When Khalid was asked by reporters on his link with Lim Kim Hong written in this blog on June 9th, 2008 , the above was his response. This blog has been in pursuit of the Selangor Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim's past corruption trail since early 2007. The claim is that Khalid had a history of favour-for-cash arrangement with Lim Kim Hong. With Khalid currently under financial difficulty to repay the balance loan of RM66 million with Bank Islam, there is suspicion that he had done ..

A week before the Criminalise War conference, I expressed doubt that IJN will be privatised in a piece entitled " IJN: Is there really a takeover? " I was expressing a differing view with others who fear of a renewwed takeover of IJN. Subsequently, I wrote " IJN should be spared the "the second wave of privatisation " n response to the budget speech by PM. I had expressed forthrightly that any corporate manouvre to privatise IJN will involve the senior medical consultants. By saying that, I ..

Six detainees of Guantanamo Bay - Sami Al Hajj , Moazzam Begg , Rhuhel Ahmad , Jameelah Abbas Hameedi ; detained Iraqi citizen Salam Fanar Zabin and Abbas Zaid Obaid ; and an expert on environmenat, Dr. Souad Naji Al-Azzawi presented their case to the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commision on Thursday. The public hearing was chaired by Zainur Zakaria, a famous Malaysian lawyer and members are Profesor Hans Von Sponeck (US), Dennis Halliday (Irealand), Musa Ismail (Malaysia), Profesor Gurdial Nijar ..

I, SALAM FANAR ZABIN (Iraqi Passport No. G2399607) of full age and a citizen of Iraq do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 1. I am 24 years old. 2. I now live in Damascus, Syria. 3. The purpose of making this declaration is to put on record my torture in the Baghdad Airport prison (for 7 days) and Saladdin (for 3 days) and in Abu Ghraib prison (for 6 months). 4. I was 17 years old when I was detained on 19 October 2003 in my home at the Al Jehad area near the Baghdad Airport at ..

I, Dr SOUAD NAJI AL-AZZAWI (Iraqi Passport No. G1630368) of full age and a citizen of Iraq do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 1. I am 57 years old. I am an Associate Professor in environmental engineering. I am a consultant for scientific affairs to private universities in Iraq and Syria. 2. I currently live in Mosul, Iraq and Aleppo, Syria. 3. The purpose of making this declaration is to put on record that the intentional use depleted uranium and other banned weapons till ..

I, RHUHEL AHMED (British Passport No. 105601983) of full age and a citizen of United Kingdom do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 1. I am 27 years old. 2. I live in Sandwell, England. 3. The purpose of making this declaration is to put on record my torture in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. 4. In October 2001 I and 3 of my friends Shafiq, Asif and Monir – all citizens of the United Kingdom went to Pakistan for Asif’s wedding and a holiday. We were there early about 3 weeks ..

I, ABBAS ZAID OBAID (Iraqi Passport No. G2077826) of full age and a citizen of Iraq do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 1. I am 45 years old. 2. I now live in Iraq. 3. The purpose of making this declaration is to highlight the destruction in Fallujah city in Iraq. 4. The American military operations started in Fallujah about four months after the entry of invading forces to Iraq, when they tried very hard to establish a foothold in the city but the people of Fallujah try to ..

I, SAMI EL-HAJ (Sudanese Passport No. C 0338271) of full age and a citizen of Sudan do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 1. I am 40 years old. I am the head of Public Liberties and Human Rights Desk of Al Jazeera. 2. I live in Doha, Qatar. 3. The purpose of making this declaration is to put on record my unlawful detention in Pakistan, and subsequent torture in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. 4. On 15 December 2001 when I was a cameraman for Al Jazeera news network and was with ..

I, JAMEELAH ABBAS HAMEEDI ( Iraqi Passport No. G2582171) of full age and an citizen of Iraq do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 1. I am 54 years old. I used to be Head Chief of the Cooperation Unions ( that manages the other government unions in Kirkuk) prior to the invasion in 2003. 2. I now live in Damascus, Syria. 3. The purpose of making this declaration is to put on record my torture in the Baghdad Airport prison and Abu Ghraib prison in 2004 after the invasion of Iraq. 4. ..

I, MOAZZAM BEGG (British Passport No. 464541423) of full age and a citizen of United Kingdom do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 1. I am 41 years old. I am a director of human rights organisation called the Cage Prisoners which advocates for people detained without charge or trial in the war on terror. 2. I live in Birmingham, England. 3. The purpose of making this declaration is to put on record my torture in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. 4. In mid 2001 I went to ..

"People must realise the horrors of war. What they (the Americans) do is inhumane”, said Tun Dr Mahathir during the press conference at the end of the conference session of the Criminalise War Conference & Exhibition at PWTC yesterday. The War Crimes Commission Hearings will begin today and end tomorrow. Dr Mahathir went further, "They champion liberty, freedom, human rights and democracy but in actual fact, they torture people who they detain without trial." He was refering to the US ..

After the keynote speech by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad , the first day of the conference was followed by three panel sessions. The first panel was entitled Flouting International law and the Failure of International Institutions. There were two star attractions on the panelist; namely Bitish MP George Galloway and US Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney . Another is former Indian diplomat, Mr Gajendra Singh. The second panel is on Economic Warfare with panelists - the reknown ..

Dr Mahathir delivered the keynote speech at this morning opening of the conference on the Criminalisation of War. In reply to sceptics to accepting war as a natural existence in human history, he asked why we cannot reject war? It is absurd that modern civilisation who rejects abuse of human rights, discrimination, public execution, etc. but accept the kiling of millions of individuals in war. Dr Mahathir went on to talk on the arms build up happenining around the world, development of weaponry ..

When the United States of America launched its “War on Terror” the world was divided – some feeling it was justified given the September 11 terror attacks on the US soil. Others were apprehensive and felt the chill of fear that the very force combatting terror will end up being the very terror itself. It has been eight years since the War on Terror was launched and the visible casualties were Afghanistan and Iraq, both invaded by the US and its allies. These invasions, especially on Iraq ..

IJN Holding and Tan Sri Nor Mohamad Yakcop has denied it. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has in so many words repeated the call that IJN should not be privatised. However, Najib's budget speech last Friday mentioned "the second wave of privatisation". The exerpt from his budget speech taken from his blog here is below: Implementation of Privatisation Initiatives 28. The Government will gradually reduce its involvement in economic activities, particularly in areas where it competes with the private ..

IRDA and Khazanah is only about Nusajaya dan Medini project but con others to claim credit for ongoing South Johor development plans done by Johor state. IRDA is a Khazanah conjob. Let's close it down! The Malaysian Insider picked up on a news on the blogs on the resignation of the second CEO for IRDA. Since Khazanah has a hand in the selection of CEO, it puts in question Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar's ability to pick senior staff for IRDA. The news below: Iskandar rocked by CEO’s resignation - The ..

Bigdogdotcom leaked the story of a possible privatisation of Instituit Jantung Negara (IJN) last Tuesday October 20th, 2009. His argument was based on a proposal believe to undertake a "Wide Unbundling of Asset" (WAU) similar to the excercise undertaken by Malaysian Airlines System. WAU was the term used by the Binafikir team to justify millions to be paid to them. It is actually a financing scheme one can find in any undergraduate corporate finance textbook called sell and leaseback. It is an ..

Ibrahim Ali Akui Kini Lebih Condong Kepada BN KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Okt (Bernama) -- Anggota Parlimen Bebas dari Pasir Mas Datuk Ibrahim Ali pada Rabu membuat pengakuan bahawa beliau kini lebih cenderung untuk menyokong kepimpinan Barisan Nasional. Beliau berkata kerjasamanya dengan PAS, yang terjalin ketika beliau bertanding menggunakan tiket parti itu pada pilihan raya umum lepas, sudah berakhir. "Saya adalah ahli Parlimen Bebas dan bersedia bekerjasama dengan mana-mana pihak tetapi kecenderungan ..

Bazlan Baharuddin, seorang ahli perniagaan yang juga Ketua Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO Bahagian Gua Musang membuat kenyataan Ahad meminta Dato Ibrahim Ali tidak diberi masuk UMNO semula .Kenyataan ini tidak lain dan tidak bukan adalah permainan politik cah keting yang biasa di Kelantan. Tidak langsung diendah peringatan Wahdatul-Wahdatul dari Tan Sri Muhyddin di PAU baru-baru ini. Tanpa syak dan waham, penulis boleh juruskan dalangnya kepada Tan Sri Anuar Musa kerana dia memang banyak terlibat ..