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Hata’s sacking shows Umno-BN’s media chokehold, says Kok

By Debra Chong

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 –Hata Wahari’s sacking from Utusan Malaysia today reveals both Umno’s and the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government’s media chokehold, said DAP lawmaker Teresa Kok.

The opposition politician voiced her concern on the Umno-owned paper’s decision to fire the senior journalist, which is incidentally World Press Freedom Day.

Kok (picture) also called on all reporters, especially those in the mainstream media, to fight for the return of press freedom and continue to raise the bar in journalism.

“Hata Wahari’s sacking is not a small battle between one reporter and his employer. His termination from employment should be regarded seriously by all Malaysians because it shows how limited press freedom is in Malaysia, and the media monopoly by Umno and other BN component parties,” Kok said in a statement.

Read more:http://www.themalaysianinsider.com

Expert Witness Outlines Scenarios of Teoh’s Fall

KUALA LUMPUR, An expert witness today outlined scenarios of Teoh Beng Hock's fall based on scientific analysis to the Comission of Inquiry investigating the death of the political aide. Prof Sallehuddin Muhamad, a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia's (UTM mechanical engineering faculty, said he was asked by the commission's independent investigator Michael Leslie Squires to analyse Teoh's fall at Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam using scientific techniques. He said based on his analysis, there were two likely scenarios of how Teoh fell to his death. One, he said, was with the air resistance effect or a free fall to the ground at an angle of 4.75 degrees and the other without the effect, whereby Teoh could have been pushed out of the window horizontally or downwards. Sallehuddin, who also specializes in aircraft accident investigations, said the first scenario would indicate suicide and the second homicide. He said under the first, it would be likely that Teoh sat on the window ledge before free-falling to his death. He discounted the possibility that Teoh could have jumped out of the window as its size did notpermit this. Teoh, 30, who was the political aide of Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on July 16, 2009, after being questioned overnight at the Selangor MACC office read more:http://www.malaysiandigest.com

usama osama bin laden dead photo

Kenapa Osama di kebumi di laut?

Osama bin Laden

Bin Laden's body buried at sea

US officials say Osama bin Laden's swift burial complies with Islamic custom, although burial at sea is uncommon for Muslims

                        
Osama bin Laden pictures for sale at a market in Quetta, Pakistan. Photograph: Reuters
The dilemma of what to do with Osama bin Laden's body appears to have been quickly resolved if reports that he has been buried at seaprove correct.
Burying him on land could have led to his grave becoming a centre of contention as well as raising questions about where he should be buried.
"Finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist would have been difficult," a US official said, adding: "So the US decided to bury him at sea."
Read More:http://www.guardian.co.uk

‘Najib won’t be PM after next GE’

MALAYSIAKINI

‘Najib won’t be PM after next GE’

MalaysiaKini - JOHOR BARU: Johor PKR chief Chua Jui Meng today warned that

 Najib Tun Razak would be ousted as the Prime Minister in the next 

general election.

Commenting on the recent remarks on the Chinese community by MCA and 

Najib, Chua, the former health minister, said he was confident that 

Pakatan Rakyat would topple the Barisan Nasional government.

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UMNO Tidak Akan Gadai Prinsip Perjuangannya - Muhyiddin

MUAR: Umno tidak akan menggadai prinsip perjuangannya walaupun berhadapan dengan suasana politik yang getir dan mencabar, kata Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Timbalan Presiden Umno itu berkata berlainan dengan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) dan PAS, Umno tidak akan menggadai prinsip politiknya semata-mata untuk meraih sokongan politik yang sementara.

"Umno sentiasa istiqamah dalam mempertahankan kesucian Islam dan membela bangsa Melayu kerana itulah prinsip asas perjuangan Umno. PAS sebaliknya boleh mengenepikan sementara prinsip perjuangan semata-mata untuk meraih sokongan politik," katanya.

Muhyiddin yang juga Ketua Umno Bahagian Pagoh berkata demikian ketika merasmikan persidangan perwakilan Umno Bahagian Pagoh di Kompleks Sri Pekembar di sini, Ahad.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata lebih lama PAS berada di dalam pakatan pembangkang, lebih banyak prinsip perjuangan parti itu akan terhakis dan tergadai.

Bagi PKR pula, katanya parti pembangkang itu langsung tidak ada prinsip perjuangan kerana dari mula ditubuhkan, perjuangannya hanyalah untuk Ketua Umum mereka Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Katanya apabila Anwar dilanda masalah, parti itu turut dilanda masalah yang parah dengan PKR kini dkenali sebagai "Parti Kian Runtuh" dan "Parti Keluar Ramai-Ramai".

Beliau berkata sekiranya anggota Umno terus istiqamah dengan prinsip, falsafah dan roh perjuangan parti, Umno akan terus bertambah kuat dan dihormati.

"Jangan kita gadai perjuangan kita, kerana prinsip inilah yang menentukan kewujudan dan kelangsungan Umno sebagai sebuah parti politik Melayu yang gagah dan perkasa," katanya.

Menurut Muhyiddin, Umno tidak pernah mengambil pendekatan yang ekstrem di dalam perjuangan kepentingan Melayu dan Islam dan sentiasa bersikap adil terhadap semua dengan mengambil kira realiti sosial masyarakat pelbagai kaum dan agama di Malaysia. - BERNAMA

Soalan kepada sahabat Parpu Kari pula.

Oleh : AdukaTaruna

Mula2.. terima kasihlah kepada sahabat Parpu Kari kerana kopipes soalan terhadap Anwar gua tu dalam blog lu. Vanakem (thank you), bro..

Skang ni, gua harap, dapatlah kiranya sahabat kopipes soalan ini pula dalam blog sahabat. Mudah2an menjadikan kita ini termasuk dalam golongan orang2 yang berfikir. Amin.

1. Presiden manakah yang telah menyerahkan Temasik kepada Cina Lee Kuan Yew?
A. Presiden DAP
B. Presiden PAS
C. Presiden UMNO

2. Siapakah yang menyerahkan hak milik tanah Melayu di Genting Highland selama 999 tahun kepada Lim Goh Tong, dan menukar hutan hujan di situ kepada lubuk judi?
A. DAP
B. PAS
C. UMNO

3. Siapakah yang bertanggungjawab terhadap kehilangan 50 bilion saham bumiputera selama sejak merdeka?
A. DAP
B. PAS
C. UMNO

4. Siapakah yang menyusutkan keluasan tanah rezab Melayu yang ditinggalkan British hampir 50% selama sejak merdeka?
A. DAP
B. PAS
C. UMNO

5. Siapakah yang telah menyerahkan Pulau Batu Putih / Tanjung Pagar kepada Lee Kuan Yew baru-baru ini?
A. DAP
B. PAS
C. UMNO

6. Siapakah yang membunuh sekampung muslim di Memali, Kedah?
A. Presiden DAP
B. Presiden PAS
C. Presiden UMNO

7. Negeri manakah peniaga / ekonomi Melayu lebih besar dari Cina?
A. Negeri UMNO
B. Negeri PAS (Kelantan)

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Bloger :Gambar Hiasan

US warns Pak of more commando strikes

Press Trust Of India

Updated 

Read more:http://ibnlive.in.com

Washington: The US will again carry out special operations in Pakistan if required like the attack that killed Osama bin Laden to target high profile terrorists, a top White House official said, asserting this had been "very successful".

Notwithstanding the reaction from Pakistan that America's covert operation against bin Laden was an "unauthorised unilateral action", White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the Obama Administration would continue with this policy if that country does not act against terror suspects holed up in that country.

The Obama Administration at the same time said the al Qaeda leader would have been taken alive had he surrendered to the US commandos but maintained that its covert operation in Abbottabad deep inside Pakistan on Sunday to kill him was

conducted in a manner fully consistent with the laws of war.

Carney told reporters the US believes that the 09/11 mastermind was brought to justice in the helicopter raid and that it is entirely appropriate given the circumstances."It's a hypothetical, but certainly that method was very effective and was entirely lawful. I certainly wouldn't want to preclude the use of that method by anything I might say from here," Carney said.

Carney's remark came in response to a question.