Hindraf Chairman P.Waytha Moorthy issued the following press statement today.
This is a most positive development and I personally wish to extend a hand to my brothers and sisters in Hindraf in welcoming them to this Rakyat-driven initiative to rid our nation of the cancer that UMNO and BN are.
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Recent developments seem to point in the direction of a hardening of UMNO’s political attitude. This is what we get reading what PM Najib has been saying and reading between the lines of what he has been saying.
He is creating a false feel good factor by handing out goodies to his target constituencies, the rural Malays, the urban poor and the civil servants as seen by his various pronouncements in the budget, the various handout schemes and various other subsidy maintenance programs. He has been talking a hard brand of racist talk to his core constituency. He has been mingling with organizations acknowledged to have questionable credentials. For the large segment of educated young and the middle class voters he is creating an illusion of liberalization and moderation when in fact the recent changes and additions to our laws – the amendments to the Employment Act, the new Freedom of Assembly bill are in reality detrimental to the people. Even as he is gearing up for the polls with all of this, he is also gearing up for more repression on the other hand in preparation for the unpopular and postponed actions post-election. It is clear what the future holds if left unattended.
Given all this HINDRAF has decided that the time has come to begin open activity to counter the trend which if unchecked will be detrimental to all of us. One of the key decisions that we had taken at our recently concluded National Convention on the 4th of December was to increase our engagement on issues of common interest with other civil society organization, NGOs and like minded political organizations.
It is therefore timely that the “Anything But UMNO” (ABU) movement is being mooted now. Since our inception our primary objective has been to remove UMNO from the seat of power in Putrajaya. The objectives of this movement dovetail closely with our own and this will enable us to create synergies that we believe has the potential to create another Tsunami – only this time a Tsunami that will completely sweep UMNO off its feet.
We perceive tremendous potential in this initiative. Anything but UMNO holding the reins of power in the country certainly will mean an opening up of democratic space for all of us to operate more freely and for us then to be able to work to bring about the changes and reforms we all so seek.
We hope other organizations will begin to converge on this opportunity to let that fiercely wild Tsunami wave develop. HINDRAF’s core people will be present at the Taman Melewar meet on the 15th of December 2011 for the inaugural session of ABU.
Krishna Singh
December 13, 2011
If you attack UMNO, it will alienate the Malays. You should target the BN government as a whole. Has Hindraf given up on their right for 15 Parliamentary seats and 55 assembly seats?
malchindian
December 13, 2011
As long as personal wants/stipulations/conditions are left at the door.
ABU!
Ali Ibrahim
December 13, 2011
United we stand, divided we fall. Hindraf, now realised that the purse strings are controlled by those UMNO warlords in Putrajaya. If you control Putrajaya, you can start to assist all the poor and needy rakyat.
So let’s get rid of the monster cancer to Malaysian society, UMNO.
nesen sinna
December 13, 2011
If your rhetoric fails to address the core fears (whether real or perceived) of many Malays who have been misled into equating UMNO’s survival with Malay survival then I fear the battle may be very uphill
Always emphasize & reiterate your awareness of the plight of the poorer Malays as well in all your speeches & actions
Welcome to ABU
optimist1943
Eric
December 13, 2011
UMNO MUST BE DRAWN & QUARTERED:
watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI2MpcIiO6A
mauriyaII
December 13, 2011
HINDRAF was the eye-opener and the catalyst that caused the 308 tsunami which in turn cost the UMNO/BN cartel their 2/3 majority and the loss of 4 states. If HINDRAF and Pakatan Rakyat had buried their differences and worked together, UMNO/BN would have lost all the bye (buy) elections. Who can forget Najib’s ” lu tolong gua, gua tolong lu” clarion call to voters.
If HINDRAF and Uthayamoorthy’s yet to be registered political party can join forces with the other parties in Pakatan Rakyat with the sole aim of making ABU a reality, it would go a long way to get rid of the other component parties of BN, such as MCA, MIC, GERAKAN, PPP, etc.
Now that the UMNO/BN fixed deposit in Sabah and Sarawak are nothing but a syiok sendiri exercise for Najib and gang, it is possible to take over Putrajaya with the number of parliamentary seats from those two colonized states deprived of their portion of the Malaysian economic pie.
Hope all the Pakatan Parties can bury their mutual suspicion and enmity caused by some egoistic leaders with their own agendas and work seamlessly to make ABU happen.
ryan
December 13, 2011
What happened to all your ****** demands and threats??? **** all the race base parties including hindraf. If you can accept Malaysia for all and not races and selfish agendas you are welcome , if not stay out we dont want to see your ****** face.
Chinaman
December 13, 2011
It should ne ABBN and not ABU.
Chinaman,
What’s in a name?
Its the substance that matters
Ktkterimakasih
December 13, 2011
Chinaman
I like ABU
It is both ANYTHING BUT UMNO/BN
and ASAL BUKAN UMNO/BN
It is simply beautiful
Besides, how would u pronounce
ABBN???
Ktkterimakasih
December 13, 2011
One more thing Chinaman,
Let’s all burn d end bn into ASHES! A B U !!!
Alpha
December 13, 2011
We have to strike the core of their power and that’s UMNO. So yes all NGOs and opposition parties should unite to free Malaysia from this cancer…..
Eric
December 13, 2011
Tuesday, 13 December 2011 12:36
posted by MAHATHIR-TAIB-UMNO-MUST-DIE-ALREADY.com
In memory of Bruno Manser and Kelesau Na‘an*
Headman Along Sega on behalf of all Penan und Kelabit from Upper Limbang Sarawak
Headman Unga Paren on behalf of all Penan from Lower Tutoh Sarawak
Headman Pada Jutang on behalf of all Penan from Middle Baram Sarawak
Headman Tirong Lawing on behalf of all Penan from Upper Baram Sarawak
We hear the echo of your voices in the blowing wind.
And these voices of yours give life and breath to all the land.
We who are small and tired need your strength and wisdom.
Let us walk in the beauty of our homeland,
in the forest where our fondest thoughts reside, in the days when you stood firmly by our side.
Take us by the hand and guide us in the direction of all those things that you respect and cherish.
Make our hearing keen enough to hear you when you call us in our dreams.
Give us the wisdom to remember all you have taught our people.
Let all of us study the words of guidance and advice that you have placed on every leaf of every tree, that you have placed in the stones of Mount Batu Lawi.
We are seeking strength, not to oppose our friends, but to fight our enemies; we must do so with the strength of our own bodies.
Give us the strength to struggle always, so that our children and grandchildren will live in happyness and joy.
Hold this beautiful land of ours in your strong hands. In our struggle your two names are in our hearts.
All of us Penan in Sarawak are resolved to continue our struggle for as long as we have life within us.
charlie chan
December 13, 2011
missing engines, missing cows n missing billions. yet the coalition is still in power?? what a wonderful nation??? who created all this mess n why . poverty every where in malaysia – urban n rural/ who cares>>>>
Eric
December 13, 2011
Tuesday, 12 December 2011 10:42
posted by MAHATHIR-TAIB-UMNO-MUST-DIE-ALREADY.com
Excerpts from letter of loyal MACC officers:
We would like to inform you that we, officers of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC), feel obliged to expose the misconduct and bribery of a senior officer of the MACC, Deputy Director (DD) MACC Selangor PKPj I Hishamuddin bin Hashim, in connection with the case of TEOH BENG HOCK and another case involving the bungalow of DATO’ SERI DR MOHAMAD KHIR BIN TOYO in Section 7, Shah Alam, Selangor.
He (DD) was promoted ahead of schedule, from Grade 41 to Grade 54, over the course of 16 years without transfer to other positions or locations other than that of the MACC Selangor. Based on the MACC, any officer who has been promoted or who has worked for more than 5 years in a state should be transferred to a different location to avoid the officer being involved in local bribery. One of the reasons he was never transferred is because he was tasked to “take care of” the position of Dato’ Seri Dr Khir Toyo in Selangor. As a result, Khir Toyo also “took care of” his position in Selangor as a favour.
As a result of his position in MACC Selangor for these many years, he has been involved in various cases of bribery and misuse of power. Some of the incidents of bribery or misuse of power that we have investigated are as follows:
i) Closing the case of Khir Toyo connected to the approval of a road construction project, in Sekinchan running 20.5 km valued at RM 92.5 million to a contractor that was nearly blacklisted, Meram Holdings. According to the JKR’s estimates, the road should have cost less than RM 50 million. The subcontractor that did the work on the project was Cabaran Wangsa, owned by Pua Kim An, the landlord of a house that had once been rented by Khir, while another company director, Ahmad Tarmizi Tajjeury is a Khir crony that was also given 100 acres of land at a profit to him of at least RM 20 million.
ii) Owning assets that exceed his emoluments such as:
a. Owning a few rental houses of which one is a two storey terrace house that was purchased at a favourable price from Pemaju Kumpulan Lebar Daun Development Sdn Bhd, as a result of the closing of the case against the Group Executive Chairman, Dato’ Noor Azman @ Noor Hizam bin Mohd Nurdin. The case was investigated by the then BPR Selangor for a few years together with various other houses owned by him. To remove public and subordinate suspicions, he lived in the Government Quarters in Kg Atap, Kuala Lumpur.
b. Owning a Petronas petrol station on the left of the Federal Highway KM 8.6 – 8.7, Section 1, Federal Highway, Shah Alam, 40000 Selangor (near the Melati Roundabout, Shah Alam to Klang bound, registered under the name of his brother. The petrol station only just began operating this year (2009), part of which was built above a Chinese cemetary. He managed to get the site to build the petrol station because of his power, which was exercised in the era of Khir Toyo’s government in Selangor.
c. Owning several plots of land around Shah Alam, in which one of them is believed to be beside the new SACC Mall registered under the name of a wife of a MACC Selangor driver named Abdullah b Azim, a full time homemaker in her late 30s.
iii) He has been caught in close proximity (khalwat) with a subordinate officer, Investigator rank, named Nor Azlina bt Mustafa besides the Shah Alam Lake early in 2009 by 2 police officers. He showed his identity card (MACC) and informed the police officers that he and the officer were in the middle of an operation and they were released. These “intimacies” between him and the Investigator were repeated and are common knowledge of many including his own wife. The only action taken by the Department was transferring the officer involved to the MACC Headquarters in Putrajaya. This was not effective because Azlina is still always with the DD in the Selangor office.
“BERKHIDMAT UNTUK SPRM/NEGARA YANG DICINTAI”
Kami yang menurut perintah,
PEGAWAI-PEGAWAI SPRM MALAYSIA
…
Eric
December 13, 2011
Friday, 09 December 2011 12:50
posted by MAHATHIR-TAIB-UMNO-MUST-DIE-ALREADY.com
JASA BESAR” KERAJAAN UMNO-BN KEPADA RAKYAT MALAYSIA….UNTUK MELAYU YANG MUDAH LUPA !!
1. PKFZ RM12bill
2. Submarine RM500mil
3. Sime Darby RM964mil
4. Paya Indah Westland RM88mil
5. Posmalaysia (transmile) RM230mil lost
6. Eurocopter deal RM1bil waste?
7. Terengganu Stadium Collapsed RM292mil
8. MRR2 repair cost RM70mil
9. Maybank Overpay for BII RM4bil
10. Tourism -NYY kickback RM10mil
11. 3 paintings bought by MAS—————– RM 1.5M
12. Overpayment by Sport Ministry————- RM 8.4M
13. London ‘s white elephant sports complex —- RM 70M
14. MRR2 Repairs—————————— RM 70M
15. MATRADE repairs ————————– RM 120M
16. Cost of new plane used by PM————– RM 200M
17. InventQ irrecoverable debt —————- RM 228M
18. Compensation for killing crooked bridge —– RM 257M
20. Lost in selling Augusta ——————— RM 510M
21. Worth of AP given out in a year ———— RM 1.8B
22. Submarines (future Muzium Negara artifacts)- RM 4.1B
23. PSC Naval dockyard ———————— RM 6.75B
24. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit)
25. The Maminco attempt to corner the world tin market in the 1980s is believed to have cost some US$500 million. (RM1.6 billion)
26. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s.
27. Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800 million (RM2.56 billion).
28. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn. Bhd. operation to shore up the stock market
29. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam
30. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM 348 million)
31. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007
32. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra wasestablished, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million. Hiring a kwai-lo CEO with salary of more than RM1 M per annum !
33. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat AbdulJalil (women and social development affairs) RM404,726 and Abdul HamidOthman (religious) RM549,675 per annum
34. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over the past five years. Out of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase of information and computer technology (ICT) equipments which it is unable to give a breakdown. Govt paid more than RM6k per notebook vs per market price of less than RM3k through some new consortiums that setup just to transact the notebook deal. There was no math & science content for the teachers and the notebooks are all with the teachers’ children now.
35. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to two private companies Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted toRM910 million.
36. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion “Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge”
37. RM1.3 billion have been wasted building the white elephantCustoms, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation ofthe Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge
38. RM 100 million on renovation of Parliament building and leaks
39. National Astronaut Programme – RM 40 million
40. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million
41. Eye on Malaysia – RM 30 million and another RM5.7 million of free ticket
42. RM 2.4 million on indelible ink
43. Samy announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation amounting to RM 38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. RM380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hike in 2008 alone.
44. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.
45. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. At a time when MAS incurring losses every year, RM1.55 million used to buy three paintings to decorate its chairman’s (Munir) office.
46. Putra transport system bailout which cost RM4.486 billion.
47. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion.
48. National Sewerage System bailout costing RM192.54 million.
49. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway bailout costing RM142 million.
50. Kuching Prison bailout costing RM135 million.
51. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam bailout costing RM8.3 million.
52. Le Tour de Langkawi bailout costing RM 3.5 Million.
53. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in BursaMalaysia under guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth billions of ringgits.
54. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of commercial lands and forestry concessions to children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth tens of billions of ringgits
55. Since 1997, Petronas has handed out a staggering 30 billion ringgit in natural gas subsidies to IPPs who were making huge profits. In addition, there were much wastages and forward trading of Petronas oil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accounts of Petronas are for the eyes of Prime Minister only, we have absolutely no idea of the amount.
56. RM5700 for a car jack worth RM50
57. Government-owned vehicle consumed a tank of petrol worth RM113 within a few minutes
58. A pole platform that cost RM990 was bought for RM30,000
59. A thumbdrive that cost RM90 was bought for RM480 60. A cabinet that cost RM1,500 was bought for RM13,500
61. A flashlight that cost RM35 was bought for RM143
62. Expenses for 1 Malaysia campaign paid to APCO?
63. RM17 billion subsidy to IPP
64. USD24 million diamond ring for Ro$mah — cancellation of order — how much compensation???
65. Cattle/Cow gate by family of Sharizat RM250 million
Thanks to compiler.
Eric
December 13, 2011
Another View: UMNO end times …
Allen Tan
December 13, 2011
Be quick, got news that schools were told to get ready from now. poll could be end december.
Parli-Man
December 14, 2011
After the recently held HINDRAF national conference at the Chinese Assembly Hall, it was decided that HINDRAF should also get more involved with national issues as national issues also affect Malaysian Indian issues. Asking for seats will no longer be HINDRAF’s agenda nor priority. HINDRAF as always are in it for the long run. UMNO is the enemy hence let us all unite and bring it down !
Dr Nedu
December 14, 2011
Way to go…….looks like UMNO is half dead by now!
shakuntala
December 14, 2011
BRAVO,BRAVO HINDRAF.!!!!!….Blyme!!! what a lovely Christmas present, your shift in consciousness.
Welcome…. Malaysians need your compassion and strength.
Eric
December 14, 2011
NATION Building 101 – Lessons to be learnt from a REAL STATESMAN:
National Archives – Interview with Lee Kuan Yew – National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 – 12/04/1981). – This film is footage of an interview in which the Prime Minister of Singapore spoke on the Vietnam War and the problems of Southeast Asia.
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria talks with Lee Kuan Yew about his life as prime minister of Singapore, the revival of China, War on terror, Freedom Agenda and even the recent Georgian conflict. This is a two part series.
Charlie Rose’ show, host Charlie Rose interviewed Lee Kuan Yew, Former Prime Minister of Singapore about the new global order. (10/23/09)
This is an interview titled “Hot-button Topics” found on the DVD on the back cover of the new book “Lee Kuan Yew Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going”.
pgpeep
January 3, 2012
I hope MCLM will not associate themself to some racist thugs. Whats the difference between Hindraf and Perkasa? To me, both are the same, except one is legal while the other one is illegal according to UMNO.