Suhaili dropped as Labuan Umno chief

Published: Thursday April 16, 2009 MYT 8:53:00 PM
Updated: Thursday April 16, 2009 MYT 8:56:54 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman has been dropped as Labuan Umno chief with immediate effect, according to a statement published on the party’s official website.

This was in accordance with Clause 10.10 of Umno’s constitution whereby a leader automatically loses his party posts in the event of being charged in court, the statement said.

On Tuesday, Suhaili, 48, was charged with making a false statement to Mohd Naser Mohd Noor, a Justice of Peace, in relation to the registration of a company, Syarikat Saraequity Sdn Bhd, in August 1995.

According to the charge, he is alleged to have given false information in his statutory declaration by using the name Ahmad Suhaily Abdul Rahman with the identifification card bearing serial numbers H 0552182.

Suhaili pleaded not guilty to the charge in the Kota Kinabalu Magistrate’s Court and Magistrate Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim allowed an application by the prosecution to have the case transferred to another court to enable it to be heard together with a cheating case involving the accused.

Suhaili, the former Member of Parliament for Labuan, is also charged with cheating Malayan Banking Bhd’s Kota Kinabalu branch of RM160,000 in connection with the purchase of apartment in the city in 1996.

Suhaili, when contacted by Bernama in Labuan, confirmed receiving a letter on his removal as Labuan Umno chief.

“The letter was signed by Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan,“ he said.

Expressing dissapointment with this, he said that he had met Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin about the issue and was advised to file an appeal.

He was of the view that the decision should have been made only after the Umno Supreme Council had deliberated on it.

“I should have been given a chance to defend myself. I have shown a good performance in the two terms I was MP of Labuan and this can been seen from the results in the last general election,” he added. -- Bernama

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Dilema BN terhadap pengundi bukan Melayu

Penulis : DR. ALIAS MOHAMED Presiden Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Wartawan dan Penulis Melayu Malaysia

SATU perubahan yang agak besar di dua pilihan raya kecil Bukit Selambau, Kedah dan Bukit Gantang, Perak sejak Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12 pada Mac 2008 ialah peningkatan undi Melayu kepada calon-calon Barisan Nasional (BN). Namun beberapa kelemahan jentera pilihan raya BN perlu dinyatakan dengan jelas untuk difikir dan diperbaiki serta-merta.

Pertama, pengundi-pengundi bukan Melayu masih terpedaya dengan dakyah-dakyah parti pembangkang yang yakin boleh merealisasikan Malaysian Malaysia. Kemenangan DAP di Pulau Pinang dalam Pilihan Raya Umum 2008 memperkukuhkan azam dan keyakinan ini.

Oleh itu, mereka cuba menterjemahkan kejayaan DAP di Pulau Pinang menerusi undi orang bukan Melayu di Selambau dan Bukit Gantang.

Dengan kata lain, semangat kecinaan dan keindiaan pengundi-pengundi bukan Melayu ini adalah tebal. Mereka menolak dasar-dasar arus perdana yang diterajui oleh UMNO.

Kedua, sikap ini secara umumnya mendorong para pengundi bukan Melayu supaya tidak mengundi BN walaupun segala permintaan yang dikehendaki oleh pengundi bukan Melayu telah dipenuhi oleh BN dengan pemberian pelbagai peruntukan di kawasan-kawasan berkenaan.

Mereka mengambil sikap: ambil kemudahan kerajaan tetapi tolak pentadbirannya, walaupun tidak ada kemudahan yang serupa diberi oleh pembangkang kepada pengundi-pengundi bukan Melayu. Sekali gus, ini bermakna mereka menyatakan hasrat perkauman par excellence.

Trend yang serupa dipamerkan dalam pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Kuala Terengganu. Penolakan pengundi Cina terhadap BN boleh dilihat, sungguhpun mereka mendapat bantuan kerajaan dan tidak mendapat bantuan pembangkang.

Di sini, sokongan mereka kepada calon Pas bukan bermakna mereka menyokong parti itu, tetapi sebenarnya menolak kerajaan - untuk menunjukkan sokongan kepada parti pembangkang lain.

Ketiga, parti-parti komponen BN - MCA dan Gerakan - perlu dipertanggungjawabkan terhadap senario ini, terutama amalan dalam MCA yang mendesak kerajaan memberi itu dan ini kepada mereka melalui akhbar-akhbar Cina.

Beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini, sebelum pilihan raya kecil Selambau dan Bukit Gantang, pemimpin-pemimpin mereka mempersoalkan ketuanan Melayu dan kontrak sosial - dua isu sensitif yang menarik imaginasi orang Cina dan India.

Keempat, tindakan-tindakan pembangkang di mahkamah yang melibatkan Perlembagaan negara juga satu lagi punca yang menghakis keyakinan pentadbiran negara yang dipimpin oleh UMNO.

Di samping itu, tindakan-tindakan berani pemimpin-pemimpin DAP yang meletakkan papan-papan tanda jalan dalam bahasa Cina di Pulau Pinang dan Selangor sebenarnya manifestasi politik yang berasaskan aspirasi orang Cina, bukan berdasarkan asas-asas pemerintahan di Malaysia.

Kelima, pengundi-pengundi bukan Melayu teruja dengan rentak kempen dan propaganda anti UMNO dan BN. Sikap dan tindakan mereka disokong oleh Pas dan PKR yang hanya ingin menang dalam pilihan raya dan tidak mempedulikan ground rules dalam politik di Malaysia.

Kepada mereka ini, tidak mengapa kalau kuasa orang Melayu diambil alih orang lain asalkan mereka menjadi sebahagian kecil daripada pasukan yang menang.

Hakikat ini sehingga hari ini masih gagal dicanang oleh pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO untuk menyedarkan orang Melayu.

Akhir sekali, pemimpin-pemimpin BN, terutama UMNO, perlu memahami trend pemikiran parti-parti politik Cina hari ini. Apakah yang harus mereka buat dalam keadaan seperti ini?

Adakah perlu mereka mengambil risiko dalam Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13?

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Suhaili claims trial to another charge

Published on: Wednesday, April 15, 2009










Kota Kinabalu: Former Umno Labuan Member of Parliament Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman, who on Monday pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court to cheating a bank 13 years ago, was charged in the Magistrate's Court again Tuesday with making a false statement in a statutory declaration 14 years ago.
Suhaili, 48, is accused of committing the offence before Justice of Peace (JP) Haji Mohd Naser Mohd Noor at the JP's office here on Aug. 3, 1995, for the purpose of registering Saraequity Sdn Bhd.

The ex-MP allegedly made the false statement in a Statutory Declaration under the name of Ahmad Suhaili Abd Rahman with Identity Card No: H0552181, which he knew to be false, touching a material point for which the declaration was made for registering the said company.

The offence under Section 199 of the Penal Code is punishable under Section 193 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of up to three years and liable to a fine on conviction.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's Deputy Public Prosecutor Kevin Morais who conducted the prosecution together with DPP Joyce Blasius, applied for the case to be transferred to the Sessions Court and to be heard jointly before the same judge who heard Suhaili's cheating case on Monday.

Counsel Rakhbir Singh informed the court that the defence supported the application for transfer on the basis that the documents used in both cases were virtually identical.

Magistrate Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim allowed the prosecution's application to transfer the case to the Sessions Court.

Hafizah, however, said that it was a matter for the Sessions Court to decide on whether the case would be heard before the same judge.

No bail was given.

On Monday, Suhaili, pleaded not guilty before Sessions Court Judge Caroline Bee Manajil to cheating a bank by using someone else's identity to act as a guarantor for a RM160,000 housing loan 13 years ago.

Majanil released Suhaili on RM20,000 bail with RM3,000 deposited in one surety pending trial fixed from Feb 8 to 12, next year.

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Suhaili mengaku tidak bersalah beri maklumat palsu

KOTA KINABALU 14 April - Sehari selepas menghadapi tuduhan menipu seorang pengurus bank, bekas Ahli Parlimen Labuan, Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman, hari ini didakwa di Mahkamah Majistret di sini atas tuduhan memberi maklumat palsu dalam satu akuan bersumpah pada 1995.

Bekas Pengerusi Perbadanan Labuan itu bagaimanapun mengaku tidak bersalah di atas dakwaan yang dibacakan di hadapan Majistret Noor Hafizah Mohd. Salim.

Majistret Noor Hafizah kemudian membenarkan permohonan pihak pendakwaan memindahkan kes tersebut ke Mahkamah Sesyen bagi membolehkan ia didengar serentak dengan satu lagi tuduhan menipu melibatkan Suhaili.

Permohonan itu dikendalikan oleh Timbalan Pendakwa Raya dari Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), Kevin Morais, mengikut Seksyen 193 Kanun Keseksaan yang membawa hukuman penjara sehingga tiga tahun serta sebat dan denda.

Suhaili, 48, yang juga Ketua UMNO Bahagian Labuan, dituduh membuat kenyataan palsu itu kepada Mohd. Naser Mohd. Noor, seorang Jaksa Pendamai, berhubung pendaftaran Syarikat Saraequity Sdn. Bhd. pada 3 Ogos 1995.

Mengikut pertuduhan, Suhaili dituduh memberi maklumat palsu kepada Mohd. Naser Mohd. Noor dalam akuan berkanun, menggunakan nama Ahmad Suhaily Abdul Rahman dengan kad pengenalan bernombor H 0552182.

Semalam, Mahkamah Sesyen di sini menetapkan 8 Februari hingga 12 Februari tahun depan perbicaraan kes penipuan bank melibatkan Suhaili.

Dalam kes tersebut, Suhaili didakwa atas tuduhan menipu Malayan Banking Bhd. cawangan Kota Kinabalu sebanyak RM160,000 untuk membeli sebuah apartmen di sini, pada 1996.

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Bekas Ahli Parlimen Labuan didakwa tipu RM160,000

KOTA KINABALU 13 April - Bekas Ahli Parlimen Labuan, Datuk Suhaili Abd. Rahman didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen di sini hari ini atas tuduhan menipu Malayan Banking Bhd. cawangan Kota Kinabalu sebanyak RM160,000 untuk membeli sebuah apartmen, 13 tahun lalu.

Dia yang juga Ketua UMNO Bahagian Labuan, bagaimanapun tidak mengaku bersalah di hadapan Hakim Caroline Bee Majanil terhadap tuduhan tersebut.

Mahkamah membenarkan tertuduh itu diikat jamin sebanyak RM20,000 dengan seorang penjamin sementara menunggu perbicaraan pada 8 hingga 12 Februari 2010.

Mengikut pertuduhan, dia didakwa melakukan perbuatan itu di Pejabat Malayan Banking itu pada 3 April 1996 bertujuan untuk memohon pinjaman perumah-an sebanyak RM110,00 dan overdraf RM50,000.

Pinjaman itu didakwa dilakukan atas nama syarikatnya, Sara Equity Sdn. Bhd. dan pinjaman itu untuk membeli sebuah apartmen di unit 3-R2-32, Tingkat 2, Api-api Centre, Fasa 1A di sini.

Suhaili yang juga bekas Pengerusi Perbadanan Labuan didakwa bertindak sebagai penjamin tetapi telah menggunakan nama dan kad pengenalan dipercayai palsu untuk proses pinjaman tersebut.

Dia didakwa memperdaya pengurus bank tersebut, Ismail Jantan, dengan menggunakan nama Ahmad Suhaily Abd. Rahman yang memegang kad pengenalan bernombor H 0552182.

Suhaili didakwa di bawah Seksyen 420 Kanun Keseksaan yang boleh membawa hukuman penjara sehingga 10 tahun dan boleh dikenakan sebatan atau denda.

Tertuduh diwakili peguam bela, Rakhbir Singh manakala pendakwaan dikendalikan oleh Timbalan Pendakwa Raya dari Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), Kevin Morais.

Sementara itu, Suhaili ketika ditemui di luar mahkamah memberitahu, dia masih menunggu keputusan Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan sama ada akan melanjutkan jawatannya sebagai Pengerusi Perbadanan Labuan.

Jelas Suihaili, jawatannya sebagai pengerusi perbadanan tersebut tamat pada 31 Mac lalu.

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Senarai penuh barisan Kabinet baru

09/04/2009 4:23pm



NAJIB Tun Razak bersalam dengan timbalannya, Muhyiddin Yassin selepas mengumumkan barisan Kabinet barunya di Putrajaya, semalam. – UTUSAN/SAIFUL BAHARI ASHARI







KUALA LUMPUR 9 April - Berikut ialah senarai penuh barisan Kabinet baru yang diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebentar tadi.

PERDANA MENTERI : Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

TIMBALAN PERDANA MENTERI: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin

JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI:

Menteri:

1. Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon (Hal Ehwal Perpaduan & Pengurusan Prestasi)

2. Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (Hal Ehwal Perundangan dan Parlimen)

3. Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop (Unit Perancang Ekonomi)

4. Mejar Jeneral (B) Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom (Hal Ehwal Agama Islam)

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Liew Vui Keong

2. Datuk Dr. Mashitah Ibrahim

3. Datuk S.K. Devamany

4. Ahmad Maslan

5. T. Murugiah

KEMENTERIAN KEWANGAN:

Menteri: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

Menteri II: Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Chor Chee Heung

2. Datuk Dr. Awang Adek Hussin

KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN:

Menteri: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong

2. Dr. Mohd Puad Zarkashi

KEMENTERIAN PENGANGKUTAN:

Menteri: Datuk Ong Tee Keat

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri

2. Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew

KEMENTERIAN PERUSAHAAN, PERLADANGAN DAN KOMODITI:

Menteri: Tan Sri Bernard Dompok

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Hamzah Zainudin

KEMENTERIAN DALAM NEGERI:

Menteri: Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop

2. Jelaing anak Mersat

KEMENTERIAN PENERANGAN, KOMUNIKASI, KESENIAN DAN KEBUDAYAAN:

Menteri: Datuk Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum

2. Senator Heng Seai Kie

KEMENTERIAN TENAGA, TEKNOLOGI HIJAU DAN AIR:

Menteri: Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui

Timbalan Menteri: Noriah Kasnon

KEMENTERIAN KEMAJUAN LUAR BANDAR DAN WILAYAH:

Menteri: Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Hassan Malek

2. Datuk Joseph Entulu anak Belaun

KEMENTERIAN PENGAJIAN TINGGI:

Menteri: Datuk Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Dr. Hou Kok Chung

2. Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah

KEMENTERIAN PERDAGANGAN ANTARABANGSA DAN INDUSTRI:

Menteri: Datuk Mustapa Mohamed

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir

2. Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan

KEMENTERIAN SAINS, TEKNOLOGI DAN INNOVASI:

Menteri: Datuk Dr. Maximus Ongkili

Timbalan Menteri: Fadillah Yusof

KEMENTERIAN SUMBER ASLI DAN ALAM SEKITAR:

Menteri: Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas

Timbalan Menteri: Tan Sri Joseph Kurup

KEMENTERIAN PELANCONGAN:

Menteri: Datuk Ng Yen Yen

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abdul Taib

KEMENTERIAN PERTANIAN DAN INDUSTRI ASAS TANI:

Menteri: Datuk Noh Omar

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Johari Baharum

2. Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim

KEMENTERIAN PERTAHANAN:

Menteri: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad

KEMENTERIAN KERJA RAYA:

Menteri: Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Yong Khoon Seng

KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN:

Menteri: Datuk Liow Tiong Lai

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Rosnah Rashid Shirlin

KEMENTERIAN BELIA DAN SUKAN:

Menteri: Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek

Timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Razali Ibrahim

2. Wee Jeck Seng

KEMENTERIAN SUMBER MANUSIA:

Menteri: Datuk Dr S.Subramaniam

Timbalan: Datuk Maznah Mazlan

KEMENTEIAN PERDAGANGAN DALAM NEGERI DAN HAL EHWAL PENGGUNA:

Menteri: Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Tan Lian Hoe

KEMENTERIAN PERUMAHAN DAN KERAJAAN TEMPATAN:

Menteri: Datuk Kong Cho Ha

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Lajim Ukin

KEMENTERIAN PEMBANGUNAN WANITA, KELUARGA DAN MASYARAKAT:

Menteri: Datuk Seri Sharizat Jalil

Timbalan Menteri: Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun

KEMENTERIAN LUAR:

Menteri: Datuk Anifah Aman

Timbalan Menteri:

1. A. Kohilan Pillay

2. Datuk Lee Chee Leong

KEMENTERIAN WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN:

Menteri: Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk M. Saravanan

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Empat pemimpin Sabah dilantik menteri

Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal


















Menteri Luar, Datuk Anifah Aman























Menteri Perusahaan, Perladangan dan Komoditi, Tan Sri Bernad Dompok



















Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi, Datuk Dr. Maximus Ongkili






09/04/2009 4:50pm
KUALA LUMPUR 9 April – Empat pemimpin Sabah dilantik sebagai menteri.

Mereka ialah Menteri Perusahaan, Perladangan dan Komoditi, Tan Sri Bernad Dompok; Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal; Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi, Datuk Dr. Maximus Ongkili dan Menteri Luar, Datuk Anifah Aman. - Utusan

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Dr. M sertai UMNO

Dr. Mahathir Mohamad menyerahkan borang keahlian UMNO kepada Najib Tun Razak sambil disaksikan Tun Siti Hasmah Mohd. Ali dan Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor di Sri Satria, Putrajaya, semalam.






Oleh ZULKIFLI JALIL dan
HASHNAN ABDULLAH
pengarang@utusan.com.my

PUTRAJAYA 4 April – Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad hari ini kembali menyertai UMNO setelah hampir setahun meninggalkan parti tersebut.

Bekas Presiden UMNO itu bersama isteri, Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohd. Ali menyerahkan borang keahlian yang kekal bernombor 001 dan 002 kepada Presiden UMNO, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dalam satu majlis ringkas tetapi penuh bermakna di Sri Satria di sini.

Bercakap kepada pemberita, Dr. Mahathir, 84, melahirkan rasa gembira kerana dapat kembali dan diterima semula oleh UMNO.

‘‘Walaupun saya berada di luar UMNO tetapi dalam hati saya masih orang UMNO. Walaupun saya tegur UMNO, saya fikir teguran itu adalah untuk membina UMNO, bukannya untuk menghancurkan UMNO.

‘‘Oleh itu saya berharap yang keluar UMNO sama dengan saya akan kembali semula dan harap parti akan menerima mereka,” katanya.

Hadir sama isteri Najib, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Pada majlis itu juga, anak Dr. Mahathir iaitu Datuk Mokhzani turut mengambil langkah sama menyertai semula UMNO.

Dr. Mahathir mengisytiharkan keluar daripada UMNO dalam satu ceramah di Alor Setar pada 19 Mei tahun lalu kerana hilang keyakinan terhadap parti itu.

Pada sidang akhbar yang dihadiri puluhan wartawan tempatan dan media asing tersebut, bekas Perdana Menteri itu secara berseloroh tidak menafikan penyertaan semula beliau ke dalam UMNO hari ini mirip perkara sama 40 tahun lepas ketika parti itu di bawah kepimpinan Allahyarham Tun Razak Hussein.

‘‘Satu pakatan kekeluargaan yang tidak sengaja tetapi benarlah, saya dapat masuk balik UMNO dahulu pun kerana Tun Razak yang menerima saya dan kali ini, anaknya yang terima saya.

‘‘Mengenai jawatan (dalam UMNO atau kerajaan), tak payahlah tetapi kalau nak kerjasama, saya bila-bila masa bersedia untuk memulihkan semula parti kerana saya dipercayai oleh rakyat,” katanya.

Serentak itu, Dr. Mahathir menyatakan kesediaannya untuk membantu UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Bukit Gantang dan Dewan Undangan Negeri Bukit Selambau serta Batang Air.

Ini kerana, kata beliau, adalah menjadi tanggungjawabnya sebagai ahli UMNO untuk terus membantu parti dan BN termasuk berkempen pada pilihan raya walaupun telah bersara.

‘‘Saya tidak suka kalau dah bersara ini, kita pisah diri sama sekali dengan UMNO kerana saya naik pun kerana UMNO.

‘‘Dari dulu pun, saya menawarkan diri untuk berkempen jika diperlukan dan hari ini nampaknya saya diminta untuk berkempen. Saya sudah bersedia kerana ia adalah parti saya,” katanya.

Ditanya adakah beliau akan meneruskan sikap kritikalnya terhadap UMNO sebagaimana sebelum ini, Dr. Mahathir berkata, sikap demikian berlaku apabila ‘kesilapan dilakukan’.

‘‘Jika tidak, saya rasa tidak perlu jadi kritikal dan saya rasa Datuk Seri Najib tidak akan terkeluar dari landasan (corak kepimpinan) yang telah ditetapkan oleh bapanya dan bukan oleh saya,” katanya.

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Najib angkat sumpah PM ke-6

KUALA LUMPUR 3 April - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hari ini mengangkat sumpah jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang keenam menggantikan Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yang berundur selepas menerajui negara lebih lima tahun.
Najib, 55, mengangkat sumpah jawatan di hadapan Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin di Istana Negara.

Beliau mengikut jejak Allahyarham ayahandanya, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, yang menerajui negara dari tahun 1970 sehingga 1976 sebelum meninggal dunia akibat leukemia.

Segak berbaju Melayu hitam, Najib tiba di Istana Negara pada 9.42 pagi diiringi isteri Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. Pasangan itu kemudian memasuki Balairong Seri pada 10 pagi diikuti Abdullah dan isteri Datin Seri Jeanne Abdullah.
Kenamaan lain yang turut hadir termasuklah anggota Kabinet, Menteri Besar dan Yang Dipertua Dewan Negara serta Speaker Dewan Rakyat.

Seramai 319 tetamu kehormat hadir pada majlis bersejarah itu termasuk bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad dan isteri, Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali.
Acara penuh istiadat itu bermula apabila Tuanku Mizan dan Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tuanku Nur Zahirah berangkat memasuki Balairong Seri pada pukul 10.05 pagi.
Upacara dimulakan dengan lagu Negaraku dimainkan oleh pancaragam Angkatan Tentera Malaysia.

Istiadat Pengurniaan Suratcara Pelantikan dan Istiadat Mengangkat Sumpah Jawatan dan Taat Setia serta Sumpah Menyimpan Rahsia oleh Najib sebagai Perdana Menteri dimulakan pada 10.10 pagi.

Najib kemudian membaca ikrar mengangkat sumpah taat setia serta menyimpan rahsia sebelum menandatangani keempat-empat Suratcara Pelantikan, diikuti dengan bacaan doa selamat.

Keempat-empat Suratcara Pelantikan itu kemudiannya ditandatangani oleh Presiden Mahkamah Rayuan Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff sebagai saksi yang kemudiannya diserahkan kepada Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan.
Pada majlis yang sama, Abdullah dikurniakan anugerah Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara (SMN) manakala Jeanne menerima anugerah Seri Setia Mahkota (SSM), kedua-duanya membawa gelaran Tun, daripada Seri Paduka.

Najib dilahirkan di Kuala Lipis, Pahang, pada 23 Julai 1953 dan merupakan anak sulung kepada Tun Abdul Razak dan Tun Rahah Mohd. Noah.

Pelantikan Najib hari ini cukup signifikan kepada sejarah negara kerana ini merupakan kali pertama anak kepada perdana menteri dilantik ke jawatan yang sama.
Karisma kepimpinannya dalam politik mula terserlah apabila beliau dilantik sebagai Ketua Pemuda Umno Bahagian Pekan pada 1976 sebelum mencatat sejarah pada tahun yang sama sebagai anggota Parlimen termuda, pada usia 22 tahun, dengan memenangi tanpa bertanding kerusi Pekan dalam satu pilihan raya kecil apabila ayahanda meninggal dunia.

Bermula dari situ, Najib secara beransur meniti kejayaan dalam bidang politik dan pentadbiran kerajaan sehingga menjadi Presiden Umno dan Perdana Menteri. - BERNAMA

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PRESS RELEASE FROM YAB PERDANA MENTERI

Wednesday October 8, 2008 MYT 9:31:45 PM

1. I have been in public service for over 45 years. I have served this country as a civil servant, and as an elected representative of the people. I have served as a member of government and feel blessed to serve in the highest office in the land. I have seen this country grow from a small, poor nation into the modern, prosperous Malaysia that we live in today.

2. Despite our successful track record, for the past few years I have firmly believed that our nation is standing at an historic crossroads. We must reform some elements of our nation, we must evolve and mature, or we risk losing all that we have gained in over 50 years. Throughout this time of reform and transformation, we Malaysians need to be united now more than ever before.

3. In all my years of service, I have always been guided by my conscience. I have always placed the interests of the nation above all else. It is with this in mind that I announce I will not stand for the Presidency of UMNO. I do not want a divided party and governing coalition, but one that is united and harmonious. A united Barisan Nasional is vital in order for the country to face the global challenges ahead and for Malaysia to become a fully developed nation, with prosperity and fairness for all.

4. My current term as President of UMNO ends in March next year. There are several initiatives I intend to see through before I leave office. These initiatives are important because they are necessary to move our country forward. These initiatives are needed to regain our country's competitiveness. They are necessary to enable our nation and our society to face the challenges that the world has in store for us. I ask all Malaysians to unite and join me in working towards making Malaysia a better place.

5. First, our institutions need to be reformed and strengthened.

i) The judiciary needs to enhance its stature and credibility in the eyes of the public. Before I end my term, I will table a Parliamentary Bill to establish a Judicial Appointments Commission. Such a Commission will propose judicial appointments in a transparent and merit-based manner.

ii) We also need a strong and effective anti-corruption body that can combat the cancer of corruption without fear or favour. Before the end of the year, I will table a Parliamentary Bill to establish the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, with greater powers of investigation and enforcement. The Commission's oversight structure has been modelled after the successful ICAC in Hong Kong.

iii) I also intend to complete the establishment of a Special Complaints Commission to enhance the integrity and effectiveness of enforcement agencies

6. Second, I have long spoken about the need to ensure that the fruits of growth are more equitably distributed. In the recent Budget, I explained the government's commitment to strengthening and enlarging the Social Safety Net.

We will speed up work on this front to help poor and disadvantaged Malaysians, regardless of background, race or religion.

I will also work to ensure that tangible results can begin to be enjoyed in Iskandar, as well as the development corridor initiatives around the country.

7. Third, I would like to see the Government and Barisan renew their commitment towards building a united and harmonious nation.

Society has seen an alarming decline in inter-racial and inter-religious relations. Various issues have cropped up which threaten to tear the very fabric of Malaysian life.

We need to tackle these issues head-on, through dialogue; deal with the issues constructively and even-handedly; ensure greater clarity and certainty for the people; and focus on the points that unite us, rather than the points that divide us.

For this reason, I will convene a BN Convention early next year. This is a long-term effort that I hope to kick-start and continue to contribute towards.

I fully intend to see through my mission, and I am sure that my successor will carry on this agenda.

I want to hand over to my successor a Malaysia that is capable of weathering the challenges of a dangerous global economy, a Malaysia not of rich and poor, of young and old or of the city or the kampung (village), not of south and north, and not of one religion or another but of unity and harmony.

This is not the time for infighting and narrow politics but for greatness, unity and cooperation.

PM will not defend Umno post

"I will not contest in the Umno elections," - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Wednesday October 8, 2008 MYT 9:31:45 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will not defend his Umno presidency in the party polls next March, paving the way for his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

"I will not contest in the Umno elections," he told reporters after a Barisan Nasional Supreme Council meeting at the Putra World Trade Centre here on Wednesday.

"I do not want a divided party, or a divided government," he said.

Abdullah also told reporters that he would "stay on as Prime Minister" till March.

He also outlined several initiatives he wanted to see implemented before he leaves. These will be tabled in Parliament by the end of the year, he said.

They involve his on-going commitment to reforming the judiciary; an anti-corruption Bill to give more clout to combat corruption; and the special complaints commission to revamp the police force.

By tradition, the Umno president and deputy president become the prime minister and deputy prime minister respectively. Najib is expected to run for president, and if he wins, would become the nation’s sixth prime minister.

Abdullah also said he would discuss handing over the prime minister's post to Najib after the Umno elections.

"I know I've not been doing well; it's time for someone else to take over," he said, adding that Barisan leaders have received the news well.

He said that he believes that other Barisan leaders would accept Najib as his successor and that the latter would win the Umno polls.

He added that he would not pick a deputy for his successor Najib.

Abdullah had said after a special Umno supreme council meeting on Sept 26 that he would decide by Oct 9 whether he would defend his party presidency.

At the meeting, it was also decided that the Umno general assembly and supreme council elections, scheduled for Dec 16 to 20, will be postponed to March next year to facilitate an early transition of power from Abdullah to Najib.

Abdullah had also said then that the original June 2010 plan to hand over power as Prime Minister and Umno president was now off.

"We are talking about an earlier transition, so the 2010 plan does not arise any more," he had said.

Earlier on Wednesday, groups of supporters gathered outside the Umno headquarters here ahead of Abdullah’s meeting with the supreme council.

The supporters claimed to be from Umno divisions in Perak and Johor, as well as various non-governmental organisations.

Abdullah arrived at about 3.36pm to shouts of “Hidup Pak Lah” (Long live, Pak Lah).

Supporters were also heard shouting for Abdullah to follow the transition plan instead of stepping down now.

The supporters gathered outside the Umno building were holding banners which read “Hidup Pak Lah”, “Hormati Pengalihan Kuasa” (Respect the transition of power) and “Elak Perpecahan party” (Avoid splitting the party).


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What is the Story Behind the Eviction Order

After reading a newspaper report pertining to the Eviction Order given to Some 10,000 villagers from 13 Kedayan-Malay villages in Miri, is enough to make me, as a true-blooded Kedayan, terribly angry and disappointed on the inhumane actions by the authority which serves the Eviction Order.

More often than not, newspaper reports, is not telling the real story behind the Eviction Order. What we read from the newspaper reports is one-sided view, particularly on the timeline given by the authority in the Eviction Order. According to the report the villagers received the eviction notices from the Land and Survey Department recently (date not stated) asking them to move out by tomorrow (Monday, September 29, 2008).

If the report is true, the authority in Miri is indeed too cruel, unjust and inhumane towards the 10,000 Kedayan people particularly at the end of Ramadhan, merely two days before Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. As a true-blooded Kedayan, this is too much for me to swallow.

It is hard for me to evaluate the situation without the facts and figures. If there are any visitors / readers from Miri who are well versed with the issues and challenges faced by the 10,000 Kedayan people from 13 Kedayan villages in Miri, kindly post your comments or email to me direct at askasah@gmail.com.

At this moment in time the best thing I could do is to pray to Allah SWT, asking for His mercy to resolve the problem amicably in the shortest possible time. Amin.

Villagers see red over eviction order

Sunday September 28, 2008

MIRI: Some 10,000 villagers from 13 Kedayan-Malay villages in northern Sarawak are up in arms over a move to evict them from their century-old settlements.

They received the eviction notices from the Land and Survey Department recently asking them to move out by tomorrow.

The villages are located some 40km south of Miri City, along the Sarawak Second Coastal Highway near the Miri-Bintulu division boundary.

Yesterday, scores of villagers staged a demonstration by the road to tell motorists about their plight.

They unfurled banners and placards denouncing the eviction. The crowd grew as passers-by joined in the protest.

Two elderly Kedayan chieftains, Penghulu Sahar Pusha and Bengkil Bangkol, joined in the demonstration.

“This move to evict us is a huge shock. We have been living in these villages since 1910.

“We were told that they have plans to build a sawmill and develop oil palm plantations. We were informed that 1,800ha of our land had already been allocated for a sawmill.

“Where are we to go? This is our ancestral home. We have been here for almost 100 years,” said Sahar.

Bengkil claimed that the developer had already cleared four cemeteries to build access roads.

“We have sought urgent meetings with the relevant authorities to help us. We recently met Miri Land and Survey Department officials but they told us we have no right over the land because we only have provisional leases.

“We protested saying that we have native customary rights because our ancestors have been there since 1910 but they refuse to withdraw the eviction notices,” said Bengkil.

The villagers are now appealing to Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud to intervene and stop the eviction.

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