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AIDCNews -21/12/11 – Bolehkah Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menerima kritikan secara berlapang dada atau beliau akan bertindak balas terhadap pengkritiknya sama ada secara langsung atau tidak langsung.

Apa yang berlaku kepada Senator Ezam Mohd Nor, Senator Datuk Nallakarupan, YB Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim, YB Datuk Zulkifli Noordin, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, Prof. Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, Datin Saidatul Badru Tun Said Keruak, YB Tan Tee Beng (sekadar menyebut beberapa nama), barangkali boleh menjawab persoalan di atas.

Mereka yang disenaraikan di atas bukan kecil anak, malah mereka pernah menjadi salah seorang inner circle Anwar, mahupun isterinya, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

Maka, dapat dibuat kesimpulan, sesiapa yang mengkritik Anwar, tiada pilihan lain, kecuali KELUAR.

Terbaru, tindakan yang sama terus menjalar ke dalam benteng terakhir Anwar, ABIM. Dari ABIM, Anwar membina tapak, merekrut pengikut dan mara ke dalam UMNO, seterusnya dikeluarkan dan mara kembali ke dalam PKR dan menghulurkan tangan-tangannya ke dalam PAS.


-AIDC

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Arif Alfian Rosli, bekas pelajar Malaysia jurusan perubatan di Ireland enggan mengulas berita yang dia telah melangsungkan perkahwinan dengan seorang lelaki warga asing.


Arif Alfian yang dihubungi media Ireland, IrishTimes.com, menegaskan bahawa dia masih lagi seorang penganut agama Islam, tidak memeluk mana-mana agama lain dan kekal sebagai seorang muslim sehingga ke akhir hanyatnya.


“Saya tidak memeluk agama lain, apa yang dilaporkan sangat bertentangan dengan hakikat sebenar. Saya dilahirkan sebagai Muslim, saya masih seorang Muslim dan akan kekal Muslim sehingga saya meninggal dunia. Tiada apa yang mampu menggoncang keimanan saya,” katanya kepada media tersebut hari ini.


Arif Alfian juga menjelaskan bahawa dia sudah beberapa tahun tidak menghubungi ibubapanya di Malaysia ekoran satu perselisihan faham antara mereka, namun mengaku kerap menghubungi adik beradiknya yang lain.


“Saya ada sedikit salah faham dengan ayah saya pada tahun 2009…sehingga saya dilaporkan hilang, saya masih tidak berhubung dengannya, tapi saya sering berhubung dengan anggota keluarga yang lain,” katanya lagi.


Bapa Arif Alfian, Rosli Harun, 56, baru-baru ini memohon pertolongan dari akhbar Utusan Malaysia untuk mencari anaknya yang dikatakan ‘hilang’ setelah pencariannya menemui jalan buntu.


Memburukkan lagi keadaan, anaknya juga dikatakan telah berkahwin dengan seorang lelaki warga asing dan beberapa keping gambar serta video perkahwinan songsang itu turut tersebar di internet, termasuk salah satunya di lama web bigayweddingproject.com.


Majlis perkahwinan sejenis itu dipercayai berlangsung dalam sebuah gereja di luar negara dan Arif Alfian digambarkan memakai baju Melayu berwarna hitam, lengkap bersamping serta tanjak berwarna emas.


Pasangannya yang dianggarkan berusia lewat 30-an pula mengenakan busana sut lengkap warna hitam yang biasanya dipakai ketika majlis perkahwinan masyarakat Barat.


Arif Alfian ketika dihubungi media Ireland turut menafikan dakwaan dirinya ‘hilang’ dan menegaskan dia kini telah bermigrasi di Ireland secara sah.


“Saya tak hilang. Pihak berkuasa Ireland tahu saya tinggal secara sah di negara ini (Ireland). Kedutaan Malaysia juga tahu dan sedar mengenai saya yang tinggal secara sah di sini,” katanya lagi.

Selain itu, Arif Alfian juga menjelaskan bahawa dia secara tidak sengaja menarik perhatian masyarakat umum dan tidak mahu mencetus kontroversi atau masalah, khususnya terhadap keluarganya di Malaysia.
KOTA KINABALU: A year-end holiday to Sabah's east coast for 33 Bruneians ended in tragedy when six of them were killed after their tour bus slammed into a tree before splitting in two.

Eighteen passengers were severely injured including six whom were listed as critical.

Nine others sustained minor injuries in the 3pm accident yesterday that occurred along Km9 of the Tamparuli Ranau trunk road.

Two passengers were killed on the spot while the others were pronounced dead upon arrival at Tuaran district hospital.

The dead female passengers were identified as Zahama Pengiran Zainal, 61, Faridah, 60, and Norhayati Abdul Hadi, 61, and another person who is yet to be identified.

The dead male passengers were identified as Abdul Manan Ishak, 50 and Sapawi, 60.

Sabah Police Deputy Commissioner Senior Asst Comm Datuk Tan Kok Liang said a post mortem would be conducted on the bodies.

Tuaran police chief Dept Supt Zaharuddin Rasip said initial reports showed that the Brunei-owned Sunshine Borneo Tour and Travel bus was heading towards Tamparuli when tragedy struck.

One of the passengers, Mohd Nazirul Mubin, 21, said the bus was travelling on a downhill stretch when the driver overtook three vehicles at high speed. “I think the brakes were not working,” he said.

Nazirul said the driver lost control of the bus as it approached a bend and the vehicle tipped onto its side.

According to him, the group of holidaymakers, including five children, had arrived in Kota Kinabalu from Bandar Seri Bergawan on Friday and had then proceeded to Sandakan, Semporna and Tawau.

They left Tawau early yesterday and stopped by the Kinabalu Park at 1pm. They were heading to the city when the accident occurred.

Retiree Sani Simet, 64, said he heard a loud bang.

As people screamed, the bus slid about 100m before smashing into a rain tree head on. The impact split the bus in two.

Two fire engines and 26 firemen as well as five ambulances were rushed to the scene.

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[The use of indelible ink, among other reforms announced by the Election Commission on Monday, will go a long way in assuring people that the next general election will be above board.

THE Election Commission's (EC) decision to use indelible ink in the next general election, among other ground-breaking measures recommended by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), has been welcomed and will put an end to persistent allegations of double voting and other forms of electoral fraud.

In a situation where belief in the voting process has taken a knock, it is only natural that indelible ink be brought into play to restore faith in the electoral system.

The acceptance of the ink also shows that the Government welcomes any move to ensure greater credibility of the vote and electoral transparency.

It shows that the Government, too, is not afraid of the vote despite Opposition accusations of double voting, phantom voters, padding the roll and other types of electoral fraud.

It says it has nothing to hide as the vote has been accepted in previous elections and any dispute can always be referred back to the courts.

The EC announced on Monday that it is also accepting a PSC interim recommendation to allow advance voting for essential service personnel.

But it is not abolishing postal voting, which will be confined to commission workers and others who apply for it, in all a tiny figure.

All soldiers and policemen and their spouses will vote like other voters but in advance and in the presence of agents of contestants, thus avoiding charges that their bosses simply mark the ballot and stuff them into ballot boxes in their absence.

Another major change is that once a person is nominated and accepted, his or her nomination stands because the one-hour objection period is repealed giving returning officers more discretion on the matter.

Unhappy candidates can always seek legal recourse. Candidates cannot pull out once their nominations are accepted.

On the electoral rolls, the EC will display it every quarter for two weeks instead of the current one week and they will be constantly updated.

Disabled voters may be accompanied by a guardian or someone they trust.

Now, only relatives are allowed to help them mark ballots.

But despite these reforms, it is sad that a relatively advanced country like ours with a small voter base of 12.5 million has to resort to using indelible ink.

Usually, such practises are associated with giants like India or Indonesia which have a huge voter base and need to ensure that no person votes twice.

But since indelible ink ensures that double voting is prevented even though the electoral rolls and voting procedures are said to be tight, it is being used to assure everyone that the forthcoming general election is above board.

Another measure that Bersih 2.0 had demanded is a minimum 21 days of campaigning, a measure that is being discussed by the PSC and will be handled by the EC subsequently. Everyone involved in the election campaign feels it is only reasonable that additional time is allowed and not just the brief nine days of campaigning followed by polling.

The EC is also confident that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will not call for a snap election before the improvements are implemented.

Above all, these measures will go a long way in assuring people that the election is above board.

It will instil confidence in the general public that their vote counts and has not been defeated by double or phantom voting as alleged.

It is also the duty of the EC to go through and clean up the rolls of all those who have died or are ineligible to vote for whatever reason.

The Opposition is fond of showing the defects in the rolls once they are displayed like the name of a voter listed as Balai Polis Kerinchi in the Lembah Pantai constituency.

Each time they do this, it becomes a major embarrassment to the EC, which has to go to work and identify the debris in the roll and clean it up.

A clean roll is a major accomplishment in a democracy just as tight election procedures and full transparency by the EC are essential for the public to have confidence in their electoral system.

It is not enough to say everything is above board or the procedures are water tight when the anomalies keep cropping up in the electoral rolls.

To be fair, the EC has identified about 40,000 names that are due for purging for one reason or other.

Let's hope that figure is the whole problem.

Now that the commission has agreed to the use of indelible ink, it is advisable to let the people know how the ink will be used and the technicalities i.e. on which hand and on which finger and by whom.

Extensive publicity campaigns on all aspects of the ink and its use is necessary to allay public suspicion.

-the star.

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