Cops eye bloggers

POLICE are monitoring blog sites and will investigate bloggers for seditious and misleading postings.

If investigations confirm that such postings are seditious and misleading, the police can haul the bloggers concerned to court under the Sedition Act and Communications and Multimedia Act, Nanyang Siang Pau reported yesterday.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said police have set up a cyber crimes unit under the Commercial Crime Investigation Department and will investigate reports lodged against bloggers by members of the public or members of the force itself.

However, he said police will only haul up the bloggers after it is determined that their postings are questionable.

Musa stressed that the move is not aimed at stifl ing free speech but to ensure that bloggers undertake responsible postings.

Giving an example, he said police received a report not so long ago that an article posted on a blog was seditious as its content was deemed blasphemous to Islam.

Those who have read the article, including the police, felt that it may have been written by a non-Muslim.

“But police investigations showed that the person involved was a Muslim. What if everyone believes it was written by a non-Muslim, what (do you think) can happen?” he asked. Anyone found guilty under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 can be jailed up to a year and fi ned a maximum of RM50,000 or both whereas a person who violates the Sedition Act 1948 can be jailed up to three years or fi ned RM5,000 or both. Nathaniel Tan, a blogger and an aide of Parti Keadilan Rakyat adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, told the daily he has always been against police department’s use of threats on bloggers. Tan was detained an investigated for alleged breach of Section 8 of the Official Secrets Act 1972 relating to a comment left on his blog linking then deputy internal security minister Mohd Johari Baharum to a corruption allegation.

Commenting on police monitoring of blog posts, he said: “It indeed is a threat to bloggers.” He however said they would not be intimidated.

Taken from TheSun

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Cool? I can see some blogs are serious about bashing government for some reasons. The different is either you are famous or you are not. If you are famous, its hard to put you in jail as you have your own lawyer to defend you. If you are not, then it's easy to throw you in jail under cyber law and sedition.

Uproar over "doctors licensed to kill" statement

“LICENCE to kill” was a subject that dominated 20 minutes of argument but it was not about Ian Fleming’s secret agent James Bond that the MPs were at loggerheads about.

It was the sentence “doctors have the licence to heal and licence to kill” in a supplementary answer by the Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abd Latiff Ahmad (BN-Mersing) that sparked a furore among the Pakatan Rakyat representatives.

Dr Mohd Hatta Mat Ramli (PAS-Kuala Krai) started the ball rolling by asking Abd Latiff to withdraw his statement as it gives a wrong impression about medical doctors.

Dr Lo’ Lo’ Mohamad Ghazali (PAS-Titiwangsa) was next to voice her dissatisfaction, citing concern that there would be misunderstanding amongst the students who visit the House frequently.

Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia fi rst waved it off and asked for proceedings to continue but this did not go down well with opposition parliamentarians, with Mohd Hatta standing up to ask Pandikar Amin to order Abd Latiff to withdraw the statement.

And this was also called for by a few other MPs like Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) who cited Point of Order that the statement had not complied with the Standing Orders of the House.

Opposition Leader Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR-Permatang Pauh) said doctors took an oath to protect the lives of their patients and Abd Latiff’s statement was inappropriate.

Dr Tan Seng Giaw (DAPKepong) also said he hoped Pandikar Amin would rule that such words would no longer be used and for Abd Latiff to withdraw the phrase. Pandikar Amin agreed with Tan and looked for affirmation from Abd Latiff by saying that he did not hav bad intentions when he uttered the phrase. “Yes, I had not meant it in a bad way,” Abd Latiff said. After much ruckus, Pandikar Amin asked for the parliamentarians to refrain from using terms or phrases that may insult their peers and can be defi ned through other perceptions.

Further, he asked Abd Latiff to withdraw the statement. Abd Latiff said: “I am sorry to have said that and I had no mean intentions. I will not repeat it but I will not withdraw my statement.”

This caused another loud roar from the side of Pakatan Rakyat but Pandikar Amin then ticked off the MPs, reminding them of their shared responsibility in ensuring smooth proceedings that adhere to the Standing Orders. He said he had taken note that this was not the first time Abd Latiff had used the phrase but was also sure that he had no bad intentions in saying it.

“From what I gather, what he meant was sometimes there are doctors who are careless and that was what he meant,” he said.
The Rules in the Standing Orders were thrown across the House, asking for Pandikar Amin’s actions and when he had seemed to have had enough, he quipped: “I have memorised all these rules – up, down, left and right.”

Pandikar Amin refreshed the memory of the MPs that he had fi rst decided to ignore the phrase and carry on with proceedings and the decision could only be reviewed with a motion under Standing Order 43.

“You all have this responsibility of ensuring that the meeting goes smoothly. Next time, don’t use that term.” At this point, Lim stood to refer to a Standing Order allowing parliamentarians to refer the act of a fellow MP to a special committee.

Abd Latiff put an end to the issue when he said: “I will not apologise for the remark but I will withdraw it.”

Taken from : TheSun

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Now I learn that it's hard to say "sorry".

Ghani: Malaysia has proof of Pulau Pisang ownership

JOHOR BARU: There is no danger of losing Pulau Pisang to Singapore as Malaysia clearly has sovereignty over the island.

Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said that this was despite Singapore operating a lighthouse on the 154ha island.

He said the ownership of the island was based on a treaty between Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Abu Bakar and the British in 1900, which clearly stated that Malaysia had sovereignty over the island.

Malaysian territory: This August 1998 file picture shows former Pontian MP Datuk Dr Hasni Mohammad pointing at Pulau Pisang.

“Our land office records show that Pulau Pisang belongs to Johor,” he said.

Abdul Ghani was responding to a suggestion made by Pontian MP Ahmad Maslan that the Government should conduct a study on taking over the operation of the lighthouse.

Ahmad said Pulau Pisang might suffer a similar fate as Batu Puteh where the International Court of Justice ruled in favour of Singapore.

Abdul Ghani said the lighthouse, which guided ships into the Singapore Straits, was manned by four Singaporean guards.

“The guards are relieved by another team once a fortnight and are required to report to the marine department, Customs and immigration in Kukup every time they arrive and depart from the island,” he said.

He added that Malaysians were allowed to enter the island but were prohibited from entering the lighthouse.

Abdul Ghani said there were also 82 farmers who tend to orchards on the island.

“They are only given permission to work on the land but are not granted ownership of the land,” he said.

The island is about 12km from Pontian Kechil and 5km from Benut.

Meanwhile, Johor PAS officials lodged a police report against former foreign minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Abdul Ghani and Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, accusing them of causing Malaysia to lose Batu Puteh.

Johor Baru (South) OCPD Asst Comm Zainuddin Yaakob confirmed that the report had been received.

Perak Puteri Umno chief Dr Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin, meanwhile, said Malaysia must take the necessary steps to ensure she irrefutably owned all her islands and territories.

She said the steps were crucial in view of the recent decision on Batu Puteh.

DAP chairman Karpal Singh said the Malaysian Government was “foolhardy to have placed the case before ICJ” without the necessary evidence.

He was referring to Malaysian ambassador-at-large Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Mohamad’s statement that he could not locate a letter sent by a British governor in Butterworth to the Johor Temenggong seeking permission to build the Horsburgh Lighthouse on Batu Puteh.

Abdul Kadir led the Malaysian team to The Hague.

“Discovery of the letter now or in future cannot restore Malaysia’s sovereignty over Batu Puteh,” he said.

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I agree with what DAP chairman Karpal Singh said. We were lack of evidence which made us lose. No use turning back, sigh!

SPM top scorers take grouses to Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR: Four students from Selangor and Johor, who scored 11 or 12 As in the SPM, brought their grouses to Parliament yesterday about not getting the Public Services Department (PSD) scholarship, joining an annual list of people who bring up the same complaint. The students were accompanied by Pulau Jerejak assemblyman Sim Tze Tzin to Parliament and were received by Yusmadi Yusof (PKR-Balik Pulau).

They were Chew Kin Cheng, who scored eight 1As and four 2As, Tan Kian Hin (nine 1As and two 2As), Tiow Zyn Ann (eight 1As and three 2As) and Lim Soon Seng (10 1As and two 2As). At a press conference at the Parliament lobby, Yusmadi said: “Our brightest students often do not get the opportunity to go for higher education to bring out the best in them. Eventually, we would only encourage mediocrity and our nation would lose competitiveness in the process.”

He said there was a rot in the selection system as no one seemed to know the details of the selection. “The selection has failed us year after year. Often, the officials explained the system in general terms. However, we demand to know more. It should be transparent and fair,” he said. Yusmadi said the social background of an applicant should also be taken into account as those in need should be given the priority.

He said the students have other alternatives because foreign countries are providing scholarships to them but those who take up the offers will not come back and this is a loss to the country. Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong, who also met the students, told reporters such cases occur every year because the PSD only has 2,000 allocations for scholarships each year while there are more than 15,000 applicants.

To stop speculation on why students are rejected, Wee suggested that the PSD give all applicants who fail an explanation. If the students know why they are rejected, they would accept rejection better. Wee said some students might have received the scholarship even if they had fewer As in their SPM because they had chosen courses that are not popular. “Students are confident with their SPM results but they must bear in mind that there are more of them who got better results and it is impossible to give everyone the scholarship even if the allocation is increased by another 3,000 or 5,000 allocations,” he said.

Wee also advised the students not to use their family background to create a sense of sympathy.

In Ipoh, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economic Planning Unit) S.K. Devamany told theSun there are four avenues for SPM high-achievers to get the PSD scholarship to further their higher studies in the country or overseas.

They are:

» PSD scholarships for overseas degree programme. This is very competitive as the criteria is 70 points for academic excellence. The remaining 30 points are for interviews, family economic background and co-curricular activities. There are only 2,000 places for this overseas degree programme.

» 10,000 local scholarships for which applications open in June. » Getting into a local foreign university, which has an offshore campus in Malaysia like Nottingham University and Monash University. Students apply when they get a place.

» By first enrolling in Malaysianrecognised foreign universities in the United States, Britain and Australia. The same procedure applies. “A student must not be disheartened when he or she fails to get the overseas programme as there are three other alternative avenues to get the PSD scholarship,” Devaman said.

Alternatively, high-achievers can approach companies like Petronas, Tenaga Nasional and Mara to sponsor their scholarships. He said the PSD must explain clearly the method of selection. “We want parents to understand what the system is all about. “You must give everybody a chance, otherwise people will run away to other countries,” he said.

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I don't agree if the scholarship does not based on the family background at all. If this happen, rich peoples who are able to pay for the college and university fee does not matter whether it's in the country or abroad will also get the scholarship. Then how about the needy who got kids but no money? This is about toss your luck, if you are lucky then you get the scholarship. If you are not, then stay home for the poor.

The result is the first thing to be filtered for scholarship of course, but the family background still play a role whether they are qualify or not.

By the way, who will run away sir?

world no tobacco day

this is interesting. i saw my friend yahoo messenger status message "world no tobacco day". i messaged him :

me : is it true?
him : true what?
me : your status message
him : yeah, i read about it on utusan malaysia
me : uh... any news about it on star or nst? lazy to translate into english
him : no idea...

so, i searched in wiki and found it! lol lucky. actually i just want to share the info about it. i did not know that we have world no tobacco day on may 31. so this is what wiki says :

World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31. The member states of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987. It draws global attention to the tobacco epidemic and to the preventable death and disease it causes. It aims to reduce the 3.5 million yearly deaths from tobacco related health problems. From 1988 the WHO has presented one or more World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Awards to organizations or individuals who have made exceptional contributions to reducing tobacco consumption.

so friends... why don't you quit smoking on may 31? maybe after that day you will quit smoking forever? i love you... and i don't want to see you die because of it. some peoples that love excuses will find them no matter what. why waste money? why waste life?

live life to the fullest!

ditto.

aliff aziz

he is Singaporean teen. he is cute and he has good voice. so i have no doubt why he can be a sudden hit. at first when i saw him was on tv -- in melodi program. my sister asked me "bro, do you think he is cute?" and my reply was simple "i think so".

then after a while, his song is a hit in Malaysia. as i said, no doubt. girls will get crazy and craving for his songs, album, pictures and even his signature [what about his undies? lol]. when the song keep playing on radio and peoples sing it everywhere, it becomes a good song to me too. lol.

then tonight, as i can't sleep... i browse about him on youtube. found some songs sang by him, of course he is not the original singer for all songs he sang in the anugerah competition [anugerah is a singing contest in singapore by media corp]. but he delivered them well... i'd say impressive. i did not expect he could sing ballade as good... but he did. unexpected... as i expected him to be a pop teen as some others do. i was wrong.

ok so here i share some of his videos.

this is his famous song :



mungkir bahagia - hazami's song sang by him :



mungkin - anuar zain's song sang by him... not bad :



more than words as i prefer english song than malay :



ok, i won't put the whole youtube here. you can browse some good songs sang by him such as sonata musim salju, mungkin, mungkir bahagia and many more.

ditto~

akademi fantasia 6

ok i did not really follow this akademi fantasia 6. watched few concerts and never watch their diary. kinda fed up with the same old stories, typical. when i first watch, stacy was my favorite. none of my colleagues in the office agree with me. some chose nadia especially guys and girls chose nubhan for his cuteness. me? stick with stacy. my second favorite would be nadia of course. come on, i don't like singers because they are pretty. if i want to see pretty faces, i choose models... not singer. but malaysian especially girls [sorry, i know i'm mean but accept the fact girls!] voting by the looks not voice. not many guys into this voting thingy and suppose votes came from the girls. so no wonder many seasons won by guys. luckily this time won by girl again after mila broke the record for female.

i was happy that stacy won but upset that nadia won the 5th place. wth? she deserved 2nd place tho and 3rd should goes to riz. ok riz for the 2nd place but still 4th and 5th for nubhan and toi! urgh!

congrats to stacy for winning this competition. stay low as i believe you will do well in the future. make us malaysian proud ;)

ciao~

malaysian artistes for unity

Got this video from here. Love this video! I hope we Malaysian can unite doesn't matter about race, religion and skin colors. One love! Undivided love!

S'pore takes Pulau Batu Puteh, M'sia gets Middle Rocks

THE HAGUE: The International Court of Justice has ruled that Singapore has sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh while Malaysia owns Middle Rocks.

As for the South Ledge, the ICJ ruled that it belongs to the state in whose territorial waters it is located.

ICJ vice-president, Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh read out the judgment, which was carried live over RTM1 Friday.

Pulau Batu Putih, which Singapore calls Pedra Branca, an isle no larger than half a football field, is about 14.3km from Tanjung Penyusop in Johor and 46.3km from Singapore.

Middle Rocks is about half a nautical mile from Pulau Batu Putih and 1.7 nautical miles from South Ledge.

The 17-member bench heard oral arguments from Malaysia and Singapore between Nov 16 and 23 last year.

The judgment ends the 28-year old territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore and both countries had earlier pledged to abide by the decision of the ICJ that is final and not subject to appeal.

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim described the judgment as a "win-win" situation. He said the status quo remained although Singapore has sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh and Malaysia over Middle Rocks.

[source : the star]

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pretty upset with this news. i know i have no right to say anything since this case have been judged by professional judges and acts. i just hope Malaysia wins the case... sigh.

friendly bush

who is that lady? bush is so friendly ;)
i got this pictures via email and written in the email she is dr. aminah.

cheers!

northam hotel

Still about soccer. I did not watched alone at home. My colleagues and I have booked a room at Northam Hotel. So here I want to share some pictures of the hotel room. We made so much noise in the morning until the hotel staff came to us to make sure everything was fine. By the way the room price was RM200 only after we got government servant's discount ;)

The TV that surely shocked with our scream, shout, anger and hug -- UCL Final.

Ok here where we watched soccer together.

Small table beside the office table.

Shower room. Just beside the 2nd toilet and in the same room with jacuzzi.

Friend being retard :P

Its like a room for business. Complete with office table

Jacuzzi in the room. Can you believe it?

Big basins

The big bed -- but only one!

The 2nd toilet which located in the jacuzzi room

1st toilet which located near the entrance

When the additional time ended and it was time for penalty kick I played the Glory Man Utd's song through my cell phone and my friend played Chelsea's song on his laptop. It was a great fun! :)

man utd wins 2 cups

I told you before that Man Utd could win 2 cups. Remember? Well I did not post anything about our EPL winning but chose to stay low and will post about our double winning. We are the best in Europe now!

Ok this post is not about commenting the last night game. If you are a soccer fan, you surely did not sleep and stayed focus on every step they move. But if you are not, then still no use of telling the whole story and incident too.

Congratulation Man Utd. These two cups really a slap to other teams who gave us a lot of sarcastic comment and even a bad joke. After all, its all about Man Utd -- glory and winning. Congratulation to Ferguson and Querez too for bringing them to this stage.

The first goal ;)

1st goal by Lampard. Damn!

Drogba -- for slapping Vidic.

This was the best moment ever! I jumped as high as a mountain!

We won UCL for the 3rd time!

EPL is ours too!

Here is a funny video :




Glory glory Man Utd! :)

love hurts

ok for this post just ignore my style of writing. this writing should be a crap or junk or rubbish or noise as whatever you might want to put it. i don't use CAPS and i don't use proper way of writing. yes i know, i never write a proper one with proper english too. i'm fine with that.

i'm going to write about LOVE. its big, yes i know. if you find this word through google, you will find this from wikipedia :

Love represents a range of human emotions and experiences related to the senses of affection and sexual attraction.^[1] The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure to intense interpersonal attraction. This diversity of meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

As an abstract concept love usually refers to a strong, ineffable feeling towards for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual. Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.

enough? well ok, that is what encyclopedia says. love can be love between mother and son, father and son, sister and brother or even you and stranger. you never know. you might falling in love with someone you think a perfect one for you. but maybe he/she isn't. i guess everybody knows what is love and experience this feeling before. some even say "love is in the air". how true? if its in the air, you can easily grab them, ops no no not that easy. you can't even see love in the air. some might say "you don't see, but you feel". ok you feel the air, but how do you know its love? how can you believe in love when you don't even see, touch or feel it.

ever listen to a song call "love hurts"? yes sang by nazareth. its a cool song? no it is not... not at all. its a sad song... and of course its not cool at all. its hurt when you seeking too much and end up you got nothing... and to live in loneliness forever would never be the best either. remember there is an english quote "i wanna grow old with you" can't remember it was taken from what movie... it was an old movie for sure. do you believe in that? sigh. for me everything is so vague. i'm getting older and what other crap i can do better than dreaming?

life is full of ups and downs... yes. life is like a wheel.. yes. what else? ah ok i guess everyone is giving out their own words... many i suppose. some of you might getting down and down and down. not getting tired of it? some of us might have given up to seek for love... or worse believe that love never exist. how true? is true love really exist? ok i post an article about it before. but i doubt many will go through that lovely moment. dream on... its hard hard hard.

when your love does not work as you planned or dreamed... does it hurt? yes.. you can scream, you can cry, you can lock yourself in your room. as long as you feel relief. cry cry cry... whole night. come on! accept the fact. he/she doesn't love you!!!

so to those who is heartbroken... live life to the fullest!!! (eh who told me this???). life goes on... love exist? hell no!


note : this is not about me... its about my friend... poor friend :(

fake magazine

I laughed out loud when looking at this :


Just playing around with it. I'm bored and stress. Ciao!

More things about me...

Tagged by Fara.

Instructions: Remove ONE question from below, and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged. Whoever does the tag will have blessings from all.


1. Do you believe in love at first sight?
I do.

2. Have you ever felt stupid? Why?
Yes. When I don't have facts to debate.

3. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
Paris. The most romantic place ;)

4. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
Be a millionaire.

5. Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after the rain?
Yes.

6. Do you like being who you are today?
Yes. Honesty is my best.

7. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
Donate some for the charity, buy some house for investment, open own internet cafe, traveling around the world and saving of course!

8. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
I would but it will take time. I'm a shy guy :P

9. Who are the top five people in the world you would wish to meet?
Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Trump, Kiyosaki and Christiano Ronaldo.

10. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
Honest, loyal and passion.

11. Which type of cars I love the most?
BMW

12. Which do you prefer from your other half? hug? or a kiss?
A kiss.

13. If you have faults, would you rather the people around you point out to you or would you rather they keep quiet?
Point out to me please.

14. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
I would say money but money can't make you happy. Then I choose happiness but without love you can't be happy. I guess I stick to the recent one -- Love.

15. Are you a shopaholic or not?
No. I buy things that I really need after a good consideration.

16. What kind of electronic device/gadget you own that you like most?
Laptop

17. If you have a chance, which part of your character you would like to change?
Stage fright.

18. Are you in love?
;)

19. If given a chance, do you want to see your future?
Yes.

20. Would you still be friend your best friend whom had betrayed your trust?
Yes, I believe in 2nd chance. Human makes mistake.

I'm tagging my blogger buddies : Mangosteen, Neomesuff, Dayah, Farah Deen, Rozella, Tammy, Ej dan Kirch

Happy Wesak Day

Picture taken here.

Happy Wesak Day to those who celebrate :)

Donate for needy

My blogger friend Rozella who is very concern about tragedy in China and Myanmar [since I was little kid I always confuse Myanmar and Burma which they both are the same -- why we still using both?] wants me to share this info with you. It was a bad disaster. Thanks God that we don't have cyclone and earthquake in Malaysia. I'm grateful.

I watched BBC this morning and they showed some news regarding these two tragedies. It was so sad to see people died and some still survive and struggling for foods. There was a news about a guy who stuck under bricks and walls, he was still alive and wanted to talk with his wife. After they managed to take him out, he died. That was very sad.

So, I'd like to share the links below with you. Hope you can help the victims and the needy.