The author of this piece that appeared in the Malaysianinsider two days ago, sent me the e-mail below yesterday.
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Only two days ago I had written about the dilemma that I have as an ordinary voter in deciding between BN or PR in the next general elections.
Today, it has been alleged through a local internet news portal that, first, the PR state government of Selangor has awarded without open tender a multi-million ringgit contract to develop a piece of Petaling Jaya land to a company with no known track record of property development and, second, the company is associated with the state assemblyman for Bukit Antarabangsa, YB Azmin Ali who is also the deputy president of PKR and, third, YB Azmin had pressured the Selangor Menteri Besar, YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, to award the contract to the said company.
These are very serious allegations. YAB Khalid and YB Azmin have an obligation to respond to them without delay. Their sincerity about upholding the integrity, accountability and transparency of the state government, PKR and PR are at stake here.
I hope neither one would stonewall these allegations the way their party did to accusations by party members of irregularities in their recent internal elections. Such reticence would only cause more disenchantment with PKR.
I also hope its coalition partners, PAS and DAP, would prod the state government to reply to the allegations. Such prodding is the right thing to do if PR is truly a coalition of equals.
There is no point in promising to do this or that reform within 100 days of being elected the federal government if PR drags its feet over a matter, such as this, which is fully under the responsibility of a PR state government.
I hope the state government or YAB Khalid or YB Azmin will give an explanation before Christmas. Otherwise, I together with my family and friends will decide not to give our votes to PR in the next general elections.
The voters are watching.
Redhuan D. Oon
December 23, 2010
This is pure cronyistic behaviour bro. It is sinful to both Allah and rakyat.
Come to think of it, the Third Force should come out with its full lineup of candidates and give the rakyat this time a real choice. I will change my vote to the Third Force provided it is a full clean lineup that can take over the Feds.
PRwillWIN
December 23, 2010
So will you and your family give votes to UMNO-BN if they do not reply?????
Sang Kancil Guru
December 23, 2010
Oh no, we will give our votes to the 3rd Force, thank you very much. No votes going to any UMNO-lites masquerading in PR.
rezeki iklas
December 23, 2010
Fully agree with the request made that PR must be seen to be doing what the Rayat wanted all these years – Transparency in governance!! PR should bear in mind that the voters are no fools. So please not not take the voters for granted like BN.
BN is a already a known parties of crooks who have been treating the nation’s treasury as their own property and have now brought the nation close to it’s fianancial knees.
This must not go unpunish during the next GE and it will include PR if it does not practice what it preaches all these years…..Let’s get rid of the corrupts!!!
Sang Kancil Guru
December 23, 2010
More shit hits the fan again.
wandererAUS
December 23, 2010
…if this is found to be true and no valid reason is offered, yes, it is time, the electorate should do some serious thinking… who we should give our sacred vote! Perhaps, we should have more Chinese MBs!!…I am being a racist, look at the records of all UMNO MBs….
4RAKYAT
December 23, 2010
this article seems to convey the message thus…
“pakatan, i know u r the most likely the ONLY party to kick umno out and make malaysia proud and free again. and i know, burying umno is the ONLY way for our country to have a chance to make it into the next chapter, a new life so to speak. i know all this.
but if u dont explain this anonymous poison-pen allegation about a certain housing project and perhaps cronyisms – not quite bribery ala macc – then i am going to drag all malaysians down and book another 50 years or more of umno’s continuing rape and plunder of our country and its people….”
that about sums it up i think. it’s akin to saying that bcos of a few mosquitoes (perhaps planted by umno – u know what umno is capable of), i am committing suicide with my whole family and the rest of u malaysians.
is that the message here, haris?
and no, i am not saying that azmin/khalid should not answer these allegations. they’ve been having to do so for allegations by umno or agents paid by umno to raise issues, since march08. go ask lim guan eng. him and utusan and those komtar/kg buah pala umno-folks. so what is another allegation as such? answer them please. sure, pakatan will be distracted and some of us are helping the other side.
but even more so, it’s bcos we are on a new riding high on and hallucinated by the latest fad right now – mlcm or mlmc or another alphabet-soup group.
my position this is still clear – no 3rd force. no nothing. 100% pakatan vs 100%umno.
pakatan is already disadvantaged as it is right now:
pakatan = pakatan rakyat & rakyat (who only writes and do nothing else). not much funds. not much front line soldiers. not many volunteers. but lotsa talkers and comment contributors. lots of them.
umno = all the govt machineries and funds (by the billions) and police, election commission, ag chambers, macc, judges, parliament, raja2 melayu etc…
rome is burning as we speak and some of us still wanna wax lyrical. look at all those banalities and poodle-dog comments all around pakatan-friendly blogs and on-line news. all the same. all the same. all the same.
House Victim
December 25, 2010
4RAKYAT,
The Bullies to Subang Town Park is not a fiction with allegations.
http://housevictim.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/mother-of-malaysian-property-bullies-4/
1) Why Khalid spent all his efforts trying to convince the People that a illegal and invalid title on a Town Park in adverse possession by Sime for 30 years be respected? Even when it should be concluded as obtained via bribery with the Breach of Duty and Trust of the previous Government.
2) Why didn’t he simply refer back to the Master Approval plan and save the Park without going through all the troubles of acquiring the land which could be some 40million (in 2007 estimation)?
3) The title can almost be considered as forgery as it had violate most of the NLC regulations with the basis that it should not even be issued with any title as it is a Public area!
He had led Selangor with Big Noise of CAT and even promoting Free-Information but after consent by the Public Servants. He invited report of Land problems in 2008, but a report made to him via Ronnie Liu had never been answered. Instead of correcting, he was seen actively confusion and messing up the case using MTES, a committee without the power of authority to give approval to be passed via MPSJ and almost ready to acquire land with evaluation. A great number of owners who have the Rigths of being provided with Information were in the dark and many were misled.
He kept silent without responding. Same for the Departments concerned, JPBD, the Appeal Board. The initiate reply from head of PTG is simply bureaucratic and nonsense. All the tricks used by BN/MCA in the past were there!!
Recently, we find it out that he was with PKNS which is the mother of land thief in Selangor!!They had stolen another halve of the Subang Town Park in 1979 to have joint-venture with Emko in 1984/6 to build Wangsa Baiduri.
People should find CAT who can catch RATs and not CAT sleeping with RATS or an hydrid of both!!
People drop their heart when Khalid said he is busy looking after 4000 or 40,000ha of reserved land and he cannot care those of a few acres!!!
DON’T BLINDLY TAKE ANY PK, ESPECIALLY PKR!!
House Victim
December 25, 2010
…
CORRECTION
DON’T BLINDLY TAKE PK, CHOOSE WITH CARE, ESPECAILLY PKR!!
BUT SURELY KICK-OFF BN!!
THEREFORE, 3RD FORCE IS ESSENTIAL!!
The Selangor situation is horrible as they get the power but not sticking to laws and procedures and even manipulating procedures!!
Why use MTES when Khalid should work together with EXCO? If other members of EXCO sleeping too or keep their eyes closed??
wandererAUS
December 23, 2010
After reflecting on what I have commented, I will still vote PR!…there is no reason to change course, simply because, on the unproven corrupt activities of a few in PR…”Two swallows don’t make a summer”
Jong
December 23, 2010
No blind loyalty from me, I will not give my precious vote to Pakatan Rakyat if scumbags the likes Azmin Ali is the candidate in my constituency eventhough I’m a Pakatan Rakyat supporter! I make no secret about this. My best friend, Bess the labrador will definitely make a better candidate!
Sean
December 23, 2010
That’s why 2 parties are never enough. They have to believe they have competition, even if very few people ever vote for the competition.
Jong
December 23, 2010
I have warned before, Khalid Ibrahim must watch over his shoulders 24/7 when he has an abnoxious incendiary in his mist. Regret will be too late!
Jong
December 23, 2010
oops sorry, correct spelling: “midst”
vflai
December 23, 2010
hahahaha! we HAVE suffered 52/53 looooooooooooong years….ALSO dont FORGET, we suffered immeasurably 4/5 years under the japanese occupation(don’t know how long actually, as we were pretty occupied planting our main/survival diet of the very meagre/paltry less vitamin(ed) ubi kayu/keledek crops, in and around our compounds/jungle fringes/peripheries, villages then……….SO what if we are to REMAIN so stupid, like some of the dyak/melanaus say, “(vote) bn lah since the white haired man promised (“”"”WAIT your turn to come lah!”"”")them roads, and pipe water to come(remains only a possibility after 47 years of plundering your ncr land, wealth???!!!)and MOST IMPORTANT of all, while in your futile waiting, ‘high-jack’ all of your self-esteem/maruah? …………..so why do we worry, let them be, they like it that way…birds of the bn feathers, flock together, solely BECAUSE, unfortunately/unwittingly/stupidly, since the formation of MALAYSIA IN (1963 or was it l967?)they are PROUDLY termed as breathen bumis……hahahaha….such stupidity, that only a pig(pun intended) can rival!….what is the termed often used for such absolute IGNORANCE???? PADAN something, something MUKA! DoooooooooooooooooM!
jay
December 23, 2010
4rakyat makes a lot of sense which the third force people don’t seem to appreciate given the demands made especially of PR…..looks like everyone wants to be leader/kingmaker/change agent but only a few are willing to be foot soldiers
Paul Warren
December 23, 2010
Coming from UMNO I thought Azmin should have the experience to cover it up? Didn’t he learn anything from his UMNO days?
mauriyaII
December 23, 2010
My family, friends and I will vote for the Opposition. We will NOT vote for the corrupt, arrogant, racist and rapist legions of the Barisan Nasional.
However if any of the known scumbags from Pakatan Rakyat were to stand in our constituency, even if they are high ranking PR politicians, they will not get out votes.
We don’t want a repeat of another 5 decades of the UMNOputra/MCA/MIC/GERAKAN/PPP misrule.
Patrick C.
December 23, 2010
Yes, Khalid and Azmi, we demand you respond immediately.
Now do you anti-third force people out there know why we need the third force?
My2cen
December 23, 2010
What is the use of replacing one torn brake pad with another worn-out pad for your car? Waste of labour charges and time while exposing yourself to the same risk!
Same with voting in just anyone from the opposition just to replace BN MPs. We the rakyat have to be smart and evaluate the candidates. I will not vote for people from the opposition known to have covert with UMNO or those who have a long list of dubious dealings. Yes, UMNO will plant everything and anything, so Pakatan MPs have to counter them. Like what LGE is doing. Evertime they send in the rempits to make silly accusations, LGE will stil answer the allegations, marginalising the Malays la, disregarding the poor la, etc. He has stepped in many times to make sure developers pay reasonable compensation to the people before they evict them. Let’s not argue about the quantum here, fact is that was never done under BN rule. I would also like to see the same from our Selangor MB, let him answer these allegations. Yes, it will take time from his busy work, but in politics, it needs to be done to stay above board so that these issues do not arise again during the elections, and he can produce results to win another election.
Let’s be honest, not everyone in Pakatan is so wholesome, some are as cunning and slimy as those in UMNO, in particular. Some who were just fielded to stand, have no real desire to work for the rakyat. They are just there to keep the seat warm. So we should now look at these areas and replace them with better candidates, since there are professionals who are willing to better represent us. We should look at all the seats with useless MPs, from BOTH the divide, and replace them. Period. If those who are shouting that they want to see changes in the governance of the country really meant it, the only way is to get professionals into Parliament to effect real changes. Career politicians, esp those from UMNO or ex-UMNO, have only 1 desire – get contracts. We need to rid our government of UMNO-mentality. And their cronies. If we keep replacing them with UMNO clones, it’s not going to make any changes.
Alfred Charles
December 24, 2010
Dear Haris,
Although it is your right to demand a response on this matter from the Selangor state government I am rather disappointed to hear that you and your family will vote BN in GE13 if no reply is forthcoming. That sounds rather childish talk simply because you seem to get blinkered and forgotten that BN had committed so much of atrocities including looting the country of billions of ringgit of tax payers money just to satisfy the greed of their cronies. Haris please rethink your stand and consign the BN government to the sewer.
AgreeToDisagree
December 27, 2010
You cannot ignore the Oligarchy and entrenchment that has occurred in Pakatan in the Anwar, Lim and Karpal Dynasties. See what happened to :
Lim Hock Seng and Tee Beng Hock in DAP, sacking of DAP’s Kulasegaran (backed by the Ngeh-Nga 2nd degree nepotism cousins), PKR’s deputy secretary-general P. Jenapala, even against Zaid Ibrahim etc..
The cliques of Oligarchs must be dealt with as they do not step aside like gentlemen, nor do they declare assets or endorse Term Limits. Surely you can see there is nothing childish about Tengku Dr. Haris’s MCLM request?
The only worrying thing is the anglophile treachery or Marina ‘Evil’ Mahathir having bought RPK and Haris themselves up to ensure dr.Evil’s personal safety. Other than that, MCLM if not KITA have a very important role that cannot be ignored, with any unknown independents to form another party!
sampalee
December 25, 2010
When pr is behaving worse than bn,one must be blind not to vote for the better one or not vote at all.But to go against simple logic by voting for pr is to sleep with the devil.If haris is childish,then those who are still napping are brain dead.
marahku
December 25, 2010
Many here are working on the assumption that anything is better than BN, if that is true than Ok, vote for anything other than BN
But on teh other hand we did get progress under BN, sure you can say that would come anyway but all I am saying is that even the mighty oak needs time in a nursery to make sure it is mature enough to handle the world
If we give power to the people who are not ready, they may very well behave worse than the goons that BN already has in place
power corrupts, we know this adn it corrupts the weak and unprepared more easily,
There is no real harm in Pakatan staing as opposition and maturing for another term, at least come up with a plan for a unified cabinet not some mickey mouse version with three posts for every ministry… it shows you are not able to work coherently
freedom is built, more than anything else, on stability. with stability there will be progress, even if it is inch by inch, if there is no stability, there can be no progress
medan
December 31, 2010
win some loose some,freedom is built, more than anything else, on stability. with stability there will be progress, even if it is inch by inch, if there is no stability, there can be no progress. don’t wait until the arm forces take over. you’ll lost everything.
STEVE PIRAN
January 1, 2011
HI THERE SAM HARRIS. AM REALLY GLAD TO SE YOU INVOLVED IN POLITICS.
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHO THE HELL IS THIS. M SIVA. I USED TO WORK IN THE LAB IN V. I. NOW, U REMEMBER ME, SAM. ANYWAY, I MOVED TO CANADA IN 1990.
I KEEP ON READING ALL UR ARTICLES. THIS CUNTRY IS BEING RAPED BY THE UMNO PRICKS.HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE.ANYWAY SAM, EMAIL ME, IF THERE IS ANYTHING INTERETING OR IF THERE IS ANY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS. TAKE CARE BUD. BYE NOW. SIVA.
shakuntala
January 2, 2011
Mr. Alfred Charles
Haris never said he would vote for BN….do not speculate.He merely said he would decide not to give his vote to PR in the next election.
Perhaps he ought not to have spoken for his family and friends, because the vote is secret, anyway.
Guwawijaya
February 2, 2011
Haris, any progress on this from the PKR duo?
Guwawijaya,
None