'Many ex-communists have been accepted by the Malaysian government and are no longer the enemies of the state.'
'Since when are T-shirts deemed as waging war?'
Ferd Tan: Can the police give us an explanation on what they think of the following:
1. Abdullah CD and his equally famous wife, Suriani Abdullah (Eng Ming Ching), had an audience with Sultan Azlan Shah and Tuanku Bainum at the end of the 1990s. Abdullah CD was the chairman of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), leading the 10th Regiment, a Malay troop set up in Temerloh.
2. Rashid Maidin, famous for his appearance at Baling Talks with Chin Peng meeting with Tunku Abdul Rahman, after the peace treaty between the Malaysian government and the CPM, visited his homeland, and met up with Megat Junid Megat Ayub, then a deputy interior minister, who then took him to meet with the then PM, Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Rashid was with Abdullah CD's 10th Regiment, and was well-known for his role as CPM's public representative.
3. Shamsiah Fakeh, a Malay communist, who fought in the jungles of Malaya. She was the head of Angkatan Wanita Sedar (Awas), which together with the Angkatan Pemuda Insaf (API), fought for independence from the British. She stayed in China until she returned with her husband, Ibrahim Mohamad and family, in 1994. She met with Megat Junid and also ex-minister, Aishah Ghani.
We all know her controversial son, Jamaluddin Ibrahim, who was sacked from his job as a radio DJ. He was the popular host of the Mandarin programme ‘Hello Malaysia' for the radio station 998, which is owned by The Star .
The reason for the digression is to teach our Malaysian police, who are ignorant of our local history, that these ex-communists have been accepted by the Malaysian government and are no longer the enemies of the state.
Joe Lee: The Umno leaders have now truly lost the plot. Everywhere they look, they see the resistance among the citizens of Malaysia. They are scared of their own shadows, scared that they might have to go to jail, frightened that they may get their own ‘Mubarak' moment.
They are lashing out, big time. Unaware that it is they who are being ridiculous, stupid and clueless. Let's all continue to pile on the pressure by using Mahatma's non-violent peaceful means. Maximise the pressure, maximise the fear in the big bad bully.
And just like bullies everywhere, they have a tipping point. Let's tip them over, and let's have a people's Malaysia.
Agony: Remanding people for seven days just for wearing a T-shirt? Since when in the name of sanity have T-shirts served as arms or ammunition for waging war? Have they run out of more plausible ideas?
Clearwater: It seems the PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) views the yellow T-shirt to be a mightier weapon of war than the AK-47. It is so tragic the depths to which our public defenders of peace have fallen to.
RM17m spent on PM and wife's trips
Call me Jibby: An ordinary Malaysian can't even has the saving of RM1 million in his/her lifetime, while Najib Abdul Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, has spent more than 17 ordinary Malaysians' life savings on overseas trip since he took office.
Ben Hor: No surprise there since we, the rakyat, need to supplement Rosmah's shopping habits and of course, to pay for her luxurious Birkin bags. Maybe even their daughter's engagement party?
Solaris: At a conservative RM50,000 a pop, RM17 million could buy about 340 badly needed dialysis machines.
That's quite a substantial number of dialysis sessions for the more than 21,000 patients (2009) who resort to dialyses with NGOs because government hospitals are inadequately equipped.
Better healthcare, education and a whole lot of subsidised housing for the poor could have been had for RM17 million instead of it being frittered unnecessarily away by Rosmah and her husband.
Faz: May I suggest that Malaysians pay zakat instead of income tax. Paying income tax, the money goes to the federal government but paying zakat in Kedah, Penang, Selangor and Kelantan, the money goes under the control of the respective state government.
Even corporations and companies could pay zakat and these are deductible from income tax. How about it, then?
Truth Seeker: Oh ye of little faith. Question not what I do or where I go for all are done to promote the country reputation with all my heart. Would any person think that the path I chose to lead the nation into eternal fame is off track? Our country's image within the international circle has never been better if you care to check.
Li Ta Wa: Let's assume that the monies spent by PM and DPM are justifiable, what is their KPI in terms of rate of return, say FDIs, from the countries that they have toured. Could any of the sensible MP request the detailed breakdown from the PM's Department?
Takung: Does this mean that out tourism minister should be commended since her travelling never came anywhere near these figures.
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