1. Wonder what has happened to Mazlan Harun's report to the Anti Corruption Agency regarding corrupt acts by Dato Seri Abdullah and Dato Seri Najib, President and Deputy President respectively of UMNO.
2. According to Kadar Shah the report had also been made to the party but he did not think the party would act. It would incriminate the leaders of the party itself.
3. Previously when UMNO members in my former division of Kubang Pasu came with evidence that money was used to persuade the delegates not to vote for me, the case was dismissed by the UMNO Disciplinary Committee even though clear evidence were presented that they had been paid money not to vote for me.
4. Since Mazlan Harun is against corruption by the UMNO President himself, it is most unlikely that any action would be taken on the accusation.
5. However, the report was also made to the ACA. Will the ACA act? As a Government agency, it should act without fear or favour.
6. I hate to make this comparison but in Israel the Prime Minister has been accused of corruption and the police carried out an investigation and found there was a case for the Prime Minister to be charged. Will we see this in our Malaysia?
7. There was a case involving a deputy minister who was accused of taking a bribe of 5 million ringgit. The Attorney-General said there was no case as the person alleged to have bribed the deputy minister denied that he gave any money.
8. Perhaps if the ACA asks the PM whether he had given any money to delegations from UMNO branches, he may deny it or give some spurious explanations. Will the ACA then conclude there is no case for the Prime Minister to answer?!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Hishammuddin must go, say some Umno leaders
MUAR - SEVERAL Umno branch and divisional leaders here want Umno Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein to resign over the keris issue, which they said had adversely affected Barisan Nasional in the recent general election.
Muar's branch leader Datuk Kadar Shah Tun Sulaiman Ninam Shah said about 90 branch and 25 divisional leaders made the call for Datuk Seri Hishammuddin's resignation.To admit the mistake was not good enough, he said, if the Umno Youth chief did not take responsibility and resign from all party and government posts.
Datuk Kadar Shah said that having been a Cabinet minister for several terms, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin should be mature enough to know what a leader should do, and should have known that brandishing the keris, a Malay dagger, could hurt the feelings of other races.He said branch and division committee members, including former Sungai Balang assemblyman Zakariah Mahadi, wanted Datuk Seri Hishammuddin to resign from all party and government posts.
Last Friday, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin apologised for wielding the keris at Umno meetings, acknowledging that it had upset minority racial communities who later punished the government at elections held last month.He has for the past several years opened the Umno annual assembly by unsheathing and kissing the traditional Malay dagger, a symbol of the party.Non-Malay communities, especially the Chinese, were uncomfortable with the gesture, seeing the keris as a symbol of Malay chauvinism and a reminder of deadly race riots in 1969.Within Umno itself, opinion is divided over Datuk Seri Hishammuddin's apology.
Some supported the move, saying that it showed the Umno Youth head is a responsible national leader who has set a good example, while others felt he should not have apologised.Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, for instance, felt the wielding of the keris showed that Datuk Seri Hishammuddin would champion the Malay cause and defend the country.'
Datuk Seri Hishammuddin's intention was noble, that is to champion the cause of the race and country and I understand that it was not intended at threatening the non-Malays,' said Tan Sri Muhyiddin.'However, the opposition had manipulated the issue for ulterior motive.'
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