13 May, 2008
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah will be contesting the Umno Presidency with Muhyiddin Yassin as his running mate versus Abdullah Ahmad Badawi with Najib Tun Razak as his running mate.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Let us go through the various lies that Malaysia Today has been spinning to help strengthen the findings of this Umno website poll. These are of course amongst only some of the lies that Malaysia Today has been spinning these last couple of years and there are certainly many more.
In 2005, Malaysia Today said that Khairy Jamaluddin, the Prime Minister’s son-in-law, would be contesting the Rembau State Assembly seat come the next election in 2008 or 2009. Malaysia Today lied. Khairy contested the Rembau Parliament seat.
In 2006, Malaysia Today said that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi would be marrying Jeanne Danker in late February or early March 2007, which Pak Lah of course denied. Malaysia Today lied. They got married on 9 June 2007, so Malaysia Today was out by about three months.
Last year, Malaysia Today said that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi bought a RM200 million Airbus, a RM30 million yacht and a RM60 million house in Australia. Malaysia Today lied. The Airbus was bought by the government of Malaysia, the yacht by Ananda Krishnan, and the house in Australia by Patrick Lim’s wife.
Around July 2007 or thereabouts, Malaysia Today said that the next general election would be held on 15 March 2008. Malaysia Today lied. It was actually held on 8 March 2008, so Malaysia Today was out by seven days.
When the Altantuya murder trial started in 2007, Malaysia Today predicted a speedy trial whereby the three accused would be acquitted in no time at all due to lack of evidence. Malaysia Today lied. The trial is still ongoing and the defence has not even been called yet.
In early 2008, Malaysia Today predicted a second Operasi Lalang called Ops Bersih whereby 20-30 dissidents and political activists would be rounded up under the Internal Security Act three months after the March 2008 general election. Malaysia Today lied. The roundup was in two months and not three and it is under the Sedition Act, not the Internal Security Act. Furthermore, it is not 20-30 but less than ten thus far (five more to be charged by the end of this month).
After Parliament was dissolved, Malaysia Today said that the opposition coalition would win 90 Parliament seats. Malaysia Today lied. The opposition coalition won only 82 Parliament seats.
Malaysia Today also said that the opposition coalition would win five states -- Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis, Kedah and Penang -- while Barisan Nasional will retain Perak and Selangor with only a one-two seat majority. Malaysia Today lied. The opposition coalition, while it did win five states, did not win Perlis and Terengganu while Barisan Nasional did not win Perak and Selangor with a one-two seat majority but instead they fell to the opposition coalition.
Malaysia Today also said that the opposition coalition would eventually be called Barisan Rakyat and posters of Barisan Rakyat were printed and distributed. Malaysia Today lied. The opposition coalition is called Pakatan Rakyat and not Barisan Rakyat.
After the general election, Malaysia Today said that 30 Barisan Nasional Parliamentarians will cross over to Pakatan Rakyat, which now controls 82 Parliament seats, and that Barisan Nasional, which controls 140 Parliament seats, will see its seats drop to 110 as opposed to the opposition coalition’s 112. Malaysia Today lied. It did not happen within days but instead is taking a couple of months and may instead be 40 rather than 30.
Malaysia Today said that Sabah and Sarawak, which have 56 Parliament seats -- 25 and 31 respectively -- but were given only three Cabinet posts (and very unimportant ones on top of that compared to MCA which has 15 Parliament seats but were given 13 Cabinet posts) will be very unhappy and they will grumble that they are being treated like anak tiri (stepchildren). Malaysia Today lied. Yesterday they did grumble but they did not mention the word ‘anak tiri’.
Malaysia Today said that for more than 40 years Sabah and Sarawak have been enjoying only 5% oil royalty and that they are very unhappy about this low figure. Malaysia Today also said they will now demand 20%, which will bring in about RM5 billion a year to the two states, and if the federal government does not agree to this then they will leave launch a Referendum for the two states to leave Malaysia. Malaysia Today lied. Yesterday they did grumble about the 5% oil royalty and did demand that it be increased to 20% but they did not launch a Referendum for Sabah and Sarawak to leave Malaysia.
Last year, Malaysia Today said that Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah will be contesting the Umno Presidency with Najib Tun Razak as his running mate versus Abdullah Ahmad Badawi with Muhyiddin Yassin as his running mate. Malaysia Today lied. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah will be contesting the Umno Presidency with Muhyiddin Yassin as his running mate versus Abdullah Ahmad Badawi with Najib Tun Razak as his running mate.
Sigh….it’s so depressing……I don’t think I can go on. Not a single Malaysia Today prediction and forecast came true. No wonder the Umno website ran that poll. I think I will stop forecasting the future and instead just report about what happened in the past. It’s safer that way and you can’t go wrong when you take advantage of hindsight.
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The Future of Malaysia Today by Donald Mensing
14 May, 2008
RPK, I clearly see the sarcastic undertone in this article "Boleh caya Malaysia Today ke?". I do think that Malaysia Today is the one of the most credible independent news source in Malaysia today (pun intended) your sources are always not too far away from the truth.
But I think there are still rooms for improvement. Firstly, I want to address an absolutely important foresight about Malaysia Today. I noticed that while you were held captive that Malaysia Today is not updated adequately. To be specific the numbers of Article entries are only a tiny fraction than regular days. I suggest you seriously considering hiring a few successors just in case anything happens to you - better if they are volunteers.
I think it is imperative that Malaysia Today goes on even if the government hinders your efforts personally. I realize it is being updated but it is seriously inadequate. Let Malaysia Today function like Wikipedia in a way that it is ongoing and perpetual. Maybe not open to everyone in public for fear that the government would also edit/manipulate it.
I think you should seriously consider the future of Malaysia Today in a more attentive manner. It is absolutely CRUCIAL that Malaysia Today does not stop! We have to prepare Malaysia Today to be BOMBPROOF just in case heaven-forbids anything happens to you or to the administrators as well!
My personal vision is for Malaysia Today to be a large and expanding network of bloggers. I think it is the only way we can make it free for all and at the same time refuse any government intervention in its efforts. We need to source some way such that journalist themselves could publish articles on Malaysia Today. They have all the information but no stage to present it. Malaysia Today can be that stage. The first step can be as simple as getting more people to be administrators for Labisman.
May I suggest Malaysian studying abroad to be administrators. Having administrators all around the world protects Malaysia Today in a way that the government could not gain access to the administrators. There is no way the government could execute a worldwide hunt for them. It also allows the admins to work 24 hours a day 7 days a week because of the time difference and news/blogs/articles can be updated promptly. There are going to be a lot of logistical kinks to be iron out but it is possible to have worldwide administrators network.
Thanks,
Donald Mensing
EDITOR'S NOTE: Malaysia Today would certainly accept more volunteers if there are any. The fact that Malaysia Today is a free websites means it does not have the financial means to pay the workers.
Malaysia Today doesnt have any reason to lie. Some articles are just rhetoric in nature.. while many helps open up the eyes of rakyat who have been mislead and deceived by our politicians along with their controlled MSM.
ReplyDeleteWhere esle in Malaysia can we get the truth?