FMT - Act against Hadi and not Hasan

KOTA BARU: PAS should not be taking action against its former Selangor commissioner Dr Hasan Ali instead they should go against party president Abdul Hadi and other leaders.

Kelantan opposition leader Alwi Md Che Ahmad said Abdul Hadi Awang, former deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa and vice-president Sallehuddin Ayub were the ones who started the PAS-Umno Malay unity talks.

Alwi who was the political secretary to former premier Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, revealed that Hadi led a small party delegation to meet Abdullah at Seri Perdana.

“It happened in late 2008 before Abdullah (Pak Lah) had stepped down as prime minister and Umno president. It was a frank discussion about Malay Unity and Abdul Hadi had even (tried) to persuade Pak Lah to stay on as the nation’s leader,” Alwi said in an interview.

He remembered that Hadi and Nasharudin were present while Sallehuddin liased with him on arranging the meeting.

“Hasan was nowhere near Seri Perdana. Now, PAS is asking him to quit the party when he apparently talked about Malay Unity.

PAS is showing its true colours as a hypocrite and as an opportunist. They should act against Hadi instead,” he said.

He said the issue of Malay Unity had dragged on since 1999 when it was first conceptualized.

In 2004, when PAS was almost wiped out in the general election, the Islamist party had then seemed more than eager to pursue this form of centralised-politics.

Later after 2008, PAS had outright rejected the notion of unity as it performed remarkably well in that year’s election.

TMI - Kelantan prince sues cops for RM100m

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — Kelantan prince Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra filed today a RM100 million suit against the police for wrongfully confining him two years ago.

He named Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar; Kelantan police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi; ASP Norazman Ismail, at that time the chief private bodyguard to the Kelantan Sultan; and the Royal Malaysian Police as defendants in the suit where he demanded, among other things, RM100 million in general damages and another RM50 million for aggravated damages.

In his court filing, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry (picture), the youngest son of Tuanku Ismail Petra, said he was detained by the police about 100m from the Istana Mahkota in Kubang Kerian on August 30, 2009 between 4pm and 6pm.

The prince added that there were between 20 and 30 members of the Special Action Squad who prevented from carrying out his father’s order to deliver a Bentley Brooklands to Singapore.

He added that Tuanku Ismail was at that time undergoing medical treatment in the island republic.

Tengku Muhammad Fakhry said he was accompanied by his lawyer Datuk Haaziq Pillay and will refer to a video recording on the trial date to back him claim.

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TMI - Maal Hijrah: Nik Aziz yakin kebangkitan rakyat tetap berlaku di Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Nov — Mursyidul Am PAS Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat yakin kebangkitan rakyat yang disaksikan di beberapa negara khususnya rantau Arab akan tetap berlaku di Malaysia.

Justeru, kata Menteri Besar Kelantan ini, beliau berharap kebangkitan itu akan membolehkan keamanan terus dikekalkan manakala Islam dapat didaulatkan.

“Insya-Allah, fajar semakin menyinsing. Malam pasti berakhir. Kebangkitan yang berlaku di seluruh dunia lambat laun akan tiba juga di negara kita yang tercinta.

“Semoga keamanan terus dikekalkan dan semoga Islam dapat didaulatkan. Selamat berhijrah dan selamat berubah,” kata beliau dalam perutusan sempena sambutan Maal Hijrah 1433 hari ini.

Umat Islam negara ini menyambut Maal Hijrah ketika spekulasi menyebut pilihan raya umum ke-13 akan diadakan dalam waktu terdekat, kemungkinan suku pertama tahun depan.

Dengan menekankan keperluan amanah dan menghindari skandal rasuah, Nik Aziz (gambar) yang mengetuai kerajaan negeri sejak 1990 berkata, sejak kebelakangan ini setiap hari rakyat negara ini didedahkan dengan pelbagai skandal dalam pengurusan wang sama ada di peringkat pemimpin maupun di peringkat pegawai.

Katanya, laporan demi laporan audit yang dibentangkan menyaksikan pelbagai ketirisan yang berlaku sehingga mengakibatkan kerugian puluhan juta ringgit wang rakyat.

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TMI - Mangsa banjir Kelantan, Terengganu meningkat

KOTA BARU, 23 Nov — Berikutan hujan lebat yang melanda Kelantan sejak tiga hari lalu, jumlah mangsa banjir yang kini ditempatkan di pusat pemindahan sementara meningkat kepada 235, berbanding 26 yang direkodkan semalam.

Dua daerah di negeri ini kini dilanda banjir iaitu Kota Baharu dan Pasir Puteh.

Jurucakap Bilik Gerakan Banjir Negeri berkata di Pasir Puteh, pusat pemindahan di Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Awang dibuka sejak semalam.

“Di Kota Baru, dua pusat pemindahan di Sekolah Kebangsaan Mulong dan Sekolah Kebangsaan Tiong, dibuka malam tadi,” katanya dipetik Bernama Online.

Paras air di empat sungai utama di Kelantan berada pada tahap berjaga-jaga manakala Sungai Golok di Jenob dan Sungai Golok di Rantau Panjang berada pada paras amaran.

Dalam pada itu, jumlah mangsa banjir di tiga daerah di Terengganu meningkat pagi ini.
Menurut jurucakap Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) Terengganu, sehingga pukul 9 pagi ini jumlah mangsa yang dipindahkan adalah 1,439 orang berbanding 373 orang semalam.

Katanya daerah Setiu agak teruk apabila seramai 671 orang dipindahkan ke pusat pemindahan, diikuti Besut 560 orang dan Hulu Terenggaanu 208 orang.

Jurucakap itu berkata dalam tempoh yang sama juga 21 pusat pemindahan telah dibuka iaitu tujuh di Setiu, sembilan di Besut dan lima di Hulu Terengganu yang melibatkan balai raya, dewan serbaguna, masjid dan sekolah.

Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS) negeri pula melaporkan paras air di beberapa sungai utama di Terengganu melebihi paras bahaya pagi ini.

Di Besut, paras air di Kampung La mencecah 19.54 meter berbanding paras bahaya 19.20 meter dan di Jambatan Jertih pula bacaannya ialah 8.73 meter, melebihi paras amaran 8.10 meter.

Sungai Nerus di Kampung Bukit di sini mencatat bacaan 13.56 meter (bahaya 12 meter) dan di Kampung Langkap, Setiu 21.95 meter (bahaya 21.50 meter).

Keadaan cuaca di sini pagi ini mendung dan sesekali berlaku hujan serta angin kencang.

TMI - Nik Aziz: PAS tubuh panel khas pilih calon PRU-13

KOTA BARU, 18 Nov — PAS telah bersiap sedia untuk menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-13 bila-bila masa tetapi mahu berhati-hati dalam soal pemilihan calon yang bakal bertanding, kata Menteri Besar Kelantan Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.
Nik Aziz yang juga Pesuruhjaya PAS Kelantan berkata pihaknya berhati-hati dalam hal ini dan telah menubuhkan jawatankuasa khas untuk menilai prestasi seseorang calon.

“PAS tidak ada masalah dalam pemilihan calon, kerana kita mempunyai ramai calon berkelayakan cuma pemilihan perlu dibuat melalui jawatankuasa khas yang dibentuk dari peringkat akar umbi hingga ke peringkat tertinggi parti,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan kuliah Jumaat di dataran ilmu hari ini.

Dipetik Bernama Online, Mursyidul Am PAS berkata apa yang pasti wakil rakyat yang gagal menunjukkan prestasi cemerlang ketika diberi peluang menjadi calon dalam pilihan raya lepas, tidak akan dipilih lagi kali ini.

PAS memerintah Kelantan sejak 1990.

Parti Islam itu membentuk kerjasama dengan PKR dan DAP dalam Pakatan Rakyat.


original article at TheMalaysianInsider.com

TMI - Mustapa says ready to be Kelantan MB

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Umno’s Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed has indicated his readiness to battle the popular Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat for the post of Kelantan mentri besar in the next general election.

The international trade and industry minister told The Malaysian Insider in an interview that “under normal circumstances, whoever is state Umno liaison chief... will lead the state in the event” of victory. Umno lost the state to PAS in 1990.

“Number one, he will be heading the party into elections. That is by convention; that is what happens. In the event we win, then normally he will end up being MB.

“That is the normal route people take but we cannot be pre-empting. That is for the boss to decide. I will follow orders as ‘your obedient servant,’” he said, referring to Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Mustapa, who has been a federal minister since 2004, is widely supported by Umno’s grassroots in the east coast state, where even state opposition leader Datuk Che Alwi Ahmad has indicated that “Tok Pa,” as he is popularly known, is the party’s MB-designate.

Pengkalan Chepa Umno Youth division chief Che Othman Che Wil told The Malaysian Insider recently that despite PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz’s continuing popularity since first helming the state in 1990, “there is no clear succession plan in PAS, but Umno, we have Tok Pa and no arguments there; he is our choice for MB.”

He also said Mustapa’s “squeaky-clean” and “scandal-free” image will help shore up voter support, and the party has made it a point to burnish the minister’s credentials “every chance” they get in forums and even public events.

Mustapa, who is also Jeli MP, has been working with Umno officials on its “Gelombang Merah” campaign to take back the state it lost over two decades ago.

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