PAS urges thorough probe in mosque defilement incident - APA DAH JADI NI ???

Feb 1: Paying a visit to the Nurul Iman mosque in Rawang where the head of a pig was left at its doorstep early yesterday, Selangor PAS leaders said the act was a deliberate attempt at provocation.

Led by Selangor PAS deputy commissioner Khalid Samad and Selayang PAS chairman Zaidi Talib, a PAS delegation met with chairman of the mosque Akhbar Harun.

This followed Khalid's meeting with the Gombak district police station to be briefed about the investigation into the incident.

“I urge the police to carry out a thorough investigation and identify the culprit behind this despicable act and take the necessary action,” Khalid told Harakahdaily.

The carcass was discovered at 5.30am yesterday (pic) when the mosque was being opened for the dawn prayer.

According to the police, the case was being classified under Section 295 of the Penal Code, which deals with defilement of places of worship intended to insult the religion.

Religious tensions

PAS information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man meanwhile said the case if not properly handled could create unnecessary religious tensions.

“This act should not have happened because it can threaten public security if it is not properly handled,” he said.

This is not the first time the carcass of a pig, considered impure by Muslims, is found at a mosque vicinity. On December 29, two plastic bags containing four pig heads were found outside the compound of Al-Falah Mosque in Johor Bahru. The following day, five pig heads were placed at the mosque's entrance. Although four individuals including a teenager had been arrested, no charges were filed thus far.

The defilement of mosques followed several acts of vandalisation of churches, during the peak of the controversy surrounding the usage of ‘Allah’ by the Christians.

DAP secretary general Lim Guan Eng urged Malaysians to remain calm and not to play into the hands of those sowing tensions.

“However, the perpetrators will fail to achieve their evil goals because Malaysians have learnt not only to live with but to celebrate the cultural and religious differences in our society.
"We will not let decades of peace be undone by the cowardly actions of extremists and bigots,” he said in a statement made available to Harakahdaily.

73 killed in Egypt soccer clash amid suspicion of military's hands

PORT SAID, Feb 2: At least 73 people were killed Wednesday in violence following a soccer match in Port Said, when fans flooded the field seconds after a match against a rival team was over, the Health Ministry said. Without giving specific figures, Deputy Health Minister Hesham Shiha said in a statement that hundreds were injured.

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME ... Players escape from the field as opponents' fans rushed to the pitch



A security official and a medic said fans of the home team, Masry, swarmed the field after a rare 3-1 win against Ahly, Egypt's top team. They threw stones, fireworks, and bottles at Ahly fans and injured some players.

The trouble started in the second half of the match when a small group of Ahly fans raised a banner insulting their rivals. But many of those present pointed out the conspicuous and near complete absence of security forces and their abandonment of regular protocol in securing football matches as the main culprit behind so many people dying in less than one hour.

Some political actors and commentators are drawing connections between the soccer-related violence and attempts in Parliament to put an end to the State of Emergency, which Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi recently said would only be applied to acts of “thuggery.”

“What happened cannot be a coincidence. This massacre and three armed robberies happened only one day after the Interior Minister came to Parliament trying to convince us of the importance of maintaining the State of Emergency,” Ziad El-Elaimy, an MP with the Social Democratic Party, said in a post-match television interview.

Eye witnesses confirm that security was largely absent when the Masry fans stormed the field. They also claim that security forces allowed Masry fans to enter the visiting team’s stands.

“Security forces are supposed to secure the fans’ exits with an iron fist. Protocol calls for them to close all gates leading to the visiting team’s fans until they are sure of their security,” said Adel Aql, a football association official, in an interview with ONTV. Aql blamed security forces’ handling of the situation for the large number of deaths.

“This is a massacre. I’ve never seen as many dead bodies in one place at one time out of all the wars I’ve witnessed,” said Port Said MP Al-Badry Farghaly in a television interview.



Governor suspiciously missing


Farghaly confirmed reports that the Port Said governor and the city’s head of security did not attend the match, which is uncommon for matches between the two teams, who have a long rivalry.

A medic at a morgue in Port Said said some of the dead were security officers. He was speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

According to Shiha, a majority of the deaths were caused by blows to the head resulting from projectiles, trampling or direct blows.

The security official said fans chased players and cornered their supporters on the field, throwing stones and bottles at them.

The players were later taken to the locker room for protection, Sayed Hamdi, a player, told state TV.

"One of the fans died in the dressing room,” Ahmed Nagi, an Ahly goalkeeping coach, said on Egyptian state television. “And there were thousands of wounded lying in the hallways.”

Field Marshal Tantawi dispatched two military planes to transfer the injured, the Ahly team, its staff and supporters from Port Said to Cairo, according to state TV. He appeared on television later in the night, saying that the events in Port Said will not affect Egypt's security. When a reporter asked if he planned to dismiss the governor of Port Said, the field marshal said he was awaiting an investigation.

Egyptian state TV showed protesters setting fire to the Cairo Stadium after a football match between the Zamalek team, one of the most popular clubs, and the Ismailia team. The teams were tied 2-2 when the match was called off.

Zamalek coach Hassan Shehata decided not to continue the second half of the match after violent clashes erupted simultaneously in Port Said Stadium between Ahly and Masry fans.

Samir Zaher, chairman of the Egyptian Football Association, decided tonight to suspend indefinitely Egypt’s Premiere League in response to incident.

Parliament decided to hold extraordinary session Thursday morning to discuss the events. State-run Middle East News Agency reported that Parliament speaker Saad al-Katatny called for the session.

Independent MP Amr Hamzawy said on his Twitter account Wednesday evening that Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim must be dismissed along with head of the security and governor of Port Said and that he sent Katatny a message demanding that an emergency session of Parliament be held.

Dr. Ehab Ali, Ahly team doctor, called the violence in Port Said Stadium “a war that had been planned” and demanded a prompt investigation. He added that the field was in a state of chaos. Ali’s comments came during a phone call to a program on the Ahly television channel.

AlMasry AlYoum, 02 February 2012

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Projek Mega, Berimpak Tinggi NKEA Greater KL/Lembah Klang Giat Dilaksana

PUTRAJAYA, 1 Feb – Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan dan Kesejahteraan Bandar serta agensi-agensi di bawahnya sedang giat melaksanakan projek-projek mega dan berimpak tinggi di bawah Bidang Ekonomi Utama Negara (NKEA) Greater Kuala Lumpur/Lembah Klang.

Menteri berkenaan Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin berkata ia merupakan antara usaha Kerajaan untuk menjadikan negara ini negara berpendapatan tinggi dan menjadikan Wilayah Persekutuan khususnya Kuala Lumpur sebagai wilayah yang maju dan berdaya saing.

Sehubungan itu, beliau berkata beberapa Projek Permulaan (EPP) sedang melalui fasa-fasa awal pelaksanaan antaranya projek ‘River of Life’ (Sungai Nadi Kehidupan), pembinaan projek siar kaki, pembangunan mercu tanda ikonik di Kuala Lumpur dan projek Greener KL.

Bagi meningkatkan tahap pengangkutan awam yang berkesan, projek MyRapid Transit laluan Sungai Buloh-Kajang juga sedang dilaksanakan, katanya.

Raja Nong Chik berkata demikian ketika menyampaikan ucapan sempena Istiadat Pengurniaan Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Wilayah Persekutuan disempurnakan Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah di Istana Melawati, di sini hari ini.

Pada tahun ini, Raja Nong Chik berkata kementerian akan memberikan tumpuan kepada usaha membangunkan semula Kampung Baru selaras dengan hasrat kerajaan serta para pemilik dan pewaris tanah untuk melihat kawasan penempatan Melayu yang strategik dan bersejarah dibangunkan dengan mengekalkan ciri-ciri sedia ada.

“Akta Perbadanan Pembangunan Kampung Baru 2011 telah mendapat perkenan Seri Paduka Baginda Tuanku. Melalui akta ini Perbadanan Pembangunan Kampung Baru ditubuhkan bagi memaju menyelaras dan menyelia pembangunan di Kampung Baru,” katanya.

Selain itu, beliau berkata kementerian akan terus melaksanakan program menyediakan bantuan secara langsung kepada golongan miskin bandar dengan menyediakan bantuan sewa rumah, membina dan membaiki rumah serta mengadakan program pembangunan modal insan untuk meningkatkan kemahiran mereka supaya dapat menambah pendapatan.

Terdahulu pada istiadat itu, Tuanku Abdul Halim berkenan menyampaikan darjah kebesaran, bintang dan pingat Wilayah Persekutuan sempena sambutan Hari Wilayah Persekutuan 2012 kepada 279 penerima.

Turut berangkat ke istiadat itu ialah Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah. Hadir sama Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dan isteri Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan isteri Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman.

Tahun ini merupakan kali kelima darjah kebesaran, bintang dan pingat Wilayah Persekutuan dianugerahkan kepada individu-individu yang berjasa membangunkan Kuala Lumpur, Labuan dan Putrajaya.

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Daftar pemilih: PAS tunggu semakan Mimos

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Feb: PAS menyambut baik langkah Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) yang akan menggugurkan 42,025 nama yang diragui statusnya dari senarai pemilih.

Ketua Pengarah Pilihan Raya PAS Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli berkata, tindakan itu bagaimanapun belum boleh untuk memberi tafsiran bahawa senarai daftar pemilih kini benar-benar sudah bersih selepas pengguguran nama pemilih diragui itu.

Menurutnya, apa yang sedang ditunggu kini adalah semakan daftar pemilih antara SPR dengan Mimos Berhad seperti yang disyorkan oleh Jawatankuasa Pilihan Parlimen bagi Penambahbaikan Pilihan raya (PSC).

"Bagi PAS, (pengguguran) itu langkah yang baik, namun kita juga sedang menunggu hasil semakan yang dibuat dengan Mimos itu.

"Yang digugur itu hanya nama yang tidak dapat disahkan oleh JPN (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara), sedangkan banyak lagi nama yang disahkan oleh JPN tetapi ada masalah (seperti) mempunyai dua kad pengenalan, bukan warga tempatan dan sebagainya," katanya yang juga salah seorang anggota PSC kepada Harakahdaily.

Beliau mengulas kenyataan Pengerusi SPR Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof semalam bahawa suruhanjaya itu akan menggugurkan 42,025 nama pemilih yang diragui yang tidak menerima sebarang maklumbalas selepas tempoh semakan tamat semalam.

Sebelum ini SPR mengeluarkan senarai yang mengandungi 42,051 nama pemilih yang diragui statusnya tahun lalu atas permintaan PSC.

Tetapi SPR hanya menerima maklumbalas dari 50 orang, meminta nama mereka diaktifkan kembali.

Abdul Aziz juga memberitahu, tempoh semakan juga tidak akan dilanjutkan semula manakala senarai pemilih terbaru akan diwartakan Mac depan.

Sebelum ini, Mimos Berhad dicadangkan oleh PSC untuk membuat verifikasi terhadap isu-isu yang berkaitan daftar pemilih dan melaporkan balik penemuan kepada jawatankuasa berkenaan.

Ia membabitkan isu dua orang pemilih dengan satu kad pengenalan yang sama, pengundi yang meninggal dunia masih ada dalam daftar pemilih, pengundi yang berumur 90 tahun ke atas, pemilih bukan warga tempatan, ramai pemilih dalam satu alamat, dan pengundi hilang kelayakan.

"Bukan itu sahaja, tidak semua syor PSC diterima SPR untuk dilaksana pada PRU-13 ini.

"Kita harap juga SPR segera kemukakan sebarang pindaan pertauran pilihan raya agar boleh diluluskan parlimen dengan segera," kata Hatta yang juga ahli parlimen Kuala Krai.

Nazri Abdullah, 01 Feb 2012

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Agong Seru Rakyat Sokong Usaha Kerajaan Perkukuh Ekonomi Negara

PUTRAJAYA, 1 Feb – Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah hari ini

menyeru rakyat supaya sentiasa menyokong usaha kerajaan memperkukuhkan ekonomi negara berikutan senario ekonomi dunia masa ini yang diramalkan tidak menentu.

Seri Paduka bertitah rakyat tidak boleh alpa dan perlu sentiasa komited untuk terus bekerja dan berusaha dengan gigih.

Baginda bertitah keadaan ini berikutan kelembapan ekonomi di Amerika Syarikat, Eropah dan Jepun serta tekanan inflasi akibat kenaikan harga komoditi, krisis hutang negara Eropah dan juga perdagangan dunia yang lebih perlahan.

“Beta melihat suasana global ini tentunya memberi impak langsung ke atas ekonomi Malaysia.

“Justeru seluruh rakyat Malaysia termasuk warga Wilayah Persekutuan perlulah sentiasa komited untuk terus bekerja dengan penuh iltizam dan sentiasa menyokong usaha-usaha kerajaan mengukuhkan ekonomi negara,” titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah demikian sempena Istiadat Pengurniaan Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Wilayah Persekutuan yang berlangsung di Istana Melawati sini hari ini.

Turut berangkat ke istiadat itu ialah Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah. Hadir sama Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dan isteri Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan isteri Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman.

Dalam titah baginda, Tuanku Abdul Halim turut meminta rakyat berbilang kaum untuk terus memupuk dan memperkukuhkan semangat perpaduan dan kerjasama bagi memastikan kemakmuran dan keamanan yang dikecapi hari ini dapat dikekalkan.

Baginda juga melahirkan rasa sukacita dengan Kuala Lumpur yang membangun dengan pesat dan berada di atas landasan yang tepat menuju pencapaian status bandaraya bertaraf dunia dan menjadi antara senarai 20 bandaraya paling sesuai didiami menjelang 2020.

Seri Paduka juga berharap Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan akan terus berkembang menjadi hab halal bagi produk berasaskan keluaran laut dan hab logistik bagi minyak dan gas, selain menumpukan usaha menjadikannya sebagai destinasi pelancongan terkemuka dunia.

“Demikian juga dengan Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya. Selain menjadi pusat pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, Beta merasa gembira kerana Putrajaya telah mengorak langkah menuju matlamat menjadi bandaraya yang mampan dan makmur demi kesejahteraan seluruh warganya”.

Tuanku Abdul Halim percaya pelbagai usaha yang sedang dijalankan kerajaan akan memenuhi matlamat menjadikan Wilayah Persekutuan sebagai wilayah yang maju dan makmur ke arah mencapai kehidupan yang berkualiti dan sejahtera.

Terdahulu pada istiadat itu, baginda berkenan menyampaikan darjah kebesaran, bintang dan pingat Wilayah Persekutuan sempena sambutan Hari Wilayah Persekutuan 2012 kepada 279 penerima.

Antara penerima ialah Yang Dipertua Persatuan Bekas Wakil Rakyat Malaysia (Mubarak) Tan Sri Abu Hassan Omar yang dikurniakan Darjah Seri Utama Mahkota Wilayah (SUMW) yang membawa gelaran Datuk Seri Utama.

Ketua Polis Negara Tan Sri Ismail Omar yang turut menerima SUMW, bagaimanapun tidak hadir pada istiadat hari ini kerana sedang melakukan lawatan kerja ke London dan dijadual pulang ke tanah air Khamis ini.

Selain itu lima penerima Darjah Seri Mahkota Wilayah (SMW) yang membawa gelaran Datuk Seri pula ialah Presiden MIC Datuk Seri G. Palanivel, Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan Datuk Seri Ahmad Kabit, Pengerusi KUB Malaysia Berhad Datuk Seri Abdul Halim Abdul Samad, Ketua Jabatan Pengaduan dan Perkhidmatan Awam MCA Datuk Seri Michael Chong Ten Soo dan Timbalan Presiden Persatuan Bagi Orang-Orang Buta Malaysia Datuk Seri Mohamed Iqbal Kuppapitchai Rawther.

Seramai 34 orang dianugerah Panglima Mahkota Wilayah (PMW) yang membawa gelaran Datuk, 30 penerima Johan Mahkota Wilayah (JMW), 74 penerima pingat Ahli Mahkota Wilayah (AMW) dan 84 lagi menerima pingat Pangkuan Mahkota Wilayah (PPW).

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Mesyuarat agung khas halang penyenaraian FGVH- TIDAK PERLU DISENARAIKAN DALAM BURSA SAHAM KLSE

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Feb: Persatuan Anak Peneroka Felda Kebangsaan (Anak) akan memanggil mesyuarat agung khas dengan persetujuan perwakilan atau pemegang saham Koperasi Permodalan Felda (KPF) bagi menghalang penyenaraian Felda Global Ventures Holding (FGVH) ke Bursa Malaysia.

Presiden Anak, Mazlan Aliman berkata, akan menuntut mesyuarat agung tersebut menggunakan peruntukan fasal 29 (1) Undang-undang Kecil KPF.

Menurut Undang-undang Kecil KPF, Lembaga pada bila-bila masa boleh, dan apabila ada rekuisisi yang ditandatangani oleh sekurang-kurangnya satu perlima atau satu ratus perwakilan mengikut mana yang kurang hendaklah memanggil suatu mesyuarat agung perwakilan khas mengikut subseksyen 40 (1) Akta.

"Kita telah mendapat penjelasan oleh KPF tentang peruntukan fasal 29 ini dan mereka kata boleh buat EGM berasingan atas tuntutan yang berbeza.

"Maksudnya satu pihak nak buat EGM untuk luluskan penyenaraian (FGVH ke Bursa Saham), kita pula boleh buat satu lagi EGM untuk menentang penyenaraian dan kita dah bincang dengan peguam," kata beliau pada sidang media di Ibu Pejabat PAS, Jalan Raja Laut, hari ini.

Mazlan berkata, pihaknya mendapat maklumat, Mesyuarat Agung KPF akan diadakan pada 22 Februari ini dan akan dirasmikan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Sehubungan itu, Mazlan berkata, Anak akan bekerjasama dengan Gerakan Selamatkan Felda (GSF) untuk mendapatkan sokongan perwakilan mengadakan mesyuarat agung menntang penyenaraian sebaik sahaja menerima notis panggilan mesyuarat agung KPF.

"Kita tidak menolak kemungkinan, kita akan gerakkan satu kekuatan untuk mendapatkan senarai daripada pemegang-pemegang saham terutama bagi mereka yang menentang usaha penyenaraian FGVH ini," katanya.

Beliau juga yakin kumpulan yang menentang penyenaraian FGVH lebih besar daripada kumpulan yang meyokong usaha itu.

"Saya berkeyakinan kumpulan yang menentang (penyenaraian) lebih besar daripada kumpulan yang menyokong penyenaraian.

"Tidak mudah untuk kerajaan melakukan penyenaraian ini," tegasnya.

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Malott’s Criticisms Wrong To State PM Fails To Implement Promise

KUALA LUMPUR Feb 1 – Wisma Putra has explained that it is wrong to state that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has failed to implement his promised economic and political reforms.

In a letter titled “Malaysia’s Reforms are Real” published in the Wall Street Journal today, Information & Public Diplomacy Department undersecretary Ahmad Rozian Abdul Ghani said, in less than three years as prime minister, Najib had made it easier for foreign companies to invest in Malaysia, repealed repressive laws, made education free for all, cut crime, slashed unemployment
and lifted average incomes to record levels.

“As for corruption, while the prime minister is taking real action to tackle the issue — such as passing a new Whistleblower Act, setting up special corruption courts and launching a corporate integrity pledge for businesses, (but) opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has failed to answer serious questions about voter fraud in his own party’s internal elections,” he wrote in a letter
that was published in the WSJ “Letter to The Editor” column.

Ahmad Rozian was referring to the former US Ambassador to Malaysia, John Malott’s criticisms of the Prime Minister and the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration in an article entitled “Testing Malaysia’s Promises” that was published in the WSJ on Jan 12.

He further explained that the Prime Minister and the government were working hard to deliver prosperity, security and democracy for all Malaysians regardless of race, religion or political persuasion.

“It is time for Mr (John) Malott, whose views often appear to be influenced by his close personal friendship with the Anwar family, to acknowledge this and give credit where it is due,” he said.

Ahmad Rozian said to say that none of the proposals made by a bipartisan committee on electoral reform had been carried out suggested that the government was some how dragging its feet, when the reality was quite different.

“Three weeks prior to Mr Malott’s article being published, every one of the committee’s recommendations was backed by the Malaysian Parliament, and the Electoral Commission has committed itself to implementing these measures in full ahead of the next general election.

“This is hardly ground for charges of obstruction or delay,” he said.

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