Rafizi Ramli not entitled to just walk out

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Rafizi Ramli not entitled to just walk out


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Yeoh Guan Jin

He may have lost the fight in the party election but the economy minister and architect of the 13MP does not have the right to go back on his promise to help the nation face its economic challenges at such a crucial time

Rafizi Ramli has been the man in the news lately, but for all the wrong reasons.

He is behaving like a little boy wallowing in self-pity, looking to run into his mother’s arms for comfort.

Granted he has been ousted as the number two man in PKR, but his response to the setback has been quite unexpected of someone whom many had thought could one day lead the nation.

In fact, he had been quite self-absorbed even in the run-up to the contest that saw Nurul Izzah Anwar snatch the post of PKR deputy president from him.

His advice to members and delegates to vote for Nurul Izzah, which he later claimed was a snide remark, showed him up to be a sore loser, even before he had lost.

Perhaps he knew then that the writing was already on the wall.

His pre-election announcement that he would quit his Cabinet post if he lost was yet another example of childish behaviour, unexpected of a man who once charted his party’s road to victory in the polls.

There is little, if any, justification for his response to the election result.

Firstly, he is the main man behind the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP), a five-year development blueprint that will, to quote him, “prepare the foundation and change the structure that suits Malaysia’s next phase as a developed nation”.

Under the 13MP, Rafizi had said, the focus would be on education and upskilling to navigate the country through a rapidly changing global landscape while addressing domestic challenges.

And with the global economy in turmoil thanks to US president Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs policy, Malaysia cannot risk changing horses midstream.

Unfortunately, he won’t be there to see through the work that he had started, and promised to finish.

Neither will he be available now to help right the wrongs he thinks has beset the party and country. Given that he knows the problems, and has even proposed the solutions, he should be responsible for implementing them.

That shows him to be quite irresponsible, actually.

It is the prime minister’s prerogative to appoint whoever he thinks is capable enough to a Cabinet position, and Anwar Ibrahim would not have picked Rafizi unless he was sure that he (Rafizi) was the right person.

That also makes it Anwar’s prerogative to replace him as economy minister.

Popularity within his party is not a criteria for someone’s appointment as minister.

Rafizi owes it to the rakyat to explain why he has decided to walk out on them.

Tengku Zafrul quits Umno, seeks to join PKR

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Tengku Zafrul quits Umno, seeks to join PKR


The senator says he has conveyed his intention to join PKR to its president Anwar Ibrahim

Tengku Zafrul Aziz said he has submitted his letter of resignation as an Umno member, as well as all party posts, today.

PETALING JAYA: Tengku Zafrul Aziz has decided to quit Umno and plans to join PKR.

In a Facebook post, Tengku Zafrul said he has submitted his letter of resignation as an Umno member, as well as all party posts, today.

The investment, trade and industry minister said he has conveyed his intention to join PKR to its president Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the prime minister.


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Prof vs Prof: Ramasamy delivers reformasi's eulogy to Tajuddin

Prof vs Prof: Ramasamy delivers reformasi's eulogy to Tajuddin


Published: May 30, 2025 10:10 AM
Updated: 12:14 PM


Summary

• P Ramasamy has accused a fellow professor, Tajuddin Rasdi, of being an “academic cheerleader” of the prime minister who can only offer trivial examples to defend the government and Pakatan Harapan’s reform agenda.

• The former Penang deputy chief minister notes that Tajuddin failed to address the PM’s reported seeking of lawsuit immunity and failure to implement institutional reforms as promised.

• Ramasamy also reluctantly agrees with Umno leader Puad Zarkashi that reformasi is dead, as shown by Rafizi Ramli’s resignation as minister following his defeat at the PKR election.

An academic showdown has erupted, with P Ramasamy accusing Tajuddin Rasdi of clutching at flimsy excuses to defend Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan Harapan’s reform agenda.

With a sharp jab, the Urimai chairperson and former political science lecturer also described the architecture professor as the prime minister’s “academic cheerleader”.

“Instead of addressing substantial reforms, Tajuddin cited trivial examples: public criticism of Anwar, Najib Abdul Razak’s imprisonment, and students questioning the prime minister.

“These are not hallmarks of reform - they are mere symptoms of a society in motion, not necessarily a government with reformist intent.

“Tajuddin’s defence amounts to grasping at straws. His examples are mundane and miss the larger point: true reform involves systemic change, not incidental events. His arguments read more like the apologetics of a loyalist than the critique of an independent thinker,” he said.


‘Conflating anecdotes with structural reform’

Ramasamy said Tajuddin also failed to address the “most pressing contradiction of all” - Anwar’s reported pursuit of legal immunity from civil suits.

Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi


“No previous prime minister has sought such a shield. Can a man claiming to champion reforms simultaneously seek to place himself above accountability?

“Tajuddin, though an academic, demonstrates a worrying lack of analytical rigour. He conflates everyday occurrences with structural reform.

“Reformasi was never about anecdotal progress - it was about institutional overhaul, accountability, and the dismantling of entrenched power networks.

“Tajuddin and those like him would do well to apply a more objective lens. The Madani government cannot claim reformist legitimacy while entrenching familial politics and insulating its leader from legal scrutiny.

“The death of reformasi is not just symbolic - it’s systemic,” he added.

Yesterday, Tajuddin had cited several examples to defend reformasi after Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi described it as an empty slogan following former PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli’s resignation from his cabinet post.


‘Puad is right, reformasi is dead’

However, Ramasamy said while he is opposed to Puad, he has to concede, “with much hesitation, that the Umno leader is right”.

“The exit of Rafizi from his post as economy minister, following his loss in the party election, is a clear indication that reformasi - once the rallying cry of the opposition - is now a relic of the past.

“What was once a bold agenda for democratic renewal has faded into political opportunism and family consolidation,” he added.

Rafizi Ramli


The former DAP leader argued that reformasi served as a “convenient facade” for Anwar during his years in the political wilderness.

“Now in power, Anwar and his allies seem to have abandoned the reformist ideals they once championed. The pursuit of power and privilege has reshaped the ruling party into one that bears little resemblance to its reformist origins.

“The most glaring betrayal of reformasi lies in the party’s embrace of nepotism. The ascension of Anwar’s daughter, Nurul Izzah, to the position of PKR deputy president is emblematic of the party’s shift from reformist principles to dynastic politics. If this isn’t nepotism, then what is?” he asked.

Anwar has denied the nepotism allegations, pointing out that PKR members had elected his daughter to be his party's deputy president.

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500 Kamikaze Drone Strikes Per Day: How Russia’s Expanding Production is Reshaping the Battlefield

Eastern Europe and Central Asia , Aircraft and Anti-Aircraft

Military Watch Magazine Editorial Staff

May-30th-2025

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Shahed 136 Drone

Russia’s defence sector has since mid-2022 continued to significantly expand its capacity to produce single use ‘kamikaze’ attack drones, after first establishing this capability with Iranian support to manufacture the Shahed 136 drone under license. An increasingly central factor shaping the balance of power not only in the Ukrainian theatre, but also also between Russia and NATO more broadly, has been the defence sector’s successes in further increasing output of such drones, with The Economist having recently revealed that output of Shahed 136 drones has increased more than tenfold from 300 a month, to over 100 per day. Information obtained by the London-based paper further highlighted that Russian industry is on track to be able to produce up to 500 of the aircraft per day, which would allow for strikes using over 1000 of the aircraft to be launched several times per week. Cost reductions due to the benefits of economies of scale have been a further important factor which could allow for such attacks, with drones previously being estimated to cost approximately $35,000 each, while some sources have indicated that costs could fall to well under $30,000. To place this in perspective, a single surface-to-air missile from the MIM-104 Patriot system NATO members have provided to Ukraine costs approximately $3.8 million.

Shahed 136 Drone Over Kiev

A day after Russia launched a large scale strike involving 298 drones and 69 missiles against Ukrainian targets on May 26, the London-based Financial Timesreported that Russian industry had succeeded in drastically expanding production of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, allowing it to comfortably sustain intensified rates of attacks on Ukrainian targets without depleting its stockpiles. “Russia is now producing missiles and drones faster than it uses them, building up stockpiles and increasing pressure on Ukraine's stretched defences,” it observed, highlighting that the fallout from this was exacerbated by the dwindling of Ukraine’s air defences and the West’s struggles to replenish them. Russia had ten days prior on May 17 launched its largest drone attack to date against Ukrainian and allied targets, using 273 Shahed 136 drones and decoys. 

Shahed 136 drones made their combat debut in the Ukrainian theatre in September 2022 and quickly emerged as one of the Russian Armed Forces’ most valued strike assets. Their low costs allow them to be used to swarm targets, and to strike low level tactical targets that would not be feasible for ballistic or cruise missile attacks. While North Korea has been by far Russia’s greatest military supporter, Iran’s drone supplies have otherwise been by far the most significant contribution of armaments any country is known to have made to the war effort. The increasingly central role played by single use drones has led them to be considered to be among the most transformational assets in the conflict. 

Is there hope for a broken Malaysia?

Is there hope for a broken Malaysia?

Mariam Mokhtar
Published: May 30, 2025 2:30 PM
Updated: 4:30 PM


Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

(English nursery rhyme)


COMMENT | You can tell a lot about a country by its pompous windbag academics, by its muted cabinet ministers, by its verbose leader, and by the fire-and-brimstone approach of its religious clerics. These people insult the intelligence of the rakyat.

We are worn out from decades of misrule, weary of the broken promises of our leaders, and wary of politicians who think only of themselves, whose sycophants are a waste of space.

Today, we are a nation that appears to be “sesat jalan” (lost our way) or “hilang arah” (lost direction).

A PM who promised reforms but failed to implement them has wasted our most abundant, natural, and precious resource - its people.

The talented ones will leave. They will not hang around. They have ambitions to be fulfilled. Opportunities to be sought. Challenges to overcome.

The prime minister and his inner circle think we should be patient, but for how long? The corrupt get richer, and those who abuse their power get even stronger.

Perhaps, some of the promised reforms will be announced in the months before the 16th general election, as bait, to tempt us to vote for his coalition. That trick may not work this time.

PKR’s mask slips

In the recent PKR internal election, the party members have shown themselves to be greedy, selfish, and petty-minded men and women.

They were concerned only with themselves and their personal ambition. They completely ignored the rakyat who lent their support to the party leaders.

The inner circle was obsessed with power, perks, position and prestige. Key personalities whom they knew would oppose their moves were removed.

The people of the inner circle have huge egos, and they have forgotten many crucial things.

• PKR is nothing without the people who believe in a “reformed” Malaysia.

• PKR might as well remain in the past if it keeps shouting “reformasi”, but fails to implement it.

• PKR’s inner circle members are too obtuse to understand that the future is what the party does next, and that is to trot out the reforms, now, and not at some point to be announced.

Who should we blame for this sorry state of affairs that we are currently in?

Our selfish politicians? The naïve but desperate population? Our less-than-adequate institutions? Or the affirmative action policies that crippled us soon after the May 1969 racial riots?

These apartheid-like policies gave rise to the NEP and the Ketuanan Melayu syndrome.


The cost of dysfunction

The New Economic Policy robbed Malays of their dignity and polarised society.

Non-Malay children must work twice as hard as their Malay peers and, at the end, may still be rejected by institutions which champion these apartheid policies. We deny the non-Malay Malaysians their rightful place in society.

The doubters among you did not believe that Umno-Baru and BN would be toppled, but they were.

Well, stretch that imagination a bit more and consider a non-Malay as PM. Why not?

We have lost some of our best talent to Singapore and the West. If truth be told, a sizeable percentage of the Singapore cabinet and civil service is probably manned by our most outstanding former Malaysians. It is our loss, but Singapore’s gain.

The real cost to Malaysia is incompetence, corruption, and widespread racial discrimination, which have damaged ethnic relations and the economy.

Putrajaya, the seat of government, has wide boulevards, impressive buildings, and landscaped parks, but the wide avenues are also a metaphor for the huge chasms in society and the enormous disparity between the haves and have-nots.


Corruption of religion

According to a minister, the police will come knocking on your door only if you speak out about the 3Rs (race, religion, royalty). Yet many people have pointed out that politicians who take pot shots at people of other races and religions are not censured.

A first-time visitor to Malaysia would be forgiven for thinking that the Islam that is practised here is mainly about covering up, of haram-and-halal restaurants, of the length of one’s skirt and shirt sleeves.

In some Muslim graveyards, deceased women are buried in a different section from the men. So, even in death, Muslims are not considered equal.

Such has been the corruption of Islam by wayward clerics that the true values espoused in Islam, such as kindness, patience, being charitable and just, are ignored.

The British left us with a good healthcare system, especially in the family planning division, but today, with private medical care, we put wealth before health.

Despite a thriving health tourism/industry, many politicians prefer to travel overseas for their medical needs.

Today, child poverty is a serious problem. So, was it former PM, Dr Mahathir Mohamad's vision of a 70-million Malaysian population that is to blame? Or the fact that clerics keep telling Malay mothers that children are a gift from god? Or that the normal family unit has been more or less destroyed by polygamous fathers?

Mahathir strengthened the affirmative action policies which were put in place by Abdul Razak Hussein, but successive PMs, including the incumbent, did nothing to do away with them.

With reform comes hope. With hope, we have a future.

So, who or what is the biggest obstacle to the implementation of these reforms?

MARIAM MOKHTAR is a defender of the truth, the admiral-general of the Green Bean Army, and the president of the Perak Liberation Organisation (PLO). Blog, X.

Shafee clarifies 'Nazi-Germany' remark

Shafee clarifies 'Nazi-Germany' remark


Published: May 30, 2025 2:17 PM
Updated: 4:22 PM


Summary

• Lawyer Shafee Abdullah clarifies that his “Nazi-Germany” remark yesterday was intended to educate the public during an exchange with a reporter, not undermine the judiciary.

• His law firm says the remark explains what constitutes a “judicial decision” according to the principle of natural justice.

Lawyer Shafee Abdullah has issued a statement clarifying his “Nazi-Germany” comment made yesterday, in a press conference outside the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

In a statement issued by his law firm, Shafee and Co, his legal team explained that Shafee’s remark was made during an exchange with a journalist.

“The statement made by our client that: ‘It is not valid, it is not a judicial decision. A judicial decision means you hear both parties, since when we do a Nazi-Germany kind of hearing. You must hear both parties’ was made during an exchange with a reporter, and must be understood in its proper context as follows:

• The reporter had asked whether there had already been a court order stating that a stay applied to future proceedings.

• In response, our client clarified our position, asserting that such an order was not valid (at most it is an administrative order) in the absence of a hearing involving both parties for clarification and that we will address this matter before her ladyship during the case management dated May 30, 2025.

• The reporter then stubbornly insisted that the order still constituted a “judicial decision”.

• Our client responded by offering a general interpretation of what constitutes a judicial decision, namely, that it must involve both parties being heard in accordance with the principles of natural justice. The comment was intended to underscore that a decision made without affording both parties an opportunity to be heard cannot be properly characterised as judicial in nature. It is here our client said, in the absence of a proper hearing, “...it is not a judicial decision. A judicial decision means you hear both parties, since when we do a Nazi-Germany kind of hearing”.

The firm said that the comment was not intended to undermine the judiciary or any particular judge, “but for the purpose of educating the public (reporter) on the essential characteristics of a proper judicial decision under the rule of law, and to reinforce, not undermine, public confidence in the courts by upholding the principles that ensure the legitimacy and integrity of judicial outcomes.”

“We reiterate that our client has never described the judge’s ruling on the clarification of the stay order as a decision akin to those made during the Nazi-Germany era.

“The remark in question was made solely in the context of explaining the meaning and essence of a ‘judicial decision’ (as opposed to an administrative decision), namely, that it must involve a hearing where both parties are given the opportunity to be heard, in line with fundamental principles of natural justice.

“Further, our client has also never compared the ongoing judicial proceedings to a hearing to Nazi-era governance. In any case, the AGC had requested for clarification to be done in open court,” the firm explained.

I have plans, Rafizi says in first message after resignation

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I have plans, Rafizi says in first message after resignation


The former PKR deputy president says for now, he is busy responding to messages and engaging with social media users

Former PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli said he wants to wait for the situation to ‘cool off’.

PETALING JAYA: Rafizi Ramli, who resigned as the economy minister this week following his defeat at the PKR polls, says he has plans for the future which he will reveal later on.

The former PKR deputy president also said that his resignation was still a hot topic on X.

“I do have plans on what I want to focus on, but I want to wait for the situation to cool off,” he said on the micro-blogging site.


He said for now, he was busy responding to messages and engaging with social media users.

“The country’s real potential is the public. We have to go back to harnessing this potential,” he said.


Rafizi resigned two days ago in keeping with his promise that he would step down as a minister if he was not re-elected as PKR deputy president. He was defeated by Nurul Izzah Anwar at the party polls last weekend.

The two-term Pandan MP had said it would be inappropriate for a Cabinet post to be held by someone who was not a member of the party’s central leadership.

His resignation will take effect on June 17.

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who likewise resigned as the natural resources and environmental sustainability minister after failing to defend his PKR vice-presidency, said yesterday that he and Rafizi would remain loyal to the party.

His post on X followed a viral text message claiming that 11 MPs from the party were retracting their support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the PKR president.

Consequences of being too harsh on 3R issues

 

OK mateys especially you bumi-non-melayu (wakakaka) 😂😂😂, let's not forget the consequences of being too harsh on 3R issues

I don't want the mata-mata harassing me because of your comments

Terimakasih  😁😀👍😄

Durian farmers mull out-of-court settlement to shift focus on new land dispute

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Durian farmers mull out-of-court settlement to shift focus on new land dispute


2 hours ago
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Save Musang King Alliance president Wilson Chang accuses a newly established firm of encroaching on durian farms in Raub

The Save Musang King Alliance said it is exploring the possibility of legal action against the new company which it alleges is encroaching the durian farmland. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA: The Save Musang King Alliance (Samka) is considering an out-of-court settlement with Royal Pahang Durian Resources (RPD) to redirect its resources against a new company accused of taking over farmland.

Samka president Wilson Chang claimed that a newly established firm has occupied farms without consent, evicted farmers, tagged trees, and refused to present any legal documents showing authorised operations.

“There is strong reason to believe that the firm intends to harvest durians during this season and profit from the hard work of local farmers, without any compensation,” he said in a statement.


Chang said the group and its lawyers are exploring the possibility of legal action against the company to stop their actions and protect the farmers’ rights.

“We reaffirm our core belief that the land is the lifeblood of our farmers, and that every tree represents years of hard labour and care. No corporation should be allowed to exploit this without consequence,” he said.


He claimed that the new firm may be targeting control of some 2,400ha of farmland, exceeding the area previously contested with RPD. The trees and potential harvest involved are believed to be worth more than RM100 million.

Chang said records from the Companies Commission of Malaysia showed that the company’s directors are from Penang and Sarawak, and that the firm is less than a year old.

He questioned how such a large tract of land could be granted to outsiders and called on the Pahang government to explain.

He said that while talks with RPD have not fully met the farmers’ demands, there has been “meaningful progress” after five years of resistance by Musang King durian farmers in Raub.


“Among the gains are better pricing terms, including an increase in the price of Grade A durians from RM30 per kg in 2020 to RM35 today, and clearer grading standards to ensure fairer payments to farmers,” he said.

He said negotiations with RPD are ongoing, and the alliance respects the decision of farmers who choose not to register with the firm.

Last month, Pahang ruler Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah emphasised that state land must not be arbitrarily encroached upon, and called for firm action against those involved.

He also called for an amicable resolution, with all shortcomings addressed in a harmonious manner.

Who is being protected in Teoh Beng Hock’s murder?

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Who is being protected in Teoh Beng Hock’s murder?


4 hours ago
Mariam Mokhtar

It is almost as if those responsible for the former aide’s death are being accorded a degree of protection

Teoh Beng Hock, then a 30-year-old aide to the DAP Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah, was summoned to the MACC Selangor headquarters in Shah Alam on July 15, 2009, to answer allegations about the alleged abuse by his boss of state funds.

To be specific, it was about RM2,500 worth of bunting for use in the elections.


Teoh was held overnight and questioned by MACC officers on the 14th floor of the Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam where the MACC headquarters was located.

However, he failed to return home. His body was found the following day on the fifth-floor service corridor of the building.


To date, no-one has been punished for the murder. Why?

How did he get there? Was he pushed or did he jump? Why would a young man who was about to get married and whose fiancé was expecting his child, end his life?

The investigation into his death has been mired in controversy.

His parents have been denied the answers to their many questions, and they have had to endure a roller coaster ride of emotions and institutional delays, just to obtain justice for their son.


From the very beginning, the “routine” interrogation of Teoh by the MACC raised more questions than answers. It was even alleged that Teoh’s interrogation was intended to rattle the DAP in the run up to a general election.


However, somehow, somewhere, something went wrong, ending with Teoh’s lifeless body on the fifth-floor of the MACC headquarters building. The MACC ended up with a national and political nightmare which to this day remains unresolved.

The CCTV which was present on the floor and room of the building, was said to be pointing in the wrong direction or not functioning. Teoh’s wristwatch is still missing. Perhaps, the fall would have damaged the watch and pinpointed the exact time of his death.

Even the autopsy conducted on Teoh was suspect as the government pathologist’s findings differed widely from that of the second autopsy conducted by an independent world-renowned pathologist from Thailand, Dr Porntip Rojanasunand, who found that his injuries were consistent with a fall from a height.


The paperwork and permit needed to bring Porntip into Malaysia was another minefield that the family had to endure.

Malaysians will remember how in July 2009, then prime minister Najib Razak met the Teoh family and promised them, amongst other things that, “no stone will be left unturned in finding out the real cause of death and, if there is any foul play, action will definitely be taken”.

However, these were mere empty promises.

Eighteen months after his death, the ensuing inquest into Teoh’s death was inconclusive and an open verdict was delivered on Jan 5, 2011.

Public pressure prompted the government to convene a royal commission of inquiry, which ruled that he had been driven to suicide due to aggressive interrogation. Three officers were alleged to have interrogated Teoh.

In 2014, the Court of Appeal ruled that his death was caused or accelerated by unlawful acts, including those of some MACC officers.

Two years later, the attorney-general found that no criminal elements were involved and no MACC officers would be charged.

When Pakatan Harapan won the general election in 2018, Teoh’s death was again reopened.

Last week, the police said the attorney-general had decided that no further action was to be taken in the case.

A man died under suspicious circumstances. People lied about their whereabouts. The MACC failed in its duty of care to ensure Teoh’s safety.

We should not look away now just because the police said “NFA”. Haven’t previous probes also ended with the same sorry “NFA”?

It is almost as if those responsible for Teoh’s death are being accorded a degree of protection. Perhaps, the entire MACC’s operation will be brought under unwelcome public scrutiny if this is pursued?

Teoh’s death matters. It could so easily have happened to any of us or our loved ones.

We must continue the fight for justice for Teoh.

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kt comments:

Teoh BH died because of performing some duties (to answer allegations about the alleged abuse by his boss of state funds). And as would have it, DAP abandoned him - see follows:

KTemoc Komposes

Kuiet Kozy Korner Keeping KTemoc's Kompositions

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6/01/2017

Let us not forget Teoh Beng Hock

Alas, someone in the DAP might have forgotten

The evil that was perpetuated on a young man
By a Nazi-like organization that has been rotten
Yet easily forgiven by a political flash in the pan

All for grubby politics, none for integrity nor justice

For a man slain on the very eve of his wedding day

Oh we weep, what treachery to become so solicitous

To abandon principles, an evil crime now is gainsay

DAP leader Lim Kit Siang shook hands with Rohaizad Yaakob, a top Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) official to show the opposition’s solidarity with the MACC 

Yet just a year earlier Kit Siang in his article, titled "Malaysians will not rest until justice is done for the killing of Teoh Beng Hock" said DAP and Pakatan Rakyat would continue to highlight the injustice of Teoh Beng Hock’s unresolved murder

what utter bullshit

But I haven't!

When is the MACC going to hand over to the police the person responsible for the untimely death of Teoh Beng Hock?

8/06/2015

Forgetting Teoh Beng Hock

O so soon you've forgotten me
Hey, my late name was Teoh Beng Hock
Is that even in your memory
Or just a wee footnote in history
My story soon to become mere talk-cock

Those who sinned against me
Cursing my family with veritable untold woes
Making Er Jia a fatherless baby
And those men with no pity
Have become icons by you, your new heroes

Thou faithless headless chooks

Have further insulted my already grieving family
Giving the enemy support but not rebukes
Ever greater pain my family now brooks
All because of your sad self-interest treachery

Bhai once said don't be immoral
In desperately seeking victory without morality
Nor should one be ever unethical
But safeguard and value our principle
To never sacrifice and replace with hypocrisy

YOU UNMITIGATED HYPOCRITICAL BASTARDS!

Read also my KTemoc Komposes posts:

(1) Remembering Teoh Beng Hock

(2) The murder of Teoh Beng Hock

(3) I work for the rights of the dead

And read Malaysiakini:

(1) MACC - from zero to hero in eyes of 'hypocrites'

(2) Opposition visits MACC HQ to show solidarity

12/27/2012

The murder of Teoh Beng Hock

I posted Remembering Teoh Beng Hock more than 2 years ago on 06/06/2010 and reproduced below as Part I.

I believe we should not forget his unnecessary and cruel death and the lack of justice for him and his family.

Part II of The Murder of Teoh Beng Hock is immediately after the first part and is presented in more cryptic form.

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Part I (the Murder)

The next day I was to wed my love

She would have taken up my name

But some said the Immortals above

Like Fate, would play a cruel game

I was called in as a so-called witness

To come up with required evidence

'They' gave me dozen hours of stress

To support their pre-determinations

Oh, didn't I mention my wedding

When friends'd celebrate with me?

Alas, that did not come to being

Why so? Ask that Am-ay cee cee

'They' said I was one who’d loiter

And nap to soothe my sleepy eye

So as to feel fresh to reconnoitre

For a nice spot to takeoff and fly

In 7 months I was to have a baby

How proud I’d be as a new father

Waiting, thanks to Am-ay cee cee,

On the other side of the Styx river

‘They’ now add insults to injury

Claiming I had Triad association

A red herring to deflect query

Of my death and their connection

Just their leitmotif, it's not new

Unbridled power, their slogan

Unaccountability is their cue

Don’t believe me? Ask Kugan

Did you see the tears of my father

And also those of my bride to be

They both seek a simple answer

From a very silent Am-ay cee cee

Part II (The Murderer)

He was the one who hung me just by my belt

In death-defying position outside the window.

Shit happened, belt broke, thus I was dealt

Horrifying death in a plunge towards below.

Act of unforgivable criminality he was guilty,

Murdering me ‘coz of his callous arrogance

Using fabricated pretext of interviewing me.

Denied me basic rights to smash my resistance

Deceitfully absent during police check of DNA

Instructing his prints on window be wiped clean

Nothing in the office of Am-ay-cee-cee to say

He was present there at floor number fourteen

All subterfuge will not my red blood wiped off

Staining his two evil hands that had slain me

His Maker will not permit him excuses to doff

Injustice he committed, & acquitted it shall be

Moved away he has, but we know who he is

Related: I work for the rights of the dead