Bullyboys on rampage again

And Proud of it! (Courtesy of Mob1900)

From Rocky:

Spoke to RPK. He's at home. They confiscated his desktop and laptop. And he has been summoned to Bukit Aman (CCID, near the Bank Negara NOT the one near the old British Council, just in case you want to turn up and show your support) to give a statement.

Update by Rocky (7.30 pm):

RPK, who runs the Malaysia Today on-line, said the Commercial Crime Division of Bukit Aman had asked him to make a statement with regards to his posting headlined "Let's send Altantuya murderers to Hell".

He refused to make that statement, of course.

The cops gave up (for now, at least) after two hours.

RPK was accompanied by his lawyer, YB William Leong, the MP of Selayang.

Scores of journalists, bloggers and Malaysia Today supporters waited at the entrance of the Bukit Aman.

The MP of Wangsa Maju, YB Wee Choo Keong, arrived just after 5pm. After a brief discussion with Marina, RPK's wife, Wee told her he would try and meet the cops. He asked me to accompany him. Wee took offence when the sentry on duty stepped in front of him and blocked his progress with an elbow.

"Wah, is this a police state now? I don't think we are a police state. Are we a police state?" Wee challenged the sentry's superiors. He said the sentry treated him like a criminal.

"If you can do this to an wakil rakyat," he continued, "what chance does the average citizen," he said, pointing at me, "your guard there will kick him out, hah?"

That's YB Wee for you!

Raja Petra said the cops still had his lap top and computer. He confirmed that he was being investigated under Sedition Act.

"For two hours they tried to make me make a statement. I refused. They threatened to charge me for refusing to make a statement. I told them, go ahead and arrest me or release me right now. And i told them that if they let me walk, I don't want to see their faces again."

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From a former victim (and still a victim actually), Nat:

There are unconfirmed reports via KeADILan’s sms service that RPK’s house was searched by the police and his computers confiscated (these dumbos never seem to get the point with the computer confiscation), over articles concerning Najib and Altantuya.

Susan Loone says:

Keep close watch. Keep your fingers cross. For those who pray, pray for Raja Petra.

We are with you.

Police call in Raja Petra for questioning (Malaysiakini 2/5/08)

Cops investigating Raja Petra under Multimedia Act

The Star (2/5/08): Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin is being investigated under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and Section 4C of the Seditious Act for an article he wrote recently titled Let's send the Altantuya murderers to hell.

It is learnt that eight police officers from the Federal Commercial Crimes Investigations Department (CCID) visited Raja Petra’s house in Sungai Buloh here at about 9am on Friday.

They seized a laptop and a CPU (central processing unit) before leaving at about 11am.

Raja Petra was summoned to the Federal Commercial Crimes Investigations Department (CCID) department at 4pm Friday after initially being told to report there at 11am Saturday.

He was allowed to leave at about 6pm after he refused to give a statement on the article he wrote and posted on the Malaysia Today online news portal on April 25.

His lawyer William Leong, who is also the Selayang MP, accompanied him.

More than 20 people including his wife and Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong, who was disallowed entry into the CCID building to see Raja Petra, waited outside the building and cheered when he walked out.

Speaking to reporters outside the department building, Raja Petra said that he was summoned to the department to give a statement under Section 4C of the Seditious Act for the article that he wrote in his blog on murdered Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu.

He said that the police officers were trying to persuade him for two hours to give a statement on the article.

"They told me that they wanted to take down my statement but I told them that I refuse to answer any questions or for my statement to be taken.

"I also told them that this is the fourth time they are calling me to give a statement under the Seditious Act where the first one was in 2001, the second in November 2004, the third when (Rural and Regional Development Minister Tan Sri Muhammad) Muhammad Taib lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi police station in 2007 and this is the fourth time," he said.

Raja Petra claimed that the police told him that they would arrest him if he refused to give a statement as they were supposed to question him under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

When asked why he had refused to give a statement, Raja Petra replied, "Because this is political prosecution. I refuse to play their political game.''

He also said that the police officers had refused to reveal the name of the person who had lodged a report against him.

"They only told me that it was a police officer,'' he said.

When questioned whether he would need to be present at the CCID department at 11am Saturday, based on a notice served by the police officers who had gone to his house Friday, Raja Petra replied, ''I don't know. Maybe they will charge me for refusing to make a statement and arrest me,'' he said, adding that the laptop and CPU which were taken away by police officers earlier Friday were not returned to him.

Under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998:

1) A person who

a) by means of any network facilities or network service or applications service knowingly —

(i) makes, creates or solicits; and

(ii) initiates the transmission of,

any comment, request, suggestion or other communication which is obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive in character with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass another person; or

b) initiates a communication using any applications service, whether continuously, repeatedly or otherwise, during which communication may or may not ensue, with or without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person at any number or electronic address,

commits an offence.

2) A person who knowingly

(a) by means of a network service or applications service provides any obscene communication for commercial purposes to any person; or

(b) permits a network service or applications service under the person 's control to be used for an activity described in paragraph (a),

commits an offence.

(3) A person who commits an offence under this section shall, on conviction,be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both and shall also be liable to a further fine of one thousand ringgit for every day during which the offence is continued after conviction

Police questioned Raja Petra over Altantuya article

NST (2/5/08): Blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin was questioned this morning by the Federal Commercial Crime Cyber Crime Unit for an article he posted in his blog that referred to the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder. A seven-men team led by Deputy Superintendent Victor Sanjos spent two hours at Raja Petra’s home- cum-office in Bukit Rahman Putra in Sungai Buloh at 9am.

He also went to Bukit Aman at 4pm after he was ordered to do so.

When contacted, Raja Petra, 58, said he was being investigated under the Sedition Act 1948 for an article titled “Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell” that was posted on his blog website www.malaysia-today.net on April 25.

In the article, were listed allegations quoting names of people as well as events that took place prior to Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu murder. “The police officers questioned me and later took my laptop and my personal computer,” he said.

This was the fourth time that he was investigated by police under the same Act. The first was in March 2001 followed by November 2004 and in July last year.
it is understood that police are investigating Raja Petra under the Communications and Multimedia Act.

Those found guilty under Section 233 may be be liable to a fine up to RM50,000, maximum jail sentence of one year or to both.

Walk with RPK!! Let's send Altantuya murderers to hell!

Dont vote Pak Lah, Najib?

Vote only for capable leaders, NST reported Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said. Najib wants us to change weak leaders?

What are you trying to say, Najib? Dont vote "not an astute prime minister"? Dont vote a prime minister who "does not understand how to move the economy"?

Dont vote a prime minister with very short attention span? Dont vote a prime minister who sleeps even while cases are being presented to him and tends to let his advisors tell him what to do? Dont vote a lying prime minister? Dont vote a prime minister who is dangerous to Umno and the country?

Dont vote Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Najib? After all, you are more qualified than him, dont you?

Related:
Dr M-Pak Lah feud: A chronology of events (Malaysiakini)
Not the retiring type (Time)

We need 'glocal' Malays, says Najib

NST (6/11/2007): Umno has proposed a five-point strategy to uplift the nation, which emphasises the creation of "glocal" Malays with a first-class mentality who can "think globally and act locally" as the primary driver.

The four other thrusts are:

* knowledge and education as core components in nation building;

* religion and culture as the foundation of civilisation;

* economic growth and equitable distribution as a source of strength; and

* political stability as a pre-requisite to success.

Laying down the five thrusts, Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the most essential element of the glocal Malay was the mind; sharpened and trained adequately.

If the Malays were to progress, he said, they must maximise the use of their minds to compete on the global stage.

"The Malay mind must therefore be driven towards learning and training in positive, creative, lateral, proactive and innovative thinking.

"I have repeatedly spoken of the need to alter the Malay mindset through transformational leadership and to work as one team in fulfilling the Malay agenda whilst holding on to our beliefs and cultivating a capable next generation. These are the ingredients to foster a generation of glocal Malays with a first class mentality," he said when opening the Umno Youth, Wanita and Puteri assemblies here last night.

Najib, who is also deputy prime minister, said Umno and the government hoped to create a generation known as "Ulul Al Bab" -- a capable and thinking generation, adept at using their intellect and capable of thinking analytically to grow and prosper.

He said such a generation would be made up of individuals who possessed high moral values and good manners, and were steeped in knowledge and understanding of religion and other disciplines.

"They are the graduates in various fields. They are the specialist doctors, certified accountants, engineers, architects, lawyers and entrepreneurs," he added.

He said the most important investment that a Malay family could make was not in the procurement of land, property or fancy cars, but in their children's education by ensuring they get the best and highest level of education possible.

"The closing of the Muslim mind and the pointless polemics about which is more important, worldly knowledge or religious knowledge, benefits no one and only serves to weaken us," he added.

Najib also noted that as the Malays had not sufficiently mastered the economy, they must be more actively involved in economic activities to ensure that wealth distribution would be more equitable.

"We have no intention of taking away the rights of others. All we ask for is a bigger share of an economic cake that is obviously expanding," he added.

Based on the principles of equitable distribution and economic power sharing, Najib said the government had launched three regional development corridors -- the Iskandar Development Region, the Northern Corridor Economic Region and the East Coast Economic Region -- and would also launch economic regions in Sabah and Sarawak.

He said all five economic regions were the brainchild of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also Umno president.

He called on Malay entrepreneurs to explore new and uncharted areas of business such as halal products, medicines, logistics, biotechnology, modern agriculture, Islamic finance, aerospace technologies, oil and gas, tourism and animation.

Najib explained that Barisan Nasional gave and continued to give the people good infrastructure, free education, healthcare, modern agriculture, job opportunities, business opportunities, and a high quality of living.

"At the same time we must fight crime and we must look at all the problems faced by members of the public, so as to ensure peace in the community," he added.

He also praised Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Wanita chief Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz and Puteri chief Datuk Noraini Ahmad for their tireless hard work in leading the respective wings, as well as being fully-prepared for the general election.

On the next general election:

"For us, what is most important is our preparedness to face the general election. That preparedness certainly does not mean making new bush jackets or baju kurung in anticipation of becoming candidates.

"Nor does it include whispering campaigns, jostling one another and moving about to and fro, bringing along one's resume to lobby for candidacy.

"The preparedness I was alluding to earlier is not about candidacy but about the readiness of our election machinery and activating it at all levels: ballot box areas, electoral constituencies , branch offices and divisions throughout the country."

On money politics:

"How different it is today when everything comes with a price. We must put a stop to this if this struggle is to be cleansed and kept pure. A veteran Umno leader lamented that the state of things are so different now, and cynically quipped to the effect that nowadays 'if you give, you will receive; if you don't, you will fall alone'".

On the Umno Youth kris issue:

"When Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al Haj declared that the date of Merdeka would be Aug 31, 1957 at a special rally held in Bandar Hilir Malacca on Feb 20, 1956, he was handed a symbolic 100-year-old kris by Wanita Umno which the Tunku then unsheathed, kissed and thrust towards the sky. This act was witnessed with great jubilation and pride by all races who were overjoyed about the forthcoming independence. At that instance, the kris was a symbol of the success of a united struggle.

"And so when Umno Youth produced the Panca Warisan kris and raised it symbolically, it was quite unfair for the opposition to turn it into a political issue. The Umno Youth was not declaring hostilities but was instead reaffirming its struggle within the boundaries of the Federal Constitution."

On the New Economic Policy (NEP):

"There is a Malay opposition leader who says that the NEP should be rejected because he alleges that it enriches only a handful of Malays. This allegation is entirely baseless as the NEP has been successful in a number of ways, not the least of which is enlarging the Malay middle class.

"It has also increased the number of Malay accountants, architects, doctors, dentists, veterinarians, engineers, quantity surveyors and lawyers to as many as 42,414 individuals, which is about 38.8 per cent of the total of 109,532 professionals in the country, as reported in the 9th Malaysia Plan.

"This is hardly 'a handful' and a far cry from the number of Malay professionals in the pre-NEP period when it was only five per cent of the total or only 225 individuals. How dare the opposition try to deny empirical facts!"

On the opposition:

"Thanks to the hard work and co-operation of everyone involved, we defeated Pas in Kuala Berang. Pas fell once again in Pengkalan Pasir, and in Batu Talam the independent candidate that stood against us was completely wiped out. The DAP fell flat in Machap, and PKR failed miserably in Ijok.

"We won every single time, with impressive majorities, because of the people's resounding support for Umno and for Barisan Nasional. The opposition may have waxed lyrical in ranting and raving against us, but the people always knew better."

On students:

"Today there are more than 330,000 students in public universities around the country, and from that figure, more that 180,000 or 60 per cent of every annual intake are female students who will soon become young professionals. Imagine the strength of these young women of various races who will all enter the work force.

"Imagine the strength of Puteri Umno and also Umno Youth if all the Malay students one day join the ranks of Umno to help us reach for the stars and elevate our civilization. Imagine the joy of the parents of those students in knowing that they have produced a successful generation."

On Felda's second generation:

"There must be a concerted effort by all relevant parties to equip our young with adequate skills and give them a second chance.

"We have already done this with the second generation of Felda, and today we can see the transformation taking place.

"We have inculcated in them the philosophy that if the first generation of Felda was all about opening settlements and land for farming, then the second generation must be about opening minds.

"In the past three years we have seen more than 19,000 individuals from Felda being given various kinds of training, including 169 who will soon become aircraft maintenance engineers certified by the Malaysia Airlines Engineering Training Centre or MAETC, which is also internationally recognised.

"They are the glocal generation although they come from humble beginnings, faraway in the provinces and rural areas."

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