Dewan Rakyat: Green light for large gatherings indoors
NST-LARGE gatherings and demonstrations in Selangor are allowed as long as they are held indoors and prior notice is given to the police.
Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said yesterday police would not take action against gatherings held in enclosed areas such as multipurpose halls.
He has also given the green light to participants to extend their activities outdoors for 15 minutes.
“If there is a need to demonstrate outdoors, it shouldn’t be more than 15 minutes,” he said at the Parliament lobby yesterday.
He said Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar had agreed to these suggestions.
Khalid said all parties, including political parties and non-governmental organisations, should adhere to these rules.
Last Friday Zorro featured me in his blog as his Friday Guest Blogger. So I thought in return I’ll do something back for him. I guess I don’t have to make an introduction about him as most of you already know who he is. So I thought I’ll do what I do best and that is to “photoshop” him. And this is the result. This one is for you Bernard Khoo alias Zorro-Unmasked
The two leading ladies of ruling party Umno have declared war over the influential post of head of the women’s wing, after the grassroots turned against incumbent Rafidah Aziz.
Rafidah, a fearsome character who made a splash on the international stage during her years as Malaysia’s trade chief, immediately accepted the challenge and said she would stay on for another three years if successful.
“We will meet in the arena in March,” said the “Iron Lady” of Malaysian politics, according to the New Straits Times newspaper.
I picked up this pic of this little boy in one of the blogs. He was at one of the vigils. He is the fortunate one who got to go to the vigil with his dad. But not his friend!
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is not involved in the Altantuya murder case, claimed former political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda today.Speaking to the media for the first time since his acquittal from the case on Oct 31, Abdul Razak said that neither Najib nor his wife, Rosmah Mansor, had met Altantuya.”I know that Najib and his wife had never met the deceased, Altantuya. So much ‘fitnah’ (lies) have been thrown towards the DPM and his wife.”Those who have spread such lies can never produce any authentic evidence because there are none.”
He also said that Altantuya was never involved in any arms deal as was mentioned by various quarters for the reason of her killing.
The former Najib aide said that the arms deal took place in 2002, and he met Altantuya two years after that.
He added that he could do nothing about the public perception on the matter, urging everyone to stop linking Najib and Rosmah to the murder.
Abdul Razak also said that Najib would make a good prime minister.
Did we expect him to come out and call for a press conference and shout to the world ”Yes. Najib is involved in the Altantuya murder!” “Najib and Rosmah are buddy buddy with Altantuya!” No! So why need to speak out for Najib and Rosmah? Why this PR work?
One point though. How did he know that the Deputy Prime Minister is not involved in the Altantuya murder case? I find this statement strange. How can someone who had just been acquitted from the murder case, claimed that Najib was not involved in it? What gives him the right to ask everyone to stop linking Najib and Rosmah to the murder? Does he know something that we don’t? Or else how can he speak out for them that they are innocent. If someone was accused to have robbed a bank and I said “No, he was not involved.” Does it mean that my word can stand assure that he did not rob the bank? How did I know he didn’t?
When Wee Meng Chee, aka Namewee, did a rap on Negaraku, he was investigated under the Sedition Act. Now the case is refered to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for review and see what action should be taken (here).Even the cabinet rejected an apology from the rapper, citing that they were not in the position to forgive him and that “the law would have to take its course”.“The offence was not against the Prime Minister or ministers concerned but against the nation,” said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz.
“To not prosecute him is not ‘on’ at all because he has committed an offence against the nation and no one, not the Cabinet or political parties, are in the position to forgive him,” he said.
Wee could be charged under the Sedition Act because he had insulted the symbol of the nation, he said (here)
Now when the the police moved in on participants at a candlelight vigil at Petaling Jaya while they were singing the national anthem, the Negaraku - what do you call that? Did the police show any respect for the national anthem? Can’t they just wait until the participants finished singing the national anthem as a respect for our nation before they moved in and asked then to disperse?
This is a grave offence on the part of the police. They are the ones who should have more respect than others for the symbol of our nation. Yet they just moved in and disrupted the citizen of Malaysia from singing our national anthem. Is this forgivable? Will the police be investigated under the Sedition act? We sure like to hear from Nazri and Syed Hamid Albar. No double-standard please!
Err! By the way, despite video evidence, Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar has denied that the police moved in on participants at a candlelight vigil last night while they were singing the national anthem. Even with evidence, and mind you not just one video but several, he can still denied it! Where is the integrity and honor of the police force? Shame! Shame! And more Shame!
Watch this video and tell me who is lying? The police or the participants?
