File 8 : Ezam is back!!!

Well, it is quite shocking when a person who once loudly criticized the government, particularly UMNO, is now back to the arms of the party. Nobody except him knows the reason why he returned to UMNO.

Pak Lah and Pak Ajib welcome him back. Pak Lah even automatically approved his application to re-enter UMNO. But Muhyiddin? Well, maybe he is still suspicious with Ezam. His 'Sumpah Keramat' and his criticisms against UMNO were so powerful that many UMNO leaders still couldn't believe of his decision to return to UMNO.

This is politics. Friends become enemies- enemies become friends... Even your once very-close-best friend could be your very-close-enemy in a blink of eyes..

File 7 : UiTM student lodged report...

I watched Buletin Utama this evening and the news reported that a Universiti Teknologi Mara [UiTM] student had lodged a police report for the failure of the state government to give the RM 1000 incentive to every students from Selangor who secured a place at any institutes of higher learning.

Honestly, i do not support the student's act for several grounds.

1- According to the news, the student is already a UiTM student. So, I do not think that he should lodged the police report. This is because, the manifesto was made after he entered UiTM. Thus, he is not subjected to the manifesto as the incentive was meant to those who are going to enter universities after the Pakatan Rakyat manage to take over the state.

2- If I am not mistaken, legally, manifestos do not bind people. Manifestos are promises made to lure voters to vote for a particular party. Failure to comply with the manifestos does not constitute an offence, but the voters will surely feel like they had been cheated. However, the fact that manifestos do not bind people shows that a police report should not be made as there is no legal action that could be taken.

3- If, manifestos bind people legally, one has to remember that manifestos are meant for voters. So, if the student who lodged the report is not a voter, does he has the right to lodge the police report in the first place?

File 6 : My Malaysia...

Malaysia was a peaceful country...
Less controversy..
Less racial disharmony...
Everybody lives perfectly...

But now?

Everybody wants power...
Everybody wants money...
And we, laymen?
Not enough food...
Starving for rice...
Pleading for some help just to pursue our studies...

What is happening to this, once, wonderful Malaysia?

File 5 : Dr. Mahathir quits UMNO?

My uncle told me that all UMNO presidents died outside the party except Tun Abdul Razak who died early due to heart failure. Suddenly just now, The Star Online and Utusan Online reported that our ex-Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohammad quits UMNO.

Does my uncle's prediction true??

File 4 : V.K Lingam... You know him?

V.K Lingam... He was popular as a lawyer. Even though he wasn't popular as Mr. Karpal, yet, people still know him as a lawyer. But he became even more popular when several videos regarding the appointment of judges burst out. A lawyer interfering in the appointment of judges?! Wow... That WAS really great. Seriously. If you had watched The Runaway Jury , just imagine Lingam as the juror who controlled the jurists. Great isn't it?

Well. I don't quite agree with the Deputy Prime Minister's view yesterday about this issue. According to him, persons mentioned in the inquiry do not necessarily be prosecuted in court. He said let the A.G does his job.

My view is that, the second sentence is right. As the A.G has a VERY wide power under the Federal Constitution to prosecute people, let he does his job. However, the fact that Najib had given a view where the persons may not be charged in court could affect the A.G's decision. We all know that no matter what the law is, the authority in Malaysia tends to follow the order of the higher officer.

So, the A.G might not prosecute some people as he MAY think that the DPM does not want these people to be prosecuted. As in Karpal Singh's case. When the PM said that the A.G shall take immediate action, people might think that Karpal is already wrong and he is just waiting for his punishment.

No... I read somewhere in the newspaper where a minister said that the law in Malaysia is that all persons are innocent until found guilty. Karpal had yet to be prosecuted. So, he is innocent, right? Unless we have changed our law with one that all persons are guilty until found innocent...

Anyway, did I tell you that my 3 year old sister can now speak in English. Well, at least she knows the word correct,correct, correct although it sounds more like korek,korek,korek... ;D

File 3 : UiTM and other IPTAs still not world class...

An abstract of my comment published in Education Malaysia blog...

I TOTALLY AGREE with your comments. Sometimes, it is not that we want to lower down our own races, but sometimes we have to say something that is truth in order to get things better. There is a Malay idiom which says that "Kebenaran itu memang pahit untuk ditelan".

Yes, it is hard for us to accept the truth, but the truth is the truth. UiTM is still not a world class university, as well as other Malaysian universities. We use a system which is not systematic. Our education system is too exam oriented, and until this system remains unchanged, non of our universities will gain a world class status. Malaysian students will be like a robot, non progressive and just follow the order without really knowing what they are suppose to do.

I don't think that all 'you people' are that prejudice. Let me tell you something. when I was in kindergarten, I was sent to a Chinese oriented kindergarten which is Eden Child Development Centre. I learned Chinese, I learned other cultures, and we, Malays, Chinese and Indians in the kindergarten (although of course Malays are the minorities) ate together and played together.

When I was in primary school, I mixed with other races, and I learned my english in primary school. This is due to the fact that most of my friends are non-Malays and we speak in English.

However, when I entered secondary school, which was a boarding school (Sekolah Berasrama Penuh), all the students are Malay Muslims. It is not that I want to say bad things about my own race. For God's sake, NO! But honestly, when I learned in a monoethnic surrounding, I've found some 'horror' things:

1) Malaysians who live in their own race enclave tend to be VERY PREJUDICE to other races
2) They do not know about other races
3) They do not like other races

That's why I missed my primary schooldays where there is NO RACES BOUNDARY! We used to live together with harmony. And not to forget, when I entered six-former for 4 month, I was in a relationship with a Chinese girl... So, STOP FROM BEING PREJUDICE TO OTHER RACES! To have a strong Malaysia, we need to have a strong UNITED MALAYSIANS!!! And not to forget, a world-class education system...

And, yes! Our universities are not world-class enough. Let us work together and have a better Malaysia!

I LOVE MALAYSIA!

File 2 : The story of the ISA...

ISA. A big issue. The PR MP's said last week that they want to submit a motion to repeal the ISA. When I had my public speaking course last semester, my topic was the ISA. My lecturer, Assoc. Prof. Bhajan told me that I am a rebellion. I do think so.. ;p Even topics for my public speaking during my Pre-Law days were anti-government. Hehe.. But I could not be totally outspoken as I am studying in a very-strong-pro-government university.

Briefly, the ISA had to be repealed because:

1- According to the history of the ISA, the ISA was meant to combat the communists during those days. Are there any communists nowadays? I bet the oppositions and the communists had no similarities at all [except for the fact that both are opposing the government]

2- Malaysia is one of the countries who supported the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Article 11 of the Declaration prohibits any detention without trial. So, the ISA is contradicting with Article 11 of the Declaration.

3- Article 5 of the Federal Constitution clearly stated that every people are equal before the law. Is there equality if some people are detained without having proper trial by the authority?

4- Probability of misuse of power. The Home Minister has the absolute power to sign the detention paper. So, he might use the power to eliminate his political enemies. It is possible! In the case of Mohd Ezam bin Mohd Nor v Minister of Home Affairs, the court held that the plaintiff be released from the detention camp. This is because, the detention made under the ISA was mala fide[bad faith], and he has to be released. The detention was made in bad faith as during the interrogation, he was asked about his involvement in reformasi and no single question had been asked about national threat, the reason alleged for his detention.

So, does the ISA still relevant?

File 1 : Voices of Young Malaysians..

Welcome to this very new blog. I created this blog so that all young Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, belief, could gather together and have our views published. This blog is not specially mine as I would like my fellow young Malaysians to contribute by writing your views to kirullnisme.2007 [at] blogger [dot] com. Your views will be published automatically.

Kindly write your name, so that all readers will know who are the writers of the entries...

Thanks frens!