11 May 2008

Correct, correct, correct, it's Fairuz


A royal inquiry has identified a former Malaysian chief judge as the man involved in a video clip allegedly showing a senior lawyer brokering judicial appointments, reports said today.In a front page headline, the influential Star newspaper said the inquiry panel identified former chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim as the man on the other end of the line with senior lawyer VK Lingam in the 2001 clip.The five-man inquiry panel, which submitted a lengthy report to the Malaysian King on Friday after a long hearing, found the clip to be authentic and the conversation to be true, the paper reported, quoting commission sources.Commission chairman Haidar Mohamed Noor has called for the full findings of the report to be made public but Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he had yet to read the report so could not yet decide on its release, the paper reported.
Drunk or braggingCommission officials could not be reached for comment.Former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim unleashed a furore last year by releasing the clip, which apparently showed the lawyer telling a judge over the phone that he would put him forward for a top job.The government then set up a royal commission to investigate the tape, with prominent witnesses like former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a cabinet minister and several former high-ranking judges taking the stand.Lingam has refused to confirm he is the man in the video, and said that if it was him he must have been drunk or simply bragging.The scandal has affected the image of Malaysia's judiciary and questions have been raised over the outcome of legal cases involving figures implicated in the scandal.

SELOKA MELAYU

Di mana boleh cari ramai Melayu
Pastinya di Kelantan dan Terengganu
Dan juga di pasar malam dan pasar minggu
Di Akademi Fantasia dan Pesta Lagu

Di Jom Heboh orang Melayu berpusu-pusu
Di Sungai Buloh, pusat pemulihan, dulu di Pudu
Dan di jalan, lumba haram, rempit tak berlampu
Dan di selekoh duit rasuah depa pun sapu
Di pusat serenti akibat ketagih dadah dan chandu

Di malam kemerdekaan dan malam tahun baru
Terkinja-kinja best giler menari macam hantu
Apa hobi orang Melayu
Terkenal dengan budaya malas dan lesu

Berlepak buang masa tak jemu-jemu
Atau baca majalah Metro pasal cerita hantu
Tengok telenovela dari Filipina dan Peru
Berpusu-pusu pergi tengok pamiran hantu
Sambil makan junk food, kuaci dan muruku

Sibuk bercerita tentang Datuk K dapat bini baru
Apa pakaian Siti nak pakai itu yang nak tahu
Mana tak gendut berpenyakit selalu
Kalau nak berlagak melayu masih nombor satu
Asal bergaya sanggup makan nasi dan toyu

Boleh tak jumpa mereka di kedai buku
Atau di perpustakaan dan majlis ilmu
Atau ambil kelas kemahiran di hujung minggu
Ada tapi kurang sangat mereka di situ

Kenapa melayu jadi begitu
Nak salahkan siapa ibubapa atau guru
Pemimpin negara atau raja dulu-dulu
Ayat lazim di mulut ialah Melayu malas selalu

Nak harap Kerajaan saja membantu
Terutama sekali kontraktor kelas satu
Tak habis-habis gaduh nak jatuh siapa dulu
pasal jambatan sengget atau siapa dia penghulu
Dan suka sanggat dengan budaya ampu mengampu

Sampai bila kita nak tunggu
Bangsa Melayu jadi bangsa yang maju
BOleh! dengan beberapa syarat tertentu
Pertama dengan banyak menguasai ilmu
Kata nabi ikutlah Quran dan sunnah ku
AlQuran yang diturunkan 1400 tahun dahulu
tapi apa yang kita tahu,
cuma baca bila nak halau hantu "

MURAHKAH HARGA PETROL DI MALAYSIA ???


Kajian terbaru yang dibuat oleh AIRINC, Associates For International Research Inc. yang berpengkalan di Amerika antara Mac 17 hingga April 1, 2008 telah menunjukkan bahawa Malaysia adalah antara negara pengeluar minyak yang mempunyai harga minyak petrol domestik yang amat tinggi. Berdasarkan harga RM1.92 seliter dan 1 gelen bersamaan 4 liter, maka harga minyak petrol negara ialah USD2.40 segelen.Ini meletakkan negara kita di nombor melebihi 35 antara negara-negara yang paling murah harga minyak petrol domestic. Berikut adalah perbandingan harga-harga minyak petrol negara lain untuk perbandingan berdasarkan USD segelen:1. Venezuela 12 cents2. Iran 40 cents3. Saudi Arabia 45 cents4. Libya 50 cents5. Swaziland 54 cents6. Qatar 73 cents7. Bahrain 81 cents8. Egypt 89 cents9. Kuwait 90 cents10. Seychelles 98 cents38. Malaysia $2.4045. United States $3.45Perhatikan betapa murahnya harga minyak di negara-negara pengeluar minyak lain seperti Venezuela, Iran, Arab Saudi dan Libya. Malah di negara yang bukan pengeluar minyak seperti Swaziland dan Seychelles pun harganya amat murah.