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14/10/2015

Another damning story by Sarawak Report. Lies again.

The more I read SR the more i began to see Mahathir's insight. It is not only Mahathir who thinks the money was being stolen, the recently demised DPP and Ghani Patail must have discovered the truth. From the comments I read many seem to believe the dangerous individuals who know the crime were eliminated. Najib has gone too deep and too far.

14/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

CARTEL LAND

Cartel Land is a documentary movie about drug cartel in Mexico. It depicts the possible relationship between the drug dealers and the government. The founder of the vigilante, a doctor, who did not believe the government was serious in fighting the cartel was finally arrested and jailed.

We started to emulate Brazil's economy during Mahathir's era on privatization which hurt the country badly as a result. We have cordial relationship with Mexico which is among the world's corrupt nations. The main corruptor was the cartel.

You try to look for the movie somewhere, watch it and think about it.

You may not know what it will be like when a country is ruled by a bunch of gangsters.

This movie coincides with another one called the Final Rupture. The rupture, believed by Christians, is at the end of time where the world would be full of chaos, lawlessness, protests and suppressions. Leaders were intoxicated and crimes become a normalcy. The Muslims called it The End of Time. Morality and values have lost their essence. People hardly recognize between the good and the bad.

But the Muslims do not lose their hopes. They resort to seeking for God's help in their prayers.

Movies can be entertainment. It can also be an education.

13/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

ARUL UNDER ATTACK AGAIN BY SARAWAK REPORT

The magnititude of 1Mdb scandal is too huge to cover even by the sheer use of force by DS Najib. It could not be hidden by forging documents and evidences. Najib has only to depend on the stupidity of the supporters and to resort to terrorist tactic to arrest critics on Najib and 1Mdb to protect DS Najib Razak. No matter what, the populace already relate several deaths and murders to protect the crime of theft.

If you still remember, 1Mdb declared that Arul was a Muslim. We didn't know for what reason. Then Najib said 1Mdb money was used to send thousands of Muslim to Mekah which many do not buy it. Again we cannot guess the reason. Rahman Dahlan's effort to kill people's trust on Sarawak Report do not seem to work.

It would not be wise for DS Najib to defend Arul from SR attack. If he does it only shows that Dr. Mahathir and Dr. Lim Leong Sik's hypothesis that DS Najib stole the money is true. Let us all see whay Arul is going to say about this wave of attack.

Arul Spins A Changing Story As We Publish More Documents He Can't Deny!

11 Oct 2015

Sarawak Report awaits 1MDB Arul Kanda’s suit for libel over our allegedly ‘unsubstantiated’ reports.

In his latest press release he claims that our PetroSaudi evidence is ‘unfounded’ and ‘possibly doctored’, while admitting that our copies of 1MDB Board minutes were accurate.

Forced to admit to the 1MDB minutes, but still claiming our PetroSaudi documents are ‘unfounded’ and possibly doctored?!

If any of the documents which we have produced about the joint venture deal between 1MDB and PetroSaudi are “possibly doctored” as he ventures to suggest, it would, of course, be the easiest thing in the world for Mr Kanda to produce the evidence from his own records and explain the truth to a UK court.

Likewise, if our allegations were “unfounded”, why has the only remaining institution in Malaysia that retains a shred of credibility in the eyes of the world, Bank Negara Malaysia, backed our findings down to the very last dollar?

We have detailed how US$1 billion + US$500 million + US$330 million (= US$1.83 billion) were channelled from 1MDB into a fraudulent deal with PetroSaudi, where most of the money was diverted into the Zurich account of the company Good Star Limited belonging to its official ‘Advisor’ Jho Low.

See for the first time the document (which Mr Kanda is welcome to dispute) that proves the official nature of Jho Low’s role at the Terengganu/ 1MDB Development Fund, which he has so emphatically denied for so long:

Jho Low was formally appointed as an Advisor while the 1MDB PetroSaudi deal was being negotiated

The Terengganu Investment Authority changed its name to 1MDB half way through the Petro-Saudi deal on September 18th 2009, which Jho Low managed from beginning to end, despite his repeated claims that he had nothing to do with 1MDB after May 2009.

PetroSaudi’s lawyer from White & Case noted the date in an email (which Mr Kanda is welcome to dispute)

Despite his denials Jho Low was an official advisor during the period of the deal

Last week, of course, Bank Negara confirmed our findings on the purloined US$1.83 billion by demanding this exact sum of money back and baldly stating that it had recommended criminal proceedings against 1MDB for allowing the PetroSaudi scam to proceed:

“The Bank concluded that permissions required under the ECA [Exchange Control Act] for 1MDB’s investments abroad were obtained based on inaccurate or without complete disclosure of material information relevant to the Bank’s assessment of 1MDB’s applications.

Therefore, the Bank has revoked three permissions granted to 1MDB under the ECA for investments abroad totalling USD1.83 billion and also issued a direction under the Financial Services Act 2013 to 1MDB to repatriate the amount of USD1.83 billion to Malaysia and submit a plan to the Bank for this purpose”.[Bank Negara Statement]

Despite this plain speaking by Bank Negara, Arul Kanda still attempts to say that our allegations are “unfounded” and that our evidence is “possibly doctored” – whilst not suing us.

He also refers to one our several sources as a “convicted criminal”, whilst conveniently neglecting to mention that this Swiss national, Xavier Justo, was a former senior director of 1MDB’s own joint venture partner PetroSaudi and that he was convicted (in Thailand) for attempting to blackmail his fellow PetroSaudi directors, using evidence about their role in the 1MDB billion dollar scam.

Mr Arul Kanda is welcome to sue Sarawak Report on the basis that Justo was convicted of blackmail, using a trove of fictitious evidence.

Meanwhile, the opposition MP Tony Pua has concluded that Kanda, through his string of conflicting statements and changing stories, has proved himself to be a serial, if highly unconvincing, liar.

How 1MDB Cheated Bank Negara

Through PetroSaudi’s own emails Sarawak Report has obtained the Letter of Permission from Bank Negara to 1MDB’s initial request to export a billion dollars into the alleged joint venture in September 2009.

PetroSaudi, 1MDB and Bank Negara are welcome to contest the authenticity of this and other documents, which we are now releasing.

Meanwhile, we suggest that this letter shows exactly why the bank is now saying that it was seriously and deliberately mislead by 1MDB and why it is demanding the money back and wants to issue criminal proceedings.

The letter was originally written in Malay, then PetroSaudi received a certified English translation.

If our reproduction here has been “tampered” or “doctored” in any way, then of course anyone from the Bank Negara, 1MDB or PetroSaudi itself will be very well-placed to sue Sarawak Report for misrepresentation and publish the correct version in the meantime:

Original letter of approval in Malay

[Click For the full Malay and English versions of the BNM letter – also see the base of this story].

This letter of authorisation, which was sent by the Director of the Foreign Exchange Administration Department to 1MDB’s then Executive Director, Mr Tang Keng Chee, grants permission for the payment of the initial US$1 billion on the basis that amongst other provisions:

“PetroJV will utilize the equity funds totaling USD 2.5 billion from its shareholders to fund the investment in the energy, agriculture, real estate and tourism sectors in Malaysia and overseas;

The said funds in the sum of USD 2.5 billion will be placed in PetroJV’s account with Banca della Svizzera Italiana SA, Geneva pending investments in future projects;

In other words, the letter makes plain that BMN was of the clear understanding that 1MDB was providing 40% of a cash injection into a joint fund, which would be combined with a US$1.5 billion cash investment by PetroSaudi, designed to fund a variety of projects, including investments in Malaysia.

That understanding was reflected 1MDB’s own press releases of the time (since noticeably removed from its site):

“PetroSaudi will contribute $1.5 billion”

As is now known, PetroSaudi in the event contributed no cash to the deal and the majority of the billion dollars injected by 1MDB was not paid into the joint venture account, but into Jho Low’s own company Good Star’s account at RBS Coutts in Zurich. Bank Negara Malaysia was therefore misled, just like the public.

Investigation documents produced by Bank Negara (below) show that repeated later queries about how the money was being invested were ignored and put off by 1MDB, which instead went on to borrow a further US$500 million and US$330 million on similar false pretences, which likewise disappeared mainly into Jho Low’s account at Good Star or into the buy out of UBG (in which he held shares).

BNM investigation summary shows how US$500 million was supposed to be invested in a French energy company – Instead it was used to buy out UBG

The entire US$330 million meant to “promote foreign direct investment into Malaysia” went to Jho Low’s Good Star account

Bank Negara’s investigation shows when it tried to follow up on the payments they were given the brush-off by 1MDB or faced extraordinary delays and partial responses.

No response to requests for information – proposed projects did not eventuate – money missing….

It is plainly for this reason that BMN wants all the 1MDB PetroSaudi money returned and has requested for criminal proceedings to be opened.  Indeed the previous Attorney General Gani Patail had started drawing up charge sheets for prosecutions related to 1MDB.

However, as Malaysia knows, Najib responded with an executive coup – he replaced the Head of Special Branch, who then sent a team of officers to apprehend Gani Patail as he arrived at his office on Monday 27th July.  Patail was informed that he was to retire immediately on ‘health grounds’ without entering his office to collect his things.

It is unconstitutional for the Prime Minister to fire an Attorney General and it is unconstitutional for him to personally hand-pick a successor.

However, this is exactly what Najib has done and new his hand-picked AG, Apandi Ali, is now refusing to act upon Bank Negara’s recommendation to prosecute 1MDB. So, when Arul Kanda continues to issue sanctimonious press releases saying all is well with 1MDB and that Sarawak Report is ‘doctoring’ documents.  Is he relying on the facts or just the strong arm tactics of his boss? Fraudulent valuation of PetroSaudi A key element of the criminal case against 1MDB is the astonishing and wilfully negligent failure of the board and

Ed Morse, banker and commodities pundit

directors of this public company to obtain an independent valuation of its proposed joint venture partner PetroSaudi, introduced by the PM’s appointed ‘advisor’ Jho Low.

Instead of placing cash as advertised to BNM and the public into the so-called joint venture, it emerged during the course of the two week lightening negotiation period that PetroSaudi was merely injecting ‘assets’ in the form of a subsidiary company (PetroSaudi International (Cayman) that allegedly owned valuable oil concessions in Turkmenistan and Argentina.

Handy visual created by UK lawyers White & Case – the ‘injection’ was compensated by $1.5 bn in share equity and a supposed $700m ‘shareholder loan’

However, PetroSaudi did not own the Turkmenistan oil field, it belonged to a Canadian company called Buried Hill instead. Furthermore, the concession was valueless to the extent that it is located in a disputed region of the Caspian Sea, making it currently impossible to legalise the ownership or extract the oil.

That didn’t stop PetroSaudi claiming the ownership and issuing a fictitious $700 million ‘shareholder loan’ as part of the supposed asset transfer to the joint venture company, which three days later it would demand back in hard cash!

To supposedly cover its obligations during the checking period on the lightening deal the 1MDB Board, directed by Shahrol Halmi, agreed to accept a valuation of this PetroSaudi International (Cayman) subsidiary from an American, who was recommended by none other than PetroSaudi Director Patrick Mahony himself, a banker called Ed Morse.

Morse was a prominent former politician and is currently Commodities Head of Citigroup, but in 2009 he was out of work, having lost his job with the closure of Lehman Brothers.  He was also a close contact of Patrick Mahony and Tarek Obaid and the men were in regular touch before and after the 1MDB deal.

It was Mahony who hired Morse to value his own company PetroSaudi International (Cayman) – he then passed this document on to Shahrol Halmi as if it were an independent third party valuation!

The fact that this was only a window dressing exercise to please the auditors is further made clear by the fact that the Malaysian end of this dodgy deal only received Ed Morse’s tame document the day AFTER the deal had already been signed on 29th September 2009.

Shahrol Halmi still waiting for the valuation report on the day the deal was signed

Further correspondence shows that Morse derived all of his information for his “independent report” from a document sent to him by Mahony himself just a couple of days before he wrote it up.

He admits as much in his own report:

“The analyses, opinions and conclusions presented in this report are based on our best economic judgments on the data that were made available to us by the managements of PetroSaudi International Limited and 1MDB PetroSaudi Limited” [Ed Morse report]

If Morse had checked out any of the data provided by PetroSaudi, he would have realised that they did not own the Turkmenistan oil field and that an Argentine concession was mainly funded with borrowed funds.  Instead he summarised:

Morse valued the PSI assets at over US$3 billion

Morse was offered US$50,000 for this re-jigged version of PetroSaudi’s own figures, which was in the event bumped up to double by Patrick Mahony – presumably as a thanks for getting such a massive evaluation job done in just a couple of days!

Ed’s $100k bill foe two days repackaging work on PetroSaudi’s own eport

Laughably, the 1MDB Board and management were prepared to accept this so-called ‘injection of assets’ purely in the form of the transfer of ownership of PetroSaudi’s subsidiary company in the Caymans. There was no legal transfer of any of that company’s supposed assets, for example the alleged Turkmenistan oil concession – meaning that the joint venture was left with little more than a shell company with nothing in it in return for its own billion dollar payment.

A couple of days after the deal was signed Patrick Mahony cynically gave orders to his team to wind down the ‘advanced negotiations’ for a so-called farmin agreement with Buried Hill for the Turkmenistan oil field.  He wanted to get out before PetroSaudi was committed, one reason doubtless for the hasty negotiations!

Get moving on pulling out of the farmin deal – only 5 days before we are committed!

Fraudulent transfer

As if such blatant and wilful negligence by the Board and management of a public company  in dealing with PetroSaudi’s blatant shenanigans were not enough to prompt Bank Negara’s criminal case against 1MDB, the matter of course gets worse.

Bank Negara was specifically informed that all the US$1 billion being paid into the PetroSaudi venture was going to the joint venture company itself.

Instead, of course, the conspirators behind the deal had injected a fictitious US$700 million ‘shareholder’ paper ‘loan’ into the equation on the 25th of September, just 3 days before the signing of the deal. It turns out that this was not communicated to the Board by the management of 1MDB or the CEO Shahrol Halmi. PetroSaudi and their lawyers then requested the money be paid directly back to PetroSaudi by 1MDB in cold hard cash on the day of the deal (Tim Buckland, the head of the PSI legal team subsequently left his job at White & Case and joined PSI as a Director). This ‘repayment’ was dressed up as a consideration for the huge extra value of the supposed assets of the injected Cayman subsidiary, which Morse had put at US$3 billion, but were actually fictitious, unchecked and legally unsecured.

Fraudulent information provided by Patrick Mahony about PSI’s assets

It gets worse, because of course as we all know the US$700 million did not even get ‘paid back’ to PetroSauidi, it got paid directly to a company owned by Jho Low called Good Star Limited, incorporated in the Seychelles.

There is a mound of evidence to show that PetroSaudi, in particular Patrick Mahony, deliberately lied to 1MDB on this point, claiming that Good Star was a PetroSaudi subsidiary.

Straight lie in this White & Case prepared document – The 1116073 account belonged to Jho Low’s Good Star Limited, not PetroSaudi

The conspirators have continued to make this claim and lie in recent weeks in various statements seeking to imply that the money went to PetroSaudi instead of Jho Low:

“In a statement to The New York Times this week, 1MDB said that Good Star was owned by PetroSaudi and noted that PetroSaudi had confirmed that 1MDB said it had provided information about these transactions to the Malaysian authorities that are investigating the sovereign fund.”[NYT 18/6/15]

Shahrol Halmi also knew full well that the money was being ‘paid back’ not to PetroSaudi but to Good Star, as his emails make plain.  If he had checked the beneficial ownership of Good Star he would have realised it belonged to Jho Low and that the company was not part of the ownership structure of PetroSaudi.

Likewise, if RBS Coutts had done its proper due diligence and checked the incorporation documents of Good Star, it would have realised the same fact.

Halmi confirmed to the bank that the beneficial owner of the account which received the $700m was not PetroSaudi but Good Star Limited – belonging to Jho Low

As Tony Pua has pointed out in his statement on the matter this weekend, there is only one explanation for the failure of the Board and Management to conduct due diligence over the decisions of 1MDB, which is that the fund’s special terms of incorporation meant that there is in fact only one decision-maker authorised to make investments – this is the sole shareholder, the PM/ Minister of Finance Najib Razak, who had disguised himself as the mere Chairman of the Advisory Board.

In fact the constitution of 1MDB means that the role of the Board is mere window dressing, hence their side-lining from the PetroSaudi deal and other future expenditures that succeeded in running up a staggering RM42 billion of debt in less than five years:

“According to Clause 117 of the 1MDB Memorandum and Articles of Association (M&A), the Prime Minister’s written approval must be obtained for “any financial commitment (including investment), restructuring or any other matter … It is clear their [the Board] appointment was only for show. They are mere stooges working for the powers that be.  No Board worth their salt would have tolerated the degree of transgressions which took place within the company which included embezzlement and misappropriation of billions of ringgit.” [Tony Pua media statement]

Mr Arul Kanda is of course welcome to again say that the emails and documents we have published from the PetroSaudi database, which are also in the hands of international regulators and other news organisations have been ‘possibly doctored’ and ‘tampered’ by Sarawak Report.

He should take us to court and compare his copies with ours and explain why it is that all the surrounding evidence about the 1MDB PetroSaudi affair ties in nicely with our allegations, while for his part he cannot stick to the same answer two days running.

Malay Version of the Bank Negara Letter of Permission:

 English translation:

Confidential

BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA
CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA

 29 September 2009

Mr Tang Keng Chee
Executive Director
1Malaysia Development Berhad (848230V)
Level 8, Menara IMC,
No.8, Jalan Sultan Ismail,
50250 Kuala Lumpur.

Sir,

OFF-SHORE INVESTMENT

We refer to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad application (1MDB).

2. Permission is given to 1MDB to remit funds in the sum of USD1 billion for the purpose of obtaining 40% shareholding in 1MDB Petrosaudi Limited, British Virgin Islands (PetroJV). The reference number of the said investment is IO95174.

3. For the purpose of simplifying the statistical compilation of the balance payments by the Central Bank of Malaysia-

(a)        1MDB has to disclose the information required by the local licensed bank (commercial bank, Islamic bank or local investment bank) for convenience in remitting the investment funds which is in excess of RM 200, 000 on behalf of 1MDB; and

(b)       The Malaysian Central Bank’s Department of Statistics will contact 1MDB with regard to a quarterly report in respect of 1MDB’s assets and liabilities to be submitted to the Central Bank of Malaysia.

4. We note the following-

(a)        PetroJV is a joint venture company held 40:60 by 1MDB and its joint venture partner, Petrosaudi Holdings (Cayman) Ltd, Cayman Islands;

(b)       PetroJV will utilize the equity funds totaling USD 2.5 billion from its shareholders to fund the investment in the energy, agriculture, real estate and tourism sectors in Malaysia and overseas;

(c)        The said funds in the sum of USD 2.5 billion will be placed in PetroJV’s account with Banca della Svizzera Italiana SA, Geneva pending investments in future projects;

(d)       1MDB will fund the investment in the sum of USD 1 billion with the acquisition of “Islamic Medium Term Notes” which were issued in May 2009; and

(e)        The remittance of such funds for the said investment will be done via a foreign exchange of the funds in Ringgit to the relevant foreign currency with a local licensed bank. In this connection, 1MDB will make the exchanges in stages to ensure order and smoothness in the local foreign currency market.

5. In the event that 1MDB does not make any remittance of funds for its investment in the period of 12 months from the date of this letter, this approval will be rendered cancelled and 1MDB would be required to obtain permission from us prior to the remittance of such funds.

6. In the event that 1MDB is bound by any value protection contract to manage currency exposure risks for its investments, the contract has to be:-

(a)        executed with a local licensed bank; and

(b)       terminated by 1MDB when the said investment is sold or has come to

an end.

Yours faithfully,

On behalf of Foreign Exchange Officer

(Wan Hanisah Wan Ibrahim)

Director
Foreign Exchange Administration

12/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

RESPECT IS EARNED NOT GIVEN

I prefer to say 'respect is earned, not demanded;.

One of the critical issue faced by the Malaysian political leaders today that they have lost respects from the people. Even the laymen are facing similar problem throughout the world where the younger generations do not show respects towards any elderly people with conservative minds and who refuse to accept changes which are progressive and reasonable.

It is education that made the new generation able to distinguish between a leader and a nation. Leaders come and go. The nation remains. People can die for a country but not for a leader. A nation has sovereignty, provide land and fertile soil and minerals for the people. All they need is to work and make it useful and productive. The earth stood still when people cease to exist.

A leader is to organize the economy, law, technology, education and other system for the benefit of the masses. He cannot inspire the populace by telling lies, spinning words and concern on amassing wealth for himself and his family.

If he is seen as dishonest, liar or a friend of the gang of international hooliganism who will do the killing for a leader than his total social status is gone. It diluted itself into a mud. The respect is gone. He cannot demand respects from the people. It would be a strange phenomena to draft law to force people to respect the politicians.

Nobody care to ask the reason why the Malays are slowly hating their Malay leaders ? In the Face Book, they used the most dreadful words on their leaders. The Malays have gone out of their limits due to the intense hatred. The Chinese are not that bad in using words again our leaders. Only if Rosmah could hear what people call her, she may be try to look at herself in the mirror and ponder her real value is.

The older generation is more passive. They do not show their unhappiness by howling or call their leaders by names. They just stay sullen, say nothing and keep their unhappiness beneath their dress. In other words they still show some respect towards a leader.

When I am not respected, there is nothing that I could do. There is no need for me to confront the people and try to show them that I am worth their respects. Surely there is something in me that has destroyed me; it could be my dress, my behavior, the way I talk and other things

In the course of daily social interaction we treat other people upon our customary practice. We may help the old and the disable to cross the road out of the feeling of a social duty. Such a moral obligation may be independent of the feeling of respect. If you ask me to step on Rosmah's picture, I won't do it at any price, not because I respect her but it would degrade me as a person to do it. It does not parade any goodness in me.

A good man doesn't have to praise himself, announcing his donations and his help to the society. He is not a suspect of heinous crimes. He never abuse the power entrust in him.

It is a pity for someone who has lost the respect of the people. He has to blame himself.

11/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

SELF DEPENDENT

The older I get the more I try to be self dependent, both in health and sickness. I don't want to trouble people whenever I face problems and difficulties. I took myself up to the bus station during my last vacation trip  to Greece and left my car at a risky place. I nursed myself when I felt sick and having fever for weeks. Try to imagine if you are left alone in this world. You have to depend on yourself for survival.

size="4">Moneywise too I do not depend for my kids' support. At this moment my pension is just enough to support me. I do not spend my money carelessly except for traveling. When I don't have money I don't buy anything. When I have some, I don't spend altogether. 

I am not alone carrying with this character. There could be million others in this country, come survive solely on self-reliance, thinking and planning for their future, working hard to make their dream come true. Believe me there are tenth of thousands who are qualified for the BRIM who do not apply for it, believing that money earned should be from the sweat and blood.

I am just an ordinary man like most of other pensioners. I have no more extra income. Yet working people, contractors and wealthy person come to borrow money from me. I sometimes wonder why a class A contractor seek a help of only RM500 but never to come back to make the payment. And another is seeking RM50K. A student who was so broke asked for a fifty dollar loan. Instead I donated a hundred to him. If they have been planning well they would not have been so dependent on others.

I would not forget at time I did ask for a little help which I traced reluctanty. I also asked for a company for a dinner but also rejected. Just imagine if the same person is asking for a huge loan from me. And I know they would also request for other helps and assistance. My decision is to treat people like persons rather than friends but for one or two.

I have been putting up my radio antenna alone without any help. Surely it would be simple for a simple antenna like a dipole using a bamboo mast which is light enough. It could be hoisted up vertically single handed. Of course I could be more ambitious but it would involve people to help me.

As a result, when I visited foreign countries I didn't have to think what souvenirs to buy home.

It is vital for a nation to be able to stand on it's own. But she must first be a self-sufficient country. The basic of it is there must be enough agriculture land to grow enough food for the populace. Taking away the land for housing, cities and industries will not be good in case of any form of trade embargo.

There must also be culture of Research and Development on all areas and disciplines, the ability to constructs hardware and other technologies must be rich among our citizens. Cuba is one of the longest to face global sanction and maintain it's sovereigty till today. What I do not know whether countries like North Korea, Cuba and Iran buy their commercial aircrafts from Boeing.

We do have many bright young men in this country. Some of them work at INTEL, designing and developing wafer. Some were even killed on MH370. These brilliant young people could not maximize their competency due to the lack of suitable environment. And we have engineer working in NASA before, came back to Malaysia and asked to be a teacher.

In my opinion I feel that there is something wrong with our focus and thinking system.

We love to copy almost everything Western or Americans. We employ Jewish and British advisors. We promote Mac Donald, KFC, Burger King, Giant, Tesco, Telco and rent communication technology from the Western companies. We are far behind the Koreans in heavy and electronic industries.

A man like me thinks in a small way about being independent. A nation must have far more gigantic philosophy about building a strong and respectable race. But we care more about money and office promotion rather than about jobs for our young people. Ministers are busy to make business and strengthening their positions. During Mahathir's era he was busy with privatizations.

I should learnt to be self reliance from the young age, like the Chinese community. It builds a person's attitude, mental strength and perseverance. The Chinese knew that if they did not struggle, nobody would do for them. They were not pampered. After education, they had to be on their own. Lately, the Malays who felt they were dumped began to realize the importance of being independent. There are those who strive and emerge successes in their undertakings.

Despite my current stance, it does not mean that I have to reject every help offered. It could hurt other people. My brother in law wanted to send me to the bus station. I rejected on the ground I need my car to be at the place as my return date fell on the Hari Raya Haji, very early morning when people were busy preparing for the morning prayer. I called for help whenever my wife fell on the ground. I could not lift her alone.

May be there are time when we need to call for help and time when we need to rely on ourselves.

No wonder, the royal family of Great Britain sent their children to outward bound school and to do military training and one even went for combat risking his life for his country.

10/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

KUDOS TO IMMIGRATION - PASSPORT DIVISION

It gives an impression that our passport division of an immigration department is the fastest in the world. The whole renewal process took me only about one hour and ten minutes, without having have to bring my own photographs and without having have to fill in any form. Somebody who started the new system should be commended.

I remember in the yesteryears it took about 2 weeks for the completion. But we tend to take  things for granted. Nobody would want to know the person with the innovative idea.

Another fast and convenient service is the Post Office. It is fast and made life so easy for us. We did not have to rush from counter to counter to make different payments. Even UTC could not beat the Post Office. Again, it would be very interesting to know the innovator.

These are the people who make life more wonderful for the people.

I went to the passport division a couple of days ago at Anak Bukit, Alor Setar to renew my passport which will expire on 7th August 2016. Countries visited will regard the validity for the entry at least 6 months before the expiry date. At the counter an officer asked for my IC, and gave me a number. Less than 5 minutes later my number was called. I submitted my old passport. The officer returned 2 photographs which were inserted in my passport. He snapped my picture and took my thumbprint. I was asked to wait for my number to be called again for the payment. The waiting was short, probably less than 5 minutes. The payment was settled. "Come an hour later to pick up your belonging," said the officer.

I went away for a ride and had a drink to pass time. 45 minutes later I returned. I took another number again. Within a few seconds I was called to collect my passport.

I remember of my first passport made in 1965. The procedural change is fantastic and amazing.

The service is very well done.

08/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

A THOUGHT ON DATA

Today the world resort to data storage to keep records and other information. To the computer and it's storage everything it keeps and printed is data. To a man a meaningful data arrangement is called information. Joh, Ali, Chan, female, male, 40,30 etc are data. Chan male 30 is perceived as Chan is a male age 30 is an information. Organizations customize their own type of data; banks with full of figures and names, law firms with cases, clients and all other records pertaining to judiciary, super markets with items, prices, stocks and other figures. Websites keep pictures and images, video and articles. There are tons and tons of them kept in the storage or servers.

In spite of the magnetic data records are also kept in microfiches, mainly the printed information in miniaturize form. Universities and National Archives are doing the job of transforming the published information into microfilms.

I keep a lot of data in my hard disk as well as on the remote servers.

I categorize data into two main categories; the dead data and the living data. A data is dead when an account is closed or an organization cease to exist. The data may be kept merely for future references but won't be used anymore at the current time. Some organizations may allow the unused data to be destroyed after 5 - 10 years. The living data is the data that is in an organization and business place and other individuals. They are vital for the daily operations or for references.

We should know that computer data can be created, retained, changed or destroyed/erased. We can change a name John Macantosh to Jim Barry for the whole database even how large they are. You may ask why do we need to change them. One common reason is to correct the wrong spelling. We do this by find and replace method. Of course there are different procedure to achieve the objective.

Dead data could be changed for malicious and dubious purpose, like to make the evidence confusing. It could be done easily. Hence it erases the truth.

The living data may need the change in the new price, age change and other numbers. A high security system has to be set so that no other data can be altered for the bad purpose. Yet it could be copied and tempered to use as evidence even with signature and sealed. It is freak, fake and fabricated but almost equal to the original data. The secrecy is known only among the two or three persons who conspire.

Data is totally erased to destroy the whole evidence.

People will do anything for cash. Cash is king.

08/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

WHY NAJIB SIGN THE TPP ? - MY CONJECTURE

My words may be harsh because it is the only way to describe the horror we are facing with the signing of the TPP. Someone described it as a New World Order, which needs a longer time to know. We need to investigate in detail who are the individuals behind the TPP even though it has been too late, for Najib has signed the agreement.

Mustaffa has to lie that Malaysia is not involve when he knows he cannot keep the signing as a secret. Soon the Malaysians will be hearing all the good things on the Trade Agreement, using the same phrase again and again "It is for the good of the people. Other country sign it...why not us.."

To me TPP is a new form of imperialism, economic imperialism that rob away many economic freedom of a nation.

Why do you think Najib agree to join the pack ? Is it not to save himself from further FBI investigation on 1Mdb and money laundering ? He has now the international backing to manipulate with the 2.6 billion that went into his own personal account. I don't want to narrate a scenario of the game of the 2.6 billion, which I believe is not a donation. To Obama that is an Achilles heel.

Najib feels free from international pressure or fear from arrest now. It will be looked after.

Only on the home ground his loyal team has to plan another agenda of propaganda programs. The campaign will continue for years to come as the affect of TPP will be realized starting from 2016 and thereafter.

I think the signing is a great disaster. I feel sorry to the country and the people who are fighting hard to save Najib for his own personal folly. He thought our ringgit could survive and the multi national companies would buzz in thus creating prosperous Malaysia. Najib is not gambling. He is saving his neck. Malaysia will become worst than the pre-independent era. Najib must know that he will have to pay for his doing.

07/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

CRUDE WORK WITH SHAKY HANDS

I went to the immigration office this morning to renew my passport which will expire at the beginning of August next year. The real validity is 6 or 8 months before the expiry date. The whole process took only one hour compared to more than a week when I first made mine in 1965. I didn't need to even bring photographs. Without me telling my age the officer said, "Uncle, you are 68."

Yes, at 68 my hearing is poorer, my eyesight needs an operation and my hands are very shaky. Yet I wanted to transform my battery dependent gate controller to the car-charger controller. At first I thought of going to an electronic shop and ask for some soldering help. On the second thought I decided to try experimenting with it. Probably later I could get some young people to do the job with a new design gadget to be hooked to the front panel. I finally made it and I was happy that it is working very well.

It is a crude work. It took me almost 2 hours to complete it as my hands were shaky and the soldering iron was heavily carbonized. It is nothing but the sheer determination. It is a simple job to others but a tough work for me.

But there are many other elderly people who could construct projects with precision at the high professional level. They even homebrewed flying machines, especially the Americans and other Europeans.

The day is just fine for me. I got my new passport, a gate controller free of battery and a little rain that shove a little of the haze away. The only hassle was a very heavy traffic jam almost everywhere. The population of the city increases by leap and bound due to the numerous housing complex everywhere.

I skipped my evening walk as it was raining. Instead I went to my sister in law's house to fetch a car key I left when I visited the Balkan States. The key was for any of my kids who might have planned to come home during the Idil Adha.

I don't have anymore project in mind. I have to remember what the custom officer said about my age.

06/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

NAJIB'S STRATEGY TO REMAIN IN POWER AS I SEE IT

Najib has three forceful weapons to protect himself. The first is the government resources; court, military, police and all other agencies. Second is the racial card as what he is doing now. Ismail Sabry has been vocal of his anti-Chinese stance. Najib was said to start the kickoff the Red shirt by RM3 millions. There was a meeting at the Ministerial level on the Red march . And thirdly giving bribery to the people under the brand name of Brim. The rest is the rhetoric of deceptions.

Najib would not care about the ailing ringgit and the moving away of capital investment from Malaysia. Our ringgit will continue to plunge despite Najib's effort to woo the Israelis administration and Obama. The people have to pay more each day for everything. Even the Astro is rumored to hike up it's subscription.

People simply are willing to pay more by their votes towards Barisan Nasional.

Najib will want to stay a Prime Minister until his death, breaking the record of all the Malaysian PMs. It is most likely he would be dragged to court of he retires early. The younger generations will not forgive him as the number of jobless graduates are soaring. The 200000 will be doubled in a short time.

He relies much on the East Malaysian ministers. Dumb people can run a nation like dictators. Pandikar Amin is above parliament. Said Keruak and Rahman Dahlan had been showing their obstinacy and orrogance, and spewing stupid things all along. He also depends on foreign advisors to run the nation. He hope Israel and Obama would help him to stay in his post perpetually.

But Obama and Natenyahu both have a 555 notebook as what Mahathir used to have. Najib has to tow to their lines. That's give Israel a good trading partner with Malaysia today. When we met a group of Israelis in Montenegro what we heard from them was ,"Malaysia is very good. Malaysia is very good." In no time Najib will have to agree with the trade pack despite much oppositions from the fellow Malaysians, adding to money making machines Mac Donald and KFC and Coca Cola.

Though the Malaysians cannot vote Najib out in GE14, they must show that he is not popular anymore among the Malayan populations. MCA will continue their support as long as Najib promises them the demands they made. And Covertly without the knowledge of the UMNO members he has fulfilled their needs. It is imperative therefore for the Chinese masses to focus on moral issues. And the Malays concentrate on both the economic and moral contents. There may be many people who could not be bought with money however poor they are as a strong moral value in them transcend every evil aspiration.

Najib is trying hard to equate him to a nation when the masses think otherwise. To them Najib has betrayed the nation and willing to be a puppet of Israel and USA as long they spare his life. Ministers come and go but the nation stood still.

If he were to win merely by the seats in Sabah and Sarawak it will be a great disgrace. Would you still continue to rule and making the country worst while without any shame you continue to do the misdeed ? This is what we called morality and moral values. The highest of this value is 'shame'. The Malayans were taken by the Portuguese, then Dutch, followed by the British. The populace has to succumb to another form colonialism. Najib is selling his soul to the devil.

The Malayan must not be surprise if the Prime Minister and the cabinet caucus are full of Sabahans and Sarawakians. These will be the people who are guarding Najib in his office now. Sarawak has gain it's autonomy in education.

Najib has started a platform that gives more weigh to the Sabah and Sarawak's sides. To him the agenda is to ensure of BN's dominance in the coming years.

Dethroning Najib is as good as impossible.

05/10 /2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

Here is quite an interesting story I get from a friend who was in our Balkan trip.

Why I gave RM50m for Penang hostels
FMT | Oct 2, 15 11:45am

A philanthropist answers questions about his recent donation to the Penang Government.
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By Koon Yew Yin

After the publication of my RM 50 million donation to the Penang State Government for building student hostels, many people including journalists and BMF Radio have asked me a lot of questions. They are curious because they have not come across something like this before.
Here are my answers:

I was born on the 6th Jan 1933. My father started a coffin shop at No. 8 Jalan Ipoh, KL about 100 years ago. When father retired about 30 years ago, my eldest brother inherited the coffin shop. As he got older, he found difficulty to compete with the modern undertakers and was forced to close the old shop about 2 years ago and my younger brother continued the coffin business with a smaller shop in Kepong, KL.

As I have 11 siblings, I always needed some things since I was a boy. I remember always feeling hungry when I was young. One can imagine how 12 children rushed for food during meal time.

This is why I want to help the poor. Besides my RM 50 million donation to the Penang Government to build student hostels, I have to date, given about 300 scholarships to help students from poorer backgrounds to complete their tertiary education.

As a young boy; in 1957; I attended St John’s Institution, KL where I completed a 4 years Civil Engineering Diploma in Technical College (now known as UTM) under a PWD [now known as JKR) scholarship. I subsequently qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer by self-study in 1962.

In 1967, together with 3 partners, I founded Mudajaya Construction Sdn. Bhd. and Gamuda Sdn. Bhd. In early 1980, IGB Construction Sdn. Bhd., Jurutama Construction Sdn. Bhd. and Mudajaya Construction Sdn. Bhd. grouped together and listed as a public company under the name of IJM Corporation Bhd.

In 1975 I sold Gamuda Sdn Bhd to Dato Lin Yun Ling and his partners.

In 1983 I had a serious heart angina. At the time heart by-pass operations could only be done in Mayo Clinic or Harley Street London and the casualty rate was frighteningly high. Before my heart surgery in London, I passed all my assets to my wife and children.

After my heart operation, I retired from being an executive director in Mudajaya / IJM Corporation Bhd and I started to learn how to make money from the stock market. In 1983-4 the Hong Kong stock market crashed because China wanted to take back Hong Kong. Almost all the Hong Kong investors were afraid of the arrival of the Communists and they sold their holdings as quickly as possible.

One of the most important investment lessons I learned was to be a contrarian investor, buy when everybody is afraid to buy and sell when everybody wants to buy. I started with only RM 200,000 cash and within a few years, I bought 46% of Kaiser Stock and Shares Ltd., a stockbroking company in Hong Kong.

After having read several investment books by famous gurus such as Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, etc. together with my 32 years of experience, I wish to share my knowledge with people who are interested in investment. I believe in teaching people to make money. It is like teaching people how to fish instead of giving them some fish.
Q: Why do you write regularly on national issues?

A: In 1970 when the new economic policy was introduced, the GDP per capita of Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea were the same as ours. They became developed nations despite the fact they did not have natural resources like us. They did not even have timber to build houses. Over 40 years later, we are still not a developed nation due to bad management and corruption of the BN Government. I will continue to write to point out all the bad things of the Government until voters can vote the BN Government out of Putrajaya.

In 2009, I published a book called ‘Malaysia: Road Map for achieving vision 2020′ to show how Malaysia can become the developed nation it deserves to be. Unfortunately, we have not achieved a developed nation status due to the bad management and corruption of the BN Government. It is most unlikely we can achieve Vision 2020.

I have given all my children the best education that money can buy and I think they can find a good living without my money. As such, I want to help poor students complete their tertiary education. I personally believe that with a good education, they can earn enough to help their own families and other poor people. As I pointed out earlier, I have already given out over 300 scholarships to really poor students to complete their tertiary education. All my scholarship recipients are not required to pay me back the money I have spent on them. Instead, all they have to do is to promise me that they must not forget that I helped them when they were poor and they will have to help other poor people when they have money to spare. I sincerely believe some of them will continue to do charity after I die and if they practice the same system or philosophy I do, there will be more and more people contributing to charity.

Q: What are other charities or projects have you supported in a big way in the past?

A: About 10 years ago I paid for the construction of a large extension to the Salvation Army building in Ipoh. I also donated RM 350,000 towards the renovation of Ipoh Wesley Private School.

Q: Is it true that UTAR snubbed a RM30 million donation you wanted to give them back in 2009, also for hostels and why did you choose Penang as the state to undertake this and not any other state? Is there a particular reason?

A: 6 years ago, I offered to donate RM 30 million to UTAR for building student hostels under the same terms and conditions as I offered to Penang. However, the MCA leaders; who controlled UTAR owned all the land outside the university campus rejected my offer because they did not want me to jeopardise their lucrative property development business. They are greedy and just want to take advantage of the poor students.

As a result of the bad publicity, MCA lost almost all their seats in the last general election.
Subsequently, I invested all the RM 30 million in the stock market and I managed to make some profit. I chose to donate to Penang because the record shows that DAP is managing Penang very well and I want to support DAP.

Q: How long is the construction process expected to take place, and how many students are you aiming to help with this donation?

A: The Chief Minister has assigned the 3 top officials to assist my architect in designing and planning for the project. They are, Jagdeep Singh Deo, who is in charge of the State Town and Country Planing, YB Lim Hock Seng who is in charge of public utilities and Yew Tung Seang, Director of Building. The project is going ahead in top gear.

Our initial design can accommodate about 2,200 students. In fact, the Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said that the Government is willing to top up the project if my RM 50 million is not enough.
Preference will be given to poor students irrespective of race and religion, bearing in mind that about 80% of the 18,000 USM students are Malays. Currently USM can only provide accommodation for 1st year students.

Everyone is trying to make money every day. Unfortunately, many people do not know how to use their money wisely. They must realise that our ultimate aim in life is happiness. They will find great happiness if they can create happiness. If they give away some of their money to help poor people who will be happy , they will also be happy.

I have written in my will that after I die, all my remaining assets will be donated to help poor people to make them happy.

In conclusion, I wish to point out that it is not necessary to study overseas to achieve success in life and also that we cannot take our money along when we die. I hope this article will inspire some readers to follow my footsteps in doing charity. You can tell your friends to read this inspiring story of an undertaker’s son.

Koon Yew Yin is a retired chartered civil engineer and one of the founders of IJM Corporation Bhd and Gamuda Bhd.

10/3/15, 8:46:08 AM: ‪‬: An inspiring story but your political inclination is your own.

03/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS WONDERFUL

This is suppose to be a wonderful and enjoyable world. The daily bumping into surprises are normal like the Mamak has to take extra fifty cents for the rice or hearing stupid remarks made by UMNO ministers. They are bearable pains which we have to accept in our lives.

But life is not that wonderful. Today I bumped into irritating officer from our Malaysia Treasury. When my wife passed away in March, I made a report of her demise to the department as a procedure if she is still on loan. She bought a property and the payment was made through her pension.

I submitted the relevant documents to an Indian young officer. After recording in the computer he told me a letter would be issued to me in between a month to three months time. I was waiting patiently. It is now 5 months. I tried to ring up the numbers several times and each time there was a long wait with a music. There was no reply. I did the same things for 2 days. Nothing happen.

I went to the website and raised the question. There was no answer. I did that in two days, sending  an identical letter. Today I emailed to the main office. I was told to contact the Treasury branch. I rang up and again it was a long waiting. After 30 minutes I rang up again and this time a lady replied.

                         "I have posted the letter to you," she said.
                          "When ? " I asked.
                          "In April."
                           "I don't receive it."
                           "It is not our fault. We have posted it."
                           "What proof that you posted it."
                           "It's in our system."
                           "Post it again but use post laju or register it," I insisted.
                            "No, we can't post. Neither can we email you. Ours is a counter service."

She asked me to go and get the letter by myself or send someone to get it for me. She went on talking. It irritated so much. I do not believe she posted any letter to me by her words "ours is a counter service".

Such a dumb computer system that will have to call people living at the brink of the world to fetch a letter in Putrajaya. And I will have to pay a few hundred ringgit just to go and get a letter.

Are the Malays really that dumb ? Born as a pirate and a sentiment of an animal ? The love of the race has broken to pieces. Distrust and hatred spread. Ministers are making statements that shock the masses as though they are having fake certificates and degrees.

What has been happening to some people that we call human race ?

02/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

AN OBEDIENT WIFE ?

"I prefer loyal people to the smart ones," said Najib when he sacked Mahyuddin and Shafiee Afdal. Najib was right in a way. If I were to choose a wife I prefer the loyal and the obedience to the smart end educated. But which woman is dumb today ? Almost everyone could speak good English, watch TV and read newspapers. Even a girl working in a mini market has a great pride in herself. She would have said, "I have class, you know."

In the days when women were docile, they did not walk side by side with their husbands. Their husbands would be in front and they would be about three or four feet away. Marriage was almost forever. The most a wife asked the husband was, "Where did you go ? Please don't come back too late. I am worried for you."

I am not going to talk about Najib here as Ismail Sabry equate him to God. His words on the importance of loyalty had been in practiced for years even before Christ was born. Secret societies underwent elaborate processes of recruiting a new loyal member. Gangsters had to drink blood as the oath of loyalty. The custom is vital for the team strength and cohesiveness.

I am talking about getting a submissive wife. It is not the wife who will challenge me to fight if I were to lay my hand on her, but about a wife who will understand me when I am in bad shape, who will not raise her voice when I fail to provide her with enough money and who has great faith in our God and religion. She could let me see my errors and mistakes through her soft voice and her sweet smile.

When my sister suggested that I should get an Ustazah ( female religious teacher ) as my wife, I did not dismissed her straight away. I said nothing. But it gave me something to think about. An Ustazah can be both smart, intelligent as well as loyal and obedient. She could guide me to do the right thing, to keep on reminding me heaven and hell and to do good things all the time.

Knowledge is in abundance today, A housewife doesn't have to have a degree to engage in technical or political exchange with you. She will ever prepare to response on any topic her husband feels like talking. She is not only can be loyal and obedient she could also be a sparing partner. A totally dumb wife who will shows only fear and total submission can be very boring.

What it can mean is that even a smart person can both be loyal and intelligent.

There are unmarried women who may be looking for husbands. Even if I need a spouse as a companion, I would not want to try to approach them. They never know what 'humble' means. As a boss they were so vicious and arrogance, using sentiment rather than rationalization in their administration. There was a school headmistress who called her school gardener with 'oi' and pointed at the flower pot with her leg. The poor gardener replied, "Cikgu, I am not a tokong Hindu with many hands. I am a human with only two hands...." And another headmistress who forbid her teacher from going to see her child at the hospital. "Go after school hours," she commanded in front of a group of teachers. Those kind of ladies aren't palatable for me at all. I lost total appetite.

It is true that one cannot be too choosy or else one will be without a spouse for the rest of one life. It is at this point that tolerance is vital and one has to be patient and to accept mutual understanding, and give and take. If one's wife shows her temper one will have to ignore and pretend nothing is happening. A Chinese lorry driver told us as story when we were on Rukun Tetangga's duty. "One day, when I came back from work, my wife a lipstick on my coat. She shouted at me, asking questions and scolded me. I said nothing, I went to take my bath. After dressing myself, I went to her, carried her to our bed and I kissed and caressed her. The scolding stopped."

That was his way. He did not fight back nor responded to her abusively. Even then, if she was a working woman she would not easily be tamed.

A man of my age does not look for wife for sexual fulfillment. Neither it is really for companionship. If I were to die or fall sick there will be someone who can go to get help.

But a wife is not a chattel which you can just pick up along any street or in a supermarket. It takes more than 5 years to know a real person, especially on the state of her sentiment, belief , like and dislikes and how she would respond at the time of distress. What we see is merely an artificial color. Similarly, love is something that does not loom within a day or a week, nor it can be forced into by words or pressure.

I believe that when the time comes God will send me a spouse that I have always been wanting with the characters that I always want in  my dream, without having have to search for one out there.

02/10/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

DRESS CODE

Dress is never a trivial matter. It is a language without a voice but full of grammar. As much as it tells us many things it can also be used for illusive purposes to prey on people. I don't know how it began when it was first used to cover the private sexual parts and evolved to cover the whole body to suit the natural environment.

Dress code is an identity to a profession, race, religion and events. We recognize the nurses, the pilot, the police and the army, a footballer and a tennis player. And we dress differently at different occasions. Do we see Christian women wear bikini to attend the Sunday prayer ? We saw black dress worn during funeral visits

It was easier to recognize racial stock in the traditional society especially by looking at the women. Uniqueness is found in the Indian, Japanese and the Malay dress. The Amish is very distinct from the Read Indian and other white American stocks.

Today it is not a freedom to wear anything you want especially in the democratic countries like Europe and America. Muslim women were barred from wearing Hijab or face social rebuff or legal actions. They allow nudity.

Hindu, Christians and Muslims spell the dress codes for women and they are almost identical. I can't quote the bible and the Hindu verse but in Islam the women are asked to cover the whole body except for the face and the two hands at public places ( surah An Nur ). If the ladies chose not to follow their religion then they are free to dress in any way they want.

It was difficult for me to recognize between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim woman when I visited the Balkan states recently. It would be easier if I visited Thailand. For restaurant owners to indicate their religious identity would have facilitate me to look for the halal outlets.

Some Malaysian women cried foul at the Muslim dress code, saying it is not stated in the Quaran and Islam forced the beauty of the Muslim women to be hidden. Should they did so ? There is no law imposed the head scarves of hijabs on the Muslim. If they choose to parade their looks and beauty to attract more men, it is their freedom to do so, on their own free will.

It is unwise to call all other Malaysian Muslims not to abide by the Muslim dress code by pointing that there is no where in the Holly Book that mention 'hair' as an aurat. Therefore it is not necessary to cover with the head scarf. The Surah mentioned covering the whole body but for the face and the hands. It includes the covering of the head. If they insist on displaying their beauty by all mean they need not cover them. They can even wear the hot pants or nothing at all.

There are Muslim men who love modesty in women. There are those who prefer sexy busty girls with grey hair. All in a matter of taste.

But we must always remind ourselves that dress could cheat us any time and anywhere. When Sadat went to war with the Israelis, the later dressed in Egyptian army and maneuvered  themselves to surround and trapped the Egyptian army. A con man would dress like a gentleman to go for a sting. A drug addict and a thief can put a Haj attire to cover up their operations.

We must not be impressed by a person's dress. We have to look deeper into the person and study more of his behavior. Even a woman who covers herself completely may find joy in adultery.

I would not want to be a European or an American by dying my hair, adopt their culture, enjoy their Christmas or made god out of Bush or Obama. Yet we start to hear of the freedom of same sex marriage and drug usage called by the Malaysians. You don't have to follow the Arabs to cover yourselves if you don't wish. You can still depict your Muslimin with the Malay dress.

If you are talking about freedom, let me say to you that there is no country in the world gives total freedom to individuals. The Muslim women were oppressed in the West just because of their hijab. In USA you can't even question 911 or wear intifada scarf. The Servians and Croatians killed thousands of Muslims because of their religion.

27/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

WHERE ARE WE ?

Where are we between the United States and China ? Certainly it it would be a totally different question to ask where is Najib between both of the great nations ?

Najib is well known as an expert in maneuvering his way through, using his money and facial countenance as his main weapons. Even big leaders were deceived and he get away with all. But the laymen are more straight forward; they either side the Chinese or the Americans. However, the local Chinese divide. The Malays have a vague view as to their stand. Their main focus is on the Palestinian-Israelis issues.

By Najibs's demeanor it is certain that he is in favor of the United States and willing to do anything for Obama. He needs Obama's consent on every of his action including the jailing of Anwar Ibrahim. All he needs now from the President is to ignore the legacy of 2.6 billions and other local scandals. With the extra US base and logistic support USA will close her eyes on Najib's the scandalous Prime Minister.

Malaysian officials always believe that the United States is always superior to China in military and other technical might. USA is the master and still in command. Our national media and other communication hardwares are purchased from and controlled by the United States. Our top military and security forces are trained there. Though China has a share in the space technology, the country is still inferior in many ways. The consumer products are without any quality. China is still far behind many countries.

Najib is not afraid of China's aggression at all. But he fears the local Chinese more and want to retain power through their votes. The Chinese Panda rental is only a tactical diplomacy, trying to appease both the local and the Chinese republic. Najib knows that he cannot trust and depend on the Chinese for his survival. He has to look for Sabah and Sarawak to retain his status quo.

The relationship between Malaysia and North America lies about the survival of Najib as a Prime Minister. He would bow to Obama as long as the later approve it. Even without a 100% of the Malay support he won't step down.

The opposition supporters accused Najib of using heavy shielding on his life, with heavy body guards much more than the other Prime Ministers, using security forces and government resources, deploying gangsters and mafia forces  to do the killings for him . The foreign media relate Altantuya's death to the role he was involve in. WSJ accused him stealing billion of dollars. He fears for his safety. The authority started to create the enemies trying to put him away. The wild goose chase began for the ISIS group whom they believed plan to attack Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. When a Chinese envoy made a visit to Petaling Street it was seen as an act of China's aggression. The envoy was summon to answer for his action.

In the international conference before such kind of meeting two leaders in a private conversation had ever exchanged fucking words with . If Malaysia were to summoned Obama, the later might throw the fuck word and walk away. If the Chinese were to do that Najib would immediately report to the UNited States President.

It is highly probable the English educated Chinese would adore Obama and still loyal to Kai Shek. They may not side the Chinese. But the present UMNO leaders and the Malays showed they are not worried about the Chinese. They threw slur and insult the local Chinese. They think their silat can beat the whole world. The kampong Malays would not understand what is neo-American colonialism and imperialism. And they never care about the American design in Asia and the world.

The Chinese do realize that they lag behind USA in technology. New technology such as anti-gravity war vehicles and other killing machines like drones are taking new phase. They concentrate on the development of higher technology chasing Japan and South Korea. On one or two occasion they surprised the world by scramming the new fighter jets. The Chinese know the value of rationalization over the mere sentiment of emotion.

The Chinese is not so dumb as many could have assumed. They would not have allowed USA's plans and strategies unchecked and un-computed. They know the number and locations of US bases around this region. They are not fool to leave everything to fate. If Israel is not scared of the United States, we could be sure the Chinese could hold the identical stance.

China will vow and prostrate to Najib, not because they are weak or scared of him but because they need our money. They want to market their products. They would not care how close Najib is to Obama. Remember China is called Chong Kuo, the Middle Kingdom.

 27/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

LIFE IS BACK TO NORMAL AFTER BALKAN TRIP

When I came back there was only one cat waiting for me. She meowed, either to send me a message that she was hungry or that she had missed me a great deal. Before entering my house I gave her some food. A few hours later more of them gathered, 6 altogether. I didn't know where they came from. I thought I had left them enough food before leaving for Balkan States.

I am glad to be home again after the long trip, having ecstatic feeling when behind the wheel, driving like I was at 17, overtaking bigger cars even in town. The Kancil I left at the bus station for 14 days was untouched. Probably the drug addicts recognized it was a poor man's car. I had one Kancil before sold to a mechanic for RM500. And I am thinking of selling this one for an Axia when I accumulated enough  for the new tin can.

Life returns to usual and normal. Only with an exception, that my Acer lap top was giving me trouble. I could not boot and therefore I could not continue with my writing blog. I am using a software called Front Page and I love it very much. However even before the mishap I was thinking of buying a new one costing less than 1.5K. I thought buying anew would solve me the problem, but later learned that the new lap top comes with a licensed Windows 10. It cannot accept all the old soft ware. Yesterday I took the Acer to a computer shop and asked for a new Hard disk with Windows XP. I paid RM265 and here it is working again. May be I will get the new Window 10 stuff next month.

For the last 3 evenings I went back to my regular walking, about 4.8 km or of an hour of walk-jog momentum. I felt rejuvenated again and slept longer hours, eating much less than when I was on my trip. Yesterday I ironed out a few shirts and today a few more clothing.

My regular Nasi Kandar breakfast resumed starting on the second Idil Adha; rice wit fish costs me RM5, with meat RM4 and with egg less than RM3, with free glass of warm water and a few pieces of cucumber. The owner used to say "...he is almost our relative...came on the same boat.." He even paid for my GST.

I still do not watch TV, do not buy newspaper and try to avoid reading news on Najib. News would cause pain in my neck. Yet news about the declining ringgit would emerge almost from everywhere  staring at my face.

Haze was not so bad as it is today. The day before and yesterday was almost nil. I did not see any this morning. Now I could see a little whitish atmosphere outside my window. It is so contrast with the places we visited where the weather had been very kind to us. At least to me, it is not a threatening phenomena around my location.

Today I have been home almost the whole day after my breakfast. Many of the other days were the same. I heard my friends on the radio but chose to listen to their conversation rather than joining them. I lay horizontal on my sofa until I felt asleep. My companions are the PC, the iPhone and the Samsung. My Apple Macbook is still sleeping since last night.It is now 3 pm. Afterwards I will go for my lunch at a Malay restaurant which will be a little more expensive. Probably I will take a little dose of Vitamin C from an apple juice, which I believe could beat the danger of a heart disease, namely the stroke.

Life is good enough without the millions in bank, without the luxurious massive cars and very huge TV screen. I believe that the cats would pray for me. The chores provide a fulfilling life. The weather is testing my patience. The old routine provides continuity to my life.

If I have no faith in God I wouldn't have park my car at the unsafe place for 14 days, and would be damn worried when my Acer computer went kaput.

The mystery of life is unknown. At the end of the day one has to trust in one's fate and predestination.

27/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

BALKAN TRIP

Almost 12 solid days we were cheated by the weather around the Balkan States. We started in Greece. Then moving away to Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Northern Croatia. The heat was burning except for a short moment at the National Park of the last state. There were over 23 persons, male and female, mostly of the well to do individuals but me. I was the poorest and the most lowly of all, education wise and job wise. Yet I paid for a single large room, feeling like a king.

Greece was quite interesting. The weather was warm and people wore T-shirts. My friends said, "Don't worry, we will get the cold weather when we visit Bosnia and Croatia. I cannot put more pictures here or the page will get heavier and the downloading will be slower.

It wasn't in my dream that I would visit this historical country of Aristotle, the place where philosophers and ancient great politicians were born.

Greece accept Euro as commercial currencies. Today we know that this country is almost a bankrupt nation.

Montenegro is another small country with mostly of Christian faith. It looked more develop than many other Balkan states. It is another heaven for tourists. The capital city has several fortresses inside which we could find hotels, bars and souvenir shops.

My poor brain could not recall places by the pictures. I may mix them up. I would not narrate those I am not sure of. I am sure many want to know how their houses like and the landscaping too. I snapped a few pictures of the houses, towns and the farm land for your perusal.

Albania was a Muslim country that turned to be a communist under a despotic ruler. During the communist regime the citizens were not allowed to own cars. Thousands and thousands of bunkers were built by the communist for fear of attacked by foreign enemies.

I have more than 400 pictures altogether. I hope these are suffice and you might be able to imagine how. There were a lot of walking tour, climbing hills and walking for at least 3 km. We have no choice. It was indeed good for our body. I am happy with the company, the food and the hotel. There were three meals with chicken which I had to do away with the pieces. It was alright for me.

You may want to know whether I did find any single woman. The answer is YES but I am too pariah for any. Someone asked about where about my BMW when I told them I left my Kancil at the parking lot of the bus station.

24/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

IT IS NOT A FAKE NEWS

"Is Zubaidah dead ? " A friend asked me the other day. Zubaidah Mahmud was an excellent worker in my school before. She was an electrical technician. When she had nothing to do she helped the financial clerk to keep an account book. Whatever job she did, she did it extremely well. Before I retired she went for a transfer to a new promotional post. I have not seen her more than 20 years.

My friend said he heard from one Mohd Isa about the death.

I rang up another clerk to ask about the news. It had been three days I tried to call her without any reply. Today she replied. "I heard Zubaidah has passed away. Is it true ? "No. I just talked to her," she replied. She asked me to wait and called Zubaidah. I could hear her talking but I did not hear Zubaidah's voice. I was relief.

Though life and death is something normal and nothing to lament about we would want to know whether someone we know is dead or sick, or  else we would assume that he is alive. I always believe that this is a temporal world and our mortality is short lived.  We can meet again in the eternal world. When my wife passed away I didn't cry. But days after I shed my tears when thinking of our wonderful life together.

Everyday we heard news of all sorts. Not all are true. The North Koreans were told she was the World Cup champion in soccer. What you may hear from politicians may need to be thoroughly investigated and authenticated.

At times people told us something but we heard something else. Zubaidah's mother may be heard as Zubaidah only. My hearing deteriorates by 65%. The phrase good luck may be heard as good fuck, Larry Davers heard as lorry drivers. Tales carried are usually added up. The end may be much more. By the time it completes one earth rotation a devil is praised as an angel.

The news that Zubaidah had passed away is not fake as it was probably a mere misunderstanding. It would be fake if it was a deliberate bluff. Mohd Isa is not a liar. He is about my age and as senile as I am.

This is something that you can ponder about life.

09/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

NEVER ADVERTISE MY BLOG

I do not advertise my blog. I probably have told to less than 10 people that I run a blog. Then why run it and pay for the server ?

My paid blog may end by 2017. It is too expensive to run without any pecuniary return.

I paid for the server to do the network experiment using a network remote database. Those I did and gained a lot of knowledge about keeping and retrieving data at a remote location. I even experimented with finger images to see the speed of it's response and data retrieval. It was all a self-taught affair.

Secondly I want to express myself in English, the language I fared the worst in my school days, though I knew later that I do not have language ability. Imagine only at the age of 65 plus I started to brave myself, when the mind started to rot. I am glad that I can send my message out and a few readers could understand the content.

Someone did ask me whether I have been confronted by Special Branch officers.

The police is not stupid people. They know how many hits that I get. Lim Kit Siang and Malaysian Insider surely draw millions of readers. WSJ would be the most. Moreover I do not open to feedback. It is the feedback that are more very venomous than most of the writings. And they were from both the well informed and sentimental people. The later spew anything at all that came to their minds. Mine is as good as zero reader.

I do not even tell my students to visit my web page. Some of them could be PAS or UMNO or DAP or MCA. I may antagonize them by saying things that they do not like to hear.

I regard writing as one of the hobbies. It is a fulfilling effort. It also passed my time away.

But there are things that I said may be wrong. There are some that may be right. Readers have the full power to believe them, to wrong the right or right the wrong. It won't affect me. I still believe people are greedy and selfish, not merely the politicians and the Ministers, but also the ordinary people in towns and villages.

I need less than 10 powerful and influential people out of 30 million to read and give a thought about it. If they deemed nonsense they can ignore it. But if they found them good for the nation and the people, they could have whispered the facts into the ears of the top echelons for the thinking to take shape.

Somehow people I met were telling me that they read my blog. I never asked them how they came to know about it.

08/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

DANGEROUS THOUGHT

What the new AG is saying and what some people thought about the missing DPP are two different things. One reader asked whether the new AG knows that Zahid Hamidi is a good friend of one Paul whom they regard as a God Father of gangster's ring. Certainly he is insinuating of the possibility that the DPP was worked over by by a gangster attached to the said Paul. One said, "Those who know most have their lives in peril." They associated the police attacked on DPP's office.

Though PI Bala was reported to have heart attack, the anti government assumed the possibility of him being poisoned. So was the employee of the Aam Bank who was shot dead because he complained about the excessive fund into Najib's personal account.

True or not the winning side will be the government. Those who hated Najib and Zahid could spew anything at all without any proof to substantiate.

At least they will whisper to their children and grand children that UMNO is a dangerous party that must be put away at any cost.

MORE LIES FROM SARAWAK REPORT

You want to know how bad is Sarawak Report ? Read the slander below.

Larry Low On List Of Frozen Swiss Accounts! - EXCLUSIVE

5 Sep 2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

Likewise, although Low has always denied he had anything to do with 1MDB or its PetroSaudi joint venture, extensive documents in our possession prove that he was the mastermind behind the joint venture between the two companies.

Crucial evidence from investigations in Singapore, also released by Sarawak Report last April, has confirmed the Good Star connection with Low and proved money that came from Good Star subsequently flowed into Jho Low’s personal accounts.

 The Singapore branch of BSI bank has informed the authorities (see above) that US$530 million (US$ 528,956,027.05) passed from the Good Star Coutts Zurich account into Jho Low’s own accounts at the bank in a series of payments after the PetroSaudi deals.

Yet, whilst this evidence proves that Low, 1MDB and PetroSaudi were lying when they claimed that Jho Low had no involvement or interest in the joint venture or Good Star, it only accounts for some of the money.

Sarawak Report has now learnt that much of the balance of the US$1.29 billion haul from 1MDB passed into accounts controlled by Jho’s dad Larry Low in Switzerland.

That balance amounts to some US$760 million.

Stellar rise of Jho Low and Larry Low enterprises

The 700 million dollar question facing investigators, therefore. is whether Low senior was acting as an intermediary for a third party recipient of the money?

If so, what was the final destination for the lion’s share of the money that was removed from 1MDB in a manoeuvre that has triggered years of lies and cover-up by the company and by its single signatory and shareholder, the Finance Minister himself?

It has been widely noted in the business press that Larry Low himself has transformed his reputation in recent years from being known as a reasonably successful businessman, able to promote his sons into advantageous western educations, into a multi-billion dollar player in his own right.

Jho Low had in earlier articles tended to refer to himself and his family as relatively modest compared to the high-rollers he was acting as ‘concierge’ to as part of his business dealings with them.

“I come from a fairly okay family but nowhere as close to the prominence and wealth levels of the people that I usually spend time with who also are my very good friends. So generally, I am usually the concierge service that arranges everything, and thus my name is all over the place.” [Star online]

These days however the family tend to describe themselves as third generation billionaires, indicating that Larry’s Dad had already made a fortune in mining before they settled in Penang and that Larry too has been turning a second fortune in order to propel Jho into his record breaking spending around the world’s hotspots.

“In his younger years, before his cancer scare, Jho Low made headlines as a billionaire party boy. The tabloids gleefully reported on his love of Cristal, bar tabs in the tens of thousands of dollars and wild nights on the town with the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Usher.

Nowadays the 33-year-old Low, youngest member of the third generation of one of Malaysia’s wealthiest families and head of the family’s investment firm, is making news for a completely different reason: his philanthropic donations.” [Washington Post]

or:

“Like his image. The party animal moniker will probably stick with Low, now 33, thanks to a night spent clubbing with Paris Hilton in Saint-Tropez in 2010. … That year Low and his brother, Szen, set up Hong Kong-registered Jynwel Capital, an advisory firm for the family’s investments. There clearly is a lot of money to invest. Their grandfather Low Meng Tak was born in China, immigrated to Malaysia and then made a fortune mining iron ore and operating liquor distilleries in Thailand. He later added rubber, cocoa and palm oil plantations in Malaysia. He also married into a Thai business fortune. Their dad, Low Hock Peng, or Larry Low, expanded the family’s Asian property holdings to New Zealand, the U.S. and the U.K” [Forbes March 2015.

This narrative of long-standing great family wealth has tended to surprise contacts in Penang, who had no inkling till very recently that the Larry Low family was amongst Malaysia’s richest families.

One family friend of long standing told Sarawak Report:

“My Dad knew Larry’s father and we have known Larry too. They were millionaires, ringgit millionaires, but by no means dollar billionaires in the category of one of the richest families in Malaysia.”

For those people who go back with the Lows this sudden story of long-term super-wealth simply is not the case.  To them this re-writing of the family history is an attempt to disguise a sudden rise to super-riches linked to the now frozen bank accounts connected to the 1MDB investigation in Switzerland.

06/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

ISU NAJIB BUKANLAH ISU RAS

Ringgit Malaysia makin tenat. Ia akan mengakibatkan kenaikan harga barangan dengan mendadak, hutang negara jadi berganda dan rakyat akan menderita. Tetapi pucuk pimpinan dan mereka yang menerima imbuhan yang tinggi tidak akan terasa apa-apa. Lantas mereka tidak akan menghiraukan apa yang berlaku.

Pendokong Najib memainkan isu ras untuk mengalihkan tumpuan rakyat. Tetapi pembencian rakyat terhadap DAP atau kaum asing tidak ada kaitan dengan wang 2.6 billion yang masuk ke akaun peribadi Najib dan 1Mdb yang dikatakan tidak ada kaitan dengan wang rakyat.

TSMY telah menyoal status 1Mdb dan mahu jawapannya. Kalau ia tidak ada kaitan dengan wang rakyat mengapa Najib tidak memberitahunya dan mengapa beliau mesti disingkir. Kalau Najib tidak bersalah mengapa Ghani Patail tamatkan perkhidmatannya ? Kini Timbalan Pendakwaraya pula dilaporkan hilang. Sudah timbul satu syak wasangka yang bukan-bukan. Adakah ia senasib dengan PI Bala dan pegawai Aam Bank yang ditembak ? Jika Najib senasib seperti Saddam Hussein, pasti sekali kes-kes ini akan dipertuduhkan ke atasnya. Saddan tetap dihukum walaupun beliau telah menafikannya.

Rakyat tidak cemburu jika Najib menjadi kaya atau asal dari orang kaya. Cuma mereka ingin tahu mengapa Najib diam apabila wang sebanyak itu masuk ke akaun beliau. Tidak ada seorangpun ahli UMNO yang tahu kecuali dalam tahun 2015 setelah WSJ menyiarkan di dalam akhbarnya. Malahan semua itu disangkal sebagai fitnah  hendak menjatuhkan Najib. Najib mengugut hendak menyaman WSJ tetapi gagal berbuat demikian hingga ke hari ini.

Ahli UMNO juga hendak tahu cerita dan sejarah wang 2.6 billion itu; dari manakah asalnya, siapakah yang memberikannya, kenapa wang itu diberi, kenapa Najib tak bagi tahu sesiapa, bagaimana wang itu digunakan, kepada siapa dia memberinya, banyak mana dan bila. Banyak jawapan-jawapan lain mengambil masa berbulan untuk dijawab. Soalan ini mungkin baru mencari butiran apa yang perlu dijawab, dan pasti akan memakan masa yang lama untuk merekaciptakan jawapan yang tidak dianggap sebegitu bodoh, sepertimana jawapan-jawapan yang lain.

Soal 1Mdb dan 2.6 billion bukanlah soal ras, bukan DAP atau Lim Guan Eng. Ia adalah soal ketaatan kepada negara dan sayang pada rakyat jelata. Mereka yang patriot tidak mahu negara tergadai, tidak mahu melihat telaga minyak jadi sandaran dan harta negara dijual seperti yang telah dilaporkan oleh bank dunia. Mereka tidak mahu rakyat kehilangan pekerjaan akibat dari hilangnya kepercayaan kepada Najib dengan menutup kilang dan syarikat-syarikat. Mereka tidak mahu negara menjadi muflis.

Apakah semakin sehari ekonomi kita menjadi semakin baik ?

Di merata-rata orang-orang dan penyokong UMNO sendiri hairan mengapa ada pemimpin yang menyokong Najib. Tentu mereka berfikir untuk mencari jawapannya, dan pasti sekali ada jawapannya.

06/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

PEOPLE'S POWER

The first time I heard the phrase 'People's Power' was during the Philippine revolution to bring Marcos down. The whole scenario could be monitored on the ham band, 7 Mhz, as the protestors were using HF to give order to the people of what they should do. Groups were directed to attack the TV stations and took over them. And there was the call to go to the Malacanang Palace. The revolution was just after the election which Marcos won but the people accused Marcos of corrupting the voters.

I am sure several living old hams did monitor the historical event as well. That was the first time ever I heard ham radio was used against the government. Our current Ministers might have read the Filipino history from books but we follow live activity and the revolutionary movements.

Compare Marcos to Najib in term of corrupting the people for votes, Marcos is far below Najib. Najib is more direct. In parliament an UMNO Minister condemned the people who received BRIM but did not vote BN as ingratitude. Najib's 'I scratch your back and you scratch mine' is a well known phrase and was recorded as evidence. Najib's is worst as foreigners begins to move out and people are losing jobs. The ringgit falls at a crazy speed. He just doesn't care what happen to the people and the economy. He doesn't even care for the party but struggle hard to save his neck.

The Bersih 4 was a highly discipline lot. They did not march to Najib's house nor to Putrajaya, nor took over all the TV stations. The police did think of the worst and called the military to get ready. I would not expect the army is going to shoot dead every marcher. It could spell the end of Malaysia by so doing. Instead of cooling down the people, a few Ministers, propaganda unit and the cyber troopers are fueling the public by their statements and actions.

The safest place for Najib is Sabah, not even in Pekan Pahang. Said Keruak and Rahman Dahlan should be looking for some properties for Najib and his family. If there is another rise of people's power it won't be in Sabah and Sarawak.

In many countries election is never fair and full of frauds, cheating, gerrymandering, stuffing ballot boxes, exchanging and adding the boxes, threatening and corruptions. The citizens had to resort to people's power to bring down the government.

While some want the change of government, there are many who want the present government of Malaysia. They could not stand Najib because of GST and the rising cost of living, the shrinking of the ringgit and the central reserve, investors are running away and the world believe Najib is not an honest leader. They are just calling for Najib to step down.

May be one day people will praise him for his gut. And may be one day he will regain his pride when proven the 2.6 billions were actually not there at all but a myth created by verbal error.

06/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

OUR SOCCER TEAM BEATEN 10 - 0

People are angry with Dollah Salleh for Malaysia being beaten 10 - 0 by UAE. But they forget that Bhutan was beaten 15 - 0 by Qatar. Other scores were Iran 6 - 0 Guam, Iraq 5 - 1 Taiwan, South Korea 8 - 0 Laos, and China was held 0 - 0 by Hong Kong. The goal margin was too big by international standard.

Whether it was or wasn't Dollah's fault, he has to resign. Let other coach takes the job and the Malaysians could witness the effect of changing a trainer.

I would not want to solely blame Dollah. Nazir Razak, the brother of Malaysian Prime Minister, lamented that Malaysia is facing a lot of bad things; beaten in soccer by a big margin, declining ringgit, haze, attacked by Transparency International and the internal clashes in UMNO. It insinuates as if a bad luck mystery befell the country.

Dollah said that he did not understand why the defense was too vulnerable.

Why not we look into another remote aspect ie the mind of the players ? Doesn't there anyone who never thought about the political problem in the country ? They may not be happy with the declining ringgit and felt it very much when outside the country. In other words if they were unhappy with Najib, they won't strive to win the game. I had thought of the missing MH370 on the same line. The anger was against Najib who jailed Anwar.

It could be one of the reasons for the humiliated defeat. All are a mere conjecture.

But if we would have won 10 - 0 you will see Najib comes to the forefront. The party members will congratulate UMNO for the victory.

Sports have long been a political propaganda by the Communist Russis and Hitler. Championships were linked to the ideology. During the cold war we noticed there were battles between the capitalist and socialist states, USA and Soviet Union, to project the superiority each nation. USA and Soviet Union had emerged as the top nations in the Olympic for many years. The Cubans always credited their winning to Castro.

So it is not impossible for the defeat of the Malaysian team. I doubt whether Kim Swee can do much with the same players.

Besides we must analyze the teams of the world as well. We have to study closely the teams from the Middle East, Japan and Korea; their speed, size and skill. We also need to know the state of economic security of the players. I think in Malaysia professional soccer cannot guarantee economic security of a player. Even if he stays fit until 35, he may be of no value at the age of 27. He has about 8 years to accumulate the savings. After that he will be jobless.

Don't blame Dollah Salleh alone.

05/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

Is it not strange to gauge a person's IQ and intelligence by his proficiency in English ? To say a person who is very well verse in English is smart, I do know a well English speaking person whom I would consider really dumb.

To say that those who can't speak nor write English cannot run a country is just like saying the Chinese leaders are not fit to run the Chinese continent. China has been to the outer space. Many American computer programmers who can rite codes better than writing English.

Most of the time most people appeal to sentiment in making decisions or making statements. Malaysia lack of research studies to gather and categorize facts. It should be a basic task of university students to be taught on the subject matter. Take any view as a hypothesis and then test it. One interesting hypothesis is 'The Malays are the most incapable race as they are less proficient in English'. Americans are much advance in the world of research findings as compared to the rest of the world.

I traced that there were comments in the social media belittling those who could not write English well to justify the stupidity of some of the political leaders. I would agree that some of the politicians should resign but because of their poor English. Poor English does not portray other mental abilities. Some may be bad in language but possess the analytical or mathematical skills.

I agree that learning languages is good. In the United States, Federal government started to give importance to the study of foreign languages after the the Soviet Union put it's Sputnik in 1957. Language students earned Federal scholarships. And Malaysians began to realize the benefit of knowing other languages. We begin to hear learning Mandarin, Thai and Arab on our local radio station.

The reason why I used English in my blog is because I have never been good in it. I want to break the barrier of my fear. I am a late developer and only realize the value of education at the age when the brain is experiencing a declining stage. I just want to express my mind, with the hope people could understand my message with the use of limited vocabulary.

Damning my IQ is low and I am a stupid person won't hurt me at all. I don't force people to read what I wrote. Neither would I say I am a smart guy because I know there are many clever people in the country. I am impressed with their ability and ways they present their facts.

I don't hate politicians because of their low IQ or poor English but for their persistence in giving conflicting and changing statements which I interpret as lies and spinning. Readers used the term bodoh whereas I used the word jahat. Trying to deceive the citizens is not a stupid work but it is a demonic or an evil in nature.

Nevertheless the Ministers should improve themselves in many aspects; proficiency in languages, straight thinking and responsibility, accountability and integrity. If they fail in English, they cannot be allowed into parliament and cannot be a Minister, to which Mahathir Khalid would say, "Unfair la...."

05/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

HANCUR....

WHEN WILL ALL END ?

When will all the saga end ?

I don't know. Right now we pray for a miracle for our ringgit to climb back to the normal value. As for the 1Mdb it will remain a pain the neck for a very long time.

Government can make loan to build dams, high speed trains and other infrastructure. We have been doing it since independent. All done by the government, run by the civil servants. We borrowed from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. The Japanese, they said, was a hard bargainer. If you take their loan they demanded that you buy their facilities and used their engineers. They wanted to know how much you spend and in which area. The government would only negotiate loan from Japan only as a last resort. We never heard of any kickback scandal then.

When PM Najib said that loyal people are always better and more preferable to smart people, he was right. Smart people know more and criticize more. People are very well educated and earned their degrees from prestigious universities of the world. They are hard to fool. It is my conjecture that more than 60% of the BERSIH's protestors were from the educated group.

The Chinese are more matured than the Malays in this arena. They prefer to use their brains than their brawns to fight what they called injustice. Whenever the police go for an arrest there will be more Malays than the Chinese will be thrown into the lockups. Moreover the Chinese are more independent economically. The Malays have to depend on the government on many things.

Alert minds would always want to know which parts of the documents on 1Mdb were tempered with. They want to see the original and the tempered. Probably the Thais know the truth. The same mind question the necessity of an air-craft for our defense. Are we to say this is again another false report ?

Axing Mahyuddin, kicking UMNO members out of the party and continuous spinning will not stop the turbulence.

BERSIH4 has talk. The message sent is clear. Try to decipher it.

02/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

UMNO WILL SURVIVE

UMNO will survive until 2035. 2035 is the year when the demographic pattern will come to maturity. MIracle can happen if UMNO can become a party trusted by all and the party accept the residence as Malaysians. From now until the next GE UMNO will heavily engage the racial card as the main agenda whispering opposite things into the ears of different races.

As I see it, UMNO could be stronger without Najib. With Mahyuddin leading even Kelantan could be captured. Hadi has a reputation of being a spoiler. He can't even take back Trengganu, lost Kedah and now portraying himself as an UMNO man. If with Najib UMNO will win with a huge majority. Sarawakians and the Sabahans will demand for more ministerial posts as they save Najib's face.

Nevertheless,  the country will continue to suffer. The Malays will be losing more and more land, the drug addicts may double, educational integrity weakened. The cost of living will sore. Drugs, crimes and gambling will continue to flourish as the Ministers were seen rubbing shoulders with the big time gangsters. It was not only reported by the people who saw it but Zahid himself had create such an impression when he wrote to FBI to defend a known gangster. This relationship is raised over and over again in the social media by those who responded to Najib and Zahid's criticsms.

The ability to survive is also due to PAS factor. Hadi who strongly support Najib is losing support himself. When PAS is seen as UMNO the party will lose people's trust. If it is not the Malays who dislike UMNO would go for the Islamic party. The weaker PAS gives ways to UMNO's expansion in Kelantan. In other states the Malays might opt to DAP no matter what the campaign says about the Chinese. Najib is seen much worse than the North Korean communist by some Malays.

Bad leaders should not survive with UMNO. It is bad for a nation. It precipitates the coming 2035's event which may spell the final blow to the end of UMNO.

A time will come when effort to cheat through the ballot boxes will result in reverse affect. The police and the army will end their loyalty towards rogue leaders, and God comes first before any mankind.

As God gives a man to make a choice between good and evil, UMNO has to abide by it; either to replace Najib or to allow him to continue with his evil deeds. Just imagine Ismail Sabry likened Najib to God '..you don't listen to Najib, you don't listen to God..' This is evil and sinful enough.

However we can never know what may be coming in the GE14. We can make predictions and hypothesis. I just want to believe UMNO will gain more strength without Najib, could even win a landslide victory. The Chinese can go for BN even without a single cent promised. It had happened before.

Remember, Pak Lah was a Prime Minister. He walked out with honor and well respected. He does not live a miserable life. His mind is free. He has friends everywhere from all races and creeds. Najib could always emulate Pak Lah. And even Mahathir dared to give his post away. Rafedah Aziz ended herself in the home of Air Asia, much happier than when she was a Minister.

All Najib has to do is to retire rather than to resign. He can set up the date in 2016. UMNO will still survive without him. He will surely be forgiven. His errors will be forgotten. It is not the end of the world for him.

Life is temporary. Most of the current politicians have only a few more years to live. Let the younger generations serve the nation and we spend our time a little for ourselves and remember God all the time.

01/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

THE FEELING OF THE PEOPLE

Maria Chin called on Najib to bring his Red shirt supporters as well on the 29th. October to see the comparison between the numbers of Bersih 4 participants as compared to the Red Shirt. Instead Najib stayed away. Was he in Pekan ? His sanctuary seem to be Pekan, FELDA and East Malaysia.

Anyhow he has seen the difference, the big turnouts which scared him to the core. So the team chose to debase the protestors. The use of FB to discredit the gathering and the attack on Mahathir met with vigorous counter attack by the thousands. The furious crowds called Najib a thief and a corruptor who must be punished. Swear words were hurled back.

Najib and his team is pouring gasoline to the fire instead of cooling the citizens down.

I knew Najib came down to Alor Setar again but I do not know the number of people who attended. I never asked. I never wanted to know. But a layman told me there was no people. While having a drink somewhere the vendor told me that singe mothers were promised RM50 to attend. They came and listened to Najib but no one get paid. Only if Najib knows what really had happened he would have known that even the kampong Malays have rejected him.

1Mdb issue was not raised by Mahathir. The leak was captured by the opposition party. Some dedicated people in the government could not stand anymore the whole farce of the debt ridden 1Mdb dealing. The interest was mounting. Najib just let it go. Only later the WSJ published about the 2.6 billion that went into Najib's personal account. Mahathir picked it up from here and a few other UMNO ministers began to question Najib.

Najib chose to fight. "I am a Bugis warrior," he said while in Sabah. Fought he did. It started by saying the money was used for UMNO general election. He tried to deny the WSJ accusation by threatening to sue the media. Rahman Dahlan and all others called  for UMNO members to dispel all the social media that lie with false information. One Melanyi was brought in to say Sarawak Report lied. Information leaked by Xavier was tempered. But finally he was cornered. "The money was a donation from the Middle East to Najib for fighting the ISIS." There was an admittance. When the members of the public said that the time of donation there was no ISIS yet, Najib changed the story, "The donation was for Najib to fight the DAP Jews."

He promised to settle the 1Mdb within six months through restructuring. His attacker said that in the restructuring scheme he is seeking the help of IPIC with the promise of some assets to Aabar. The World Bank had published of an asset giving away by Najib before. The former Menteri Besar of Trengganu talked about the oil field to be given away. Now the IPIC is doing some thinking about the deal.

Najib mentioned that the GST will be used to pay the loan.

Mahathir wants to know more of the detail of the 2.6 billions which he believed to be stolen from 1Mdb. The public sees that the money cannot be in Najib's personal account.

The main problem faced by Najib to defend himself was because the leaked information contain the truth. The investigating team found discrepancies. Ghani Patail found that Najib had made a criminal offense and prepared an arrest sheet. Someone informed Najib about it and  Ghani was sacked and DPP's office was ransacked.

The only way he could fight is to go around Malaya repeatedly to pleas and lie to the members, to appeal for a pity and support.

Who is wrong now; Bersih4, Mahathir or Najib ? If everyone is a criminal then arrest all of them and put them to trial. Never mind about the partisan judge. Because of the massive sum of money that went into Najib's account and the rapidly falling economy Najib must be charge first, then Maria Chin and the last person is Mahathir.

The Home Ministry must think before it acts so that Malaysia will not be made a laughing stock. He cannot make law, passed it himself and had it gazetted. He simply cannot ban people from going out the country without reasons. He should not revoke a person PR just for commenting some truth.

The point of focus is Najib's 2.6 billions, 1Mdb's debts, money that his son in-law purchased US property, and where he gets the money for the lavish spending. It is not Mahathir or Maria Chin. It is not the case of Chinese show their faces in the Bersih's protest, nor about the Chinese taking away the country.

The 300,000+ people that went out for BERSIH4 represent almost the whole of Peninsular Malaysia including the grassroots UMNO members. Najib emerge as a very bad person to be dispel with. He kicked the DPM and Shafiee Afdal, attacking the top officers by kicking them out of office or transfer them. He took revenge on those who expose the truth about his insincerity.

Feedback in the social media shows that in as much as the police keep records of the public, the people are also keeping the database of those people who seem to defend the wrongdoings and corruptions. They threatened to bring these people to justice. I won't want to underestimate the public under a corrupt and authoritarian government.

Of course Zahid has the choice of following the Communist China or North Korea, to arrest a few thousands of ant-Najib group and shoot them all. The Perak Mufti said killing those who join the BERSIH 4 is legal.

01/09/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof

Switzerland, Saudi Arabia Open Investigation into Malaysia’s Development Fund 1MDB

Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Co (Ipic) is considering pulling out of a plan to help restructure 1Malaysia Development Bhd's debts, Singapore's Business Times reported.

Citing a source, the paper said Ipic and its subsidiary, Aabar Investment, which signed an agreement last May to help 1MDB cut its debts by RM16 billion, are now having second thoughts about the plan.

BT said it was unclear what led Ipic to rethink the deal, but cited a report in the Gulf Times of "growing unease" in the Middle East in the wake of the 1MDB controversy, including the resignations of Aabar Investments' chairman Khadem al-Qubaisi and chief executive Mohamed Badawy al-Husseiny.

As part of the plan, 1MDB would receive US$1 billion (RM3.71 billion) from Ipic, which according to 1MDB was neither a loan nor a bailout.

Instead, 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy said the money was a business transaction between the two companies, and it would not see 1MDB assuming further debt. – August 26, 2015.

ETS - ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE

I have yet to try ETS. There were a lot of people at the Alor Setar rail station sending the members of their family probably back to Kuala Lumpur. I sent my two grand daughters and their mother. My daughter told me that she enjoyed the train. It was comfortable and spacious. The speed is about 180 km/h, half the speed of China's train which ran at about 385 km/h. My son commented that if they were to double the speed and reduce the price, property price in Kuala Lumpur will drop. True indeed, for workers would prefer to stay in their kampongs and make a daily travel to their work places.

When I was at the station, looking at the train, I remember Dr Mahathir. It was his vision to make Malaya a progressive nation base on technology. I said to myself that that man has a real distant vision. But we the normal men took things for granted. We would oppose almost everything before it comes. When it becomes a reality we will be the first to use it.

I could go to Padang Besar and comes back on the same day. The morning trip is at 830 am from Alor Setar to Padang Besar and the trip back will be at 2.30 pm. It is enough time to go shopping at the border town. It would cost me RM20 or may be less for a senior citizen.

Mahathir is now 90 and live to see part of his dream and vision. If he were to die 4 years ago he would not have the chance to see the ETS in operation. To him English is not to make a person a Westerner but to pursue knowledge on sciences and technology.

From Alor Setar to Kuala Lumpur takes 5 hours without traffic jam and honking. When we got tired sitting we can move about, at least go to the canteen and enjoy the food.

Forget about politics for some time and let's go and enjoy the ride.

23/07/2015 - Abdul Rahman Raof