A.Samad Said Diiktiraf Sasterawan Tamu Selangor

SHAH ALAM – Kerajaan Negeri optimis mempertingkatkan martabat sastera dan budaya dengan mengiktiraf Datuk A Samad Said sebagai Sasterawan Tamu Selangor.

Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim berkata, pengiktirafan ini sejajar dengan perjuangan Sasterawan Negara itu gigih dan konsisten menulis serta memperjuang isu kemasyarakatan melalui penulisan.

“Karya beliau seperti novel, cerpen dan puisi meletakkan dirinya di luar domain permainan kebanyakan sasterawan Melayu lain,” katanya pada sidang media selepas Majlis Pengiktirafan Sasterawan Tamu Selangor, semalam.

Menurutnya, Kerajaan Negeri dengan kerjasama Perbadanan Adat Melayu dan Warisan Negeri Selangor (Padat) akan merealisasikan pembudayaan sastera dalam kalangan generasi muda dengan merangka beberapa aktiviti yang melibatkan kesusasteraan yang dikendalikan Samad.

“Kerajaan Negeri akan melestarikan usaha membudayakan sastera dalam kalangan generasi muda agar menikmati sastera sebagai salah satu peningkatan minda dan pemikiran,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Samad yang juga lebih dikenali Pak Samad berkata, ini permulaan yang baik di mana pertumbuhan seni dan sastera mempunyai impak yang lebih jauh.

“Selain program interaksi dengan anak muda, terdapat pelbagai lagi aktiviti seni yang sedang direncanakan untuk mendekati pelajar sekolah rendah, menengah, kolej serta universiti dan diharapkan melalui interaksi ini dapat mendidik generasi muda agar terpimpin mindanya,” katanya.

Menurutnya, galakan ini akan menggerakkan minda masyarakat terutamanya golongan belia yang dahagakan ilmu supaya dapat meningkatkan budaya bangsa rakyat negara ini.

Hadir sama dalam majlis meraikan Sasterawan Tamu Negeri Selangor antaranya, Penasihat Ekonomi Selangor, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan beberapa Exco Kerajaan Negeri.(SinarHarian)

  

Yelah, kalau bukan pakatan sendiri yang mengiktiraf  Datuk A.Samad  Said ,siapa lagikan.Lagipun A.Samad da tunjukkan sokongan padu pada pakatan.Nilah habuannya.Apa-apa jelah wahai pakatan.Bukannya nak mendidik generasi muda tapi lebih untuk merosakkan generasi muda masa kini.

Works going well, now for okay from Selangor

Construction work for the Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project are on track with several vital components moving ahead of schedule.

Pahang Housing, Public Amenities and Transport Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak said that with the exception of the Langat 2 water treatment plant for which the Selangor Government has yet to give the green light work on the other major components was progressing smoothly.

“Up to Aug 31, 67% or 22.9km of the 44.6km long tunnel has been completed,” Mohd Soffi said. “Work on the water pumps and valves are at 47.2% while 59.7% of the dual piping system is already done.

“Only the Klau Dam is behind schedule by 17% due to a delay in acquiring land to resettle the 115 orang asli households,” he said yesterday.

Mohd Soffi said he felt obligated to respond to statements by Selangor executive councillor Dr Xavier Jayakumar on Tuesday, challenging Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob to revoke the water agreement deal between the two states.

Mohd Soffi said Dr Xavier was not aware of the full details of the agreement, adding that Pahang had given much for national development, including setting a price of just 10 sen per cubic metre.

“We have to relocate an orang asli settlement in Lembah Klau and some plantation land belonging to Felda scheme, so that the project can take off.

“The fact is, Selangor is not going to pay a single sen as the RM8bil project is to be financed by international funding arrangements with Japan and the Federal Government,” he said, adding that approval for the tunnel entering both states had already being obtained earlier even before Pakatan Rakyat came to power.

Mohd Soffi said the only hindrance now was the absence of an approval by the Selangor Government for a “development order” to construct the Langat 2 treatment plant.

“We expect work on all the components to be completed by the middle of 2014, and if Langat 2 plant is not given the go-ahead, the whole project will not take off.

“Its construction requires about two years and if it is to proceed now, would be completed in about the same time,” he said, while pointing out that a 80ha site for the Langat 2 plant had already been earmarked and acquired.

Mohd Soffi said he was willing to extend an invitation to the Selangor Government to see for themselves the progress of the project in Pahang.

The water transfer project was supposed to pump 1,890 million litres of raw water daily from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor.

Sumber:The Star

Aminah menang saman fitnah ke atas tiga pemimpin PKR

"Kerana pulut santan binasa, kerana mulut badan binasa".Lidah dan pena adalah anugerah Allah kepada kita untuk berkomunikasi tetapi sering disalahgunakan untuk mengeluarkan perkataan dan penulisan yang mendatangkan keburukan seperti berdusta, menyebar fitnah dan bermaksud jahat yang membawa menjatuhkan maruah orang lain, apatah lagi kalau sesama Muslim.

Inilah yang terjadi pada tiga orang pemimpin PKR yang bermulut lancang apabila mengeluarkan kenyataan berunsur fitnah, kecaman berbentuk peribadi serta tuduhan tidak berasas yang bertujuan mengaib,menjatuhkan maruah ,nama baik dan reputasi Aminah ,yang pada masa itu masih lagi Ketua Wanita  PKR negeri Pulau Pinang.

Aminah mendakwa,laporan akhbar itu, antara lain,bermaksud beliau seorang yang jahil agamadan tiada sebarang pengetahuan syariat Islam,menerima umpan kebendaan daripada UMNO,termasuk dituduh menggesa Presiden PKR Datin seri wan Azizah bercerai dengan suaminya,Datu kSeri Anwar Ibrahim.

Ketiga-tiga mereka terpaksa membayar ganti rugi RM30 000 kepada Aminah.Aminah amat bersyukur dengan keputusan yang berpihak kepadanya dan sekali gus dapat mengembalikan moral dan maruah beliau.

Sumber: The Star 28 Sept 2012

Budget Pakatan realistik atau fantasi

Belanjawan yang boleh menbankrapkan negara.Sebelum jadi pemerintah memanglah boleh buat cerita yang indah khabar dari rupa.Tunggu dan lihat saja ,adakah belanjawan ini akan menjadi realistik jika mereka memerintah nanti.

Tapi rasanya,rakyat Malaysia makin bijak menilai siapa yang selalu cakap tidak serupa bikin sekarang.Cukup lah kita lihat apa yang terjadi pada Negeri Selangor dan Pulau Pinang sekarang,yang tak habis-habis dirundum malang.Takkan lah pula, kita nak gadaikan nasib negara yang tercinta ditangan mereka yang tidak bertanggungjawab nie.Tepuk dada,tanyalah hati.Buatlah pilihan dengan akal yang waras dan logik bukan dengan hati yang panas atau membuta tuli.

Liow: No need for hudud to parallel justice system

PETALING JAYA: A country cannot have two parallel criminal justice systems dealing with the same offences as it will create a lot of uncertainty, said MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

He said Malaysia already had a “very complete” judiciary system which administered justice.

“Non-Muslims would feel that they are not getting justice through the (hudud) system,” he told reporters after launching the 6th National Conference on Clinical Research here yesterday.

Liow gave an example of a rape case, where under hudud law, the woman would be required to get four witnesses to vouch that she had been raped.

“So they have doubt that they can get a fair deal through the (hudud) system. We are confident that the rakyat as a whole, regardless of race or religion, has confidence in the judiciary,” he said.

Liow was responding to a report by a news portal that the Universiti Malaya Centre for Democracy and Elections (UMCEDEL) had found that 42% of Chinese respondents agreed that hudud would be fair to all.

Sources: The Star 27 Sept 2012

LA: Just wait how PAs want to respond about this issues.

Stop harassing Suaram, says Amnesty

PETALING JAYA (Sept 26, 2012): Amnesty International has called on Malaysian authorities to end “harassment and intimidation” on Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) after the civil liberties group was investigated over foreign funding.

“The government should respect Suaram’s right as a human rights organisation to seek and receive funding, rather than abuse its power to intimidate the group,” Amnesty said in a statement.

It cited Article 13 of the 1998 UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, that “organisations have the right to to solicit, receive and utilise resources for the express purpose of promoting and protecting human rights”.

On Sept 18, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Suaram and its affiliate, Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd, would be probed by the government.

He said the Registrar of Societies will take action against Suaram and Suara Inisiatif under the Societies Act 1966, while Bank Negara Malaysia will investigate Suaram under the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 for anomalies related to its accounts.

“The rights to freedom of expression and to peaceful assembly and association are key human rights provided in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally agreed instruments,” the Amnesty statement said.

Amnesty said this is not the first time the government has resorted to restricting the freedom of association, and clamping down on peaceful dissent.

Meanwhile, Ismail told reporters today that the Companies Commission of Malaysia has submitted a report on Suaram and Suara Inisiatif to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) for further investigation.

He however declined to reveal the details requested by the AGC. “I cannot reveal the details because it will influence initial perceptions towards the case. You have to ask the AG,” he said.

Sources: The Star 27 Sept 2012

Kerajaan Selangor dikecam oleh MB Pahang

BENTONG 24 Sept. - Kerajaan Negeri Pahang akan mengkaji dari segi peruntukan undang-undang untuk membatalkan perjanjian konsesi penyaluran dan pembekalan air mentah ke Selangor sekiranya kerajaan Selangor masih berdegil dan tidak membenarkan projek Loji Air Langat 2 diteruskan.

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob berkata ini kerana Kerajaan Negeri Selangor tidak menghormati perjanjian yang ditandatangani antara kerajaan Pahang dan Selangor ketika itu.

Beliau berkata walaupun kerajaan Selangor kini bertukar, Menteri Besar Selangor sekarang, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim sepatutnya menghormati perjanjian bekalan air itu.

"Saya berharap kerajaan Selangor tidak menjadikan bekalan air itu sebagai isu politik.

"Kalau beliau (Abdul Khalid) masih terus berdegil, kerajaan Pahang akan mendapatkan pandangan daripada Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri mengenai projek itu dan akan membatalkan perjanjian itu," katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Mini Maha 2012 dan Jelajah Kesihatan Peringkat Parlimen Bentong di Dataran Bentong di sini, hari ini.
 
Turut hadir Menteri Pertanian Industri dan Asas Tani Datuk Seri Noh Omar dan Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai yang juga Anggota Parlimen Bentong.

Adnan berkata jika perjanjian itu terbatal dan kerajaan Selangor ingin membuat perjanjian baharu dengan Pahang, pihaknya akan menyemak semula harga dan mungkin caj yang dikenakan lebih tinggi berbanding perjanjian sebelum ini.

Pada 22 Nov 2007, Pahang dan kerajaan negeri Selangor yang ketika itu di bawah pimpinan kerajaan Barisan Nasional menandatangani perjanjian konsesi penyaluran dan pembekalan air mentah pada harga 10 sen bagi setiap meter padu.

Kerja pembinaan terowong bagi menyalurkan air mentah ke Selangor dari Pahang dijangka selesai pada tahun 2015.

Penyaluran air Pahang-Selangor merupakan projek kerajaan persekutuan yang dicadangkan sejak tahun 2000 dan dijangka menelan belanja RM2.9 bilion.

Adnan berkata setakat ini pembinaan terowong air di empangan Klau yang terlibat dalam projek berkenaan berada pada fasa terakhir.
.Sumber: KL Pos.

Makin terseksa Selangor bila Pahang tarik diri...

AWAL minggu ini Menteri Besar Pahang, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob telah mengeluarkan satu kenyataan tentang kemungkinan untuk membatalkan perjanjian konsesi bekalan air mentah dari Pahang ke Selangor yang kemudiannya telah mengundang kemarahan ramai penyokong PR.

Kenyataan MB Pahang itu sebenarnya ada kaitan langsung dengan Projek Penyaluran Air Mentah Pahang-Selangor (PPAMPS) yang ditandatangani pada 22 Nov 2007 dan merupakan pelengkap kepada projek Langat 2 yang masih hangat diperdebatkan tika ini.

Menurut Adnan, langkah tersebut akan dipertimbangkan sekiranya kerajaan PKR Selangor terus mempolitikkan isu bekalan air dan masih berkeras enggan membenarkan projek Loji Rawatan Air Sungai Langat 2 (Langat 2) diteruskan.

Tidak semena-mena, Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) telah mengeluarkan kenyataan melalui Penyelarasnya, Azhar Achila mengecam MB Pahang itu yang disifatkannya sebagai satu ugutan yang jika dilaksanakan bakal menyebabkan krisis air melanda negeri Selangor.

Kebanyakan khalayak pembaca yang memahami hujung pangkal isu air di Selangor tentunya senyum sinis membaca kenyataan dangkal dari NGO pro PR yang diketuai oleh pemimpin PKR Badrul Hisham Shaharin itu.

Manakan tidak, baru sahaja 17 Julai lalu Exco kanan kerajaan negeri Selangor, Ronnie Liu dengan bongkak dan sombongnya mendakwa bekalan air mentah di Selangor lebih dari mencukupi untuk menampung keperluan pengguna di Lembah Klang.

Untuk mengukuhkan hujahnya, Ronnie yang juga adalah pemimpin DAP negeri turut membawa rombongan media ke beberapa batang sungai dan empangan yang dipenuhi air untuk membuktikan bahawa tiada masalah air di negeri tersebut.

Jika sudah demikian, apa perlunya untuk untuk SAMM mempertikaikan amaran dari MB Pahang sedangkan pemimpin negeri Selangor sendiri sudah begitu yakin tiada keperluan bergantung pada bekalan air mentah dari Pahang.

Malah kira-kira dua tahun lalu pula pada 4 Ogos 2010, Menteri Besar Selangor Khalid Ibrahim juga secara terbuka telah menolak mentah-mentah tawaran dari kerajaan negeri Pahang yang mahu membantu Selangor dalam usaha berhadapan dengan jangkaan krisis air di negeri tersebut.

Kata Khalid, tiada keperluan segera untuk menerima air mentah dari Pahang kerana bekalan air mentah di Selangor mencukupi sehingga tahun 2019. Bagi Khalid, soal penyusunan semula syarikat bekalan air jauh lebih penting berbanding risiko krisis air yang diramalkan berlaku pada 2014.

Jadi, teramat kena pada masanya dan amat elok sekali untuk kerajaan Pahang batalkan saja bekalan air mentah ke Selangor sementelah lagi kerajaan Selangor sendiri pun tetap berdegil dan begitu ego sekali. Orang dah taknak, buat apa lagi diteruskan penjanjian konsesi, tak begitu?

Berdasarkan keyakinan MB Selangor dan Exconya itu, sepatutnya tidak perlu ada kebimbangan dari pemimpin PR mahupun mana-mana NGO mereka berhubung kenyataan ‘ugutan’ dari MB Pahang.

Kecualilah sudah termaktub sejak azali bahawa NGO pro PR itu yang diketuai oleh pemimpin PKR, Badrul Hisham Shaharin sememangnya sudah melampau-lampau kebodohannya apabila mengulas isu tanpa membuat analisis yang mendalam.

Tambah kelakar lagi apabila ramai penyokong PAS dan PKR yang turut sama menyokong kenyataan dari SAMM sekaligus mendedahkan betapa ceteknya pemikiran seseorang individu setelah dirinya menjadi penyokong pakatan pembangkang.

Sources: The Sun 

Suaram claims police intimidation

PETALING JAYA: Suaram has claimed that policemen who visited their office had intimidated and harassed their staff.

Suaram executive director E. Nalini said two policemen came to their premises in Jalan Gasing Indah, near here, at 1.50pm yesterday to serve a notice from the Registrar of Societies (ROS).

The officers claimed that the notice was connected to a report lodged against the human rights NGO.

“Because they refused to reveal what the notice was about, we asked that our lawyer be present when it was served. Instead, one of the officers began shouting at us and even warned me to not waste their time,” she said.

She said the duo left 20 minutes later without handing over the notice and their lawyer, Fadiah Nadwa, arrived soon after they had left.

Sources: The Star

Bersih: We got funds only once

The Bersih movement had received funds from the George Soros-linked Open Society Foundation only once, which was for an electoral delineation project last year, said Bersih chairman Datuk S. Ambiga.

Present were representatives from five other non-governmental groups the Centre for Independent Journalism, Lawyers for Liberty, Merdeka Centre, Southeast Centre for E-Media and Suaram.

Ambiga said the Open Society promoted democracy and there was “nothing wrong” receiving funds from it.Ambiga said there were many sides to the story, with some saying that locals not Soros were responsible for it.

In a statement released at the end of the press conference, Bersih and the other groups claimed that the report in the daily was a crude attack on civil society in Malaysia.

Sources:The Star

LA: Ambiga said "nothing wrong" but for malaysians this is  a big mistakes, and malaysians still remember what happened in 1998.

Anwar: Forex loss not my fault

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24, 2012): Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PKR-Permatang Pauh) said he was not to be blamed for the losses suffered by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in the foreign exchange (forex) market during the 90s.

Anwar, who was the then finance minister, insisted that it was he who had instructed BNM to stop speculating on the currency market in 1993.

“As finance minister, I had confirmed it and instructed the immediate halt of all forex trading,” he said today when he was given the floor to explain by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.

Anwar claimed the forex trading only took place “before 1990” with the approval of the then Finance Minister and Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

He added that the then BNM governor Tan Sri Jaffar Hussein and current Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, who was in charge of forex in BNM during the period, had also offered to resign.

“But after I was jailed, Nor Mohamed was promoted to minister,” said Anwar.

Earlier, Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau) interjected to a question raised by Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan), saying it was a “soalan bunuh kawan” (question which could bring harm to a friend).

Referring to the Hansard from 1993, Khairy said Guan Eng’s father, Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) had then called for Anwar to take “minis-terial responsibility” over the losses. To this, Anwar said it was not wrong for Kit Siang to pose the question as he was seeking explanation.

Earlier, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Seri Donald Lim told the Dewan that Malaysia lost RM5.7 billion in 1992 as stated in BNM’s 1993 annual report.

He was replying to Guan Eng who asked who were involved and if action was taken against the officers responsible. However, the deputy minister skirted the issue and told Guan Eng to refer the matter to Anwar as he was the finance minister then.

“The RM5.7 billion figure was reported in BNM’s 1993 report. We know this issue. We know that Permatang Pauh was the minister at that time, until 1998.

“If any action was to be taken, it should have been done during that time and not wait until a few years later and then question,” he said

LA: How comes Anwar want to be a good "PM"!!

BN questions Guan Eng’s tenancy agreement

Barisan Nasional has questioned the validity of the six-page tenancy agreement between Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and the Pinhorn Road bungalow owner.

Tanjung Barisan Youth chief H'ng Khoon Leng said the agreement could have been doctored as “even the stamp duty on it was not that clear”.

He also asked why details on the landlady were not revealed.

“I urge Lim to produce the actual documents to the public,” he added.

Penang Gerakan Youth had challenged Lim to reveal if there was any conflict of interest involving a “Miss P” in the RM11mil sale of a 0.4ha plot of land in Taman Manggis.

The wing's chairman Oh Tong Keong was reported as saying that they were told that “Miss P” was the alleged owner of the bungalow that Lim and his family stayed in, and she was a business partner of a major stakeholder in the proposed Kuala Lumpur International Dental Centre.

Komtar assemblyman Ng Wei Aik had made public the details of Lim's rented residence on Saturday, presenting the agreement between Lim and the bungalow owner.

The agreement stated that Lim had been renting the unit since July 1, 2009 for RM5,000 per month until June 30, 2012.

“The bungalow owner has yet to make up her mind as to whether she wants to renew the agreement. Therefore, Lim is still living there,” said Ng.

Meanwhile, Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng accused Ng of purposely leaving out the name of the bungalow owner.

“We will reveal all the details instead of only parts of information in the agreement like how Ng did,” he said.

On a separate matter, the state Barisan Nasional was expected to make an official bid to buy the 0.4ha Taman Manggis land from the state government by the end of the week.

Sources: The Star

LA: Still waiting answer from Lim Guan Eng

Businessman admits private jet loaned to Anwar, declines to reveal for how much

A businessman has admitted to providing a private jet to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim but declined to say for how much.

TJets Sdn Bhd chairman Datuk Mohd Taufik Omar also denied being the jet's owner.Mohd Taufik was asked to comment on the buzz in cyberspace following an expose by blogger John F. Seademon that Mohd Taufik was the businessman who had loaned the jet to the Opposition Leader.Bloggers were abuzz over the “jet-setting ways” of Pakatan Rakyat leaders, following PKR vice-president Tian Chua's tweets on Sept 15 showing photographs of the Dassault Falcon jet and several Opposition leaders enjoying its posh setting.

Mohd Taufik, who is Malaysia Judo Association president, is also the chairman of LD Sports Sdn Bhd, Kenangan Nilam Sdn Bhd, Asiana Inspirasi Sdn Bhd, KN Capital Sdn Bhd and T Corp Labuan. He is also the director of Health Solutions (SE Asia) Sdn Bhd, CltlTower Sdn Bhd,Aliran Modern Sdn Bhd and Vasseti Bhd.

Anwar admitted to having borrowed jets from Arab businessmen when he was invited to lecture at Georgetown University in the United States and from the Saudi royal family for a medical trip to Germany.

Tian Chua said Pakatan leaders could now enjoy trips on private jets, adding that some friends had chartered the jet with the registration number N990BB.

PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin, who was also among the Pakatan leaders on board the plane, said they had used the jet on Sept 15 and 16 to travel to Labuan, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching.

Sources: The Star

No instructions to beat up participants, Suhakam inquiry told

Police ground commander during the Bersih 3.0 rally in April told Suhakam public inquiry that police personnel who were alleged to have beaten participants had defied orders.

ACP Mohamad Zulkarnain Abd Rahman testified that there were no instructions during the briefing prior to the rally to beat up participants, to block the media from doing their job or for them to remove their name tags.ACP Mohamad Zulkarnain also told the inquiry that communications were jammed up at Dataran Merdeka from 2.45pm to 6pm and that he had to manually communicate with those at Dataran Merdeka, adding that there was no communication with other areas at one point.

Asked by Bersih lawyer Daniel Albert over the video clips they presented which showed police personnel allegedly beating up participants, ACP Mohamad Zulkarnain said he did not personally witness police assaulting participants or members of the media or see injuries sustained.

He also denied that he had given instructions for police to assault the participants at 6.30pm so that they would disperse.

The 19th day of the inquiry also saw both Bersih and the police observers claiming that each other’s video clips on the rally were edited multiple times.

Sources: The Star

LA:Don't blame police,they just doing their job.

‘Ceasefire’ between PAS hudud proponents and Karpal — for now

There appears to be a momentary “ceasefire” between proponents of hudud in PAS and sole DAP opponent Karpal Singh.

PAS Dewan Ulama vice-chairman Dr Mahfodz Mohamed, who warned the DAP chairman recently to not be a stumbling block to PAS' mission to implement hudud, said he would hold his fire for now.

Karpal is the only DAP leader who had persistently objected to PAS' agenda, while the rest resorted to “elegant silence” for political expediency.PAS should not pursue hudud as it was not a policy in Buku Jingga the Pakatan Rakyat's common policy framework.

Despite Karpal's objections, PAS leaders had consistently stressed that they would not forgo implementing hudud.PAS spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat had said recently that its implementation should not be delayed as it was a religious obligation.

Among the other top PAS leaders who had consistently said they would not forgo the hudud agenda were party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and ulama chief Datuk Harun Taib.

Only the Anwarinas in PAS, including Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, had called for an end to the free airing of views on hudud, as they fear it would jeopardise their performance at the general election.

Sources: The Star

LA:Just wait and see what will be happen between PAS dan Karpal Singh about this issues.

Umno, PAS hit out at US movie

PETALING JAYA: Trailers of a movie that mocks and insults Islam and Prophet Muhammad have brought Umno and PAS together in condemning the film.

The film Innocence of Muslims has stirred anger across the Muslim world and a California-based Israeli who calls himself Sam Bacile has claimed ownership of the film.

His name, however, has been revealed to be a pseudonym and the filmmaker has reportedly gone into hiding while the film's cast and crew claimed they were “grossly misled” about the film's intent and purpose.

In Libya, demonstrators attacked an American consulate and killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other foreign service workers.

Umno Youth criticised the movie, saying it was “an obvious wild provocation, insolent and had marred ties and tolerance between religions”.

It, however, added that any reaction and criticism against the film should be in line with the teachings of Islam.

“Umno Youth condemns the film and the reaction which has caused the death of the US ambassador to Libya,” it said.

PAS Youth said it would lead mass protests outside state mosques after the Friday prayers today and hold a major demonstration next week.

Its chief Nasrudin Hassan said they would also march to the US Embassy to hand over a memorandum of protest next Friday. He urged the US to take action against the filmmaker and compel him to publicly apologise to Muslims worldwide.

“We are disappointed and strongly condemn this film, which has incited anger among Muslims.”

Regarding Tuesday's attack in Libya, Nasrudin said: “This is the implication when you provoke. We cannot control the anger of Muslims, but we will conduct our own protests peacefully and with control.”

Sources: The Star

LA: please respect others religion.