The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and Malaysia’s Corruption Perception Index 2010 ranking of Transparency International are already reeling from two serious blows:
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the mysterious death of DAP aide Teoh Beng Hock at the MACC Headquarters falling from 14th to 5th floor on July 16 last year and the inability of the Teoh family and the Selangor State Government to persuade renowned Thai pathologist Dr. Pornthip Rojanasunand to return to Malaysia continue her testimony at the Teoh Beng Hock inquest because of “pressures” on the Thai Government from the Malaysian side; and
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the farce of the prosecution and acquittal on corruption charges of the two Perak “frogs”, Perak State Assemblymen Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu who played key roles in the illegal and undemocratic toppling of the Pakatan Rakyat Perak State government in February last year.
Now, there is a third and bigger headache for the MACC.
On the eve of the Hulu Selangor by-election, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak campaigned for the Barisan Nasional candidate in Rasa and approved RM3 million for rebuilding Rasa Chinese Primary School but with one big condition. Najib publicly declared:
“If we win this by-election, you can come to Kuala Lumpur the next day to look for me. I will write a personal letter to approve the money and it will be transferred to the school board’s account. If we lose, don’t have to come.”
I am shocked and saddened by this episode, for two reasons.
Firstly, Najib had tried to convince Malaysians and foreign investors in his first year as Prime Minister that he had learnt from past Barisan Nasional mistakes which had not only caused the national economic crisis facing the country of being stuck in the “middle income trap” but also risk being overtaken economically by other ASEAN countries to become the “sick man of Southeast Asia”.
This is probably why in his Open Letter to Hulu Selangor voters yesterday, Najib admitted that BN had made mistakes and asked for an opportunity to “realize mistakes and to make amends”.
But has the BN government really realized its mistakes and would make amends?
Then Najib should not have used the alleged RM3 million approval for Rasa Chinese Primary School as bait for votes in the Hulu Selangor by-election but to come straight-out to announce the RM3 million allocation without strings attached – as education should not become an election or by-election plaything.
One grave BN mistake all these years is to trivialise and politicize education with the BN government waking up from total indifference to the plight, needs and rights of Chinese primary schools with regard to infrastructure, development and building of new schools to meet growing school-going needs only during vote-seeking times at general elections or by-elections.
The Barisan Nasional government should stop playing politics with education, whether Chinese primary schools or other schools and levels of education.
Instead of demonstrating that the BN government has at last woken up to its past mistakes, Najib has done the opposite – he has done something which none of the previous five Prime Ministers had ever done in promising to sign a RM3 million cheque for a Chinese primary school the very next day if BN wins in a by-election, spelling out clearly that there would be no such allocation if BN lost!
This makes nonsense of the New Economic Model announced by Najib at the end of March. The New Economic Model had given top priority in ensuring a world-class education system from primary, secondary to tertiary, stressing:
“Globalisation has created a fierce competition for talent, forcing companies and government to recognize that people are the most valuable assets. To compete on a regional and global scale, Malaysia must retain and attract talent. Malaysia must be seen by its people and others as a land of equal opportunity to earn a good living and provide a secure, happy life for each individual and family.”
Najib has gone against all these commitments in the New Economic Model.
Is Najib seriously suggesting that all the high-sounding promises in his 1Malaysia Government Transformation Programme and New Economic Model, just like the alleged approval for RM3 million for Rasa Chinese primary school, are all subject to BN winning the Hulu Selangor by-election?
I am outraged by the silence and complicity of MCA leaders who were present when Najib made the RM3 million bait for Rasa Chinese primary school in exchange for votes – and they are all the top MCA leaders like MCA President Datuk Dr. Chua Soi Lek, two MCA Ministers Datuk Liew Tiong Lai and Datuk Kong Cho Ha and two MCA Deputy Ministers Datuk Wee Ka Siong and Datuk Chor Chee Heung. The MCA leaders have again brought shame to the more than one million MCA members in the country.
The second reason for my shock and sadness is that Najib had violated the Election Offences Act 1957 when he promised to approve RM3 million for Rasa Chinese primary school tomorrow provided the BN wins the Hulu Selangor by-election.
Section 10(1) of the Election Offences Act, on “Bribery”, provides that it is an election offence for any person to promise “any money or valuable consideration” to any voter to induce him “to vote or refrain from voting” at any election – something which Najib clearly committed with his promise tomorrow to sign approval for RM3 million for Rasa Chinese Primary School if BN wins the Hulu Selangor by-election today but not a single sen if BN loses!
This is MACC’s latest and greatest test – dare it investigate the Prime Minister whether he had violated the Election Offences Act 1954 for RM3 million electoral bribery in Hulu Selangor by-election?
If not, the trinity of MACC woes – the mysterious death of Teoh Beng Hock at MACC headquarters, the farce of prosecution and acquittal of the two Perak “frogs” for corruption and the MACC’s timidity over investigation as to whether Najib had violated Election Offences Act 1954 for RM3 million electoral bribery in Hulu Selangor by-election – will plunge MACC’s credibility to a new depth and would cause Malaysia’s Corruption Perception Index 2010 of Transparency International to a record low placing at par with those of corrupt African and South American nations.
Finally, let me declare that regardless of the outcome of the Hulu Selangor by-election result today, DAP and Pakatan Rakyat MPs will hold Najib to account in and out of Parliament for the RM3 million allocation for rebuilding the Rasa Chinese primary school.
Najib may claim that his RM3 million approval to Rasa Chinese primary school is contingent and conditional on BN winning the Hulu Selangor by-election. This is a shameful and dishonourable stand which no self-respecting and ethical Prime Minister will adopt.
I demand that Najib should sign the RM3 million cheque for Rasa Chinese Primary School tomorrow itself even if BN loses in Hulu Selangor by-election as he has the moral and political responsibility to immediately honour the RM3 million approval if he is not going to be shamed in Parliament and wherever he goes in Malaysia as a “cheap-skate” Prime Minister.
“….NTR = A cheap-skate PM….”
I think it is more appropriate to call him a “PIMP” and to award him a title …”PORN KING”
//RM3 million approval to Rasa Chinese primary school is contingent and conditional on BN winning the Hulu Selangor by-election//
RM3 million is real cheap compared to RM25 million for buying over elected rep from PR.
Kit:
We are all wasting our time making challenges that we know will never be taken up. Even if they investigate, the outcome is so predictable- as predictable as motherhood and apple pie. The rakyat knows that the only way to change the mindset of the MACC being subservient to the government of the day is to to change the government, and then put more professional people in the MACC – people with morals and integrity.
And holding Najib accountable for a mere RM3 million for a Chinese school ? He will simply offer RM30 million to schools of Perkasa’s choice, so there will be no backlash. That’s their modus operandi.
The useless corrupted-to-the-core PM finally reveals his true evil self AGAIN! Justice from Allah will prevail against such blatant misuse of executive power and in such a meaningless way in the face of the nation facing dire economic times. The ruling govt is directly responsible for the deteriorating economy.
Wise voters know not to be conned by these despicable bad guys.
This is one opportunity where the MACC can act to be truly independent and not be subservient to any other forces whether known or unknown.
Will the MACC react to reports lodged of ‘political bribery’ ?
The next low is “go vote us, claim 1000 from me, provided we win”…this is manifesto, not bribe?.
Yes, beg for more Chinese schools, scholarships/loans for more Chinese students, land titles for Chinese new villages, recognition of Chinese unified entrance exam, more Chinese in civil service, more equitable distribution of contracts, licences, permits and APs. Yes, it is more than 50 years already, porn king. In case you forget, you should also fight for more important cabinet portfolio for MCA ministers! Since Chinese are the minority, don’t you think a Chinese should be in charge of Home Affairs Ministry – to control the police and also to take care of all the birth cert, ic and citizenship problems among the Chinese and Indians. What if I show you: bapa indo pr, emak indo pr, anak rakyat Malaysia dapat juga JPA scholarship dan sekarang sudah bekerja sebagai pegawai kerajaan Malaysia. If you get to become Home Affairs Minister, porn king, I quit this country for good.
Ya Godfather,i’m about to say the same as you.These umnoputras are so unethical and shameless in their ill breeds that they can’t bother to care anythings of their ill doings and immoral acts.They’re the lowest of all.They should at least ONCE stand up tall to safe guard or honour their anscestors instead.
Disgusting BARUAH are who they are!
i posted this in an earlier thread:
What transformation and good governance? This is the most corrupted election I have ever seen. How can we ever get rid of corruption and abuse of power when such practices are blatantly manifested in the course of the campaign? Win or lose, what moral decency have they got to govern this country. How can they ever give speeches to our young and citizens the values and the ethics we need to uphold? What credibility have they got to send moral police going around catching and harassing young couples who want some privacy? What moral authority have they got to promote the sanctity of their religions when they themselves are spiritually bankrupt and morally corrupt? How can they see the right and wrong when they are in total oblivion of the blatant wrongs they committed each day during the campaign. They are so rotten and corrupted inside, they are totally numb. This is the leadership of this hopeless nation.
Hai limkamput,
Yes, beg for more Chinese schools, scholarships/loans for more Chinese students, land titles for Chinese new villages, recognition of Chinese unified entrance exam, more Chinese in civil service, more equitable distribution of contracts, licences, permits and APs. Yes, it is more than 50 years already, porn king. In case you’re not aware,go and make some movies with your masters’s daughters-that’ll make a much short cut way for you.porn king.
Najib used prohibited means to win a competition just as Ben Johnson injected steroids to break the world record. In this case, Najib will be the champ of jagoh kampong by dishing out kowtow monies to the people of Hulu Selangor.
Asking Anwar to debate with Saiful is definitely a childish statement. As a PM of intelligence, he should deal with it like a man of honour! Najib is showing he is a coward.
If MACC don’t act on Najib’s attempt to corrupt the Chinese with RM3 million for the Chinese school, I now see MACC as a pariah institution.
Dear Najib
I urged you to be a man. Don’t be a sissy!
Do you think MACC has the guts to initiate an investigation on PM Najib? Wait when PR make it to Putrajaya and those whole lot will balik kampung tanam jagung,
A prime minister should not act that way.Najib had reduced the voters as business tool.The community should not accept the money but instead ask every Malaysians in Malaysia to deposit RM1 and they will get the fund.A PM should know the right decorum in every situation.Barack Obama did not ask the Afro-Americans to vote for him.He knows he will be the President of America which includes everybody;blacks,white, yellow,brown, chocolate etc.Najib had made one blunder!
Uncle Lim, the PR in fact has plenty of ammo to use against such people! Including their racist pronouncements! And many, many others!
It can also advise the electorate there to take whatever is promised or given and then give their votes to the PR!
In fact, two can play at this game!!
Hanjin Chengho, a mama-topper!
Your step father, pussi-kat, shun all foreign investors away with his revealing his true ass, “If we win this by-election, you can come to Kuala Lumpur the next day to look for me. I will write a personal letter to approve the money and it will be transferred to the school board’s account. If we lose, don’t have to come.”
What a ular or cunning wolf? Approving 3Millions on the condition of BN win? If I am foreign investor, I won’t come to this Bolehland to invest fearing that our PM will snatch away my capitals eventually….
Hanjin Chengho, a cock sucker! You need to suck his cock to wake him up as PM for our national good and integrity, man….
Long live PR, you will win marginally, hopefully…. That’s enough…. Cock sucker, Hanjin Chengho, needs to stick bundle of chopsticks into his ass soon……
This was the dirtiest by election campaign ever by BN. We must understand that the Federal Funds are the tax payer money and it did not belong to BN though BN has form the government. It was onlt the care taker of the funds. It allocation should bot precondition the voters vote BN. This was another form of corrupt practice. BN has wrongly mislead the people into believing in the notion that development fund can only allocated if you only vote BN.
BN was desperate to the core because they have mistreat the people that have been voted in them for the past 50 years. We should not cow into this tactic and must say NO. It must not be a precedent. Other wise the future is bleak.
1. If PR wins, it proves that voters are matured
2. If PR wins big, it shows that people, including the Malays, reject NTR/BN/UMNO
3. A landslide win by PR = paving the way for a change in government come GE13
Sentiment is getting stronger by the seconds, with God’s blessing for PR to win BIG.
Lost also consider win, because BN cheat and use money to buy votes.
Finally, the “pussi-kat” reveals his true ass to Rakyat with “If we win this by-election, you can come to Kuala Lumpur the next day to look for me. I will write a personal letter to approve the money and it will be transferred to the school board’s account. If we lose, don’t have to come.” !!!!!!! What a PM can do for this Bolehland? Shame on you, PM!!! Clearly, it is bunch of sh*ts with bunch of corruptions….. Piss off, bunch of suckers & mama-toppers, BN!!!!!
“MACC should investigate whether Najib had committed at least two election bribery offences under Election Offences Act 1957 in the Hulu Selangor by-election campaign yesterday.”
You must be kidding. MACC is an UMNO division, so why would they investigate. Investigate Pakatan, maybe…
uncle Kit,
that why you want to be a PM , you son sun already cm ,betty 1st lady of penang.
“….I am outraged by the silence and complicity of MCA leaders who were present when Najib made the RM3 million bait for Rasa Chinese primary school ….”.
Hey, its “All in the Family”.
Didn’t you see Kamal Ah Lan Nathan kissing Muhyiddin hands?
It’s from the scene of “The Godfather.”
///“If we win this by-election, you can come to Kuala Lumpur the next day to look for me. I will write a personal letter to approve the money and it will be transferred to the school board’s account. If we lose, don’t have to come.”/// – Kit
Najib had failed miserably to protect his integrity as the Prime Minister of Malaysia – he did not know how to command respect from the people!
Is it not the responsibility of the federal government to provide education to its people (unconditionally)? By making such “bait promise”, Najib was indirectly telling the Chinese in Ulu Selangor that the federal government had never had them in its thought; if they wanted something from the federal government, they must first do the federal government a favor.
If I were a Chinese resident of Ulu Selangor, I would certainly find Najib’s statement offensive.
Kam Lan will lose his deposit and his balls.
MCA quietly vote for DAP
All the Malays also vote for Zaid.
All the Indians also vote for PR.
remember chengho was a eunuch in ancient china.
nazib has befriended him and his action is really despicable.
UmnoUtusans always have conditions attached when they want to give aid to those who deserve it
That Lim Suck Ass writes 99% all good to read….and then..say…” I quit this country for good”….if things don’t look good to him.
This bloody idiot is advising Malaysians to migrate!!
That’s the sickening art to fool Malaysians with his nice message to read and tell all…to follow his idea…..to quit the country….when you cannot take it.
This Lim Suck Ass have no balls to stay put and fight for the people and country.
Never take his advises.
His name sucks and that’s God’s will.
And Chengho?
This crazy fella at least showed his true color…and we know who he is.
Lim Suck Ass tries to fool Malaysians…….being a balls carrier of Najib…like Kam Lan kissing the hands of Mhuyiddin..treating UMNO buggers like Kings and Lords.
How will all the MCA MIC and Gerakan behave? Well Kam Lan have at least proven he is a true slave to UMNO BARU crooks to use and do as jhe likes with him…when he should win the Hulu Selangor by election.
Just look at Koh Tsu Koon carrying Mahathir’s balls for 18 years as CM for Penang…what was Penang under him?
Rasa primary should go to putrajaya and collect the 3 million from Najib.
Kit,
This problem of BN splashing money during elections has to be RESOLVED, otherwise BN will win in every election. How about inviting foreign observers to come and judge for all future elections to see if they have been conducted fairly?
If PR does not want to go down in history, there must be foreign observers around for the 13th GE in case BN splash money to get a big win.
Don’t expect the MACC to do anything as they are not truly independent.
Work harder to win the next GE and once you control Putrajaya, all these crimes can be investigated with new people in charge of the EC and the MACC.
M.A.C.C will not even dare to make a comment, because they will be out of business for “Money And Cash Commission”.
They have no choice but to obey the boss in Babi National. Hopefully more deaths occur. More buy-erection means more Ang Pow for the voters.
You can’t expect a crook to pin point or nab its master.These kind of crimes has been going on for decades n a needed powerful and influential external forces will only be able to curb them.To many daylight robbers without fear on our streets to ignore the consequence of thier ill doing to this nation.What a shame of this bodohland to the world eyes with these bunch of idiots umnoputras showing their despicable acts.Can’t say more except vote them out totally asap.
The point is where did Najib get RM3 million in his personal account that he can so easily write the cheque? Obama, Lee Hsien Loong (the most highly paid PM in the world) cannot write that check…
There is no way Najib is going to write that check, he will at best get someone to write one though..
Money is paid before voting, with a promise of more money to come, “if you give me your votes.”
“Najib said the remaining compensation money would be paid to the settlers at a rate of RM160,000 per acre when the land is developed. A total of 510ha (1,261 acres) is involved.”
“The only CONDITION is that Selangor is returned to Barisan…”… See More
http://bit.ly/BNcondition
LAWS OF MALAYSIA
http://www.agc.gov.my/agc/Akta/Vol.%201/Act%205.pdf
Act 5
ELECTION OFFENCES
ACT 1954
Bribery
10. The following persons shall be deemed guilty of the offence
of bribery:
a) every person who, before, during or after an election,
directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person
on his behalf, gives, lends, or agrees to give or lend, or
offers, promises, or promises to procure or to endeavour
to procure, any money or valuable consideration to or for
any elector or voter, or to or for any person on behalf of
any elector or voter or to or for any other person, in order
to induce any elector or voter to vote or refrain from
voting, or corruptly does any such act as aforesaid on
account of such elector or voter having voted or
refrained from voting at any election;
(c) every person who, before, during or after an election,
directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person
on his behalf, makes any such gift, loan, offer, promise,
procurement, or agreement as aforesaid to or for any
person in order to induce such person to procure or
endeavour to procure the election of any person, or the
vote of any elector or voter at any election;
yhsiew, it is for this same reason that MCA is always using these two Chinese words “ZHENG QU” (to fight for) when they are out to con the Chinese. In fact, no one in MCA understands these two Chinese words. Why must MCA, which is part of the ruling coalition, fight for this and fight for that? Didn’t MCA declare that they are at par with UMNO and the other component parties? By using these two words, MCA is just admitting that “WE ARE THE OPPOSITION WITHIN THE RULING COALITION” given that these two words are COPYRIGHTED to the Opposition only!