Kononnya peserta flasmob cuba dilanggar

 Seorang pemimpin NGO menuntut royalti untuk Kelantan, R hampir maut apabila cuba dilanggar oleh sebuah kereta semalam.

Ia berlaku ketika mereka mengadakan kempen bisu (flashmob) di beberapa tempat sekitar bandar ini semalam.

Dalam kejadian yang berlaku itu, sebuah kerena Proton Perdana hitam cuba melanggar Naib Presiden R, Haji Abdul Samah Hassan, 55 tahun. 

Mereka sempat merakam kereta yang bernombor WHK 7176 itu.
Flashmob adalah kempen bisu dan hanya mengangkat plycard sebagai tanda protes terhadap isu isu penafian hak Royalti, Manifesto PR vs BN dan lain-lain.

ye lah tue,macam mane tak dilanggar kalau da menghalang lalu lintas dan menyusahkan pengguna jalan raya yang lain??yang gatal-gatal di buat flashmob bagai mengapa,da tak ade keje ke??

Rumah Nasrudin dibaling darah babi

Kediaman calon PAS di Parlimen Temerloh, Nasrudin Hassan di Taman Sri Semantan di sini disimbah dengan darah dipercayai perbuatan khianat pihak tertentu.

Kejadian disedari seorang petugas yang juga pembantu calon apabila melihat kesan darah berserakan di atas lantai bahagian hadapan rumah ketika keluar rumah awal pagi ini.

Kelihatan juga satu palstik darah dipercayai dibaling dari luar pagar.

Turut ditinggalkan sekeping nota bertulis 'Terimalah darah babi ini'.

Satu sidang media akan diadakan pagi ini di kediamannya serta laporan polis akan dibuat.

Adakaah Pas cuba mengaitkan insiden ini dengan BN??   Mereka yakin dan tahau ke ini perbuatan BN ataupun perbuatan dari sekutu Pas sendiri??Mane lah tau Dap ke yang buat??mana tau kan ada ,guntung dalam lipatan,

High voter turnout expected for GE13

IPOH (May 1, 2013): Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan predicts the highest voter turnout in history at the 13th general election this Sunday.

Speaking to a crowd of over 5,000 people in the Buntong constituency earlier tonight, she said that this time Malaysians are taking an extra effort to come home and vote on May 5.

"Malaysia's average voter turnout is 75 per cent. I predict this is going to be the highest voter turnout in the history of the elections."

"There are many Malaysians who are living abroad who will come home on election day to vote. They are spending thousands to come home. Malaysians will come home in droves to vote," said Ambiga.

She further advised those who have registered to check their voter registration again and those who were registered without their knowledge, to vote anyway.

"To those who did not register but their name is on the electoral roll, please vote. Because we don't want someone else using your vote."

"We must all go and vote. Why? This way we will be able to fight any corruption and manipulation in the electoral system. Are you ready to reject corruption? Are you ready to vote?" said Ambiga to rousing cheers from the crowd.

EC allays skepticism over indelible ink

The Election Commission (EC) today moved to allay skepticism over the credibility of indelible ink introduced for the first time this general election.

EC secretary Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria (pix) said a demonstration on the use of the indelible ink will be held for media personnel at its headquarters in Putrajaya tomorrow to dispel allegations that the ink could be easily washed off or removed.

"To me, indelible ink is not permanent ink ... I will even let you (media) try and wash (it off) with acid. (But) it should not be done to that extent (unless) there is intention to discredit the EC," said Kamaruddin, when contacted yesterday.

Skepticism over the indelibility of the ink arose after several military personnel claimed the ink used on them when they voted as advance voters on Tuesday was removable.

The EC has since explained that the reported incidences of the indelible ink being removed occurred only because some of its officers failed to follow instructions for its usage, which is to shake the bottle first.

"It is like when you take medicine (syrup) ... you need to shake the bottle first because otherwise the sediments would settle at the bottom, leaving it very diluted at the top," he said.

He said, acting on the complaints and police reports on the issue, the EC had issued a standard operating procedure to its officers to strictly follow during polling this Sunday.

Election watchdog Pemantau on Tuesday claimed its observers at several polling stations had received complaints from advance voters that the ink stain on their index fingers could be removed using various cleaning agents, barely hours after they voted, contrary to EC's assurance that it would last beyond May 5.

PKR vice-presidents Chua Tian Chang and Nurul Izzah Anwar had also lodged separate police reports over the issue.

Kamaruddin said following the complaints, the EC had also conducted several tests on its own officers who had cast their ballots via post.

"We found that ink stain from a bottle of ink that has been shaken following the correct procedure lasted longer on their fingers than the mark from an unshaken bottle."

He also stressed that no person will be able to cast their ballot twice even if they can remove the ink stain, as the names of all advance voters are deleted and will not appear in the ordinary voters' list on May 5.

Asked to comment on a reported attempt by unidentified individuals to mark a voter's finger with "indelible" ink, Kamaruddin said only EC officers will know the colour of the ink to be used on Sunday.

"As long as their name has not been struck from the roll, we will allow them to vote," he said, noting that the reported incident appears to be an attempt by certain quarters to cast doubt on the electoral process and discredit the EC.

Lim Guan Eng outlines his vision for Penang

theSun: When the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) took over the state government in March 2008, there were questions about PR's capability to administer and there were big expectations for reforms. Looking back, how has the PR administration changed/evolved since March 2008?

Questions about our capability and ability, I do not deny. Because we are seen to have no experience. That is true. We have no experience. I concede that but somehow, despite our inexperience, we are confident we will do a better job than BN. I think we work hard; it was a steep learning curve but we were able to master our brief, able to administer, able to gain confidence of civil servants by appointing the best whether they are male or female. I think the reforms made, not only a clean government but also a competent one, has helped transform Penang to be cleaner, greener, safer and healthier.

Another important aspect is building institutions like open competitive tenders which is a very important tool to ensure clean governance and (upholding) the Integrity Pledge to show we are clean, and we declare our assets. We have the public interest at heart so we give full disclosure of government contracts signed with private companies.

Looking back at how the PR government has performed from 2008 to 2013, what and how would PR want to achieve in the next term if it keeps hold of the state government ?

Next term, we will stress on building human talent. I always say we must not only prepare the future for the young but also prepare our young for the future. The first five years we prepare for the future for the young, so the next five years, we must prepare the young for the future. That is human talent, not just hardware but also software. That is where free wi-fi comes in, how to extend the provision and adopt a rising tide effect ... not to focus only on the best and brightest. We need to create a rising tide to lift everybody up, to equip them with tools and skills needed by the marketplace ... to make them not only knowledgeable but also employable.

Looking at the three C's of cleanliness, crime and congestion, we have dealt with cleanliness and crime with full cooperation of the police and the Voluntary Patrol Service (PPP) as well as by installing more street lights and CCTVs. Congestion, we hope to solve if we can win federal power, by solving the public transport problem. We are proud that Penang is the only state to offer free bus services in the inner city and across the bridge from Seberang Jaya to Bayan Lepas.

We want to go green. Penang has the highest recycling rate at 24%. The national target is 20% by 2020. We want to expand our green initiatives, including the "no free plastic bag" programme and build bicycle lanes.

Penang PR is basing its election campaign on the three highway and undersea tunnel projects which have received mixed response. How do you think the electorate will react to these mega projects?

This is just one of our pro-active measures to resolve traffic congestion. Before we took over, 60,000 vehicles per day were using the Penang Bridge, but now the volume has increased to 80,000.

The federal government wants to sabotage us by not providing public transport ... they want to choke us to death with traffic congestion. Do we sit down to wait to die? I refuse to wait to die. I want to be proactive. We need to look for alternatives, need some road improvements, not only the tunnel but also three highways, (are) all done without paying cash.

The Tanjung Pinang land deal can help resolve the traffic problems and get us the highways we won't normally get.

There is no choice for us because the previous administration had signed away the rights to build bridges. We cannot build bridges, but they forgot about the tunnel, so we have no choice but to use the loophole.

If you win a parliament seat, and PR wins the federal government, would you take on a federal minister's post?

Given a choice I want to stay back as CM.

Why should the people vote for a PR state government again?

I think it's time for the people to build institutions and have a people-centric government. Three reasons ... Number one you want a people-centric government, not a crony-centric one, we are that. Number two, we want a government which fights corruption not condones it. Number three, we want a government that stresses on human talents, not drive away human talents, stresses brain gain not brain drain.

We must have a government that fears the people not where people fear the government. Finally we need a government that unites everybody, that treats people with respect, that wants every Penangite to work together to respect each other... one where we see each other as Malaysians ... Malaysian brothers and sisters who face the same problems, share the same hopes and seek the same aspirations.

This is what a government should be and PR has delivered a cleaner, greener, safer, and healthier Penang.