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 Mahathir
home from holidays
UMNO
organised APCET riot
Millenium
jump team makes second attempt for the Pole
UMNO
to target youth
More
efforts to eradicate Bahasa Baku
ISA
does not erode human rights
Rafidah
explains share allotments to son-in-law
Foreigners
out to recolonise us invade our borders
High
tech boost for schoolkids
UMNO
Supreme Council urges Ku Li to keep promise
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| ISA does not erode human rights
Home Ministry officials this month denied that the Internal
Security Act (ISA) erodes human rights, as the government did not use it
on the basis of hatred or revenge but in the interests of the people as
a whole. "So what if most of those detained in recent years were Opposition
supporters or people the government didn’t like - it was purely coincidental,"
said Ministry official Isa bin Isa. He said that the ISA in fact recognised
the basic human right of Malaysians not to go into court and added that
most people welcomed being detained without trial rather than going through
the court process. "Some people really do have a deep, morbid fear
of appearing before court – look at our Prime Minister."
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Morbid fear of appearing before court |
| Rafidah explains share allotments to son-in-law
International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz
this month explained at length how she was not involved in the allotment
of RM 1.5 million worth of shares to her son-in-law, raising speculation
that she was involved in the allotment of RM 1.5 million worth of shares
to her son-in-law. "She denies being involved?" said UMNO backbencher
who refused to be named. "Damn. I thought that she was clean as a
whistle, now she's gone and denied things." Rafidah had said that
the committee which looks at share allotment, of which she is a member,
do not investigate the person’s origin, whether he is from the ruling
party or opposition. "Let’s be fair – she probably did not realise
that the name on that application was her son-in-law’s' said another UMNO
backbencher Aziz Bodek.
Meanwhile, police are still conducting investigations
on the police report on this issue filed by Parti Keadilan Nasional Youth
Chief Ezam Mohd Noor nearly a year ago. 'We have just completed stapling
the police report and its documents and are now in the process of purchasing
a few nice, pink manila folders for it,' said an investigating officer
who refused to be named. 'We are also re-typing all the documents but unfortunately
our clerk recently crushed her fingers while parachuting over the South
Pole, so will have to wait for her to recover before we can actually file
the report. We also need to order a new filing cabinet as soon as that
is done – perhaps construct a new building for the filing cabinet
as well. In the meantime, we will ensure the speedy investigation
of the 345,398 other reports that are ahead of it and we can assure you
that actual investigations will begin well before the third millennium.'
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Rafidah indicating to
reporters approximately
how many million
ringgit was involved |
The Israeli ping pong team arrive
in Port Klang |
Foreigners out to recolonise us invade
our borders
Dark warnings from the Prime Minister that evil foreigners
are plotting to re-colonise us became true this month with the arrival
of two invasion forces from the US and Israel. The US Navy’s nuclear-powered
aircraft carrier, USS John C. Stennis berthed at Klang’s North Port this
month and a contingent of Israeli commandos arrived in Kuala Lumpur disguised
as innocent ping-pong players taking part in the World Team Table Tennis
Championships. The government is planning to repel this unprovoked
attack on Malaysian sovereignty with another wave of arrests of Opposition
party supporters.
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