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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Forum BAR COUNCIL Agenda Abdullah

Saya malas mengulas panjang kerana masih di dalam mood Festival Filem Malaysia yang baru berakhir semalam. Tetapi ada beberapa perkara yang ingin saya sentuh secara ringkas,

• Pihak-pihak tertentu didalam BAR Council telah dipergunakan oleh Abdullah Ahmad Badwi untuk tujuan Politik.
• Ianya bermula selepas pilihanraya umum ke 12.
• Memahami keadaan yang meruncing di dalam isu kehakiman yang hilang kepercayaan oleh rakyat, Abdullah menerusi wakilnya telah menggunakan BAR Council.
• Adalah tidak pasti sama ada ahli-ahli BAR Council mengetahuinya atau hanya beberapa kerat di dalam jawatankuasa tertingginya sahaja yang terlibat.
• Selepas PRU12, BAR Council telah menganjurkan satu majlis makan malam dan jemputannya ialah ahli-ahli politik bekas-bekas hakim termasuk yang dipecat oleh Kerajaan sebelum ini.
• Di dalam majlis makan malam tersebut, Abdullah mengumumkan bahawa kerajaan akan memberikan sumbangan Ex-Gratia kepada hakim-hakim yang dipecat sewaktu krisis kehakiman lewat 80’an.
• Makan Malam anjuran BAR Council itu sebenarnya ditaja atau boleh dikatakan dibiayai sepenuhnya oleh Kerajaan Malaysia.
• BAR Council telah membiayakan diri mereka menjadi platform Abdullah membina semula popularitinya yang merudum.

Siapakah yang mendapat manfaat daripada Forum yang berlangung semalam (Sabtu) berhubung perlembagaan negara yang melibatkan mereka yang memuluk agama Islam?

• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mendapagt manfaat kerana forum itu boleh menjadi platform yang menyatukan orang-orang Melayu dan Islam.
• Forum sebegitu menimbulkan kemarahan orang Melayu.
• Forum sebegitu mengakibatkan pemimpin-pemimpin di dalam UMNO yang menentang Abdullah terpaksa beralih pandangan dan bersatu bagi mempertahankan kepentingan UMNO memperjuangkan hak orang-orang Islam.
• Forum begitu menekan pemimpin-pemimpin pembangkan beragama Islam untuk turut sama dengan pemimpin UMNO supaya tidak dilihat dayus dalam hal Islam dan Melayu.
• Orang-orang Melayu bangkit dan keadaan jadi tegang lalu parti politik seperti PAS dan faction Melayu dalam PKR jadi tersepit di tengah-tengah.

Bagi mereka yang menyokong forum itu dan menentang forum itu, sila ambil kira faktor di atas.

-Kickdefella

For the love of the Jalur Gemilang

I thoroughly agree with Sheih (Kickdefella) that Malaysia is a nation in distress ... However, I decided against flying the flag upside down for my own reasons ... - Tehsin Mukhtar of Me Only Better
Not flying it upside down. On Aug 3, Sheih launched a campaign to fly the Jalur Gemilang upside down as a symbol of the People's Frustration and a signal that the nation is in distress. Several blogs quickly declared their support for this cyber-strike.

But some of them have since changed their minds. They found out that they didn't have the heart to do it.

Pasquale of Barking Magpie is one of them:
"I can sense something that I thought I will never feel again. There are a lot of you morons out there that truly love your country very much. Then by all mean defend it people! .... So here is our beloved Flag!"
On Aug 5, the day I put up my own posting, Engku Emran of Between My Legs, a n old buddy and a new kid on the blog, called me up. He said he was disturbed by the whole upside-down flag business. We met at the Press Club that night to talk about the Jalur Gemilang.

Afterwards, he made a posting here that captures his pain:
"some bloggers have put up our beloved jalur gemilang upside down on their blogs as a sign of cyber-strike...apparently it is also the global code of distress signal...i was and still am terribly disturbed by this recent development...not by their actions (doesn't mean im for it though) but for the very fact that i care for the well being of all...again pls don't get me wrong here as the last thing i want is to mislead any1... I just need to get it off my chest thats all...good nite Malaysia..."
My own posting here drew well over 130 comments; easily more than 90 per cent were strongly against the idea of flying the flag upside-down as a sign of protest.

The overwhelming objection didn't come as a surprise. In early July, when I launched my own cyber-strike not all my blogger bros and sisters were supportive of my action or sympathietic with the reasons for going on the 48-hour strike (which were the same very reasons that compelled Sheih to launch his upside-down flag campaign).

Marina Mahathir and Wong Chun Wai went on strike even before I did as they were fed-up with the way politicians were treating the people and how things were going for the economy. But the two, especially Marina, had even less sympathy from som e fellow bloggers (please read Wattahack's Oh! How Hate Blinds Thee!).

I have decided to fly the Jalur Gemilang, full-stop. I will fly it not upside down nor half-mast, but the way it's supposed to be flown. Like Tehsin and Pasquale and Engku Emran (and Marina, Wong Chun Wai and Wattahack), I agree with Sheih that we are a nation in trouble. I won't go on another strike to prove that point because I believe I've proven my point.

For me, Sheih has proven his point and I hope that on August 31, when our nation celebrates her 51st Merdeka, we'll fly the flag together. Not upside down, not half-mast.

-rocky's bru

PKR mulls action against protest leader Zulkifli

Zulkifli Noordin leading the protest against the Bar Council forum yesterday. — picture by Choo Choy May
Zulkifli Noordin leading the protest against the Bar Council forum yesterday. — picture by Choo Choy May

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat will decide whether disciplinary action would be taken against its Kulim Bandar Baharu MP Zulkifli Noordin for stoking racial and religious sentiments when demonstrating against a forum here.

"We are going to discuss the matter. Zulkifli claims that he is there as a member of Pembela but he is still a party member.

"In principle we support peaceful demonstrations but are against the use of insulting and racial language and the storming of places where people are having discussions," said PKR deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali.

The first-term MP who protested on behalf of Lawyers in Defence of Islam (Pembela) had declared the forum by the Bar Council an insult and a challenge to Muslims in what some have termed a "hate speech" and also forced his way to the front of the auditorium where the forum was being held yesterday.

Syed Husin told The Malaysian Insider that it was hypocritical of Zulkifli to exercise his democratic freedom by denying others of the same freedom.

"I know that he is aware that the party is disagreeable to his actions," he added.

PKR vice-president Sivarasa Rasiah also confirmed that the matter would be discussed when the party's top leadership meets during the week.

"I echo Syed Husin's statement as Zulkifli acted without the sanction of the party and does not reflect our stand on the matter."

Zulkifli could not be contacted for comment.

It was reported that Zulkilfi was quoted yesterday as saying that it was time for the Bar Council to be led by a Muslim, so as to prevent the council from organising forums that could anger Muslims.

The Bar Council, however, has had many Muslim presidents within the last 30 years such as Raja Aziz Addruse, Abdullah A Rahman, Zainur Zakaria, Hendon Mohamed, Khutubul Zaman Bukhari and Sulaiman Abdullah.

Sulaiman is also Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's lead counsel for his defence team against the Sodomy II charge.

PKR de facto leader Anwar had made clear of his position that if the Bar Council forum yesterday were to proceed, it should be held behind closed doors, for now.

"To allay fears of others, have a closed forum. Deal with it, then engage with the rest, particularly those who have expressed concerns," he said on Friday.

-TMB

Anggota polis disiasat berhubung kehilangan dadah ditemui mati ditembak

JOHOR BAHRU 10 Ogos – Seorang anggota polis yang disiasat berhubung kes kehilangan dadah di Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Johor, ditemui mati dengan kesan tembakan di kepala dalam ladang kelapa sawit di kawasan Taman Setia Indah di sini pagi tadi.

Ketua Polis Johor Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff berkata, mayat Lans Koperal Morne Aliamat, 40, ditemui oleh orang awam kira-kira pukul 11.40 pagi tadi sebelum menghubungi polis.

“Morne tidak memakai uniform ketika mayatnya ditemui dan polis yang menjalankan siasatan menemui sepucuk revolver semi auto bersama peluru serta sebuah motosikal di tempat kejadian. Pemeriksaan awal menemui satu kesan tembakan di bahagian kanan kepalanya,” katanya kepada pemberita di IPK Johor di sini hari ini.

Mohd Mokhtar berkata, pemeriksaan mengesahkan Morne adalah anggota di Jabatan Narkotik IPK dan turut disiasat berhubung kehilangan dadah dari bilik bahan bukti pada 31 Julai lepas.

Beliau berkata, kes itu yang diklasifikasikan sebagai mati mengejut sedang disiasat lanjut dan mayat itu kini berada di Hospital Sultanah Aminah untuk bedah siasat.

-Utusan

Lebih Ramai Penduduk Akan Dihambat keluar Dari Pulau Duyong

http://buletinonline.net/images/berita9/pduyong1.jpgKerajaan akan meneruskan agenda zalim ‘menghambat’ keluar lebih ramai penduduk dari Pulau Duyong demi untuk meneruskan agenda pembangunan sebagaimana yang telah dirancang.

Pengerusi Pertubuhan Kebajikan Penduduk Pulau Duyong (Pekeduy) Muzafeq Affyulzaifuzan Muhammad menyatakan demikian ketika ditemui Buletin Online baru-baru ini.

http://buletinonline.net/images/berita9/muzafiq.jpgMenurut Muzafeq, beliau dimaklumkan tentang perkara tersebut oleh pihak berkenaan yang simpati kepada nasib penduduk Pulau Duyong.

“Kawasan yang akan terlibat adalah perkampungan asal bertentangan dan dibelakang pangsapuri yang telah dibangunkan sebelum ini,

“walau bagaimanapun saya akan buat siasatan,” katanya apabila ditanya kawasan manakah yang akan terlibat dengan tindakan kerajaan tersebut.

Beliau mengakui kawasan tersebut merupakan tanah kerajaan, namun katanya, penduduk terbabit sudah tinggal diatas tanah itu puluhan tahun dan pernah beberapa kali menghantar permohonan.

“Sebelum pilihanraya lalu, pihak kerajaan telah berjanji tidak akan mengeluarkan penduduk dari kawasan itu, namun janji itu kin adalah cuma janji-janji kosong untuk memancing undi pilihanraya,”ujar Muzafiq

Pada November tahun lalu, Muzafiq telah memohon jasa baik masyarakat umum untuk bersama-sama menyokong perjuangan membela nasib rakyat Pulau Duyong yang semakin terhimpit akibat ‘pembangunan haram’ yang dilaksanakan.

Terlalu banyak kontroversi pembangunan Pulau Duyong yang memakan belanja RM 220 juta sebagaimana dilaporkan Warta Hadhari Bil 10, 2005.

Bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad pernah mengkritik pembinaan Pulau Duyong yang disifatkannya sebagai membazir.

“Tanpa sebarang kajian dan perancangan, tanpa mengendahkan peraturan dan undang-undang bagaimana sepatutnya wang kerajaan sepatutnya diperuntukkan dan digunakan,
“Dato Seri Abdullah, Dato’ Seri Idris dan para kroninya membelanjakan jumlah wang yang banyak untuk membangunkan Pulau Duyong,”kata Mahathir dalam Blognya.

Muzafiq yang juga Timbalan Ketua AMK Terengganu menyuarakan kebimbangan terhadap nasib tang akan menimpa penduduk Pulau Duyong.
http://buletinonline.net/images/berita9/pendudukpduyong.jpgBeliau berkata sebelum ini, pihaknya telah berjumpa dan cuba berbincang berkenaan perkara tersebut, namun pihak terbabit tidak dapat memberikan jawapan, apakah yang akan terjadi kepada nasib pnduduk Pulau Duyong.

“Samada dari Kerajaan Negeri, Menteri Besar, Exco, wakil rakyat dan yang lain-lain, semua kami dah jumpa, tetapi semuanya tidak dapat menjawab persoalan tentang nasib dan masa depan penduduk Pulau Duyong” jelas Encik Mozafiq.

Ahli Jawatankuasa Pekeduy, Encik Saado berkata tidak ada kepastian terhadap masa depan kehidupan penduduk Pulau Duyong.

“Kemanakah orang kampung akan pergi, adalah penempatan akan disusun semula atau penduduk Pulau akan dihambat keluar,”soal beliau.

Beliau juga mendakwa penduduk kampung tidak dimaklumkan tentang projek-projek pembangunan Pulau Duyong kerana kerajaan menganggap penduduk pualau membangkang sema projek yang dilaksanakan.

“Sepatutnya kerajaan mengambil pelajaran terhadap keputusan pilihanraya umum lalu, dimana penduduk Pualau Duyong telah menolak kerajaan dan mengundi PAS,”tambah Saado.

-buletin online

YB Zulkifli In Police Custody - Confirmed

Latest update 3:20pm Sunday - disahkan bahawa penahanan YB Zulkifli bukanlah dibawah akta ISA sebaliknya hanya penahan biasa & juga difahamkan YB Zulkifli akan dibebaskan malam ini selewat-lewatnya...sama-sama kita berdoa untuk beliau

update 2:50pm Sunday
- Dah dapat pengesahan dari HQ Perisik Rakyat bahawa YB Zulkifli Nordin ditahan polis semalam selepas ceramahnya di Tanjung Karang.kemungkinan besar YB Zulkifli akan dibebaskan malam ini....


updates 11:40am Sunday - According to Hishamuddin Rais’ sms, Zul is probably detained under the ISA for his involvement in the protest against the Bar Council’s forum on “Conversion to Islam

Updates, 3:00am Sunday - According to blogger A Voice, YB Zulkifli Noordin was picked up by the cops about midnight for his role in the protest against the Bar Council forum. In his last posting on Aug 9 at 9.31 pm, the PKR MP for Kulim- Bandar Baharu says it's time a Muslim lawyer heads the Bar Council

Sekiranya berita tentang YB Zul itu benar, itu baru episod pertama.krn apa yang aku tulis di blog kengkawan mungkin benar.beberapa NGO yang sblm ini tak pernah muncul dlm mslh rakyat tetiba muncul dgn provokasi yang mengila dan menakutkan.tak pelik ke..ada mamat pakai baju bergambar "JACKS DANIEL " berbicara tentang islam dan semangat islam yang mengila.JACKS DANIEL tu jenama arak bg yang tak tahu.bertambah pelik lagi bila :
Forum di adakan pada musim pilihanraya.
Tiada larangan yang serius dari pihak berkuasa.
Tiada halangan dan sekatan jalanraya untuk hadir berdemo.
Bantuan masuk bangunan Majlis Peguam oleh pihak berkuasa
Kata dan jerita provokasi di luar bangunan berunsur berkauman
Ahli UMNO tidak turut serta di dalam demo.

Bantahan forum Majlis Peguam, kerajaan disyor pinda akta kahwin

(Dikemas kini) KUALA LUMPUR: Bekas Pesuruhjaya Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam), Prof. Mehrun Siraj menyarankan agar kerajaan meminda undang-undang bagi menyediakan peruntukan penyelesaian pertikaian mualaf dan pasangannya bukan Islam di Mahkamah Sivil.


Bercakap kepada pemberita selepas forum bertajuk Memeluk Islam: Perkara 121(1A) Perlembagaan Persekutuan Menjejak Semula Subashini & Sharmala anjuran Majlis Peguam dihentikan ekoran bantahan NGO dan pemimpin politik Islam, Mehrun berkata, langkah itu perlu untuk memberi peluang kepada orang yang memeluk agama Islam menyelesaikan isu penceraian mereka menerusi undang-undang Mahkamah Sivil.


“Sebelum ini penceraian antara mualaf dan pasangannya yang bukan Islam perlu dibawa ke Mahkamah Syariah... dengan ini pasangan yang bukan Islam itu akan rasa haknya terjejas,” ujar beliau.

Kata beliau, "jika bukan Islam hendak memeluk Islam,. kita perlu terima mereka... tetapi selesaikan masalah perkahwinan mereka sebagai bukan Islam sebelum itu."

"Berikan hak kepada bekas isteri (bukan Islam) menuntut harta sepencarian, bayaran nafkah dan hak penjagaan anak," kata beliau yang juga Profesor Adjung Kuliyah Undang-undang Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM).


Menurut Mehrun, ini bukan isu agama tetapi isu undang-undang maka undang-undang boleh dipinda demi kebaikan dan kepentingan semua pihak.


“Dari segi Islam, jika kita terangkan kepada orang yang bukan Islam maka mereka tidak rasa takut ataupun khuatir dan mereka akan faham.


“Akan tetapi tindakan beberapa orang yang datang untuk menghentikan forum tadi (semalam) dengan cara yang ganas... ini akan menyebabkan orang lain beranggapan itulah sikap dan cara orang Islam,” kata Mehrun.


“Cara protes, demostrasi, dan menjerit... itu bukan cara Islam,” kata Mehrun lagi.

Bagaimanapun, Ketua Penerangan Alumni Kelab Umno Luar Negara, Nazari Ahmad yang juga salah seorang peserta memberitahu, beliau tidak setuju dengan forum ini diadakan.


"Secara peribadi saya memang bantah forum yang membincangkan soal-soal isu dengan terbuka," kata beliau yang mengakui bahawa hanya datang untuk mendengar apa yang dibincangkan.

Mengenai pandangannya selepas beliau mendengar forum selama sejam, Nazari berkata: "Ada kebaikan dan ada keburukannya tetapi saya tetap dengan pendirian saya membantah forum sebegini diadakan."


-mSTAR Online

Anwar Akui Hadapi Laluan Sukar Menangi Kerusi Permatang Pauh

BUKIT MERTAJAM, 10 Ogos (Bernama) -- Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini mengakui menghadapi laluan sukar untuk memenangi kerusi Parlimen Permatang Pauh pada 26 Ogos ini ekoran pelbagai fitnah yang timbul mengenai dirinya.

Beliau berkata pelbagai fitnah yang dilemparkan terhadapnya itu disebarkan pihak tertentu bagi menggagalkan usahanya memenangi kerusi berkenaan.

"Saya tak jangka ia mudah kerana banyak halangan daripada orang yang menentang kita. Saya berasa sedikit sukar kerana fitnah akan bertambah dan rasuah juga akan bertambah.

"Tapi saya yakin kerana nampak sokongan rakyat bertambah baik dan mudah-mudahan kita akan menang," katanya dalam ucapan ringkas kepada kira-kira 200 penyokongnya selepas menunaikan solat hajat di Masjid Nadhoh, di sini, Ahad.

Solat hajat itu, yang turut disertai isterinya, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail dan Naib Presiden PKR Mohamed Azmin Ali, diadakan pada pukul 9 pagi ini bagi mendoakan kemenangan beliau pada pilihan raya kecil itu kelak.

Nair's uphill task for human rights

File photo of lawyer Sankara Nair

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 - It's an uphill task. Impossible, even, some say.

Yet, as one of opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's lawyers, Sankara Nair isn't feeling the heat. He says it used to be worse.

Flashback to 1998, when Anwar was convicted of sodomy and spent five years behind bars. Nair was part of Anwar's defence team then.

He told The New Paper in a phone interview yesterday: "I was worried the last time. I lost a lot of my work. I lost some big cases. People won't touch you, they don't want to have anything to do with you. You become a pariah."So why has he stuck around all these years as part of Anwar's legal team? Said Nair, who is single and has spent 13 years in the legal profession: "It's a matter of human rights.

If you believe in something, you just do it. Everything else doesn't matter."Taking on the high-profile Anwar case also accorded him a sort of 'activist lawyer' label. Since then, the 52-year-old former senior police officer has managed to pull in some high-profile cases.

In 2005, he represented the three Chinese women nationals who accused Malaysian police of strip-searching them and slapping them after they were arrested on suspicion for having false documents. That same year,Nair also defended Dr Sadeq Mustafa Faris, a Libyan-American scientist whose research company was investigated in 2005 by the Malaysian government for misusing government funds.

Nair said: "I still had some cases here and there, and that kept me through."

Since 1998, Nair has continued to represent the former deputy prime minister in several legal matters.

These include personal requests for Anwar to visit his seriously ill mother in 2000 when he was in jail, and in 2006 when Anwar filed a civil suit against former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

For the current sodomy case, Anwar's nine-member legal team is headed by veteran lawyer and former Malaysian Bar Council president Haji Sulaiman Abdullah.

As to whether he ever had to fear for his life, Nair appeared blase, saying: "I don't go out much anyway."

But he insisted he is 'politically neutral' and intends to remain so.

"I'm not a member of the PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) or any other opposition party," he said.

So did he feel a sense of deja vu sitting in court on Thursday when sodomy charges were formally laid on Anwar? "Yes, in a way it is. Anwar and I were just saying it yesterday in court," he said.

But he believes there have been slight changes. For example, he expressed surprise that sessions judge S M Komathy Suppiah had not objected to the defence team's request for bail, which was set at RM20,000. "I have faith in the court system. There are good judges there."

Nair also said the police have been trying to be co-operative. He recounted how he had been upset over the 16 Aug arrest when a dozen police cars and about 20 policemen in balaclavas had stopped Anwar's car and hauled him off to jail. "It was a silly thing to do. After that, I wrote to them."

"I said, 'Don't arrest him that way. If you want him in court, I will take him to you'," he said. On Thursday, Nair said the police seemed to respond to his pleas.

"Second time round, it worked out well. I even got an SMS from one of the officers thanking me for co-operating with them," he said.

As for the ground support, Nair said he feels Anwar's supporters are becoming more vocal. "In 1998, people were afraid to speak out. They were worried the police would arrest them.

"Now, you have the Internet. Views are a lot freer. I get people coming up to me telling me they are not scared like before. They are willing to speak out."

Yet, some things, Nair added, "haven't changed at all".

"This case is full of holes. For example, the police report wasn't even given to me. I asked for it in court and they said no. 'So after court yesterday, I went back and wrote them a letter and still they said no," he said.

"I wrote them an appeal letter and finally, they said yes. Then this morning, they say I cannot get it. There are just so many inconsistencies," Nair added.

-TMI

'Janji telah diketepi'

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
KUALA TERENGGANU 9 Ogos - Majlis Peguam telah mengetepikan perjanjian yang telah dibuat oleh pemimpin-pemimpin terdahulu daripada pelbagai kaum supaya setiap perkara yang berkaitan dengan kaum dan agama perlu dibincang secara tertutup apabila menganjurkan Forum Memeluk Islam secara terbuka hari ini.

Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata, pemimpin terlibat telah berjanji demi kesejahteraan negara, perkara-perkara yang dianggap sensitif tidak harus dibincang secara terbuka kerana boleh menyebabkan perasaan yang meluap-luap sehingga menyebabkan rusuhan.

''Mereka telah berjanji dan bersetuju jika perkara sebegini hendak dibincangkan, kena buat secara tertutup, tetapi malangnya janji ini telah diketepikan," katanya.

Beliau berucap pada forum bertajuk Cabaran Melayu Masa Kini: Memperkasakan Melayu anjuran Barisan Bertindak Akar Umbi Melayu Terengganu di sini hari ini.

Menurutnya, beliau pelik dengan keadaan yang berlaku hari ini iaitu jika orang Melayu membangkitkan tentang perkara berkaitan kaum itu termasuk hak keistimewaan mereka di negara ini, ia dianggap sebagai perkauman.

Sebaliknya menurut Dr. Mahathir, kaum lain bebas untuk memperkatakan tentang kepentingan kaum mereka termasuk mencabar hak keistimewaan orang Melayu dan ia tidak dianggap sebagai isu perkauman.

Beliau berpendapat perkara itu berlaku kerana orang Melayu kini semakin lemah malah parti yang selama ini mewakili orang Melayu sudah tidak lagi mampu mempertahankan kepentingan kaum itu.

''Sebab itu hari ini Majlis Peguam membincangkan tentang pengislaman. Mereka tahu ini sensitif dan tidak harus dibincangkan secara terbuka. Tetapi demikian lemahnya kerajaan maka tiada apa-apa tindakan diambil terhadap mereka," ujarnya.

Beliau menjelaskan, kenyataan ini bukan bertujuan mahu menidakkan hak kaum lain kerana orang Melayu rela berkongsi negara ini, namun kepentingan kaum itu perlu dipertahankan.

Menurutnya, pemimpin dahulu seperti Tun Tan Siew Sin dan Tun Dr. Sambathan memuji orang Melayu adalah kaum yang murah hati kerana memberi kerakyatan kepada orang Cina dan India tanpa perlu mereka mengubah identiti masing-masing seperti yang disyaratkan di negara jiran.

''Tapi sekarang, bila orang Melayu nampak lemah mereka kecam dan abaikan perjanjian berkenaan," ujarnya.

-TMB