Sunday, January 18, 2009

WHO’S ACTUALLY CONTROLLING KELANTAN?

Lately there had been a cause for concern among the people of Kelantan as to who is actually the real power behind the Kelantan State Government.
Hidden hands had been manipulating and withholding implementations decided by the Chief Minister and the Excos.
Mining concessions and TOL lands had been coerced into submission.
State Financial Officer Dato’ Shkori Mohamad had been dictating the Kelantan Excos with regard to major mining decisions under the pretext of Palace directives.
State Secretary Dato’ Aiseri Alias, the most senior Kelantan Civil Servant were painted as inefficient by the power crazy Dato’ Shkori.
Anybody who went against Dato Shkori’s wishes will be transferred out. That’s left corrupted officers within the Land Office and the Office of PTG and enforcement is dead. This led to many illegal mines and sand taking operation. One officer was transferred out after barely served for 4 months. His offence was he did heed to Dato’ Shkori’s wishes.
This is a serious matter that needs attention and action from the highly respected Chief Minister Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz.
The ‘rakyat’ of Kelantan does not believe that His Royal Highness the Sultan of Kelantan is behind these interferences in the State Administration.
The ‘rakyat’ wish and hopes for swift actions to be taken by the Kelantan State Government against the real culprit and a few of his supporters before it is too late.

Islamic Civilization Park not a waste as claimed by opposition - Azalina

Datuk Seri Azalina Othman, the Tourism Minister said that the Islamic Civilization Park project is not a waste of money as it will eventually be a tourist destination and a good income source for Terengganu and not a waste of money as claimed by the opposition. She said "To me the opposition just like to criticise and find faults, but they will do the same thing if they are in power. This can be seen in states headed by the opposition and they also see tourism as an important sector,"

Ezam reveals letter by Anwar to Dr M

Ezam Mohd Noor, the former youth head of Parti Keadilan Rakyat today publicly revealed a letter supposedly written by his former boss Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the Opposition Leader which Ezam was supposed to hand to the then Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Ezam said that the letter came about 2 days after Anwar was sacked where he attempted to make peace and thanked Tun Dr Mahathir for his love and care to him and his wife, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. The letter was read alout at a ceramah at the Kampung Kubang Parit as part of the campaign in the upcoming by-election of Kuala Terengganu. Ezam said “Anwar had directed me to make sure that the letter was delivered by hand to Dr Mahathir before he left for the meeting as he feared that the prime minister would produce witnesses for his alleged misconduct at the gathering. However, I was a few minutes late and by the time I reached the Prime Minister’s Department, Dr Mahathir had already left,”

PAS’ Wahid wins Kuala Terengganu Seat

KUALA TERENGGANU: PAS wrested the Kuala Terengganu Parliamentary seat from Barisan Nasional with a majority of 2,631.

PAS candidate Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut garnered a total 32,883 votes compared to Barisan Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, who got 30,252 votes.

There were 665 spoilt votes.

With this victory the Opposition now has 82 seats in Parliament. Barisan now has 137 and the remaining three seats are held by Independents.

Abdul Wahid attributed his victory to the fact that he knew many of the voters as he was a five-term Wakaf Mempelam assemblyman.

He said he intended to bring up many issues when Parliament resumes its seating.

Meanwhile, Wan Farid was calm in defeat saying “I accept it.”

The first ballot box was brought into the tallying centre at 6.30pm and the first result was announced 30 minutes later.

The results were announced stream by stream and initially Wan Farid was in the lead until at 8.20pm when the result of the 81st ballot boxes was announced and Abdul Wahid started pulling ahead by 168 votes.

The final result was announced by returning officer Wan Mustafa Wan Hassan at 9.30pm.

The situation around Stadium Negeri where tallying was carried out was quite calm although shouts of Allahuakbar could be heard from thousands of PAS supporters who had gathered beyond the 50-meter radius from the centre every time a result favouring their candidate was announced.

A total of 77.76 per cent or 63,993 of 80,229 voters cast their votes. The constituency has 1,302 postal voters.

Election Commission had set up 143 voting streams at 36 polling centres in the by-election held from 8am until 5pm.

Wan Farid and Abdul Wahid were among those who turned up early to cast their votes.

Wan Farid cast his vote at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Pusat Bukit Besar polling centre at 8.02am while Mohd Abdul Wahid voted at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Pusat Chabang Tiga at 8.07am.

Independent candidate Azharudin Mamat did not vote as he is a registered voter in the Petaling Jaya Utara parliamentary constituency.

The by-election, which saw a three-way fight between Wan Farid, Abdul Wahid and Azharudin, was held following the death of Kuala Terengganu member of Parliament Datuk Razali Ismail on Nov 28.

In the 12th general election in March last year, Razali defeated Mohamad Sabu of PAS and an Independent candidate, Maimun Yusuf, with a 628-vote majority.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

BPR DI MANAKAH ANDA? PEGAWAI KERAJAAN SELEWENG GUNA NAMA ISTANA

Di negeri Kelantan sudah diketahui sekian lama tentang seorang kakitangan kanan kerajaan negeri Kelantan menggunakan nama Istana Negeri Kelantan untuk kepentingan dirinya. Beliau salahguna kuasa untuk merampas tanah orang-orang kampung di Gua Musang bagi diusahakan sebagai lombong feldspar. Lombong lain yang sedang beroperasi juga dirampas untuk diberi kepada syarikat di mana beliau ada kepentingan. Beliau adalah Dato’ Shkori bin Mohamad (Pegawai Kewangan Negeri Kelantan) dan beliau disokong oleh seorang pengusaha yang muflis iaitu Encik Hoe Tin Tik.

Disebabkan perbuatan Dato’ Shkori, Kerajaan Kelantan terpaksa menghadapi tindakan mahkamah daripada sebuah syarikat kepunyaan pelabur daripada Australia. Melalui “kebijaksanaan” Dato’ Shkori beliau menasihati kerajaan negeri bahawa pelabur Australia telah melakukan kesalahan dan patut dihukum. Hukuman dijatuhkan dengan merampas tanah lombong yang diusahakan oleh pelabur Australia. Rampasan ini dilakukan tanpa merujuk dengan rapi kepada peruntukan dalam perundangan Mineral Negeri Kelantan.

Beliau juga menegaskan bahawa tindakan ini adalah kehendak Istana Negeri Kelantan.

Orang biasa di Kelantan sudah arif dengan telatah Dato’ Shkori dan beliau menggunakan nama Istana sewenang-wenangnya. Tujuannya adalah supaya kehendaknya tidak ada bantahan.

Pelabur Australia tidak ada jalan lain dan terpaksa mengambil tindakan mahkamah. Perbuatan Dato’ Shkori serta kuncu-kuncunya tidak menurut undang-undang dan lambat laun pihak perundangan akan memahami keadaan sebenar dan Kerajaan Kelantan besar kemungkinan mengalami kerugian. Pelabur Australia menuntut pampasan berjuta-juta ringgit. Apabila ini berlaku, kerajaan Kelantan boleh kerugian tanpa sebab dan sekaligus Pelabur asing akan takut datang ke Kelantan. Juga tidak semena-mena nama Istana Negeri Kelantan juga akan tercemar tanpa sebab.

Laporan akhbar New Straits Times bertarikh 17 November 2008 ada kaitan.

Adakah disebabkan Kelantan diperintah oleh kerajaan Pas, maka Badan Pencegah Rasuah tidak ambil pusing tentang penyelewengan yang berlaku di Kelantan? BPR sepatutnya membantu kerajaan supaya tidak berlaku penyelewengan oleh kakitangan kerajaan sendiri. Apa yang berlaku di sini, rakyat dianiaya dan nama Istana juga terpalit disebabkan oleh sifat tamak haloba seorang kakitangan awam.

Sime Darby batal niat kuasai IJN

Written by Syah
Wednesday, 07 January 2009 08:34

Sime Darby Bhd mengumumkan yang mereka tidak akan meneruskan hasrat bagi menguasaia kepentingan ekuiti dalam Institut Jantung Negara (IJN). Keputusan itu dicapai setelah mengambil maklum balas oleh orang awam dan cadangan yang diterima. Sebelum ini kerajaan membenarkan Sime Darby membuat rundingan dengan Kementerian Kewangan bagi mengambil alih 51 peratus kepentingan dalam IJN.

Ketua pegawai eksekutif kumpulan berkata : "Kami merupakan syarikat yang pemegang sahamnya mewakili lebih 10 juta rakyat Malaysia dan kami perlu menghormati hasrat rakyat untuk IJN kekal dalam struktur sedia adanya.” "Kami percaya bahawa pelaburan yang berterusan dalam penjagaan kardiovaskular adalah penting kerana ia merupakan penyebab utama kemasukan ke hospital dan satu daripada sebab utama kematian di Malaysia," kata presiden kumpulan Sime Darby Datuk Seri Ahmad Zubir Murshid. –Malaysia Today


Pulau barangan Amerika – Nik Aziz

Written by Syah
Friday, 09 January 2009 18:10

Menteri Besar Kelantan, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berharap rakyat menyokong usaha pertubuhan bukan kerajaan dan individu tertentu dalam memulaukan barangan buatan Amerika Syarikat dan rakan sekutunya Israel bagi memerangai kezaliman rejim itu di Palestin. Beliau turut berharap agar rakyat Malaysia tidak menggunakan Dolar Amerika dalam berurus niaga.

"Mulai hari ini, kita jangan beli barang-barang mereka dan jangan guna dolar Amerika dalam urus niaga harian," katanya. Beliau menegaskan kini adalah masanya untuk masyarakat sedunia untuk mengajar kuasa besar dunia dan menyokong rakyat Palestin yang tertindas. –Malaysia Today

Perak guna Camry kenderaan rasmi

Written by Syah
Friday, 09 January 2009 18:25

Anggota Exco dan pegawai kanan kerajaan negeri Pakatan Rakyat di Perak mula menggunakan kereta Toyota Camry 2.4 berwarna hitam hari ini bagi menggantikan kereta nasional Proton Perdana V6 Executive sebagai kenderaan rasmi. Menteri Besar Perak Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin memaklumkan pembelian 16 kenderaan kenderaan itu adalah bernilai RM2.56 juta dan dilakukan secara tender.

"Pada hari ini kita terima sembilan buah yang akan digunakan oleh Exco dan pegawai kanan. Baki kenderaan tujuh lagi akan dibekalkan secara berperingkat berdasarkan stok yang ada," katanya. Beliau memaklumkan harga sebuah kereta itu ialah dalam RM160,000 termasuk cukai dengan penjualan Perdana V6 Executive antara RM30,000 dan RM40,000 sebuah. –Malaysia Today

Kontraktor kelas F tak terjejas – Najib

Written by Syah
Sunday, 11 January 2009 16:24

Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menegaskan kontraktor kelas F di seluruh negara tidak akan terjejas dan akan dijaga oleh kerajaan walaupun sedang menghadapi masalah kewangan dunia. Beliau menyatakan pakej rangsangan ekonomi memperuntukkan sebanyak RM900 juta bagi mewujdukan projek –projek kepada kontraktor kelas F.

"Kita akan pastikan negara tidak turut terjerumus dalam kemelesetan ekonomi sepertimana yang dialami kebanyakan negara termasuk di Eropah. Kita nak ada juga pertumbuhan, walaupun tak tinggi, kerana krisis yang dialami ini, kita nak sekurang-kurangnya ada pertumbuhan di negara kita," katanya. Ianya adalah berikutan pakej rangsangan RM7 bilion yang diumumkan bagi menghadapi masalah kemelesetan ekonomi. –Malaysia Today

K.Terengganu : 1,302 kertas undi pos diedar

Written by Syah
Sunday, 11 January 2009 16:31

Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) telah mula mengedarkan 1,302 kertas undi pos bagi pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Kuala Terengganu 17 Jan ini. Pengarah Pilihan Raya negeri, Mohd Noor Daud memaklumkan 1,001 kertas undi dikeluarkan kepada polis, 27 anggota tentera, 7 pelajar di luar negara dan 267 kepada petugas pilihan raya.

Polis akan mengundi di Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) negeri manakala tentera di 23 Skuadron Rejimen Askar Jurutera Diraja (RAJD) di Jalan Pusara. "Polis dan tentera telah mengambil kertas undi pos tersebut di pejabat Pengurus pilihan raya hari ini dan proses pengundian pada Isnin ini. Sebahagian kertas undi pos telah diserahkan kepada Pejabat Pos untuk dihantar kepada petugas-petugas pilihan raya dan pelajar di luar negara mengikut alamat yang diberikan," katanya. –Malaysia Today