Wont you ever Shut Up?

Why cant he just shut up?

At a time when there are certain quarters trying to make the Teoh's death a racial issue it doesn't help when a certain ex PM makes ludicrous statements to make matters worse. Who am I talking about? Yalah That old man Mahathir lah...who else?

Now he seems to be of the opinion that the Non Malays are the "true masters" of this country. This man appears to have some strange fixation on "race" matters. He appears to think that only the Malays are still lagging far behind in the economic pie of the country. He says by opening the market the Malays would be lagging even further behind. He goes on and on in a logic so warped that it appears to make sense only to him.

Boss....if you dont know already...poverty and hunger knows not how to discriminate. It affects all "races". I say government aid must be given to all "races". Aid and assistance should never be given purely on one's so called race.

My dear sir I think it would be better if you go to India and study "ancestry and lineage".

M V Nathan

So silly me thinks!

He was with us for a while only. How I know later he want to jump? Not my fault what!

Isn't it just weird? A Royal Commission of inquiry to enquire MACC's investigative procedures stemming from Teoh Beng Hock's death and at the same time have a death inquest into the political aide's death. I tell you why its so weird.

1) The terms of reference for the RC do not make any sense for it only is only going to be looking at the investigative procedures of the MACC.

2) Whilst the death inquest set up for next week is to inquire into how and why Teoh died.

Wouldn't it be easier for all parties if the RC to be set up incorporates the death of Teoh as part of its terms of reference? The witnesses would all be the same wouldn't they? Documents chances are would be the same and even the investigations into the case certainly must be the same...so why the duplicity? Wouldn't it also be saving precious time and costs if just one party i.e just the RC conducts the inquiry?

The inquest is also not a very good idea because chances are the magistrate sitting as a coroner in the inquest would be a junior officer with only a few years experience. Would the intense public interest generated by the inquest be too much for such a junior officer to handle? Would he/she be overwhelmed by the occasion and the personalities that are to appear before him/her? Would there be undue pressure to "toe the line"?

I don't know about you but I am certainly convinced that this latest measure by the government is the wrong way to resolve this most delicate matter. Public confidence in the institutions of government is at an all time low. To me the measures taken by the government is just not going to make matters any better.

Anyway since when is the RC of any real use anyways? Remember what happened after a RC was set to inquire into the police force? Yup....nothing happened. The recommendations of the RC then was shelved by the government. What happened after the RC inquiring into the Lingam tapes? Yup....Nothing again.

So what guarantee do we Malaysians have that things would be different this time around?

M V Nathan

Is it about race?

Who is being racist here?

I read that a certain newspaper had written these remarks in its daily. I am also reliably informed that the newspaper concerned belongs to UMNO. In fact it is said that the newspaper is the mouthpiece of the said party.

The said newspaper wrote “Bukan orang Cina atau penyokong Pakatan Rakyat saja yang tahu marah dan mahukan keadilan”.

“Kenapa Menteri Besar Selangor, seorang Melayu, meragui kebolehan orang sebangsanya bertindak dengan tulus dan adil?
Bukankah banyak pegawai agensi atau institusi kerajaan orang Melayu? Adakah polis, hakim, guru, penyiasat, doktor, pensyarah Melayu semuanya tidak boleh dipercayai?”

Our good friend, Minister Nazri has been telling everyone to stop making "racist" remarks with regards Teoh's death in the MACC building. Would he now tell the newspaper that belongs to UMNO to shut up as well?

Idiots! This is about a Malaysian citizen who died. Period! There is nothing racial about it at all. We all demand the truth. We all demand to know what happened to Teoh. For if a mere witness like Teoh can be interrogated until the wee hours of the morning and end up dead, don't we all need to be worried?

M V Nathan

Royal commission you say?

Royal commission a waste of time?

I have been reading about how many quarters are clamouring for the setting of a Royal Commission of enquiry to enquire into the death of Teoh Beng Hock. The politicians from both sets of the divide have been asking for it. The family of the deceased and even the average Ah Seng, Raju and Ali is asking for such an enquiry to be set up.

I have to say that I am of the view that such an enquiry would be simply a waste of time. Now you must be thinking that I have gone off my rockers right? The simple truth is this, past events had shown us in clear and no uncertain terms that such an enquiry conducted by a Royal Commission is pure hog wash and a waste of time. Nothing comes out of it. Don't believe me? Let me explain then.

I recall how all we lawyers were up in arms and took to the streets of Putrajaya trying to push for the setting of such a Royal Commission into the Lingam "correct, correct, correct" tapes. In fact on that day in the month of September I remember shouting my voice hoarse demanding for such an enquiry to be set up by the BN government. My friends and I must have shouted/screamed a tad too loud for even mother was moved to let loose on that day. She quite literally poured down her "tears" on that historic day. But that didn't dampen our spirits, in fact it strengthened our resolve to persevere in our demands for such a Royal enquiry to be initiated. And how we were elated when later the government acceded to the demands and decided to call for such an enquiry.

Alas! After all the hype and publicity the Royal Commission generated whilst the enquiry was going on (we were genuinely hopeful that there would be some form of honest closure to the sordid affair) it was rather sad to note that to date there has been no genuine effort taken by the BN government to ensure all those implicated in the "Lingam tapes" affair would be brought to book. In fact to date there has been not a single prosecution instituted against any individual with regards this matter despite the findings of the Royal Commission.

So....at this juncture I ask...What is the point? What guarantee do we Malaysians have that justice would be upheld after such an enquiry is held into Teoh's death? What guarantee does the family of the deceased have that the guilty (if any) would be held accountable after such an enquiry?

M V Nathan

Just why is he a minister?

Just why is he a minister?

The learned minister pictured above is reported to have said the following regarding the untimely and mysterious death of Teoh Beng Hock.

"Mengulas lanjut, Nazri berkata: "Saya dapat laporan awal dari SPRM mengatakan dia dah dilepaskan selesai soal siasat semalam. "Jadi, dia patut balik rumah. Kita pun tak tahu dia nak terjun bangunan tu...," kata Nazri ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini."Kita kena tunggu dulu siasatan tu macam mana. Jangan terus membuat kesimpulan," tambahnya."

I ask again; just why is this man still a minister?

M V Nathan

I am angry and sad today.

Teoh on the phone


Teoh later.WHY?

I am totally numbed by anger and disbelief at yet another case of suspicious death in the hands of the authorities. If normally it is the boys in blue that stands accused of having a hand in such suspicious deaths, today it is the MACC.

The MACC is the re branded/refurbished version of the old ACA. This re branding exercise was to have instilled confidence and belief in the people that corruption would finally be eradicated in the land of Boleh. Sadly recent events gives the impression that the powers in the MACC are only to be used against certain individuals/parties that do not belong to the BN government. The recent investigations into how the disbursements of state allocations in Selangor are conducted is one such example. The public impression is that the MACC only investigates officials from the opposition led states. How then does one explain the lack of such intitiatives in the states of Perak , Melaka and Sarawak?

How then can one explain the case of one former Menteri Besar who despite having publicly admitted to having an opulent and lavish house not being treated the same way it had been treating people who do not belong to the BN coalition? I also recall how a certain state assemblyman having spent RM500,000.00 of state allocations in a few weeks did not have the same treatment as well? What about the recent UMNO elections wherein despite the said party's disciplinary board finding certain individuals guilty of money politics were also not given the same treatment? What about our DPM promising the people of Manek Urai a brand new bridge if they voted for the BN in the recent by elections there? Surely that cant be seen as not being tantamount to corrupt practices? Despite there being reports made to the MACC, did they even bother to investigate?

Supposing the MACC did investigate...did the MACC call the people mentioned above to come to the MACC offices at about 5 pm in the evening for their statements to be taken down? Did the MACC then continue taking "statements" from these people until say 3.45 AM? For as the MACC says it has to complete taking down statements within 24 hours! Would the MACC also deny these people "who are very important witnesses" the right to have legal representation during questioning?

Why would someone in the prime of his youth, looking forward to his marriage in two days time would even want to consider jumping off a building? I don't know about you, but the moment I am told that I can leave, I would surely leave. I would also be making frantic calls to my loved ones that I am coming home to allay any unnecessary worry. The last thing I would want to do would be to request the MACC for accommodation for the night i.e on the eve of my wedding day!

Something in this story just doesn't add up. I also don't like the way the police is saying that there is no foul play at this moment. The cops say that at the moment that there are" no suspicious circumstances" into the death to believe otherwise!

I am just lost for words at this point. I shed tears for this country. What is happening to us?

M V Nathan

Crooks you say?

Me a crook? Sure or not? Where your proof?.................Emmmmm........Can I buy it?

It is amazing! The Minister in the PM's office ie. one Datuk Seri Nazri has called the former PM , former AG and IGP.....all crooks! Yes you read that correctly! The learned Minister has labelled these people as nothing more than "crooks" who had forgotten that they used to serve and defend the administration. Read all about it in the NST at page 13.

"Now these are all crooks" Minister Nazri says.

The former AG got it really bad I think of the lot from Nazri. He says this of the former AG "As a former AG , he had prosecuted people in the past and he is one person who should know the law". He commented that elections should be called. It is none of his business especially at a time when the court was trying to decide on this." Minister Nazri was responding to remarks made by the former AG regarding the Perak constitutional crisis.

I like this Minister Nazri. He is a genius!

M V Nathan

100 days of what?

Sorry I dont like the new........ermmmmm..... can change ah? Got refund ah?

The past few days the main stream media were like sharks circling a potential prey. It was simply relentless. Everyday 100 days of this and 100 glorious days of that. I don't get it lah! What is with this 100 days crap? What has been so wonderful the past 100 days that I have to jump with joy and say thank god I have that "person" in office helming the nation?

I don't get it! It is absolute hog wash I tell you.

To me after !00 days I see the following:

a) The Altantuya murder still classified as an unsolved mystery in my books;

b) The PKFZ fiasco that caused billions of tax dollars- still no one responsible brought to book;

c) The "Now BM, change to English, then back to BM" education policy;

d) The cases of dead bodies being "snatched" from bereaving families on the grounds of religion;

e) "It is not our problem..we cant set a precedent" remarks made in the Kampung Buah Pala land fiasco ;

f) The Perak constitutional crisis. Just cant forget how the pictures of the "independent" frogs all so happy posing for the media with you know who.

I want to write some more but I am just so repulsed at the moment. The list is quite long actually. So go on, beat your drums and thump your chests. Shout "100 wonderful days" for all I care.

As far as I am concerned .........big deal....la da dee la da du!

M V Nathan

Shocking ( 3 )

What another U turn? What you speaka no the english?

It is simply shocking! The cabinet decision making a U turn on English being used to teach Maths and Science is absurd. I really feel for the kids,parents and their teachers. It is going to be very confusing yet again in Bolehland.

I must confess that I was very happy when English was chosen to be the medium in all schools for the two subjects. This is one policy by the former PM Mahathir that I truly supported. Face it, without a strong command of the English language we are going to be left far behind. The world is developing at such a "formula one" pace that it would be virtually impossible if we are going to now retreat under our coconut shells! The new age is here. Speed is everything. And the fact is almostl everything is in English. How are we going to cope if we are not going to be well versed in the language that is the de facto lingua franca of the world?

The new Education Minister said that the old man Mahathir was consulted and gave his blessings. Strangely the old man says he is flabbergasted by the U turn made. I wonder if the parents, teachers and students were really consulted before this U turn was made?

Anyway all I know is that there are definitely some people who are very pleased with the decision. Think about how much money the people who supply books, teaching materials, computers and the like are going to make from this reversal in policy! I think the figure would be in the billions! Teachers have to be retrained and in fact just about everything has to be revamped. At the end of the day it is all a question of dollars and cents. Hard earned tax dollars wasted the last few years and more hard earned tax money to waste with this reversal.

You say I am upset? No lah..........I am pissed mad!

M V Nathan

Shocking (2)

The state of the English language in the country?

Please read the following:-

4h UiTM INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FIESTA19 – 23 November 2009 FUTSAL-RUGBY 7- TENPIN BOWLING-BADMINTON Dear Sport Friends,Regarding about the global issue H1N1 happens around the world, sadly to be informing that our UiTM International Sports Fiesta will be postponing to 19-23 November 2009.For all teams which have been confirm to participate in our events, we have to say sorry for this announcements and our Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Health also advise to us to change the date for this current situation.By the date have been confirm incoming this November hopefully your teams still can participate in our event and don’t hesitate to contact us for further information.And again, we would like to say sorry about the date change for the sake of our health among us.See you in this November at UiTM Malaysia!!Regards,
Mr. Mustaza AhmadDirectorSports CentreUniversiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia

Is this true? Did this notice actually go out? Can somebody please verify.... Where is my panadol?

M V Nathan

Shocking!

Compassion......where art thee?

This morning I had to go the University Hospital to serve a subpoena and talk to the witness concerned. The witness is a doctor in the said hospital and worked in the psychiatric department. Getting to the hospital was not a problem. But parking the car in the hospital grounds was a total nightmare. After about some 45 minutes I finally got to park my car on the 6th floor. To those who dont know this is the highest floor at the car park. The car park was filled to the brim with people parking hap hazardly everywhere.

After asking for some directions, my friend and I made way to the psychiatric clinic located at the first floor. To go up we took the lift located near some out patient clinic. The place was also packed like sardines. When the lift door rang, I was elated thinking I would be escaping the chaotic situation. All that elation disappeared into thin air when I saw the lift. It was so small at most it would be able to accommodate 4 persons. I was glad that the only other person waiting for the lift was a disabled person in a battery powered wheel chair.

The door closed and I was only too glad to make my way out when the lift stopped at the first floor. You could say I even made a slight dash to escape the lift. My friend followed behind. Then we saw that the guy in the wheelchair was stuck. He had entered the lift in reverse and therefore had difficulty reversing out! My friend Patrick the kind soul he is, quickly assisted by pulling the wheelchair out. There was only so much room in that lift that the wheel chair was stuck in trying to get out!

When we finally reached the psychiatric clinic....I almost fainted! There were so any people there. The clinic was practically filled to the brim. You can say that it was totally opposite as to what I had anticipated. How on earth any patient is going to get better in that environment? What kind of mental care can the doctors give to patients in an environment like this? I was there only for 15 minutes and already I had felt so stressed up!

Surely the powers that be cant be blind and ignorant as to the conditions at the hospital?

Oh dear.....I cant help but feeling very sorry for all those people there. I was counting my blessings that I need not have to go there for treatment.

I cant imagine that a country like ours,that boasts Formula one races and the twin towers cannot build a hospital that can accommodate the needs of a growing nation! Simply shocking!

M V Nathan

Whose problem is it?

Sometimes we lose our way! Good directions are hard to come be these days!

The ongoing land issues highlighted in the media regarding the Kampung Buah Pala in Penang is distressful indeed. Here the plight of the residents are obvious. They claim that they have been staying on the land for generations. They also claim that they had toiled in the past, contributing to make Penang to what it is today. The residents also claim that there is significant cultural heritage in the land itself albeit being the first Indian settlement on Penang island.

Sad isn't it? The land that they had known as home for generations is taken away in the name of "progress". The residents had lost their court battles and are now appealing to the powers that be to help them. The state government says it cant help because it hasn't got the financial resources to compulsorily acquire the land. They say it is the fault of the previous BN government that was to blame for having done shady deals regarding the land. The previous state government has lot to explain in this matter I think. This what the Ex CM said on this issue......“When they (the current Penang state government) can’t do something, they will blame either the previous state or Federal Government. That is the trick of their trade”, Tsu Koon said.

Maybe Tsu Koon should try stand up comedy.....u very funnylah!

The Federal Government under the able stewardship of the PM One Malaysia Najib says "Emm.....sorry boys and girls. Ain't my problem. It is a state problem. We cant help because it will set a bad precedent! "

So how now? The courts no more hope. The State says no money. The Federal government says sorry not my problem mate!

Hmmm....How will it ever end?

Did local council issue all Nusmetro's planning and building approvals BEFORE land premium paid & land title transferred? - True or false?

M V Nathan

* Progress in Malaysia is defined as having more high rise condos in resort living settlements where only the rich and super rich can live in. Preferably done on hill tops and the steeper the hill the better.