KUALA LUMPUR, 31 Jan – The Federal Territories should be the best showcase for Malaysia’s development planning expertise and implementation, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He said the Federal Territories mirrored Malaysia to the world and created the first impression of the country for visitors, tourists and investors.
“Indeed Kuala Lumpur as the federal capital and a prime commercial centre, Labuan as an internatioal financial centre and Putrajaya as the federal government’s administrative centre are the pulse of the nation.
“We don’t want our Federal Territories to be well known only for their skyscrapers and all the negative elements associated with urbanisation but instead, for their greenery, cheerful atmosphere and healthy environment.
“(We want) Federal Territories that are strong as knowledge, culture, arts, fashion and culinary centres,” the prime minister said in his Federal Territories Day 2012 message posted today on his blog, www.1Malaysia.com.my.
Najib called on the people to make the Federal Territories as the best place for themselves and their families.
“Let’s make our dream a reality. To create a better future, we should move and work together towards achieving what have been planned,” he said.
disunting dari umno online @ disiarkan pada 31 januari 2012
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Say: He is Allah, the One and Only!
Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
He begetteth not nor is He begotten.
And there is none like unto Him.
- translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Govt told to act against CIA agents holed up here
Jan 31: Penang-based Citizens International has urged the Malaysian government to expel those recruited by the US's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out espionage activities against its arch enemy Iran, as revealed in a report by Asian Times.
The paper in a report last December claimed that CIA had been recruiting Iranian students in Malaysia to spy on vital targets in Iran.
In a statement to Harakahdaily, the group's chairman SM Mohamed Idris urged Home minister Hishamuddin Hussein to immediately expel such agents who were based in the US Embassy, multi-national corporations, academic institutions and media organizations.
"CIA’s recruitment of Iranian students for spying in a friendly country and setting up think-tanks and educational institutions here for such purpose amount to serious interference in our internal affairs by the US and a threat to our sovereignty," said Idris.
The report states that a dedicated team set up by CIA’s National Clandestine Service not only operate from Iran's neighbours, but also in Malaysia where there is a large number of Iranian students, who became target due to their good command of the Persian language and inter-cultural competence.
Iranian intelligence has meanwhile identified 42 officers of the NCS operating in several countries and collected detailed information on the scope and nature of their activities. Among these were one "patriotic Iranian student" who had been offered scholarship by a quasi-academic institution as a means of entrapment.
Following an investigation by the Islamic republic's Ministry of Intelligence and Security into the institution, 30 suspected spies had been netted.
The report added that such spies were embedded within numerous official and unofficial American organizations, including US embassies, multinational corporations, academic institutions, think-tanks and media organizations.
Saying Iranian officials would have informed the Malaysian government of the development, Idris asked whether there had been any follow-up action.
"The activities of CIA here are bound to cause severe strain to the good relations we have with Iran. Further, both Malaysia and Iran are members of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC}and the United Nations and, therefore, it would be in violation of the OIC Charter and the UN Charter to allow our territory to be used for the illegal US-Israel covert war against Iran," said Idris, who is also president of well-known consumer pressure group Consumers Association of Penang (CAP).
Idris also urged the Malaysian government to stop security cooperation with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the guise of the ‘war on terror’, saying that "in reality, is a war against Muslims and Islam".
disunting dari harakah daily @ disiarkan pada 31 januari 2012
The paper in a report last December claimed that CIA had been recruiting Iranian students in Malaysia to spy on vital targets in Iran.
In a statement to Harakahdaily, the group's chairman SM Mohamed Idris urged Home minister Hishamuddin Hussein to immediately expel such agents who were based in the US Embassy, multi-national corporations, academic institutions and media organizations.
"CIA’s recruitment of Iranian students for spying in a friendly country and setting up think-tanks and educational institutions here for such purpose amount to serious interference in our internal affairs by the US and a threat to our sovereignty," said Idris.
The report states that a dedicated team set up by CIA’s National Clandestine Service not only operate from Iran's neighbours, but also in Malaysia where there is a large number of Iranian students, who became target due to their good command of the Persian language and inter-cultural competence.
Iranian intelligence has meanwhile identified 42 officers of the NCS operating in several countries and collected detailed information on the scope and nature of their activities. Among these were one "patriotic Iranian student" who had been offered scholarship by a quasi-academic institution as a means of entrapment.
Following an investigation by the Islamic republic's Ministry of Intelligence and Security into the institution, 30 suspected spies had been netted.
The report added that such spies were embedded within numerous official and unofficial American organizations, including US embassies, multinational corporations, academic institutions, think-tanks and media organizations.
Saying Iranian officials would have informed the Malaysian government of the development, Idris asked whether there had been any follow-up action.
"The activities of CIA here are bound to cause severe strain to the good relations we have with Iran. Further, both Malaysia and Iran are members of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC}and the United Nations and, therefore, it would be in violation of the OIC Charter and the UN Charter to allow our territory to be used for the illegal US-Israel covert war against Iran," said Idris, who is also president of well-known consumer pressure group Consumers Association of Penang (CAP).
Idris also urged the Malaysian government to stop security cooperation with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the guise of the ‘war on terror’, saying that "in reality, is a war against Muslims and Islam".
disunting dari harakah daily @ disiarkan pada 31 januari 2012
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