Friday, September 19, 2008


STOP PRESS !

Teresa Kok (MP for Seputeh and my rep too ! ) was released from ISA detention 1.00pm. today !!!
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank God, everyone prayed really hard for this release.

Yellow Rose of Texas

9/19/2008 02:04:00 PM
Anonymous said...

I am confused.....

http://sloone.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/i-am-not-signing-that-supposedly-anti-isa-online-petition/#more-2651


Yellow Rose of Texas

9/19/2008 02:50:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Know the Difference: Transition, not Handover.
For the moment, the UMNO leadership crisis appears to have been averted with the announcement of the cabinet portfolio swap between Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his Deputy Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak. As recently as last week, analysts and commentators were anticipating Najib to make a move on the Presidency before the year’s end. And why would they not? After UMNO Vice President Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin rekindled the debate about Abdullah’s position, Najib appeared to position himself for an assault on the post when he remarked that the divisions should decide for themselves when the transition should occur – essentially informing that he was more than ready to receive nominations for the post of Party President.

But with the portfolio swap, Najib may not see a need to gun for the Presidency – and by implication Premiership of the country – so soon. Notwithstanding the fact that a transition of power is, as Abdullah quipped, a process and not something carried out overnight, Abdullah must be credited for such a bold move. Skeptics have characterised it as a calculated political decision to neutralise any potential threat from Najib. Political considerations there definitely were, but by paving the way for Najib to take helm of the Ministry of Finance, Abdullah has also demonstrated magnanimity and sincerity to groom his successor for the top job in 2010.

Being Prime Minister with little experience in managing the country’s economy will likely prove a mammoth task for anyone. And as it turns out, Najib is no ordinary figure with an ordinary past. With ample ammunition for the Opposition to take aim at his credibility – the SAS (Sukoi, Altantunya, Submarine) scandals spring to mind as illustrations – a Najib administration could use a head-start in spearheading economic recovery at a time when global financial uncertainty is affecting countries in this region, too.. It is further also to Najib’s convenience that the Budget for the year 2009 has just been announced with much of the implementation left for him to oversee. As such, Najib does not have the baggage of others’ inefficiency to contend with – a prevalent concern whenever an economic plan is carried out.

As things, at least for the time being, cool down with regards to any contest for the Presidency of UMNO, it would be interesting to see Tun Dr.. Mahathir’s next move. Commanding a yet formidable following, his end-game for quite a while now is to unseat Abdullah as Prime Minister. His peculiar friendships with Tengku Razaleigh, Muhyiddin and Najib are telling – those individuals are all nothing more than instruments to his ultimate goal: the downfall of Abdullah.

Ultimately, Abdullah’s supporters will hope that the PM’s move will be repaid with loyalty by Najib. Even to many who may not be Abdullah’s biggest fans are wary of the damage that an open contest will cause the party. Even they would gladly take two more years of Abdullah over the prospect of an internal split that will likely occur should we witness a repeat of the embarrassment suffered by the late Tun Ghafar Baba at the hands of a ruthless Machiavellian by the name of Anwar Ibrahim.

9/19/2008 03:08:00 PM
Shanghai Fish said...

to a commentor who came in as butterboy. I said no gutter language will be published here on my blog. Either you grow up or attend classes in writing proper comments minus the obscenities. Get it moron ? Cheers !

9/19/2008 06:55:00 PM
GobloKing said...

A Family member texted me this now so I must share with you

"As we were setting up our (pasar malam) stall today, there was much talk amonst us, stall holders of Teresa's release

Everyone - not from Teresa's constituency - were immensely relieved when they heard of her release.

Someone then alerted them to the plight of many Others still in ISA

We have now committed ourselves to continue to pray for the release of all detainees"

THAT is wht I call group faith.

Because included amongst the stallholders were people from every faith.

If even the common folks knew right from wrong, why can't our gomen?

I was very proud of my Fellow Countrymen when I received this email today.

9/19/2008 09:28:00 PM
Anonymous said...


UNCLE LIM SURE WAS SURPRISED!

9/20/2008 01:10:00 AM
Anonymous said...

Thank God for the prayers answered and to all Malaysians who made the pressure harder and harder each day for the release.

The pressure must not stop as RPK and all others detained under ISA must be released too asap. If they have committed any crime, charge them in the court of law, don't be cowards and bullshit around to the Rakyat justifying 'threat to national security'.

Pls don't insult the intelligence of Malaysians and treat us like kindergarden kids to come up with rubbish ridiculous statements !! It's so obvious it's only a threat to Umno /BN... not to Malaysia !!

They now say Anwar is threat to the economy and national security. If true he was, the Rakyat, who're the ones who're supposed to feel this so called 'threat', wouldn't had given him such a glorious victory during the Permatang Pauh by-election recently.

9/20/2008 12:06:00 PM

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