Last man to see Teoh: MACC threatened me

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Andrew Ong Jul 17, 09 4:05pm

Kajang municipal councillor Tan Boon Hwa, who was grilled by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday, today shed some light on the corruption watchdog's questionable interrogation techniques. Tan said that the two officers who questioned him tried to extract false confession from him, pressuring him to deny that he supplied 1,500 national flags for a Merdeka function at the Sri Kembangan state constituency.

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During the interrogation, Tan said the officers used the 'good cop,bad cop' technique; initially being polite but later switching to verbally abusing him and making him to stand for four hours between10pm to 2am.

Tan was questioned on the same day Teoh Beng Hock, the political secretary to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hean Wah, was also interrogated by MACC.

According to Tan, he was threatened with physical violence, with one officer pointing to his forehead and allegedly saying, "You don't lie. This is my place. I can hit you. Believe me! "During interrogations, he said other officers would randomly walk into the room to mock his poor command of Bahasa Malaysia and used derogatory terms such as "Cina bodoh" (stupid Chinese) and asked him if he was a Chinese citizen.

The worst intimidation, Tan said, were threats to his family which he described as "mental torture". "They said that if I don't 'tell the truth', they will take away my wife and there would be no one to care for the children. But I did not give in," said Tan, during a press conference at the Selangor state secretariat today.

He was allowed to sleep on the carpeted floor and the interrogation continued the following morning. Teoh seen at pantry. To top it off, when he was released the following day at about 1.30pm, Tan said he was asked by MACC staff not to make an issue over their interrogation technique. "But now, I cannot keep quiet because a life has been lost," said Tan, i n reference to the mysterious death of Teoh.

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Teoh, 30, was found dead yesterday on the fifth floor balcony of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, nine floors below the Selangor MACC office,where he and Tan were questioned. Tan said that after he was told by the MACC officers that he was free to go, he was unaware of the fact that Teoh's body had been discovered. He subsequently left the building.

Tan said the MACC raided his house on Wednesday evening without a warrant. He was then taken to the Selangor MACC headquarters at about 9pm. When asked, Tan said he did not know that Teoh was in the same building when he was brought there. The duo met only when Tan woke up at about 6am the following day while on the way to the toilet.

"He was in the pantry. I greeted him, but he replied only with a 'Umh'. But when I came out of the toilet, he was gone. He did look a little tired," said Tan. The MACC says that Teoh was released at 3.45am yesterday but he chose to "stay back and sleep on a couch, where he was last seen at 6am."

Comment: Mysterious mystery...

for him or (them) to know and for justice to find out..

FROM GUIDED DEMOCRACY TO BEST-IN-CLASS KLYPTOCRACY

Zorro Unmasked, Tuesday, July 14, 2009

An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties.

All forms of government are susceptible to political corruption. Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. While corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and trafficking, it is not restricted to these organized crime activities. In some nations, corruption is so common that it has gained normative status. The end point of political corruption is a kleptocracy, literally "rule by thieves".

You guys following so far? No, I am not fibbing. Read on..
Kleptocracy: (from Greek klepto=theft and kratos=rule)

Sometimes to clepcracy, occasionally kleptarchy, is a term applied to a government that extends the personal wealth and political power of government officials and the ruling class (collectively, kleptocrat) at the expense of the population, sometimes without even the pretense of honest service.

A kleptocratic ruler typically treats his country's treasury (rings a bell?, read as bailout or soft-loans) though it were his own personal bank account, read Balkis.

The effects of a kleptocratic regime or government on a nation are typically adverse in regards to the faring of the state's economy, political affairs and civil rights. Kleptocracy in government often vitiates prospects of foreign investment and drastically weakens the domestic market and cross-border trade. (We are in familiar territory, are we not?).

As the kleptocracy normally embezzles money from its citizens by misusing funds derived from tax payments, or money laundering schemes, a kleptocratically structured political system tends to degrade nearly everyone's quality of life, and isn’t this a fact?

In addition, the money that kleptocrats steal is often taken from funds that were earmarked as oil royalties and for public amenities, such as the building of hospitals, schools, roads, parks and the like - which has further adverse effects on the quality of life of the citizens living under a kleptocracy.

The quasi-oligarchy that results from a kleptocratic elite also subverts democracy (or any other political format the state is ostensibly under).

(Should any of us get tempted that I am pulling a fast one with this klypto stuff, I can get docu proof that it came from some authoritative source, which I have archived somewhere, but can be retrieved if there is still doubt.)

Muhyiddin: IF BN wins we will immediately build a bridge to link ManeK Urai Lama to Manek Urai Baru.

Humble Me: Forget about immediately building a bridge which you will contract to your F contractors and which will eventually collapse like the stadium in Terrenganu. Just give the people of Kelantan their 1 billion ringgit and IMMEDIATELY,....

Zorro-zorro-unmasked.blogspot.com/search?q=Kleptocracy

Comment: Read in between the lines the kind of government he is depicting and take a look around... where can we get this kind of regime...??? It's not far a look around, I'm afraid..

Komen negatif Najib: Pengacara ntv7 kena tukar

Ng Ling Fong & Yong Kai Ping Malaysiakini.com Jul 13, 098:03pm
Semuanya berpunca daripada kenyataan salah seorang tetamu jemputan dalam programnya - Point of View - di ntv7 yang memberi pemeringkatan (gred) 'C' atau 'D' terhadap prestasi Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak bagi 100 hari pentadbirannya. Ekoran itu, pengacaranya, Florence Looi menerima surat amaran dan terus ditukar ke meja berita stesen swasta tersebut. Looi didakwa telah melanggar dasar redaksi pengarangnya, kata sumber-sumber ntv7.

Dua tetamu jemputan program tersebut - yang dipancarkan pada 5 Julai lalu - ialah penulis Syed Akhbar Ali dan editor perunding, Leslie Lau dari Malaysian Insider. Lau yang memberi pemeringkatan (gred) 'C' atau 'D' bagi pentadbiran Najib.

Sumber-sumber itu berkata, Looi selepas itu diberitahu secara lisan bahawa dia tidak seharusnya meminta mereka memberi pemeringkatan terhadap prestasi Najib. Oleh kerana Looi merupakan pengacara yang juga penerbit program tersebut, maka hanya dia seorang sahaja yang diberi surat amaran tersebut.

Looi, yang merupakan editor tugasan, kemudiannya telah ditugaskan untuk membuat liputan berita, atas alasan kekurangan petugas di meja berita. Insiden tersebut mungkin 'menguburkan' program 'Point of View', yang baru tamat musim keduanya.

Sehingga ini, belum ada pengumuman sama ada program itu akan dilanjutkan ke musim ketiganya. Bagaimanapun, sumber-sumber itu percaya, sekiranya program itu diteruskan, ia akan dikendalikan oleh pengaracara baru. Ketika dihubungi, Looi enggan mengulas mengenainya dan usaha untuk menghubungi pihak pengurusannya juga belum berhasil.

Ntv7 adalah salah sebuah daripada empat stesen TV swasta milik syarikat gergasi media - Media Prima Bhd - yang ada kaitan dengan Umno. Tiga lagi stesen miliknya ialah TV3, 8TV dan tv9.

Begitu juga dengan berita mengenai banglo mewah milik bekas menteri besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo di Shah Alam di mana ianya hanya sempat disiarkan dalam berita Mandarin jam 5.30 petang di ntv7. Selepas itu, berita itu tidak lagi disiarkan oleh buletin berita di stesen lain milik Media Prima.

'Hanya satu pandangan'

Sementara itu, pengarah eksekutif Pusat Kewartawan Bebas, V Gayathry membidas ntv7 kerana mengamalkan saringan kendiri (self-censorship). “Komen oleh tetamu jemputan mengenai pretasi (Najib) bukanlah sesuatu yang kritikal, tetapi hanya satu pandangan,” katanya.

Menurutnya, Looi dihukum kerana bertanyakan satu soalan penting ketika semua orang lain membuat penilaian tentang prestasi Najib. “Program tersebut telah memberi ruang yang baik untuk perbincangan (dan Looi menjalankan tugasnya dengan baik),” tegasnya.

Menurut Gayathry lagi, ketika Najib dilantik perdana menteri, Media Prima telah mengeluarkan arahan kepada empat stesen TV miliknya itu supaya tidak menyebut nama penganalisis politik - Abdul Razak Baginda - ketika melaporkan perbicaraan kes pembunuhan Altantuya Shaariibuu. Razak merupakan teman karib Najib. "Kita ingin bertanya sama ada menjadi dasar Najib di mana mereka yang ditempatkan di stesen TV, mengamalkan saringan kendiri (self-censorship),” tambah Gayathri.

Program 'Point of View' disiarkan jam 6 petang hari Ahad. Tetamu jemputannya membincangkan tajuk-tajuk panas seperti Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), dasar penukaran bahasa, pendidikan bahasa ibunda, tanggungjawab pihak polis dan yang terbaru, skandal PKFZ.

Sejak Najib mengambil alih kuasa, pegawan tinggi media yang ada kaitan dengan mantan perdana menteri, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi telah diganti. Mereka yang berkhidmat sewaktu pentadbiran Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad telah dilantik semula menerajui media, sehingga mencetuskan persepsi akan mewujudkan suasana media yang lebih banyak sekatan.

Bekas pengarang kumpulan New Straits Times, Datuk Ahmad Talib kini dilantik sebagai pengarah eksekutif berita dan operasi jabatan pengarang di Media Prima, serta sebagai pengarah ksekutif (jabatan pengarang) di New Straits Times Press. Bekas pengarang kumpulan Berita Harian, Datuk Manja Ismail dilantik sebagai pengarang kumpulan NTV7, 8TV, TV9 dan rangkaian radio, bagi membantu Ahmad.

Komen: Demikian Media di Malaysia. Apabila penilaian ranking dunia meletakkan kebebasan media Malaysia di tahap yang rendah, ramai yang merasa tidak senang. Namun Demikiannlah sifatnya. Apabila kenyataan jujur disuarakan oleh ahli panel maka pengacaranya pula yang mendapat bencana. Ia diambil tindakan, ditukarkan ke tempat lain dan diberi surat amaran sedangkan acara tersebut diminati ramai dan sambutan massa kepada NTV 7 adalah kerana ketelusannya seperti yang disiarkan ini. Dalam kes ini, penilaian pemerintahan 100 hari PM ahli panel diminta memberi grading atau nilai gred PM kini dan secara ikhlas mereka memberi gred C atau D. Ini nampaknya tidak disenangi.

Persoalannya.. apakah panel atau pengacara mesti memberi gred A sahaja dan tidak lain walaupun penilaian ikhlas dalam hati kecilnya adalah C atau D? Di mana tanggung jawab media sebagai media profesional di negara ini? Selama ini memang NTV 7 merupakan saluran yang paling telus dan jujur dalam melaporkan berita di negara ini. Cuba perhatikan berita malam atau Edisi 7. Tindakan ini ternyata amat mendukacitakan pembangunan media negara.

Beberapa istilah bold, italic dan bracket adalah tambahan sendiri.Mohon maaf blog agak sunyi lebih seminggu kerana berada di luar - outstation menghadiri konferens. Terima kasih kerana ada yg masih sudi mengunjung.

Siswa UM bertindak jika dipecat

Abdul Rahim SabriJul 1, 0912:39pm Malaysiakini.com

Kumpulan mahasiswa bersedia melancarkan bantahan besar jika Universiti Malaya mengambil tindakan tatatertib terhadap dua pelajarnya yang diseret ke mahkamah semalam.

Sehubungan itu, Persatuan Mahasiswa Islam UM juga berharap pentadbiran kampus tidak mengambil tindakan pecat seperti yang pernah dialami oleh tujuh mahasiswa institusi pengajian tinggi awam yang dituduh terbabit dalam satu perhimpunan haram pada 2001.

"Di pihak universiti pula, penulis ingin memberi peringatan supaya jangan sesekali mengambil tindakan dengan menghukum mereka sebelum mereka dibuktikan bersalah," kata presidennya Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin di blognya hari ini."

Jika seandainya hal yang pernah berlaku pada mangsa-mangsa ISA 7 berulang, penulis dan seluruh mahasiswa yang di dadanya kejap dengan perjuangan kemahasiswaan, tidak akan teragak-agak untuk membuat bantahan di segenap sudut.

"Kes tujuh pelajar itu - yang dikenali "ISA 7" kerana membantah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri - berlarutan hingga 18 Jun lalu apabila lima daripada mereka bersalah dan didenda RM3,900 tiap seorang. Seorang daripada mereka - yang menyertai perhimpuan di Masjid Negara pada 8 Jun 2001 - dilepaskan, sementara seorang lagi tidak menghadiri perbicaraan.

Shazni Munir, kini sedang dicari polis bagi membantu siasatan berhubung kes menconteng dan cubaan membakar dewan Akademi Pengajian Islam, juga berharap proses mahkamah berjalan dengan adil.

"Penulis dengan pengharapan yang menggunung, masih lagi mengharapkan proses perbicaraan berlangsung tanpa 'tangan-tangan ghaib' yang mengganggu, dan hakim mengadilinya dengan penuh adil serta saksama," katanya lagi.

Semalam, dua pelajar UM dituduh di mahkamah atas dakwaan menconteng dan cubaan membakar dewan sebelum kedatangan isteri perdana menteri Rosmah Mansor, 24 Jun lalu. Mereka juga dituduh menyimbah petrol di permaidani beberapa jam sebelum dilalui oleh isteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak untuk menyertai kempen derma 'Power of 10 Sen: Gaza Dibela' bagi anak-anak Palestin di dewan utama Akademi Pengajian Islam.

Mohd Izzuddin Hilmi dan Mohd Syahruldeen Ahmad Rosli dibebaskan hari ini selepas dijamin RM5,500 tiap seorang. Satu sumber polis memberitahu Malaysiakini semalam, kesalahan tersebut dipercayai dilakukan oleh lima orang, termasuk dua menconteng, dua mengawasi kawasan sekeliling sewaktu kejadian dan seorang lagi dianggap dalang perbuatan itu.

Selain Shazni Munir, polis juga sedang menjejaki Muhammad Aizat Roslan dan Muhammad Saufi Jelani - kedua-duanya dipercayai pelajar akademi Islam - bagi membantu siasatan.Menurut tulisannya itu, Shazni Munir juga menyatakan kerisauan berhubung perjalanan perbicaraan terhadap dua rakannya itu. "Masakan tidak, siapakah yang dapat memberikan jaminan kepada penulis yang mereka berdua akan dibicarakan dengan seadil-adilnya?" katanya.

"Bukanlah ingin menimbulkan kesangsian secara membuta-tuli, akan tetapi perbicaraan-perbicaraan sebelum ini yang melibatkan orang penting negara, pastinya berakhir dengan keputusan yang mengecewakan sekelian banyak pencinta kebenaran". Dalam tulisannya semalam, Shazni pula berkata, PMIUM memutuskan untuk memberikan bantuan guaman kepada kedua-duanya.

Komen: Pelajar di UM kini kian berani, apa lagi dengan pindaan AUKU yang telah buat baru-baru ini. Banyak perkara yang boleh diambil iktibar dari sini. Pertama, kenapa pelajar begitu berani melakukan perkara yang mengaibkan? Sudah tentu ada sesuatu yang benar-benar mempengaruhi mereka. Kedua, isteri PM selalunya menjadi orang yang dihormati. Lihatlah semua isteri PM sebelum ini, semua orang akan menghormatinya bila bertemu, tetapi tidak yang ini, itu satu persoalan besar... kenapa?... sudah tentu ada sebab besarnya. Ketiga, laporan media menyatakan pihak polis sedang berusaha mengesan dan menahan siswa yang sedang lari atau bersembunyi dari tindakan mengaibkan isteri PM itu. Soalnya apakah begitu besar perkara ini sehingga tenaga polis dikerah untuk menangkapnya? Sudah tidak adakah jenayah lain yang menjadi keutamaan kepada pihak polis. Perompak bank, perogol bersiri, pengedar dadah dll???. Tidak kah ini juga merupakan perbelanjaan dari pembayar cukai. Keempat, apakah benar mereka mahu membakar dengan bau petrol di permaidani itu.. atau ia merupakan sesuatu yang bersifat value added dalam kes ini...? Polis lebih maklum dan memang orang ramai ingin tahu... Adalah diharapkan kes ini selesai segera kerana semester akan dimulakan pada minggu depan dan malang bagi siswa yang lari tidak dapat hadir kelas... dan lebih malang ialah perasaan orang tuanya.

Tuan Aziz: Saya dipilih sebulat suara...

Malaysiakini.com

Muda Mohd Noor Jun 29, 09 2:26pm

Calon BN dalam pilihanraya kecil Manek Urai, Tuan Aziz Tuan Mat berkata, beliau dipilih secara sebulat suara untuk bertanding di kerusi tersebut.

"Saya difahamkan saya disokong penuh oleh semua ahli jawatankuasa (AJK) Umno bahagian Kuala Krai.

"Saya tanya pihak tertentu dalam bahagian, saya dapat sokongan penuh oleh AJK bahagian," katanya ketika diminta mengulas dakwaan ada pemimpin bahagian yang akan melakukan sabotaj terhadapnya.

Tuan Aziz yang juga ketua Pemuda Umno bahagian berkata, cerita 'kerat mengerat' di kalangan AJK Umno bahagian tidak berlaku di Manek Urai.

Katanya, hanya pihak tertentu yang menyebarkan spekulasi dan ia merupakan perkara biasa menjelang pilihanraya.

"Tidak sepatutnya berlaku kerat mengerat kerana saya dipilih oleh parti dan mereka juga orang parti yang sama," tambahnya.

Tuan Aziz berkata, jika seseorang calon yang tidak menunjukkan prestasi yang baik, rakyat akan menolak dan ini tidak bermakna berlaku kerat mengerat.

Peluang seimbang

Seorang AJK bahagian yang enggan namanya disiarkan memberitahu Malaysiakini, ada ahli Umno bahagian bimbang ada kumpulan AJK yang tidak puas hati, akan mensabotaj Tuan Aziz.

Katanya, ini kerana ia pernah berlaku dalam pilihanraya umum 2004 dan 2008.

"Kita juga meminta Tuan Aziz yang baru berumur 39 tahun itu tidak meminggirkan orang tua dalam kempennya nanti.

"Maklumlah beliau orang baru, rakan-rakannya orang muda dan keadaan ini boleh menyebabkan beliau lupa kepada pengundi golongan tua," katanya.

Mengenai peluang Tuan Aziz, beliau berkata, calon BN dan PAS itu mempunyai peluang yang seimbang.

Katanya, ini kerana pengaruh calon PAS, Fauzi Abdullah, tidak sama dengan bekas Adun Manek Urai, Ismail Yaacob yang meninggal Mei lalu.

Suruhanjaya pilihanraya (SPR) menetapkan 6 Julai sebagai hari penamaan calon dan pengundian pada 14 Julai..

Komen: Lebih baik tidak memberi komen jika demikian rupa komennya. Tidak kah komen seperti ini membayangkan sesuatu? Ia begitu defensif dan kelihatan seperti calon ini tidak mendapat sokongan sepenuhnya dari parti ini. Terdapat nama lain yang beliau geruni, yang mungkin punyai pengaruh yang kuat. Siapa..? Kita tidak tahu... tetapi dari komen di atas ia memberi tahu kita bahawa beliau tidak dipilih dengan sebulat suara.

Perak BN gov't scorches Pakatan policies

Humayun Kabir Jun 28, 09 8:16am Malaysiakini.com

It looks like the Perak BN government is bent on destroying all people-friendly policies implemented by the previous Pakatan Rakyat administration.

When Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir took his office in February, he was reported as saying that BN would continue the people-friendly policies implemented during Pakatan’s 10-month rule.

However, this turned out to be a broken promise as about nine people-friendly policies have either been scrapped or put on the back-burner.

DAP state secretary Nga Kor Ming is disappointed with BN’s about-turn on the following Pakatan-implemented measures:

• 3,000 applications from residents of new and planned villages to convert their land titles from leasehold to freehold cancelled.


• 817 elected village headmen had their term of office terminated. The village chiefs have since filed a suit in the Ipoh High Court to be reinstated.


• The proposal to change the octagon Yak Tack Seng market along Jalan Osbone into a tourist centre scrapped.


• The uniform one-coupon parking system for vehicles, and at a discounted rate from April, for the whole state did not see daylight.


• The proposed RM38 million new bus terminal at Meru Raya in Jelapang grounded.


• The open-tender policy for approving government contracts, land and logging concessions reverted to the old system of closed tenders.


• The giving state land to religious schools and Chinese independent schools also scrapped.


• The policy of giving RM1,000 to the dependents of senior citizens who die too has been buried.


• The process of legalising the 134 new villages put on hold.

“Just because Barisan is jealous of our people-friendly polices, it does not mean that they have to penalise the innocent people and make them suffer just to show their anger at us,” said Nga.

Nga also took to task Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for his “makan angin” trip during his one-day visit to Ipoh on Thursday while the country was facing the worst economic crisis in history.

“He just comes to eat, drink and takes a walk to meet the people in Little India. He can utilise this precious time to plan how to overcome the economic crisis and bring the nation back to a sound economic footing,” he added.

Comment: This is merely adding insult to injury to the people of Perak. How is BN going to win support if reverse decision like this is taken. Don't they realize that 2012 or 2013 is not that far.. after all they are the ones who is working hard on Unity Government.., yet they are the ones who is hurting the people or the ordinary folks.. Wonder... when are they going to wake up...

Hadi and Nasha have mud on their faces

Saad Hashim - Malaysiakini.com 25 June 2009

I refer to the Malaysiakini report PM: 'A religious duty to have unity talks'.

The so-called unity government talks between PAS and Umno or between PAS and BN and later changed to between Pakatan and BN have ended in a fiasco because of either bad 'nawaitu' (intention) or political immaturity on the part of PAS President Haji Hadi Awang and his deputy Nasharuddin Mat Isa.

First, why did Hadi make statements on the matter without the consent of his party and his party elders like Spiritual Leader Haji Nik Aziz. Because unlike Umno, PAS truly practises the concept that the president is merely someone who is only 'first among equals', meaning he cannot ignore the opinions of other leaders.

In Umno, the president is deemed to be the ‘high and mighty’ who can make policies willy-nilly and no one dares to chide or challenge him for making policy announcements without the consent of the Umno supreme council.

Thus we have had controversial policies made by the most powerful Umno president since Abdul Razak, - Dr Mahathir Mohamad like for example on the teaching of science and mathematics in English. I am sure Mahathir can testify to this and he could perhaps enlighten us further by telling us all those disastrous and wasteful policies he had made during his administration. On hindsight, he might want to say that he very much regretted them.

Secondly, did Hadi make this ‘unity talk’ suggestion, later seconded by his sidekick Nasharuddin only following some secret talks with Umno people who had promised Hadi the deputy premiership and senior ministership for Nasharuddin?

Hadi thought he could bulldoze his way with his party and quite naturally, there would be some in the PAS leadership as well as PAS grassroots who would support the idea especially those who perhaps still feel uncomfortable with PAS having to join DAP to form governments in Selangor, Penang, Kedah and Perak.

As they say in politics, you can fool all the people some of the time or the people can always be sweet-talked into making foolish decisions all the time.Thirdly, Hadi and Nasharuddin later insisted that PAS would talk to any party to discuss the country's problems ie, economy, the police, the judiciary, crime, etc.

If that is so, why can't they use the word 'dialogue' and not 'unity government'?And even this harmless overture Hadi and his deputy would have to inform their party leadership as well as their Pakatan partners.

And since when did Umno respect and spend time listening to Hadi and Nasharuddin on how to solve the country's economic problems? Now that the whole farce has come to an end, who has ended up with more mud on their face? Surely it is Hadi and Nasharuddin because whatever you may say, the duo cannot deny that the idea came from them and not from Umno (unless there is clear evidence that Hadi was asked to do it by Umno agents).

At the end of the day, Hadi and Nasharuddin have clearly tarnished the image of their party and strangely this is happening at a time when PAS is enjoying new-found strength and respectability following the last general elections.

Hadi and Nasharuddin have clearly become a little cancer in PAS and worse of all, from now on their partners in Pakatan can't be blamed if they start looking at PAS suspiciously.

Thus PAS would have to act fast by telling them that they are mere mortals and for the sake of the party, they should be brave enough to ‘die’ on their own swords, or else the party would arrange a ‘guillotine’ for them. Also it shouldn't be difficult for them because several PAS leaders have done this before including former past president Asri, Othman Abdullah, Mohamad Nasir, Nakhaie, etc.

Comment: There must be something behind their move as written here. There could have been secret talk between them and 'offer' from Umno men. This is the problem with political immaturity of our leaders. For the sake of personal gain they can easily be bought and sold. Poor PAS and Malays as a whole.