves.

One of the rules of chess is that stalemate ends the game, with the result a draw. Often during the endgame, stalemate is a resource that enables the player with the inferior position to draw the game.

The only possible continuation of the game in Perak has to be a new game (no wakakaka this time but wink wink nudge nudge).

But PM Abdullah Badawi has now cried ‘mama’ or rather, ‘Tuanku Tuanku’ because he stated, as reported by Malaysiakini, They've disrespected sultan's decision.

My dear PM, please remember it's the rakyat who decides on the choice of government, not the Sultan.

See what I mean by the title of my post last year Don't misuse the King! which I now extend to AAB.

BN in particular UMNO is deliberately playing on the feelings of the Perak heartland that the PR (alamak, so many Chinese and Indian ADUNs lah) is treasonous to HRH.

A sweetie told me last night that she wouldn’t be surprised if UMNO federal government resorts to its favourite weapon, the ISA, to remove Sivakumar and a few of those troublesome Perak PR ADUNs.

Already, as Malaysiakini reported in Police, MACC reports against speaker: ... several pro-Umno non-governmental organisations will file reports with the police and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against Perak speaker V Sivakumar.

But in the midst of this stalemate, where the civil government in Perak will eventually collapse, how should we save the situation?

Perhaps by:

(a) Using the ISA to remove the PR ADUNs?

(b) Declaring a state of emergency for the State of Perak and rule it through a NOC?

… or …

(c) The commonsense solution to such a terrible state of political affair in Perak: ... Return to the Perak people for their decision on who should be governing the State?

And while BN-UMNO and PR both bicker and make political chess moves against each other, and law professors gift us with their different opinions on the legality of Sivakumar's forced stalemate wakakaka, the governing of the State is left in auto-cruise ...

... but for how long would this auto-cruise be tenable?

There is one man who can end this stalemate.

Unfortunately he remains in majestic silence when he should be saying something.

God save the …….. people of Perak!

Eli Wong - our sunflower, our sunshine, our sweetheart

photo from FreeFoto.com

Carry with you or wear a sunflower, the symbol of Elizabeth Wong's courage

Support our Eli Wong


Malaysiakini photo

Malaysiakini - Strong show of support for Wong

Eli's supporters with her symbol, the sunflower

Warning to PKR and Khir Toyo

Don't you dare f* around with the ADUN seat of our Eli

Elizabeth Wong's 'Et Tu PKR'?

Malaysiakini columnist, Dr Bridget Welsh wrote The political rape of Elizabeth Wong, a sorry tale of how women in politics have male prejudice stacked against them.

She raised the victimisation of Elizabeth Wong as a prime example of double standard hypocrisy, with contrived moralising by crooks against an adult female bachelor who should have been free to do what she wants within the privacy of her home (provided no criminal acts were committed).

My good matey Susan Loone was more blunt, dropping the adjective and terming the unjust bias against Eli as the Rape of Elizabeth Wong.

I had considered that ‘rape’ word too but I was a bit more careful, fearing I might possibly add on to Eli’s distress.

And talking about Susan, she also confirmed what I had posted in Elizabeth Wong - betrayed and betrayed again!.

In Susan’s latest post I weep over Eli Wong’s resignation she wrote:

This blog mourns for Elizabeth Wong, the Bukit Lanjan state assembly woman who has been pressured to resign because of nude pictures of her being publicly distributed.

The person(s) who did the act of taking her pictures without a consent and distributing it continues to enjoy impunity.

I know it was the party she represented - PKR - who asked her to resign. And that to me, may be a strategic but a most disheartening thing to do.

It gives credence to gutter politics, to sleaze and evil politicking, within and without the party.

As a woman and friend of Eli Wong, I weep over what has happen to her. It will take me some time to recover for sure.

Yes Susan my dear friend, we are devastated as well, including my matey Dean Johns who penned in his usual Malaysiakini column Elizabeth Wong resigns - right or wrong? these sad words: And a sign that, as painfully stripped of her confidence as she must be feeling right now, Wong would be wrong to resign.

Blast PKR for its gutlessness, for being worried about the rumoured ethno-religious mix surrounding the issue of Eli’s victimisation.

Instead of looking after Eli during her most vulnerable period, their top brass have been looking over their shoulders, more concerned about the impact of this issue on the heartland’s support (which they prefer than the current urban support they enjoy), and also fearing that their PAS partner with their conservative tight ass morality, may be repulsed into UMNO’s arms.

These senior party members (you know who) want Eli to preferably disappear from the face of the earth, but if not, then to resign and, to put it cruelly, bugger off.

Forget about her loyalty, service, and dedication to the party. She has now become a liability to PKR.

Scat Eli, except they again lack the guts to say it – instead, ‘persuading’ her to tender her resignation, when earlier she had already stated resolutely she was not going to cave in to such contemptible smearing.

Oh, the pressure she had been subjected to, the betrayal, the lack of support – can you understand why she broke down into tears?

But wait, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The Malaysian Insider reported in Eli could remain assemblyman, but exit exco because those spineless Wonders now realized how blooming popular Eli is, and are shit scared of the no-no move of accepting Eli’s resignation.

Eli’s supporters and those very sympatheic to her cause may be so pissed off that they will desert the PKR banner.

But Khalid Ibrahim seems still keen to see her go, stating: … Wong was a victim but her willingness to resign from all posts is a selfless decision on her part to protect PKR because she is well aware that BN will continue to exploit the issue to damage the party.

And of course he would seek the advice of the Sultan of Selangor before making any decision. Mr Wannabe-Teflon!

Elizabeth Wong - betrayed and betrayed again!

As I had voiced my fears in UMNO's Nazri supports Elizabeth Wong, PKR's Khalid Ibrahim equivocates I believe that’s about to come to fruition, namely my fears that PKR is gradually disowning Elizabeth Wong (Eli to her mates), who is its ADUN for Bukit Lanjang and an Exco of Selangor State.

I had written what Malaysiakini reported of Khalid Ibrahim’s initial lack of support for Eli):

Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, asked if Wong would be asked for her resignation, said the state government would look into all aspects of the incident before making a decision on the matter.

“Let the police report go through (it) and then we will have our own discussion on the issue,” said Khalid.

“We are open to all possibilities but given the situation it is best to give the victim the right of hearing and we have to listen to her explanation.”

Man man lai at its most gutless equivocating.

Thus I had feared he was preparing to cast Eli away like a used tissue. Though he subsequently voiced his support for Eli (which he should have in the first place) I wasn’t all that convinced.

Today, alas, I read with greatness sadness Malaysiakini article Nude photos: Wong offers to quit.

Eli had bravely but with tears tendered her resignation as both Exco and ADUN for Bukit Lanjang to the MB.

Malaysiakini photo

In another accompanying Malaysiakini piece 'I've done nothing wrong' Eli stated her innocence from any immoral or criminal acts but announced: “I have decided to make a stand, in the interest of the party and its struggle for the people.”

I have also received a letter from PKR Sungei Petani, which after lambasting Khir Toyo and Ali Rastam has this to say (extracts):

Dear Elizabeth,

We, the member of PKR nationwide will always support and stand firm behind you in facing this incident !

Besides, I would like to urge the leaders of PKR especially central leadership to support our YB Elizabeth and persuade her not to quit.

As reported by Merdeka Review, the force of[sic] calling her to quit is actually PKR party leaders after last night's meeting.

As we know this is the conspiracy of BN, it has nothing to do with Eli's moral. Therefore I would call for all PKR party leaders to stand firm behind Elizabeth and support her to continue her responsibility to serve the people !

Dear PKR Leaders, it is time for your to show your support to someone who had sacrificed a lot for the party and the people of Malaysia !

“… the force calling her to quit is actually PKR party leaders after last night's meeting.”

"... and then we will have our own discussion on the issue,” said Khalid"

Why would a person with the inner strength and fighting spirit of Eli who has proclaimed her innocence resign, ... if she was not under pressure from her own PKR people?

Pertinent notes:

(i) She has not committed any crimes,

(ii) She is single,

(iii) Not a Muslim (so khalwat is not an issue),

(iv) Didn't steal anyone's husband,

(v) events photographed were in the privacy of her home,

(vi) I will deal with the unmitigated bullsh*t of her alleged immorality later in another post

So why should she resign?

Today Khalid Ibrahim ran, it would seem, to hide behind the yellow sarong as reported by Malaysiakini in MB to seek 'royal guidance' on exco's status.

And a hitherto silent Anwar Ibrahim has finally emerged to comment on the issue, but adopted Khalid Ibrahim’s half-hearted support of Eli – see Malaysiakini Anwar: We'll decide after she returns from leave.

What is there to decide any further when a victim of a sleazy operation, your party member and a most loyal one, needs your immediate support? Her going on leave is a totally separate matter which shouldn't affect your immediate and unequivocal support of Eli Wong - She badly needs that right now - but I guess that's just too much to ask.

Suffice to say right now, I had enough of the PKR half-hearted wimp-ish man man lai evasive answers.

Eli was betrayed by someone she trusted who took the photos. But I am more disgusted by those who would betray Eli Wong during her most vulnerable time of need.

UMNO's Nazri supports Elizabeth Wong, PKR's Khalid Ibrahim equivocates

UPDATE - 17 Feb early morning

Since I posted this, Khalid Ibrahim has finally voiced more committed support for Eli.

Hmmm, better late than never I suppose, but I have to say, in contrast to Nazri Abdul Aziz' correct statement against the contemptible photos and his nice word of encouragement for Eli, I have been deeply disappointed with Khalid's (political) over-caution about rallying to Eli's defence when basic decency had demanded his prompt, unreserved and 'loyal' support.

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Malaysiakini - Nude photos: Exco lodges police report.

As you would gather from my post I support Elizabeth Wong; I deplore Khir Toyo's cynical politics I have been as outraged by Khir Toyo’s failure to condemn that despicable act as I had been by the contemptible circulation of photos involving the private moments of an individual.

Instead Khir Toyo has shamefully attempted to exploit Eli’s current vulnerability. I truly despise such guttersnipe politicking.

But I have been pleasantly surprised by two BN leaders who came out as decent human beings to condemn the outrageous acts.

Malaysiakini reported in 'Gross invasion of her privacy' the following:

Nazri Abdul Aziz, Minister in Prime Minister's Department

I sympathise with the executive councillor, this thing should have not happened as she the people's representative and she had been performing her duties.

Therefore, to foil what she has done for the community in this manner is not good. But I hope her spirits (remain strong) and she will not bother about what has happened.

Bravo Nazri, well said. Today you sir have earned my respect for your statement of support, as to be expected of any decent person, more so from a parliamentarian. Thank you Datuk!

Chew Mei Fun, Wanita MCA chief

Wanita MCA empathises with Wong... We are outraged by such shameful acts of using women as sexual objects - it is an outright invasion of the privacy of women as well as exploitation of women for political use.

Well said, Mei Fun, I owe you a kiss.

But alas, read the following tap dancing equivocating statement by Elizabeth Wong’s own PKR boss, as reported by Malaysiakini:

Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, asked if Wong would be asked for her resignation, said the state government would look into all aspects of the incident before making a decision on the matter.

“Let the police report go through (it) and then we will have our own discussion on the issue,” said Khalid.

“We are open to all possibilities but given the situation it is best to give the victim the right of hearing and we have to listen to her explanation.”

Dei Khalid Ibrahim, listen carefully - a good leader always stands by his troops when any one of them is in strife (and who hasn’t committed any wrong). It’s time you have a bit of backbone and come out bravely to support her. If she is the victim as you said, then WTF are you equivocating about?

She must and should be protected and supported.

And WTF do you mean by “We are open to all possibilities ..."

Are you opening the door for her possible dismissal from the Exco?

If you are, as I suspect as much through your shifty equivocating, then you are a ball-less spineless gutless no-leader.

For f* sake, just look at what Nazri Abdul Aziz of UMNO had said, in stark contrast to your beating around the bush and preparing the grounds for Eli's dismissal (or forced resignation).

May I remind you again that Nazri is UMNO, you are PKR and Eli is PKR!

Gawd, gasp, omigosh (Eli's lovely expressions), what a f*up party PKR is!