5.30pm yesterday evening, was alerted by one in the team that a police report was due to be made at the Taiping police IPD against YB Nga Kor Ming, the member of parliament for Taiping.
The complaint, so the information went, was that the YB had the audacity to recite verses from the Holy Qur’an at a ceramah the night before.
Gan, Ariff and I got to the balai by about 5.40pm.
Other media members were already waiting at the entrance to the balai. Someone had obviously gone to great lengths to leak the story.
Ariff and I stepped into the balai to inquire if such a report had been lodged.
The officer manning the frontdesk kindly checked and confirmed that no such report had been lodged.
As we walked back to the entrance, we saw the entourage.
The person who appeared to be leading the pack, Hj Osman Abu Bakar, Ketua Umum / Presiden of Barisan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu (BBPM ), was persuaded to speak to the media before the group entered the balai to lodge the report.
Osman alleged that the night before, at a ceramah, Yb Nga had recited from the Holy Qur’an, had got the rendition all wrong, and had even puported from a non-existent Surah Aurat, when there was no such surah in the holy book.
By this, he contended, YB Nga had ‘mempersendakan Islam’. He went on quite a bit about this until someone else stepped into the limelight.
Hj Hassan Hamzah introduced himself as the Setiausaha Terhormat of the BBPM.
He picked up where Osman had left off.
“Islam dipersendakan”, he asserted, almost as if both he and Osman were parroting from a script.
He went on.
“Niat YB Nga adalah untuk menghina Islam, meghina orang Melayu dan mecabar hak istimewa orang Melayu”, he insisted.
And I thought, “Oh God, more of this rubbish from these monkeys”.
Asked what they hoped to achieve by making the report, Hassan justified it on the basis of Fardhu Khifayah, that it behoved every Muslim to step forward and correct this wrong done towards Islam.
I’d heard enough and removed myself from the ongoing press conference, stepping out of the balai compound for a smoke.
The group stepped into the balai to lodge the report.
I thought it was over.
Wrong.
Hasssan was out again, this time singing like a canary.
And he seemed to have forgotten the script.
The man just wouldn’t stop talking, even as he was being pumped with questions by the media, but he seemed most interested in the camera man from NTV7 / TV3.
He volunteered that the mufti of Perak was waiting to be interviewed on this issue, and that the camera man from NTV7 / TV3 should hurry to do that interview so that they could run the story that night. In fact, he suggested that the views of Tok Guru Nik Aziz be also sought on the issue.
Hassan had just inadvertantly disclosed that an elaborate plan of sorts had been hatched.
Somewhere along the way, the man forgot himself and disclosed that he was the timbalan ketua cawangan UMNO bahagian Bagan Datoh. Those who are not familiar, this is the constituency of Datuk Zahid Hamidi, one of the three newly elected vice-presidents of UMNO and the one who has been hankering to lick Najib’s boots.
Having made this disclosure, he was now pressed if the report might not be politically motivated, although he had just earlier insisted that the police report coupled with some well-timed media reports would make for a good polemic on the issue.
He conceded that it was political.
Then he dropped the bombshell.
If the TV could get this news out, complete with the interview with the eagerly awaiting mufti, by the next day (today), they’d put together a video clip showing an excerpt of YB Nga’s speech together with excerpts from the news report, burn 50,000 CDs and flood Bukit Gantang with the same.
Asked on whose instructions he was acting, he replied that instructions for this came from the very top.
By this time, there was little talk about defending Islam.
No these were not defenders of Islam.
These ae manipulators of the faith and its adherents, for any little they can gain for themselves!
The People's Parliament 
Jed Yoong
April 6, 2009
“burn 50,000 CDs ”
do they need the finas approval?
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/03/30/perak-assemblyman-arrested-for-producing-dvd-on-democarcy-tree/
Indiran
April 6, 2009
Sam,
The pictures sums it up all, they are reading from a script. Coming from Zahid Hamid’s constituency i’m not suprised, since his statement about the chinese culture.They will sell the souls and morality to anyone who pays them a price.
Helen Ang
April 6, 2009
If Haji Hassan does flood Bukit Gantang with 50,000 DVDs, he might first want to get a B certificate from the Film Censorship Board.
Apparently, manufacturing, circulating, distributing or displaying DVDs without the cert is an offence entailing a fine from RM5,000 to RM30,000, three years’ jail or both.
The Perak Mufti was ‘Tokoh Ma’al Hijrah 1430H’, an award carrying a cash prize of RM100,000, medal and plaque. He can afford — we might suppose — to help pay any such fine.
oA
April 6, 2009
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not even past three days and this useless pm is up to his old antics again.
he is just full of crock.
unmo OLD HABITS DIE HARD.
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yabif
April 6, 2009
Haris ibrahim, get a life dude.
shar101
April 6, 2009
Bro,
Please read the BM version (obtained from BloggersNetwork) on this same pre-meditated ruse by UMNO to use the government controlled MSM in spreading dis-information:
http://anje-online.blogspot.com/2009/04/prk-p059-bukit-gantang-berita-gempak.html
As to “Asked on whose instructions he was acting, he replied that instructions for this came from the very top” – Sooo… need we really crack our noggins on who it is?
Btw this ‘Bagan Datoh’ connection (errmm.. no connection to the French Connection, of course) looks familiar i.e. wasn’t a certain location near Port Weld the recipient for a projek longkang mee segera recently? Hang on.. here it is –
https://harismibrahim.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/meeting-the-voters-of-kuala-sepetang-bukit-gantang/
Dang! Now we know who’s the owner.
P.S. See you guyz in a few hours and .. can I have that soft bed by the window on the 2nd floor please?
anna brella
April 6, 2009
Well like I said before, like other real faiths, Islam too is a ROCK and those who use Islam deliberately and manipulatively to play religious politics or for commercial business gain will only break themselves against that ROCK and pay for that faithless treachery/derhaka to GOD when that final judgement day inevitably arrives.
Smile.
“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon.
matrempit
April 6, 2009
its all in politics la bro.
the person u should blame is Yb Nga. Why on earth did he need to recite something that is so unfamiliar to him? did he want to submit to islam? no. did he want to win some votes? yes.
“Tiada angin masakan pokok bergoyang”.
dont blame the umno voulchers for your own stupidity. Umno is just doing their job.
like i said, its all politics.
Ros
April 6, 2009
Islam adalah untuk semua. Islam adalah dan sesama dengan ajaran Nabi Musa(MOses), Nabi Ibrahim (Abraham). Tetapi Islam di Malaysia adalah versi untuk orang orang politik Melayu UMNO. Orang Melayu UMNO tak nak bangsa lain memeluk agama Islam sebab mereka takut hilang kuasa. Masjid India boleh bina, Masjid Cina TIDAK boleh dibina.
Yang Maha Mulia ialah ALLAH, bukan Sultan/Raja,Raja. Siapa yang syirik.
Mia Oleary
April 6, 2009
Meanwhile, remember Hee of Jelapang.
Now follow carefully.
1. Remember the venue where she held the press meet yesterday.
2. Flashback – how many special draws were held by a gaming company in February/March 2009? Check the website. And why did the Finance Ministry (helmed by who?) allow these draws during those months?
3. How is the gaming company and the venue connected?
4. It can be true that BN did not fund anything.
5. But do not discount the fact that the gaming company is connected to the funding – and recovering it through special draws. After all no Muslim gambles – there are enough notices at such venues that gambling is ‘haram’. So the customers are non-Muslims only.
It means non-Muslims encouraged to patronize and this duit haram is then used to fund Hee.
Why should the funding be in this way?
Simply because – that has been the way from the time Tg Razaleigh lost narrowly to be a party president. Remember how the voting was done that time. Staggered basis – over a period of time.
The talk that time was, it gave the incumbent, enough time to alert a business ‘kaki’ who used his charm to swing votes from a power centre in the party – who incidentally has risen to great heights recently.
This time around, the same approach was used?
Hee said that she will even support the opposition if there were merits.
Thats rubbish. Will the BN allow such situation?
After getting her to switch sides?
She is still valuable.
When the Perak assembly sitting is to be held, she can still play an important role – if Sivakumar is made to go missing like Bala.
That time she will take over as assistant speaker and can wreck all efforts of PR.
Do not take her for granted.
She has been well trained and well funded.
Can use this today for the ceramahs?
jinjangjoe
April 6, 2009
OH Dear, nobody seems to have backbone in Barisan Najis. Pity this nation.
For 50 years without fail WE are the one voted-in the spineless government. No one should be blamed, except US.
Wake up MIC(key), MCA, PeePeePee. You are being treated like stray dog by Barisan Najis. For the sake of your children and grand children, stand up, and DO THE RIGHT THING.
sing
April 6, 2009
These are the worst infidels…
Abusing their religion for personal and political gain!
If ALLAH would permit such perverse and profane hypocrites who defile and defame and reproach His religion to live on, then something is quite wrong!
Ravi Chitty
April 6, 2009
UMNO is trying desperately with their preconceived ills! They will go to great lengths to manipulate everything to their advantage, especially the Bagan Datoh character! He has even given the Chinese a new (unwarranted) cultural definition!
Alas, as it has turned out too frequently, their ills will backfire! Hidup Ketuanan Rakyat! Hidup Anak Bangsa Malaysia!
kazi mahmood
April 6, 2009
Salaam
Islam do not need ‘defense’ as it is already ‘protected’ by Allah. Muslims who are astray need to defend their ‘views’ of Islam since they are misusing Islam for personal gains.
Wslm
siew eng
April 6, 2009
Thanks, Haris, for the great expose. Nothing of which the mainstream media would care to reveal.
Bigjoe
April 6, 2009
What is worst is this. Najib has a veil of deniabilty given that Zahid Hamidi will take all the blame for such things. People don’t get how loyal Najib’s key followers are because Najib takes care of them very well. They provide a layer of deniability for Najib when he very well knows its happening much like in Altantuya case where Razak Baginda and the two cops was willing to risk a death sentence.
The man pretty much knows crap is going on under him, he just make sure he never gets dirtied.
ps ahmad
April 6, 2009
NEVERMIND HAMBA ALLAH/ SERVANTS OF ALMIGHTY GOD, BE PATIENT,………… NOTHING ESCAPE THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH/ALMIGHTY GOD. 100% FOR SURE THOSE KAFIR, ZALIM , SHIRIK , AND MUNAFIK WILL BE COUNTED FOR BY ……..
WASSALLAM / GOD BLESS…………
Ghifari X
April 6, 2009
These men are despicable without shame illiterate to boot. Hey have not interest in religion and they can’t stand the sight of a pious person yet would endeavor to corrupt on sight the first Muslim juvenile they lay sigh on.
Just take a look at the demeanor of any, literally any UMNO member or aspirant BN degenerate there you will find a sorry posture of a sponger- a fraud a beggar.
Seriously, look at these buggers in the background news report, or ushers at any of their functions or those loitering daily at the offices or car park of some government wig. I feel sorry for them. Can I ever represent my family my relatives as some lowly stooge on the altar of some corrupt official loafing for some handout? like a RM 10,000 timber concession, Parking meter collection, a secretary job in a MCA china man store for my juvenile mistress, or a permit to employ Bangladeshi workers-without having to pay them, or a permit to operate a garbage truck – I mean these men sell their souls disregarding how stink they are looked up. They sell their children their spouse even their manhood, to a point they don’t even work. I detest these groveling faces they make my race shameful. Almost everything they eat and share with their spouse and next of kin is haram- fire in their bellies. God forbid!
Johnathan Swift
April 6, 2009
You are only fooling yourself. For the sake of money you sell your country, sell your people, sell your soul. What for? Big bank account, big cars , big houses.Your children grow up without values because what you give them is an illusion of life. Your money can’t buy you peace with God. It cant’ fill the shallowness of your being.Your money can’t buy you values. Principles and values maketh a man.
Malaysianatheart
April 6, 2009
Is there anything they won’t sell for political survival?? What is amazing is that they haven’t as yet realized that such tactics will work against them. Its no longer 1987 – its now 2009!! Huge difference in the psyche of the Rakyat!
We should encourage them to carry on with these ridiculous and stupid tactics. This will ensure their demise.
One more thing – can you guys please tell Anwar Ibrahim to stop declaring “surprises”!!! He is quickly losing his credibility – in fact he probably has already lost all credibility. He is beginning to look like a complete moron! No different from the UMNO morons. As the cliche goes – you can take the thamby out of UMNO but can you take the UMNO out of the thamby??!!!
IbnAbdHalim
April 6, 2009
Dear all,
Next step UMNO hypocrites will enact a law prohibiting non-Muslims reverting to Islam for Islam is only meant for UMNO. It’s the return of Mahathirism, beware!
The Blog Of My Life
April 6, 2009
By now everyone must know that UMNO is not protecting Islam or Malay, they are protecting their own ricepot.
http://nmjnh.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/do-chedet-a-favor-by-ignoring-him/
wira
April 6, 2009
The Holy Book must only be used to defend UMNO.
If you use it to go against UMNO, they’ll find some way to harass you.
PeoplePower
April 6, 2009
Kepada Semua Penyokong PR,
Sila bagi tahu semua pengundi-pengundi di Bukit Selambau dan Bukit Gantang bahawa cuaca pada hari mengundi iaitu esok 7/4/09 dari tengahari hingga petang mungkin akan hujan lebat.
Jadi, sila suruh semua pengundi-pengundi keluar untuk mengundi di sessi pagi.
Yang nak keluar undi sessi petang, sila bawa payung sekali.
Terima Kasih.
sampang
April 6, 2009
What changes they are talking about ?
To change from Bad to Worst ? While the whole “family”
plunder the nation’s wealth but leaving behind the goon
supporters still shouting support high and low for them in
ecstacy..
mat t
April 6, 2009
yabif Haris has a life but for you i suggest go to the nearest giant and visit their life section and maybe on counter 9 you can buy a life.
drMpower
April 6, 2009
i read ur posting twice. and none of the event, ever relate najib whatsoever. apart from ur below-the-belt punching line saying something about Zahid Hamidi’s place and licking Najib bla bla bla.
so, may i ask u, harris for what little gain u sell your black heart and hatred?
why everyone is running scared on najib? from what i’ve heard, the guy has been accused of so many bad things. even incidents that not related to him also, he got the bad smell afar. so, najib should not be someone u should be afraid or anything. in fact, come next pru, i believe its gonna be langley in the park for the oppositions.
but no, since months, i think since ijok by election, everyone was banging about him and bla bla bla. even tian chua managed to publish a fantasied fake picture just to paint the man black. thank god picasso was dead, or else he would stick the paintbrush to chua’s arse for making art something stupid like his photo editing skill.
mark my word – accusations – and so far, despite the large network existence by tian chua, anwar, or anybody else, even u harris, nothing ever come out.
and its worth to note that, i am not anyone’s running dog. its just that harris, u irritated me with these lies and misleading events which i dont think present any credible weight to help whoever u intend to help.
hayata
April 6, 2009
Tak tahulah apa nak jadi dengan umno nie..kalau ornag bukan islam itu silap dalam berkata tentang Islam kena beritahu dia directly bukan dengan membuat polis report. Ini secara tidak langsung menjauhkan orang bukan islam dari Islam. Apa pun kagum juga dengan wakil MP DAP ini, dia cuba relate islam dengan situasi di negara kita ini. Adakah pemimpin umno berbuat begitu?
Kalau kita lihat sejarah, dulu masa hukum hudud di jadi isu olih umno/ BN dan ada beberap pemimpin BN yg bukan ISlam pun membust komen memperlekehkan hudud, contoh, kalau hudud dipakai, kita memutar jam kebelakang, itu Quran bolih buat highway ke?..lebih kurang begitulah bunyinya….dan paling sedih ada pemimpin umno sendiri yg memperlekehkan hudud, sampai sanggup dia kata kalau pakai hudud, ramai orang islam kudung tangan..ini lagi dasyat..seorang pemimpin islam umno…
Umran
April 6, 2009
If that is all that BN can pick on then they are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Can’t believe they did it all with a straight face.
Their police report should be shredded and they should be fined for wasting police time.
They use Islam as a vehicle for gutter politics – how much more disrespectful can one get? It’s people like this that give Muslims and Islam a bad name.
casper
April 6, 2009
DrMPower
Tell us all doc, what happen to Bala ????
How does one explain the swift disappearance of Bala and family in less than 12 hours after release of his SD – subsequently recanted with a second SD.
And how would you explain the sinister plot hatched in Najib’s office – initially denied until photo evidence surfaced – when Saiful “tonggeng” made allegations of being buggered by Anwar.
Your conscience getting the better of you – running dog/anjing lari(in your own words). Give it up lah before you lose your shirt or worse and that of your children, while UMNO continues to plunder.
Regards nonetheless doc.
wandererAUS
April 6, 2009
Mongolian C4 how low will you go?
Is the Quran was for the purpose for you to swear on to cover your lies…tell me another one.
Why should muslims fear YB when he was trying to highlight the goodness of the Islam…Islam is not just in the domain of UMNO.
RocketScience
April 6, 2009
I’ve got some choice words to use on this guy, but it will not be appropriate to use out here.
Instructions came from the very top. He said he is the defender of Islam. Then he should know that the very top in God and not some corrupt Human. In one word he has contradicted what he stands for..
rasupal
April 6, 2009
Sorry Harris.
if I may ask you this question? I know you are man of principles. You speak your mind and your love and respect for fellowmen is difficult to match. And certainly your loyalty to Islam. I’ve even paid tribute to you in my recent article “THE 10MMMs I’VE COME TO RESPECT MOST.” Now, when you know this fellows are exploiting the religion you love, why didn’t you make your own police report on their exploitation.
drMpower
April 6, 2009
casper,
we know bala gone missing. and i guess u are assuming bala gone because of … him? why not someone else? maybe the CIA? or the CIA hatchet man?
and why bala gone BECAUSE OF him? tell me why? why najib?
and ah u know what happening everywhere it seems. even inside his office also u know.
of course i am no anyone’s cyber trooper or anything. and i was talking about why the blog owner relate this event to najib? i cant find anything that suggesting those people lodging report were under his order or anything.
but harris wanted the event to relate to najib. thats what bothers me.
what we have in difference now, is the way we see things. for someone who likes anwar, the whole story will be based on the anwar-is-good perspective. the same goes to anyone that hates najib for whatever reason it is. so the perspective would be based on najib-is-guilty-for-everything.
lets cut the chase. why najib is related on this event? harris? casper?
Darrell
April 6, 2009
The wheels of the bus keeping going round and round. You would thought UMNO would have realised that after last year’s election results that the rakyat will no longer accept these divisive policies … but NO, they continue to plough faster and harder on the route to oblivion.
The ignorance of UMNO is appaling given that these instructions came from the “TOP”. Are these goons living on the same planet ? Didn’t the Human Genome Project prove that our DNA is 99.9% similar accross the entire planet? Hellooooo, this is the 21st century, whilst our neighbours are moving up the value chain and expanding their economic pie, we are still bickering over race and religion. Meanwhile, Malaysia will continue to navigating these economic storm with no direction, no leadership and no strategy.
zach
April 6, 2009
UMNO is desperado now
A last minute effort 2 mislead the voters
They must hav screwed up the “Patik mohon derhaka” issue n now goin 4 the “DAP insults Islam” issue
My Muslim brethren who will be votin 2morrow
Pliz do not be swayed by these low life attempts
The Quran has mention that Islam is 4 all regardless of race,colour n nationality
Hence, the “PAS is for all” slogan
If YB Nga made a mistake in recitin Quranic verses,it’s up 2 us corrected him
This is irrefutable proof that PAS Perak led by YB Nizar has done an excellent job in inculcatin Islamic teachin n values into DAP leaders
I’m askin u 2 make the right choice 2morrow
UMNO has a colourful history of degradin Islam n didn’t dare 2 admit it
InsyaAllah,Bukit Gantang will be in good hands under YB Nizar
He has done terrific job in runnin Perak,surely a constituency can’t be any different
m
April 6, 2009
total waste of space and time this fellow …
another project by BN and UMNO
putu mayam
April 6, 2009
ko ni tak belajar agama ke haris? org dah baca salah tajwid quran sume, ko masih nak pertahankan dia?
ko ni buta agama ke? dah murtad dah ke?
dulu sokong ayah pin. sekarang sokong org yg kucar kacirkan sebutan ayat ayat suci quran.
taubat la weh.
Saji
April 6, 2009
Wahai Zaid Hamadi, menteri agama negara, orang-orang dan pendokong -pendokong UMNO ! Apa hukumnya pelajar pengajian Islam kita yang banyak buat PHD di UK bidang Islam yang disurpevise oleh Prof-prof Yahudi yang boleh tafsir al-Quran?
Saji
April 6, 2009
Wahai Zahid Hamidi, menteri agama malaysia! Apa hukumnya pelajar pengajian islam kita yang buat PHD di UK bidang Islam yang disupervise oleh prof-prof yahudi yang boleh hafal dan tafsir al-Quran?
Hornet
April 6, 2009
All these UMNO bloody fools are a bunch of monkeys and donkeys … good for nothing except doing monkey tricks….. God save this country from these devils….
middlefingermalaysia
April 6, 2009
Someone should make 50,000 CDs of Zahid Hamidi with the scantilly clad chinese dancing girls in the background and get a Mufti ready to pronounce the sinful behaviour and send to all???
That good for nothing Minister who is supposed to represent Islam for UMNO/BN should not condone such acts right.
This sort of tactic is typical of racist UMNO and supported by running dogs MCA,MIC and Gerakan.
Naksam
April 6, 2009
putu mayam,
Pokoknya bukan kerana salah sebut. Orang UMNO pun bukan semuanya guarantee betul tajweed. Pokoknya ialah samada YB Nga ada niat nak mempersendakan Quran. Saya fikir tidak.
matrempit,
Of course it is politic. Why do you think Obama care to learn and utter a word of Russian, a word of Trukeish and Salam to a Muslim leader during the G20 summit? It just commonsense for Nizar, for example, to speak Mandrine to the Chinese voters.
If Quran is the word of God shouldn’t it be used (positively) as a reference by everyone. The Muslim should be proud.
drMpower,
I tend to agree with you on the way Brother Harris pointing finger direct at Najib on this episode. His conclusion that the TOP referred by the goon is highly debatable.
Otherwise, Harris analysis of the whole ‘plot’ is also logic.
The Bottom line, to me, is that we should not be too worried with this obvious flawed UMNO tactic.
If the report published by Malaysiakini is anything to go by, the PR voters are educated enough to differentiate between ‘yang benar dan yang diada-adakan’. Wallahu aklam.
dara
April 6, 2009
Holy Qur’an is the best guidance proven to ISLAM.Who they call manipulators or at the same time hypocrites defend themselves by being right, supposed that in any reason they all came up with their own point of view, their own opinion then it happens to fight for it. Lack of their understanding, the Surah Al Qur’an is not a simply dictionary, though we need to comprehend the entire meaning of each Surah. In every religion they taught us the good, is either for us to follow them or not.
Impressive blog ,dude! keep the writing 😀
anna brella
April 7, 2009
The farce never stops, does it?
What never fails to amuse me is that not being satisfied with having near-ABSOLUTE secular power to manage over the affairs of all in Malaysia in this here, our human material world, AND having made a complete pig’s ear of this more simple secular human management task all by themselves, it looks to me like, whether it be blasphemously or not, that these religious ignoramuses from UMNO now desire to usurp dear God powers too, and perhaps turf God out of minding God’s own affairs in the field of divine management (i.e. planning, evaluating and control) of the personal and spiritual affairs of all God’s children through the free-willed mechanism of the many God-based, personal choice faiths.
Can’t speak absolutely for God of course, but I’d hazard a guess that on a balance of probabilities, dear God may by now either have grown too weary to react to such human stupidity, or may be waiting for the right moment to act, or being of Godly nature, is perhaps still plodding on with that re-checking exercise to discover where that creative fault lies in some of those human brain blueprints.
“Imagine Power To the People” John Lennon.