Failure of Rukun Negara after 50 years – best proof is the present Cabinet which has the least number of Ministers who are Malaysian first  and their ethnicity or religion second and the most number of  Ministers who are first in their ethnicity or religion and Malaysian  second

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The best proof of the failure of Rukun Negara after 50 years  is that the country has now  a Cabinet which has the least number of Ministers who are Malaysian first  and their ethnicity or religion second and the most number of  Ministers who are first in their ethnicity or religion and Malaysian  second.

Is the Cabinet prepared to hold a public event where every Cabinet Minister declares that he or she unconditionally and unequivocally accepts the five Rukun Negara Principles as the basis for the building of a Malaysian nation and that he or she is Malaysian first and their ethnicity  or religious affiliation second?

Ten years ago, the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he was Malay first and Malaysian second. Has he developed with the times to become a  Malaysian first and Malay second? Is he a Prime Minister for all Malaysians or Prime Minister for only  one group of people?

Never before in 63-year history of Malaysia had there been so many negative messages as well as recent  events which ran counter to the National Day theme of “Malaysia Prihatin” and the Rukun Negara principles  and witnessed by the following

1. Rise of the “Malu Apa” mentality and campaign;

2. Infamous Sheraton Move which brought in a “backdoor” and illegitimate Government;

3. Creeping return of  corruption and kleptocracy, with the replacement of professionals by PN MPs in government-linked companies and the spread of the entitlement mentality by political cronies, as evidenced by a deputy minister recommending that his son be appointed a board member to a GLC;

4. One PAS MP  who went on a tirade against Christianity and refused to apologise for desecrating the Rukun Negara on the eve of its Golden Jubilee;

5. An  up-and-coming Bersatu politician who violated two   important Rukun Negara principles on “national unity” and “liberal approach towards the rich and varied cultural traditions” by calling for the closure of vernacular schools – expecting it to be a short-cut to political promotion and fame.

6. Nefarious plot in the durian belt of Pahang to deny justice to the durian farmers and to falsely target them as being opposed  to the second Rukun Negara principle of “Loyalty to King and country”.

The Yang di Pertuan Agong has  stressed that the five principles of Rukun Negara form the formula of how  the various races, religions, cultures and languages can overcome differences and diversity to live in peace and harmony but  irreligious and immoral voices are getting louder that while corruption is deplorable, one should support a Muslim leader who is corrupt than an non-Muslim leader who is clean, honest and upright.

Although the Prime Minister said that while the Perikatan Nasional has no  election manifesto, it does not mean it has no accountability.

Firstly, how can Muhyiddin so simply and easily disclaimed and  reneged on the Pakatan Harapan manifesto of the 14th General Election when  he was one of the architects of the  Pakatan Harapan coalition at the time?

Secondly, if the Perikatan Nasional government upholds the   principle of accountability, why  is he been silent on the above-mentioned six violations of the Rukun Negara principles.

Muhyiddin said he is responsible to the people and the minsters are responsible to the people.

Two congratulations to Muhyiddin are in order.

Firstly, for continuing to have a Minister who had unabashedly  violated the Covid-19 quarantine SOP and who created history in having over 51,000 netizens endorsing an online petition started  by Taufiq Latif calling on him to resign from Cabinet.

Secondly, for the latest Merdeka Centre survey finding of his 69 per cent  approval rating. The survey  found that while 9 out of 10 Malay and Bumiputera from Sabah and Sarawak gave the Prime Minister the thumbs up, 65% of Indians and only 33% Chinese were satisfied with him.

Muhyiddin has admitted that his administration faced its greatest test in the Covid-19 pandemic.

He said the crisis is unprecedented in Malaysia and across the world, but with the tenacity of the government, the support of frontliners, civil servants and volunteers, and the people’s discipline, the nation was up to the challenge.

I do not agree. The Covid-19 pandemic presented the Muhyiddin government an opportunity to hide its weaknesses and internal contradictions, for Malaysians rallied behind the government in the face of the global disaster.

The Muhyiddin government had at first mishandled the Covid-19 pandemic, causing a second wave of Covid outbreak in March, which reached its peak on April 3.

If not for the Sheraton Move, there would not be a second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown of the country.

It is fortunate that Malaysia had contained the second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, although like the rest of the world, we must be prepared for any resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak – a second wave for most of the countries of the world but a third wave for Malaysia.

Thailand has reported zero local transmission of Covid-19 for 100 consecutive days –  a feat which Malaysia had not  yet achieved.

Thailand, the first country outside China to report Covid-19 cases in January this year, has reported 3,425 cases and 58 fatalities as compared with a cumulative total of 9,360 cases and 128 fatalities in Malaysia. With a smaller population, Malaysia  should have  a better record on the Covid-19 epidemic  than Thailand.

But the vision for the future of Malaysia is not completely dark and hopeless, and I am most encouraged by a letter to  his 75-year-old classmates from the Royal Military College written by an RMC alumni, Yusof Hashim on the occasion of the 63rd National Day.

Yusof wrote:

“I am a Malaysian first, and a Malay second. I pray to God daily, and I believe in the hereafter where all of us will all be asked to account for what we did or did not do while we were alive.

“But I am not excessively and destructively religious. I am unhappy with how my religion has been hijacked for political purposes, and I am angry with the people doing it. I am also angry with the charlatans and titled people who call themselves our leaders.

“I am unhappy with the creeping Arabization of my multi-racial and multi-cultural Malaysia. And I am angry with the dumbing down of the Malay rural population by politicians without integrity, without honour, without honesty and without conscience…

“If you choose silence, and to die without conscience for the state of the country that we are leaving behind for our grandchildren, and their grandchildren, that is your cowardly choice. I choose to say what I feel and although alone I cannot do much to change things, I hope by speaking out, enough people will have their conscience pricked, and our numbers may swell enough to outnumber the living dead. And hopefully, the enlightened will be large enough in number to make a difference.

“For a start, this affirmative action policy has gone on for far too long. Although it has helped a lot of Malays, as a double-edged sword, it is starting to hurt the Malays more than it helps. It has bred a crutch mentality among us Malays, to an extent that initiative and entrepreneurship have atrophied among the Malays. We have become risk-averse. Our people have now come to believe that they cannot achieve anything without government help. Our race has become the object of derision by the more independently successful Chinese. Let us wean the Malays away from affirmative action.

“Let us embrace meritocracy. We need to taste hard work and some failure, for us to learn how to walk without needing crutches.

“The affirmative action policy, when it was first mooted after the dark days of the May 13 affair, was the right thing to do. But half a century later, this policy has bred a cadre of Malay rent seekers and politicians, who exploit this policy to enrich themselves immorally and illegally.

“In the name of helping the Malays, GLCs and GOCs have become instruments to steal and to siphon money from public coffers. The positions of heads of these GLCs and GOCs have systematically been given not to capable and qualified persons, but are rewards reserved for politicians to entice them to leap from one party to another.

“In addition, these positions are also dangled in front of many senior civil servants to buy their complicity in nefarious schemes to bleed the country’s coffers. At the trial of a previous Prime Minister, we heard how senior civil servants meekly carried out the orders of the sitting PM, without acting as the check and balance that there were intended to be.

“No doubt they were eyeing titles and cushy positions at GLCs and GOCs post their retirement from the civil service.

“I say GOCs and GLCs ought to be privatised. Government should only govern, and the private sector should be tasked to do businesses. This will remove the insidious opportunity for politicians to use the GOCs and GLCs as a political tool.

“The effects of this disease is so entrenched today, that we are now derisively labelled as the country with the biggest kleptocracy in the entire world. One of our past Prime Ministers have even been convicted of felony, and yet the dedak-infused still kiss his hands and scream, what is there to be ashamed about, whenever he makes his police-escorted rounds. What have become of these people?

“I worked in the oil industry, and I know that Norway and us started developing our oil and gas industry at about the same time. In fact, both Norway and Malaysia have about the same size of hydrocarbon reserves beneath our land and our seas.

“But while Norway managed their bounty carefully, and today they have one of the world’s largest sovereign fund from oil and gas resources, exceeding one trillion USD in value, Malaysia has a sovereign debt exceeding one trillion.”

…And more.

This letter has given me sustenance  in re-energising for  the long and hard battle to save Malaysia and confirmed my belief that Malaysia deserves better.

Let all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, region, gender, age or station be committed to the quest for Malaysia to become an united,  top world-class nation by leveraging on the values and assets of the diverse races, religions, languages, cultures and civilizations which meet in confluence in Malaysia!

(Media Statement by  DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Thursday, 3rd September 2020)

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Kegagalan Rukun Negara selepas 50 tahun — bukti terbesarnya adalah Kabinet semasa, di mana hanya segelintir menterinya melihat identiti mereka lebih sebagai seorang rakyat Malaysia dahulu berbanding dengan identiti kaum ataupun agama mereka, dan bukan sebaliknya

Kegagalan Rukun Negara selepas 50 tahun — bukti terbesarnya adalah Kabinet semasa, di mana hanya segelintir menterinya melihat identiti mereka lebih sebagai seorang rakyat Malaysia dahulu berbanding dengan identiti kaum ataupun agama mereka, dan bukan sebaliknya.

Adakah Kabinet bersedia untuk mengadakan satu acara awam di mana setiap Menteri Kabinet mengisytiharkan penerimaan tanpa syarat mereka terhadap kelima-lima prinsip Rukun Negara sebagai asas pembinaan negara bangsa Malaysia, dan bahawa mereka semua adalah rakyat Malaysia dahulu, dan kemudiannya identiti kaum dan agama masing-masing?

Sepuluh tahun lalu, Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin pernah mengatakan yang beliau adalah seorang Melayu dahulu, kemudiannya barulah seorang rakyat Malaysia. Adakah beliau telah berubah dengan perkembangan zaman untuk menjadi seorang rakyat Malaysia dahulu dan kemudiannya seorang Melayu? Adakah beliau kini seorang Perdana Menteri untuk semua rakyat Malaysia ataupun hanya untuk sekumpulan kaum?

Tidak pernah lagi berlaku dalam 63 tahun sejarah negara kita, terdapat sebegitu banyak mesej-mesej negatif dan juga kejadian-kejadian yang bertentangan dengan tema Hari Kebangsaan “Malaysia prihatin” dan prinsip-prinsip Rukun Negara yang disaksikan seperti berikut:

1.	Kemunculan kempen dan mentaliti “Malu Apa”;

2.	Langkah Sheraton yang telah menubuhkan kerajaan “pintu belakang”

3.	Kedatangan semula rasuah dan kleptokrasi, di mana ahli profesional dalam syarikat milik kerajaan digantikan dengan ahli Parlimen PN, bersama dengan penyebaran mentaliti “berhak” dalam kalangan kroni politik seperti yang ditunjukkan oleh seorang timbalan menteri yang meminta surat sokongan supaya anaknya dilantik ke dalam lembaga pengarah sebuah GLC;

4.	Seorang Ahli Parlimen PAS yang telah mengeluarkan kritikan tidak berasas terhadap agama Kristian dan kemudiannya enggan memohon maaf di atas perbuatannya yang menghina Rukun Negara di ambang sambutan Jubli Emasnya ini;

5.	Seorang ahli politik Bersatu yang mencabuli dua cita-cita Rukun Negara, “perpaduan negara” dan “satu cara liberal terhadap tradisi-tradisi kebudayaannya yang kaya dan berbagai corak” apabila beliau menyeru supaya sekolah vernakular ditutup — dengan harapan tindakan ini boleh menaikkan nama beliau;

6.	Rancangan buruk di kawasan kebun durian di Pahang untuk menafikan keadilan terhadap pekebun durian dan pada masa yang sama cuba menggambarkan mereka sebagai melawan prinsip kedua Rukun Negara, “Kesetiaan kepada Raja dan Negara”.

Yang Dipertuan Agong telah menekankan yang kelima-lima prinsip Rukun Negara ini membentuk satu formula untuk membolehkan pelbagai kaum, agama, budaya, dan bahasa untuk mengatasi perbezaan di antara satu sama lain untuk hidup bersama dalam keadaan yang aman dan harmoni, terdapat suara-suara sumbang yang berlawanan dengan ajaran agama dan moral yang kini semakin kuat yang cuba mengatakan walaupun perbuatan rasuah itu buruk dan perlu dijauhi, seorang pemimpin beragama Islam yang terlibat dengan rasuah perlu disokong berbanding dengan pemimpin bukan Islam yang bersih dan jujur.

Walaupun Perdana Menteri telah mengatakan walaupun Perikatan Nasional tidak mempunyai apa-apa manifesto pilihan raya, ini tidak bermakna ia tidak mempunyai akauntabiliti.

Pertamanya, bagaimanakah Muhyiddin boleh dengan sewenang-wenangnya mengabaikan Manifesto PRU14 Pakatan Harapan sedangkan beliau adalah salah seorang arkitek utama Pakatan Harapan pada masa itu?

Keduanya, jika kerajaan Perikatan Nasional ini masih memegang kepada prinsip akauntabiliti, mengapa beliau hanya berdiam diri terhadap keenam-enam kejadian yang mencabuli semangat Rukun Negara di atas?

Dua “tahniah” untuk Muhyiddin.

Pertamanya kerana mempunyai seorang Menteri yang tanpa segan silu melanggar SOP kuarantin Covid-19 dan mencipta sejarah dengan mempunyai hampir 51,000 orang menandatangi petisyen supaya beliau meletakkan jawatan.

Keduanya, di atas hasil dapatan kajian Merdeka Centre yang mendapati beliau mempunyai tahap sokongan setinggi 69 peratus. Kajian tersebut mendapati walaupun 9 daripada 10 orang Melayu dan Bumiputera daripada Sabah dan Sarawak berpuas hati dengan Perdana Menteri, 65% orang India dan hanya 33% peratus orang Cina yang berpuas hati dengan beliau.

Muhyiddin telah mengaku yang pentadbiran beliau berhadapan dengan ujian terbesar dalam mengendalikan wabak Covid-19.

Beliau mengatakan krisis seperti ini tidak pernah lagi berlaku di Malaysia mahupun di mana-mana negara lain, tetapi dengan ketabahan kerajaan, sokongan daripada petugas barisan hadapan, kakitangan awam, dan sukarelawan, berserta dengan disiplin rakyat, negara kita mampu berhadapan dengan cabaran ini.

Saya tidak bersetuju. Wabak Covid-19 ini telah memberikan ruang kepada kerajaan Muhyiddin untuk menyorokkan kelemahan dan perbalahan dalamannya, kerana kebanyakkan rakyat Malaysia menyokong usaha kerajaan untuk melawan bencana ini.

Kerajaan Muhyiddin pada mulanya telah tersilap dalam mengendalikan wabak ini, sehingga berlakunya gelombang kedua wabak ini yang memuncak pada 3 April.

Jika tidak kerana Langkah Sheraton, tidak sepatutnya terjadi gelombang kedua ini dan tidak perlulah kawalan pergerakan di seluruh negara.

Kita bernasib baik kerana berjaya mengekang penularan gelombang kedua wabak Covid-19 ini, walaupun seperti kebanyakkan negara di seluruh dunia, kita harus sentiasa bersedia untuk sebarang penularan semula wabak ini — kejadian gelombang kedua untuk kebanyakkan negara, tetapi satu gelombang ketiga untuk Malaysia.

Thailand telah melaporkan sifar jangkitan tempatan untuk tempoh 100 hari berturut-turut — satu kejayaan yang belum dapat dilihat di Malaysia.

Thailand merupakan negara pertama di luar China yang melaporkan jangkitan Covid-19 pada bulan Januari tahun ini. Negara tersebut telah mencatatkan 3,425 jangkitan dengan 58 kematian berbanding dengan angka 9,360 kes dan 128 kematian di Malaysia. Dengan jumlah penduduk yang lebih kecil, kita seharusnya mempunyai rekod yang lebih baik berbanding dengan Thailand.

Namun masa depan negara tidaklah segelap yang dibayangkan, dan saya bersemangat selepas membaca sepucuk surat daripada alumni Maktab Tentera Diraja, Yusof Hashim kepada rakan sekelas beliau sempena Hari Kebangsaan ke-63.

Yusof menulis:

“Pertamanya, saya rakyat Malaysia, dan keduanya saya seorang Melayu. Saya berdoa kepada Tuhan setiap hari, dan saya percaya pada akhirat di mana kita semua akan diminta untuk menjelaskan apa yang kita lakukan atau tidak lakukan semasa kita masih hidup.

“Tetapi saya tidak terlalu beragama atau menjauhi agama. Saya tidak senang dengan bagaimana agama saya dirampas untuk tujuan politik, dan saya marah dengan orang-orang yang melakukannya. Saya juga marah dengan para penipu yang menggelar diri mereka sebagai pemimpin kita.

“Saya tidak gembira dengan Arabisasi Malaysia yang berbilang kaum dan budaya. Dan saya marah dengan penghinaan penduduk luar bandar Melayu oleh ahli politik tanpa integriti, tanpa kehormatan, tanpa kejujuran dan tanpa hati nurani …

“Jika anda memilih untuk berdiam diri, dan mati tanpa hati nurani terhadap keadaan negara yang kita tinggalkan untuk cucu-cucu kita, dan cucu-cucu mereka, itu adalah pilihan anda. Saya memilih untuk mengatakan apa yang saya rasakan dan walaupun secara bersendirian saya mungkin tidak dapat mengubah sesuatu, saya harap dengan meluahkan fikiran saya, cukup ramai orang yang akan tergerak hati nurani mereka, dan sejumlah kita mungkin cukup ramai untuk mengatasi jumlah hati yang telah mati. Dan mudah-mudahan, mereka tersedar ini akan cukup ramai untuk membawa perbezaan.

“Sebagai permulaan, polisi tindakan afirmatif ini telah berjalan terlalu lama. Walaupun ia telah membantu ramai orang Melayu, ianya ibarat pedang bermata dua, ia mula membawa lebih banyak keburukan kepada orang Melayu daripada menolong mereka. Polisi ini telah membawa mentaliti memerlukan tongkat di kalangan kita orang Melayu, sehinggakan inisiatif dan semangat keusahawanan terbantut di kalangan orang Melayu. Kita jadi takut terhadap risiko. Orang-orang kita sekarang telah percaya bahawa kita tidak dapat mencapai apa-apa tanpa bantuan pemerintah. Kaum kita telah menjadi objek ejekan oleh orang Cina yang lebih berjaya tanpa bantuan. Marilah kita memisahkan kaum kita dari tindakan afirmatif ini.

“Mari kita terapkan meritokrasi. Kita perlu berkerja keras dan merasai beberapa kegagalan, untuk kita belajar berjalan tanpa memerlukan tongkat.

“Dasar tindakan afirmatif, semasa pertama kali diperdebatkan selepas hari-hari gelap 13 Mei, adalah tindakan yang tepat. Tetapi setengah abad kemudian, dasar ini telah melahirkan kader pemakan sewa dan ahli politik Melayu, yang memanfaatkan polisi ini untuk memperkayakan diri mereka secara haram dan tidak bermoral.

“Atas nama menolong orang Melayu, GLC dan syarikat milik kerajaan telah menjadi instrumen untuk mencuri dan mengeluarkan wang dari kantung awam. Kedudukan ketua-ketua GLC dan syarikat milik kerajaan ini secara sistematik tidak diberikan kepada orang-orang yang berkebolehan dan berkelayakan, tetapi dijadikan ganjaran yang kepada ahli politik untuk memikat mereka untuk melompat dari satu pihak ke pihak lain.

“Di samping itu, jawatan-jawatan ini juga ditayang di depan ramai pegawai kanan kerajaan untuk melibatkan mereka dalam skema jahat untuk menghabiskan wang negara. Dalam perbicaraan seorang mantan Perdana Menteri, kita dapat dengar bagaimana pegawai kanan kerajaan dengan lemah lembut melaksanakan perintah PM, tanpa melakukan semak imbang yang sepatutnya.

“Tidak diragukan lagi mereka memerhatikan gelaran dan jawatan yang selesa di GLC dan syarikat milik kerajaan ini sebagai rancangan pasca-persaraan perkhidmatan awam.

“Saya percaya syarikat milik kerajaan dan GLC harus diswastakan. Kerajaan sepatutnya fokus hanya kepada pentadbiran, dan sektor swasta harus dibenarkan untuk menjalankan perniagaan. Perkara ini akan menghapuskan peluang ahli politik untuk menggunakan syarikat milik kerajaan dan GLC sebagai alat politik.

“Kesan penyakit ini begitu kuat sehingga hari ini, sehingga sekarang kita dicerca sebagai negara dengan kleptokrasi terbesar di seluruh dunia. Bahkan, selepas seorang mantan Perdana Menteri kita dihukum kerana melakukan kesalahan, para pemakan dedak yang terjangkit masih mencium tangannya dan menjerit, “nak malu apa?”, semasa beliau meronda negara dengan ditemani pengawal polis . Apa yang telah terjadi pada mereka ini?

“Saya bekerja dalam industri minyak, dan saya tahu bahawa Norway dan kita mula mengembangkan industri minyak dan gas kita pada waktu yang sama. Sebenarnya, kedua-dua Norway dan Malaysia mempunyai ukuran simpanan hidrokarbon yang hampir sama di bawah tanah dan laut kita.

“Tetapi sementara Norway menguruskan anugerah mereka dengan teliti, dan hari ini mereka memiliki salah satu dana terbesar di dunia hasil sumber minyak dan gas, melebihi nilai satu trilion USD, Malaysia mempunyai hutang negara melebihi satu trilion.”

… Dan banyak lagi.

Surat ini telah menyegarkan saya, untuk menggerakkan semula perjuangan untuk menyelamatkan Malaysia dan mengesahkan kepercayaan saya bahawa Malaysia boleh berubah untuk menjadi lebih baik.

Marilah kita semua, sebagai rakyat Malaysia, tanpa mengira kaum, agama, kawasan, jantina, atau pun umur, untuk kekal komited terhadap perjuangan untuk sebuah negara berkelas dunia yang bersatu-padu dengan menggembelengkan nilai dan aset daripada kepelbagaian kaum, agama, budaya, dan bahasa yang bertemu di Malaysia ini.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Khamis 3 September 2020)

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Are we having a MACC scandal over the MARA corruption scandal over the transaction of Australian properties?

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Is the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) aware of the identity of the “most powerful Malaysian political figure”  referred to  by Australian media Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Sun as  implicated in the RM70 million MARA corruption scandal involving the transaction of  Australian properties?

If so, why had no action been taken  by the MACC against  this “most powerful Malaysian political figure”; and if not, why the MACC had not sought information from its Australian counterpart in the Australian Federal Police investigating the case?

This has  become the most pertinent question following the action by the Australian Federal Police seizing properties and cash worth Australian $1.6 million and the  corruption prosecution of Australian property developer Dennis Teen last month over charges that he paid Malaysian government officials Australian $4.75 million in bribes to facilitate the purchase of a property development in Melbourne by MARA.

Malaysiakini journalist R Nadeswaran in his Comment piece “Mara probe Down Under  – five years and still waiting” recounted that in April 2017, the then MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Azam Baki (who is now Chief Commissioner) had said that 24 witnesses had been called in to assist with investigations over the alleged acquisition of property, and that on Nov. 30, 2017, the Minister for Rural and Regional Development, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, was reported to have said the MACC had “almost completed” the MARA property scandal probe.

What has happened to this “almost completed” MACC investigation into MARA in 2017?

Malaysians expect MACC to break its silence on its probe on the MARA corruption scandal involving transaction of Australian properties, or is this going to be a case of MACC scandal over the MARA scandal over the purchase of Australian properties?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumplur on Friday, 4th September 2020)

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Adakah kita bakal melihat satu skandal dalam SPRM berkenaan dengan skandal rasuah transaksi hartanah MARA?

Adakah Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) mengetahui identiti “ahli politik berkuasa” yang dilaporkan dalam akhbar-akhbar Australia seperti Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, dan The Sun yang disyaki terbabit dalam skandal rasuah transaksi hartanah MARA yang bernilai RM70 juta?

Jika ya, mengapa tidak ada sebarang tindakan diambil oleh pihak SPRM terhadap “ahli politik berkuasa” ini, dan jika tidak, mengapa SPRM tidak cuba mendapatkan maklumat lanjut daripada badan Polis Persekutuan Australia yang sedang menyiasat kes ini?

Perkara ini telah menjadi persoalan terbesar selepas tindakan pihak Polis Persekutuan Australia yang menyita hartanah dan wang tunai yang bernilai sebanyak AUD1.6 juta, bersama dengan pendakwaan tuduhan rasuah terhadap pemaju hartanah Australia Dennis Teen dalam bulan lepas atas dakwaan yang beliau telah membayar pegawai kerajaan Malaysia sebanyak AUD4.75 juta sebagai rasuah untuk melancarkan urusan pembelian hartanah di Melbourne oleh pihak MARA.

Wartawan Malaysiakini R Nadeswaran dalam coretan komentar beliau yang bertajuk “Mara probe Down Under – five years and still waiting” menulis yang pada bulan April 2017, Timbalan Pengerusi SPRM semasa itu, Azam Baki, telah mengatakan yang  24 orang saksi telah dipanggil untuk membantu siasatan berkenaan dengan pemerolehan hartanah ini, dan pada 30 Nov 2017, Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar Ismail Sabri Yaakob dilaporkan mengatakan yang pihak SPRM telah hampir selesai menyiasat perkara ini.

Apakah yang telah berlaku dalam siasatan terhadap MARA yang “hampir selesai” pada tahun 2017 ini?

Rakyat Malaysia mengharapkan SPRM akan mendedahkan hasil dapatan siasatannya terhadap skandal rasuah MARA ini, jika tidak, perkara ini sendiri boleh menjadi satu skandal dalam SPRM berkenaan dengan skandal rasuah MARA ini.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang pada hari Jumaat 4 September 2020)

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Zahidi should  be sacked for his shocking  ignorance and incompetence, undercutting the Prime Minister and exposing the Muhyiddin government to national and international ridicule as a kakistocracy

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Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin should be sacked for his shocking ignorance and incompetence, undercutting the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyddin Yassin himself,  exposing the government to national and international ridicule as a kakistocracy.

Zahidi will be getting away too easily for his grave and shameful faux pas  if he is just allowed to apologise and move on.

He said in the Senate yesterday morning that he had checked and found that  Veveonah Mosibin of Kampung Sapatalang in Pitas, Sabah had pretended to take a university exam on a tree to popularise her YouTube channel,  but later the same night, Zahidi  said he would like to correct the statement that she did not sit for any exam.

Zahidi had made a grave error which is not “correctable”.

What is this “check” that Zahidi said his Ministry had done which led him to reply to Senator Datuk Donald Peter Mojuntin that Veveonah was lying in claiming that she was taking an exam on top of a tree to get better internet connection?

Did the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia make a “check” or not, or was Zahidi telling a lie in the Senate – which opens up to  a serious breach of privilege by him and he should be referred to the Senate Committee of Privileges, probably another dubious record as the first in the Malaysian Senate to be refered.

It might be understandable if  the  “Veveonah on a tree-top to take an exam” incident had taken place just  before he answered the question in the Senate, and there was not enough time him to check on its veracity, but the event took place  some two months ago in June.

The incident became quite an online news sensation and her  Youtube has garnered more than 740,000 views since it was posted on June 12.

She was offered a scholarship by the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and is now pursuing her foundation programme with UMS.

In June itself,  Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission followed up and pledged to improve internet connection in the area by having a telecommunications tower by mid of next year.

The wife of Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah Toh Puan Norlidah Jasni, who is also the adviser of Yayasan Nur Jauhar also presented donations to Veveonah at the state palace.

Even the Prime Minister himself is aware of Veveonah’s tree-top feat. How can a Deputy Minister for Communications and Multimedia  be so grossly ignorant about a matter  completely within its jurisdiction?

In the middle of last month, Muhyiddin referred to the Veveonah incident in a town hall meeting with civil servants in Johore when he said that global technology giants such as Microsoft, Amazon and Google are keen to help develop Malaysia into a regional hub for information technology although the country was faced with the main issue of lack of access of the Internet.

He said Malaysia had not achieved a competitive level of internet connectivity and cited the example of Veveonah in Sabah who had to climb a tree to get good internet connectivity to complete her exam.

Zahidi is clearly not fit to be Deputy Minister for Communications and Multimedia!

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 4th September 2020)

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Zahidi perlu dipecat kerana kejahilan dan ketidakcekapanya yang telah membawa malu kepada Perdana Menteri dan menunjukkan yang kerajaan Muhyiddin ini adalah sebuah kakistokrasi

Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin perlu dipecat kerana kejahilan dan ketidakcekapan beliau yang telah membawa malu kepada Perdana Menteri dan menunjukkan yang kerajaan Muhyiddin ini adalah sebuah kakistokrasi kepada seluruh dunia.

Zahidi akan terlepas daripada bertanggungjawab jika beliau dibenarkan untuk memohon maaf dan meneruskan kehidupan seperti biasa.

Beliau telah berkata di dalam Dewan Negara semalam yang beliau telah menyemak dan mendapat Vevenoah Mosibin daripada Kampung Sapatalang di Pitas, Sabah hanya berlakon mengambil peperiksaan di atas pokok untuk membawa populariti kepada saluran Youtube beliau. Kemudian, dalam malam hari itu juga Zahidi mengatakan yang beliau ingin membuat pembetulan mengenai kenyataan beliau yang menuduh Vevenoah tidak menduduki peperiksaan.

Kesilapan besar Zahidi ini bukanlah satu perkara yang boleh diperbetulkan begitu sahaja.

Apakah “semakan” yang kononnya telah dibuat oleh Kementerian beliau ini yang telah menyebabkan beliau menuduh Vevenoah sebagai menipu dalam satu jawapan soalan lisan kepada Senator Datuk Donald Peter Mojuntin?

Adakah pihak Kementerian Komunikasi dan Multimedia telah “menyemak” sama ada Zahidi telah menipu di dalam Dewan Negara — satu perkara yang jelas menyalahguna hak dan kebebasan beliau di dalam Dewan tersebut dan perlu dirujuk kepada Jawatankuasa Hak dan Kebebasan Dewan Negara, melakar sejarah sebagai orang pertama yang dirujuk kepada jawatankuasa Dewan Negara tersebut.

Perkara ini boleh difahami jika kejadian “Vevenoah menduduki peperiksaan di atas pokok” ini berlaku beberapa hari sebelum beliau menjawab soalan ini, memandangkan pihak Kementerian memerlukan masa untuk mengesahkan kejadian ini, tetapi kejadian ini berlaku dua bulan yang lalu.

Insiden tersebut menjadi satu sensasi internet dan saluran Youtube beliau mendapat lebih daripada 740,000 tontonan sejak video tersebut disiarkan pada 12 Jun.

Beliau telah ditawarkan biasiswa daripada Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) dan kini sedang menjalani kursus pengajian asasi di UMS.

Dalam bulan Jun lagi, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia telah menyemak dan berjanji untuk menambah baik sambungan internet di kawasan tersebut dengan memasang lebih banyak menara pemancar menjelang pertengahan tahun hadapan.

Isteri Yang Dipertua Negeri Sabah, Toh Puan Norlidah Jasni, yang juga merupakan penasihat Yayasan Nur Jauhar juga telah menyampaikan sumbangan kepada Vevenoah di istana negeri.

Malah, Perdana Menteri sendiri tahu mengenai kejadian ini. Bagaimana seorang Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia jadi begitu jahil mengenai satu perkara yang berada di bawah bidang kuasa beliau?

Dalam pertengahan bulan lepas, Muhyiddin merujuk kepada insiden Vevenoah ini dalam satu mesyuarat “town hall” dengan penjawat awam di Johor apabila beliau mengatakan yang gergasi teknologi global seperti Microsoft, Amazon, dan Google berminat untuk membantu membangunkan Malaysia sebagai hab serantau IT walaupun negara kita berhadapan dengan cabaran sambungan dan akses internet.

Beliau berkata yang Malaysia belum mencapai tahap sambungan internet yang berdaya saing dan memetik contoh insiden yang berlaku kepada Vevenoah di Sabah yang terpaksa memanjat sebatang pokok untuk mendapatkan sambungan internet yang baik untuk menduduki peperiksaan beliau.

Jelas sekalilah yang Zahidi ini tidak sesuai untuk menjadi seorang Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia!

(Kenyataan Media (2) Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang pada hari Jumaat 4 September 2020)

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For the sake of  the Veveonahs of  Sabah, Sarawak and Malaysia to ensure that the government is serious about   closing the digital divide in Malaysia, Zahidi must be referred to the Senate Committee of Privileges to determine how  he could be so  ignorant and incompetent as to call Veveonah a liar

For the sake of the Veveonahs of Sabah, Sarawak and Malaysia to ensure that the government is serious about closing the digital divide in Malaysia, the Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin must be referred to the Senate Committee of Privileges to determine how he could be so ignorant and incompetent as to call Veveonah Mosibin of Pitas a liar in the Senate for her YouTube of her spending a night on a treetop  to get Internet connection for her examination.

Zahidi’s excuse that he had received “inaccurate information” to tell such a lie in the Senate is a most  lame one.

The Senate Committee of Privileges should establish whether Zahidi was telling the truth in claiming that he had received “inaccurate information” or this  is Zahidi’s second lie.

If Zahidi was telling the truth, then the officer responsible for telling Zahidi the “inaccurate information” should be identified and suitably punished.

If not, Zahidi should be doubly punished for his two lies.

Zahidi had committed an “uncorrectable” blunder as “Vevonah on a tree-top to sit for an exam” YouTube went as far back as June 12  and it was quite an online sensation. So far, it has been viewed over 750,000 times.

As a result, she was offered a scholarship by the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and is now pursuing her foundation programme with UMS.

In June itself, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission followed up and pledged to improve internet connection in the area by having a telecommunications tower by mid of next year.

The wife of Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah Toh Puan Norlidah Jasni, who is also the adviser of Yayasan Nur Jauhar also presented donations to Veveonah at the state palace.

Even the Prime Minister himself is aware of Veveonah’s tree-top feat.

How can a Deputy Minister for Communications and Multimedia be so grossly ignorant about a matter completely within its jurisdiction?

In the middle of last month, Muhyiddin referred to the Veveonah incident in a town hall meeting with civil servants in Johore when he said that global technology giants such as Microsoft, Amazon and Google are keen to help develop Malaysia into a regional hub for information technology although the country was faced with the main issue of lack of access of the Internet.

I understand that Warisan Members of Parliament referred to Vevonah’s YouTube of “24 hours on tree” to get better Internet connection to sit for an examination in the Dewan Rakyat, to highlight the problem of digital divide in Sabah – well before the matter was raised by Senator Datuk Donald Peter Mojuntin last Thursday.

Did Zahidi check with MCMC?

Unless there is a satisfactory explanation than just  being given “inaccurate information”, Zahidi is clearly unfit to be Deputy Minister for Communications and Multimedia after  such a cock-up in Parliament!

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020)

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Government should adopt a flexible and nimble policy and approach to deal with Covid-19 pandemic and  not a  “one size fits all” situation

The Covid-19 pandemic chalked up four dubious records in  the world in the past 24 hours:

(i) Achieving a single-day increase global record for Covid-19 cases as it registered 300,474 new  Covid-190 cases, the first time daily new infections have breached the 300,000-mark;

(ii) Global cumulative total of Covid-19 infections breached the 27 million mark and stands at present at 27,069,983 cases;

(iii) Russia joins United States, Brazil and India to be the fourth country in the world with a cumulative total of over a million cases, viz:

                              United States – 6,431,160 cases;

                              Brazil              –  4,123,000 cases;

                                   India               –   4,114,773 cases;

                                   Russia            –   1,020,310 cases.

(iv) Global  total deaths from Covid-19 reached 883,780 cases; and

(v) Mexico has the world’s most health worker deaths from pandemic – 1,320 in Mexico as against the global total of at least 7,000 health workers.

The Covid-19 pandemic is going to last quite some time as the  World Health Organisation (WHO) warned yesterday that it did not expect widespread vaccinations against Covid-19 until the middle of next year, stressing the importance of rigorous checks on their effectiveness and safety.

For this reason, the government should adopt a flexible and nimble policy and approach to deal with Covid-19 pandemic and not a  “one size fits all” situation

The American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) has urged the government to reconsider the blanket entry ban on foreign citizens from 12 countries, including the US, which will take effect on Sept 7 as the  ban would affect amongst others, expatriates with valid work permits in Malaysia such as employment passes and professional visitor passes.

These categories would severely impact the immediate operations of some of the country’s largest investors.

The Amcham statement said: “In the electric and electronic sector, for example, a sector that contributes to the overall health of the country’s economy, this blanket ban denies companies access not only to senior executives but the critical technical talent that is needed to ensure Malaysian-based entities are able to meet global supply chain demands.”

The ban would result in the immediate loss of millions of dollars at both the business and trade levels.

As the DAP MP for Bangi and former Deputy Minister for International Trade and Industry, Ong Kian Meng suggested, instead of a blanket ban, Malaysia should strengthen its  standard operating procedures (SOPs) on foreigners travelling from red zones into Malaysia and ensure that they go through a proper quarantine process –  no repeat of Khairuddin breaches of SOP!

(Media Statement (3) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Sunday, 6th September 2020)

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Is Muhyiddin the weakest of the eight Prime Ministers of Malaysia  – weaker than Tun Abdullah Badawi?

Is Tan Sri Muhyidin Yassin the weakest of the eight Prime Ministers of Malaysia – weaker than Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawai, the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia?

This thought came to me when I read of the call by the PAS  Plantation and Commodities Minister, Khairuddin Aman Razali for the permanent closure of pubs and nightclubs in Malaysia.

I do not think Khairuddin would have survived as a Cabinet Minister under any other Prime Minister in Malaysia after violating the Covid 19 quarantine SOP after his personal visit to Turkey on July 7, the lies that was  told in particular about Turkey at the time was a “green zone” when it was an epicentre of the Covid 19 pandemic, and his attempt to make light his breach by claiming that he did not do anything wrong in regard to his job and that it involved  only an error over the issue of the Covid-19 SOPs.

Such remarks exposed the fitness of Khairuddin to be a Minister of a Government fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.

The World Health  Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had been  worried about the failure of leadership in countries fighting the Covid-19  pandemic, which was why he had said: “We call on country leaders to mobilize their plans, coordinating every part of government, not just the health ministry – security, diplomacy, finance, commerce, transport, trade, information and more – the whole government should be involved”  and “We’re concerned that in some countries the level of political commitment and  the actions that demonstrate that commitment don’t match the level of the threat we all face. This is NOT a drill NOT the time to give up NOT a time for excuses This is a time for pulling out all the stops!”

Does the PAS Minister understand the concerns of Dr. Tedros?

In expressing his support for the Prime Minister in the banning on pubs and nightclubs, was the PAS Minister trying to “up  the ante” to mould the image of the  Muhyiddin government after the PAS image!

In the first place, did  Muhyiddin announce the banning of pubs and nightclubs?

I have checked the text of the speech of the Prime Minister at the Kuala Lumpur convention  in conjunction with Perikatan Nasional’s half-year in power (boycotted by UMNO) available on the website of the Prime Minister’s Office, and found that there was no reference to any ban on pubs and nightclubs in Muhyiddin’s speech.

During his delivery, Muhyiddin did say that that businesses except for pubs and nightclubs would be allowed to be open.

Was Muhyiddin serious or speaking in jest.

Why didn’t he clarify the matter although it caused anguish and dismay  to distraught musicians and nightclubs owners as well as the statement by the Federation of Malaysian Entertainment Industry president Liew Poon Siak?

Is his silence, now that Khairuddin has spoken up in favour of permanent ban on pubs and nightclubs, highlights another aspect of his political weakness as Prime Minister – and his preparedness to cast his government in the PAS mould just to keep his government and Prime Minister aspiration alive?

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Sunday, 6th September 2020)

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PAS Minister Khairuddin symbolises one the major dereliction of the Perikatan Nasional government  – violation of Rukun Negara and double standards in the country

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Plantation and Commodities Minister, Khairuddin Aman Razali from PAS now symbolises one of the major dereliction of the Perikatan Nasional government – violation of Rukun Negara and double standards in the country.

When this morning I read news about a senior police officer being among the 227 people detained in operations to check compliance with the recovery movement control order (RMCO) in Petaling Jaya earlier today, the first person who come to my mind is Khairuddin.

I believe I speak for all Malaysians wondering  why Police is taking such an inordinately long time to decide on action against Khairuddin for his breach of RMCO SOPs, when everyday, actions are being taken against ordinary Malaysians for non-compliance with RMCO rules and regulations.

Is the New Norms under the RMCO  include unquestioning acceptance of double standards in the country, where there is one  rule for ordinary Malaysians and another rule  for VIPs and VVIPs?

Some three weeks have passed since MP for Seputeh Teresa Kok brought up in Parliament the breach of Covid-19 quarantine SOP by Khairuddin with his entourage on the Minister’s  return from Turkey on July 7.

Khairuddin and his entourage had no qualms to violate the quarantine SOP until the matter was brought up in Parliament on August 18. If not  being caught publicly “in the act”, so to say, the Health Ministry would not have imposed the  RM1,000 fine nor Khairuddin apologised for his breach.

Is this leadership by example by the  PAS  Ministers in the Muhyiddin Cabinet?

It  is most strange and extraordinary that although some three weeks have passed, Malaysians know very little about the Turkey trip of Khairuddin and his entourage and their violation of Covid-19 quarantine SOP, the outcome of police investigation and the status of the many lies told when the subject became a public issue e.g. Turkey was a “green country(zone)” in the Covid-19 pandemic during their visit when it was a “hotspot” of the pandemic.

Is there going to be the fullest disclosure, accountability and transparency on this public interest issue with regard to Khairuddin’s trip to Turkey and his breach of the quarantine SOP?

Is Khairuddin going to come clean on his and his entourage’s trip to Turkey and why the greatest reluctance on his part to tell Malaysians about his trip to Turkey?

Is Muhyiddin in charge of his Cabinet or are the PAS Ministers a special breed by themselves?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Monday, September 7, 2020)

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Menteri PAS Khairuddin menjadi simbol utama keburukan kerajaan Perikatan Nasional — di mana Rukun Negara dicabuli dan terdapatnya pilih kasih dalam negara kita

Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi, Khairuddin Aman Razali daripada PAS kini menjadi simbol utama keburukan kerajaan Perikatan Nasional dengan mencabuli prinsip-prinsip Rukun Negara dan mendedahkan sikap pilih kasih dalam pelaksanaan undang-undang dalam negara.

Apabila saya terbaca dalam berita pagi ini, di mana seorang pegawai polis kanan juga ditangkap dalam satu operasi pematuhan perintah kawalan pergerakan pemulihan (PKPP) bersama dengan 227 orang yang lain di Petaling Jaya, orang pertama yang terlintas dalam fikiran saya adalah Khairuddin.

Saya percaya yang bercakap bagi pihak semua rakyat Malaysia yang masih tertanya-tanya, mengapa pihak Polis memerlukan masa yang sebegini lama untuk memutuskan tindakan yang perlu diambil terhadap Khairuddin yang telah melanggar SOP Kuarantin Covid-19, sedangkan setiap hari, tindakan diambil terhadap rakyat biasa yang telah melanggar peraturan PKPP.

Adakah norma baharu dalam PKPP merangkumi sikap menerima tanpa menyoal, layanan dan peraturan berbeza di antara rakyat biasa dan golongan kenamaan?

Lebih daripada tiga minggu telah berlalu sejak pelanggaran SOP Kuarantin Covid-19 oleh Khairuddin sejurus selepas pulang daripada satu lawatan ke Turki pada 7 Julai ni dibangkitkan oleh Ahli Parlimen Seputeh, Teresa Kok di Parlimen.

Khairuddin dan ahli rombongan beliau tidak teragak-agak untuk melanggar SOP kuarantin ini, sehinggalah perkara ini dibangkitkan dalam Parlimen pada 18 Ogos. Jika tidak kerana pendedahan awam ini, Kementerian Kesihatan mungkin tidak akan mengenakan beliau denda RM1,000 dan beliau pastinya tidak akan memohon maaf.

Adakah ini contoh kepimpinan yang ditunjukkan oleh seorang Menteri PAS dalam Kabinet Muhyiddin?

Apa yang lagi pelik dan luar biasa adalah walaupun setelah tiga minggu selepas pendedahan ini dibuat, rakyat Malaysia masih belum mendapat gambaran penuh mengenai lawatan Khairuddin dan rombongan beliau ke Turki dan pelanggaran SOP yang menyusuli, serta hasil siasatan polis, dan status pelbagai penipuan yang pada mulanya dikeluarkan semasa isu ini masih hangat diperbualkan seperti; kononnya Turki adalah negara “zon hijau” semasa lawatan ini berlangsung sedangkan Turki merupakan pusat penularan utama wabak Covid-19 pada masa tersebut.

Adakah kita akan dapat melihat pendedahan sejelas-jelasnya yang bertanggungjawab dan telus mengenai perkara ini?

Adakah Khairuddin akan berterus-terang mengenai lawatan beliau bersama rombongan beliau ke Turki ini? Dan mengapa beliau berkeberatan untuk memberitahu rakyat Malaysia mengenai perkara ini?

Adakah Muhyiddin bertanggungjawab ke atas Menteri Kabinet beliau atau Menteri PAS ini berada dalam satu kategori yang berlainan?

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Isnin 7 September 2020)

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Zahidi is missing the wood for the trees when he should be listing the areas in Sabah and elsewhere which will benefit from the government’s bridging the digital divide programme  by the end of the year

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The Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister, Zahidi Zainul Abidin is missing the wood for the trees when he should be listing the areas in Sabah and elsewhere which will benefit from the government’s bridging the digital divide programme by the end of the year.

Why is Zahidi flogging a dead horse,  trying to justify his Thursday morning statement in the Senate accusing Veveonah Mosibin of lying that she had to spend 24 hours on a tree-top to gain internet connectivity for an online examination.

In the process, Zahidi has even tried to  drag  the MP for Kudat and Deputy Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Bakri into the soup he is in.

Does Zaidi understand the elementary truth that he is responsible for any statement he  made in Parliament and not his informer, right or wrong?

It is indeed tragic that Malaysia has a deputy minister who does not understand such an elementary truth.

Zahidi took to Facebook on Thursday evening to admit that he did not obtain the correct information when he spoke about Veveonah at the Senate that morning.

Is Zahidi withdrawing his correction and insisting that Veveonah had actually lied.

I don’t think Zahidi knows what he is saying or doing.

Can Zahidi understand the problem of digital divide in the country and the agonies not only of Veveonah Mosibin of Pitas but all the Veveonahs in Sabah, Sarawak and Malaysia at a time when internet education is becoming more and more important?

Can Zahidi list the areas in Sabah which will benefit from the government’s programme to close the digital divide in the country?

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Monday, 7th September 2020)

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Zahidi gagal fokus kepada soalan untuk menyenaraikan kawasan di Sabah dan negeri lain yang akan menerima manfaat melalui program merapatkan jurang digital kerajaan menjelang akhir tahun ini

Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Zahidi Zainul Abidin gagal memahami isu yang ditanyakan, di mana beliau diminta untuk menyenaraikan kawasan-kawasan di Sabah dan negeri-negeri lain yang akan menerima manfaat melalui usaha kerajaan untuk merapatkan jurang digital menjelang akhir tahun ini.

Mengapakah Zahidi masih cuba untuk mempertahankan kenyataannya pada hari Khamis lepas yang telah menuduh Vevenoah Mosibin menipu apabila Vevenoah mengatakan yang beliau terpaksa berada di atas pokok selama 24 jam untuk mendapat sambungan internet untuk menduduki peperiksaan.

Dalam mempertahankan kenyataannya ini, beliau juga telah cuba untuk menyalahkan Ahli Parlimen Kudat yang juga Timbalan Menteri Kewangan 1, Abdul Rahim Karim.

Adakah Zahidi memahami yang beliau sendiri perlu bertanggungjawab ke atas sebarang kenyataan yang dibuatnya di Parlimen, tanpa mengira sesiapa yang memberitahunya mengenai sesuatu perkara itu, sama ada betul atau salah.

Amat tragis nasib negara kita apabila seorang Timbalan Menteri tidak memahami perkara ini.

Pada petang Khamis lepas, Zahidi cuba untuk menjelaskan yang beliau telah menerima maklumat yang tidak benar semasa beliau mengeluarkan kenyataan berkenaan Vevenoah dalam Dewan Negara pada waktu pagi hari yang sama.

Adakah Zahidi kini menarik semula pembetulan beliau dan cuba mengatakan yang Vevenoah menipu?

Saya tidak percaya yang Zahidi tahu apa yang dikatakan beliau.

Mampukah Zahidi untuk memahami masalah jurang digital dalam negara kita dan penderitaan yang dihadapi bukan sahaja oleh Vevenoah Mosibin daripada Pitas, tetapi juga oleh ramai lagi rakyat Malaysia di Sabah, Sarawak, dan seluruh Malaysia dalam zaman di mana internet menjadi salah satu keperluan penting untuk kehidupan harian.

Bolehkah Zahidi menyenaraikan kawasan-kawasan di Sabah yang akan menerima manfaat daripada program kerajaan untuk merapatkan jurang digital ini?

(Kenyataan Media (2) Ahli Parlimen DAP Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Isnin 7 September 2020)

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Call on Muhyiddin to urgently organise  “Rukun Negara and sensitivity” courses for his Ministers and Deputy Ministers so that incidents like the Veveonah and violation of Covid-19 SOPs will not be repeated

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The Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should urgently organise  “Rukun Negara and sensitivity” courses for his Ministers and Deputy Ministers so that incidents like the Veveonah and violation of Covid-19 SOPs will not be repeated.

It is unbelievable that the Veveonah Incident had snared two Deputy Ministers and exposed them as having utterly  lost their roots and completely cut off from the ordinary people.

Apart from passing the buck to the MP for Kudat and Deputy Finance Minister, the Deputy Communications and Multi-media Minister, Zahidi Zainul Abidin has yet to justify  his somersaults in the last few days, firstly, for accusing Veveonah Mosibin of Pitas in the Senate of lying that she had to spend 24 hours on a tree-top to gain internet connectivity for an online examination;  withdrawing his accusation later the same day; then repeating the accusation yesterday but  blaming it on the Deputy Finance Minister.

The Member of Parliament for Kudat and Deputy Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Bakri posted on his Facebook repeating the allegation and sharing a report  from a local village chief alleging Veveonah did not live in a rural Pitas village as she claimed. An unnamed Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) “dean” further disputed the existence of any online examinations.

But subsequently Abdul Rahim deleted the Facebook post after a deluge of criticisms, showing firstly that the Deputy Finance Minister is not prepared to stand by his Facebook accusation; and secondly, that both Deputy Ministers have lost the wood for the trees in not appreciating that the real issue is the digital divide in the country.

In fact, both Deputy Ministers should thank Veveonah for highlighting the problem of digital divide in remote areas in Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia instead of indulging in the negative exercise of cyberbullying.

Where does this leave us except to show that we have two Deputy Ministers who have no courage of their conviction and who do not know that Parliament is a sacred precinct not  to share their wild imaginations.

Yesterday, Veveonah’s brother, Mekvin Mosibin, threw some light on the controversy when he posted on his FaceBook:

“na Si YB Abdul Rahim Bakri dapat info atau maklumat dari si Kg. Sapatalang,,,, yang bernama Elwin Madisa —- Alahai,,,,, adoiiii sakit otak ku ,,, Yang kau tanya dan ambil penerangan dengan si Elwin@Orong tu kenapa,,,, Ketua kampung inilah dulu Suami Isteri pengurus bahagian JKKK di Kg. Sapatalang yang mengusir Bapa saya,,, Sedang kan Ketua Kampung yang bernama Elwin Madisa tu bukan orang Asal Kg. Sapatalang,,, yang bukan asal  kg. Sapatalang pula yang usir Bapa saya keluar dari Kampung Sapatalang,, Sedangkan Bapa saya orang Asal Kg. Sapatalang. Maklumat semua ini saya tidak puas hati dan tidak tepat apa yang kau dapat tu YB,,,  Kalau tidak tahu masalah Kampung dan suka suka masuk campur ,,, Naaa inilah YB ,, Nadalan sudah kau jadi YB sampai kau tidak tahu apa-apa,,, main rambang saja buat konten.

“Saya kasi tahu kau YB,,, Mama saya mengandung samapai saya lahir dan membesar di kampung Sapatalang,,, last Family saya disana penghujung tahun 2006 ke 2007,,, Pindah ke KPD sebab Bapa saya kerja sebagai kuli kuli  boss saja,, kau apa tahu,, saya pun masa tu masuk tingkatan 1 ke SMK Pitas dan syukur saya sebab dekat dengan sekolah sama kos pun kurang,,, lagi satu konten mu ini YB,,, Kau kata kami tiada rumah sana Kg. Sapatalang. Yaaa Memang tiada sebab sudah roboh,, sudah uzur,,, Bekas rumah kami di Simpang Masuk Kg. Sapatalang dulu,,, Dulu dulu mana ada jiran dekat,,, semua berjauhan dan masih lagi berhutan tebal,,, yaaa…Itu hal Family saya la,,, bukan selama-lamanya menetap di Daerah Pekan Pitas,,,,  Lagi satu kesusahan keluarga terpaksa mendekati Sekolah di SMK Pitas dan Sk. Pekan Pitas untuk mengurangkan kos Minyak ulang alik,,, YB kau pikir kami kaya ka berduit mau beli minyak,,, Kalau jalan Aspal balik Kampung okay la,,, Ni Grabol hadoiiii,,, Banyak kali Bapa saya pandu motor eksiden saja sebab jalan berlubang,,,, kalau hujan licin,,, apa tu YB…. Turun padang kau YB time hujan rasakan jalan tu masuk simpang Rosob ke Kg. Bilangau Kecil, Bilangau Besar dan ke Kg. Dandun,,, jangan pakai kereta,,, Pakailah motor kapcai ya,,, orang kg kan pakai motor kapcai,, mana la mampu beli motor mahal ka kereta mahal.,,,”

What is Abdul Rahim’s reply? Deleting his Facebook post?

Courses on “Rukun Negara and sensitivity” for his Ministers and Deputy Ministers are urgent matters, as there had been too many faux pas, buffoonery and abuses of power  by the Ministers and Deputy Ministers, like violating the Covid-19 quarantine SOP, insulting Christianity, claiming  “warm water cure for Covid-19”, asserting that Malaysia has  “15 states” and that there are “500 countries” as well as the earlier “Doraemon”, “Menteri”, “Tik Tok” episodes showing the Muhyiddin Cabinet in bad light.

Will Muhyiddin do so?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Tuesday, 8th September 2020)

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Seruan untuk Muhyiddin menganjurkan kursus khas “Rukun Negara dan Sensitiviti” untuk para menteri dan timbalan menteri beliau supaya insiden-insiden seperti yang berlaku kepada Veveonah dan pelanggaran SOP Covid-19 tidak berulang lagi

Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin harus menganjurkan satu kursus khas mengenai “Rukun Negara dan Sensitiviti” untuk para menteri dan timbalan menteri beliau supaya insiden-insiden seperti yang berlaku kepada Veveonah dan pelanggaran SOP kuarantin Covid-19 tidak berulang lagi.

Amat mengejutkan apabila insiden yang berlaku kepada Veveonah ini telah mendedahkan bagaimana dua orang timbalan menteri ini telah terputus hubungannya dengan kehidupan harian rakyat biasa.

Selain daripada melepaskan tanggungjawab terhadap kenyataan beliau kepada Ahli Parlimen Kudat merangkap Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Zahidi Zainul Abidin masih belum menjelaskan pelbagai alasan yang diberikan beliau dalam beberapa hari yang lepas, mulanya di dalam Dewan Negara dengan menuduh Veveonah menipu mengenai terpaksa tinggal di atas pokok untuk mendapatkan sambungan internet selama 24 jam untuk menduduki peperiksaan; kemudiannya menarik semula tuduhan ini dalam hari yang sama; sebelum mengulangi semula tuduhan ini semalam, sambil menyalahkan Timbalan Menteri Kewangan.

Ahli Parlimen Kudat merangkap Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Abdul Rahim Bakri telah mengulangi tuduhan yang sama di dalam laman Facebook beliau dan berkongsi satu laporan kononnya daripada seorang ketua kampung tempatan yang mengatakan Veveonah tidak tinggal di kampung pedalaman di Pitas. Seorang “dekan” Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) yang tidak dinamakan juga telah mempersoalkan kewujudan peperiksaan atas talian semasa insiden ini berlaku.

Tapi kemudiannya, Abdul Rahim telah memadam catatan Facebook beliau ini selepas menerima kritikan. Perkara ini menunjukkan yang Timbalan Menteri Kewangan ini tidak bersedia untuk mempertahankan catatan Facebook beliau ini; dan menunjukkan yang Timbalan Menteri ini juga gagal untuk menyedari isu sebenar mengenai jurang digital dalam negara kita.

Malah, kedua Timbalan Menteri ini seharusnya berterima kasih kepada Veveonah kerana membangkitkan isu mengenai jurang digital di kawasan pedalaman di Sabah, Sarawak, dan Semenanjung Malaysia, dan bukannya terjebak dalam aktiviti buli-siber.

Perkara ini menunjukkan kepada kita semua yang kita mempunyai dua orang Timbalan Menteri yang tidak berani untuk mempertahankan tuduhan mereka dan mereka tidak menghormati Parlimen sebagai satu tempat yang mulia, bukan tempat untuk berkongsi imaginasi liar mereka.

Semalam, abang kepada Veveonah, Mekvin Mosibin telah mengongsikan pandangan beliau mengenai kontroversi ini apabila beliau menulis di Facebook:

““na Si YB Abdul Rahim Bakri dapat info atau maklumat dari si Kg. Sapatalang,,,, yang bernama Elwin Madisa —- Alahai,,,,, adoiiii sakit otak ku ,,, Yang kau tanya dan ambil penerangan dengan si Elwin@Orong tu kenapa,,,, Ketua kampung inilah dulu Suami Isteri pengurus bahagian JKKK di Kg. Sapatalang yang mengusir Bapa saya,,, Sedang kan Ketua Kampung yang bernama Elwin Madisa tu bukan orang Asal Kg. Sapatalang,,, yang bukan asal  kg. Sapatalang pula yang usir Bapa saya keluar dari Kampung Sapatalang,, Sedangkan Bapa saya orang Asal Kg. Sapatalang. Maklumat semua ini saya tidak puas hati dan tidak tepat apa yang kau dapat tu YB,,,  Kalau tidak tahu masalah Kampung dan suka suka masuk campur ,,, Naaa inilah YB ,, Nadalan sudah kau jadi YB sampai kau tidak tahu apa-apa,,, main rambang saja buat konten.

“Saya kasi tahu kau YB,,, Mama saya mengandung samapai saya lahir dan membesar di kampung Sapatalang,,, last Family saya disana penghujung tahun 2006 ke 2007,,, Pindah ke KPD sebab Bapa saya kerja sebagai kuli kuli  boss saja,, kau apa tahu,, saya pun masa tu masuk tingkatan 1 ke SMK Pitas dan syukur saya sebab dekat dengan sekolah sama kos pun kurang,,, lagi satu konten mu ini YB,,, Kau kata kami tiada rumah sana Kg. Sapatalang. Yaaa Memang tiada sebab sudah roboh,, sudah uzur,,, Bekas rumah kami di Simpang Masuk Kg. Sapatalang dulu,,, Dulu dulu mana ada jiran dekat,,, semua berjauhan dan masih lagi berhutan tebal,,, yaaa…Itu hal Family saya la,,, bukan selama-lamanya menetap di Daerah Pekan Pitas,,,,  Lagi satu kesusahan keluarga terpaksa mendekati Sekolah di SMK Pitas dan Sk. Pekan Pitas untuk mengurangkan kos Minyak ulang alik,,, YB kau pikir kami kaya ka berduit mau beli minyak,,, Kalau jalan Aspal balik Kampung okay la,,, Ni Grabol hadoiiii,,, Banyak kali Bapa saya pandu motor eksiden saja sebab jalan berlubang,,,, kalau hujan licin,,, apa tu YB…. Turun padang kau YB time hujan rasakan jalan tu masuk simpang Rosob ke Kg. Bilangau Kecil, Bilangau Besar dan ke Kg. Dandun,,, jangan pakai kereta,,, Pakailah motor kapcai ya,,, orang kg kan pakai motor kapcai,, mana la mampu beli motor mahal ka kereta mahal.,,,”

Apakah jawapan Abdul Rahim? Padam catatan Facebook beliau?

Kursus khas mengenai “Rukun Negara dan Sensitiviti” untuk para menteri dan timbalan menteri beliau adalah amat penting memandangkan sudah berlaku terlalu banyak kesilapan yang jengkel dan penyalahgunaan kuasa dalam kalangan menteri dan timbalan menteri, seperti pelanggaran SOP Covid-19, penghinaan kepada agama Kristian, dakwaan “air suam merawat Covid-19”, dakwaan yang “Malaysia mempunyai 15 negeri” dan ada “500 negara” di seluruh dunia, begitu juga dengan kejadian-kejadian menteri “Doraemon” dan “Tik-tok” yang telah memburukkan Kabinet Muhyiddin.

Adakah Muhyiddin akan mengadakan kursus ini?

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Selasa 8 September 2020)

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Congrats to Veveonah for being a subject-matter in  the Cabinet – but alas, it is not about her 24-hour tree-top YouTube  and the problem of digital divide in Sabah and Malaysia  but the misconduct of the two deputy ministers whom the Prime Minister was too weak politically to discipline

(Tatal ke bawah untuk kenyataan versi BM)

Congrats to plucky 18-year-old student from Pitas, Veveonah Mosibin for being a subject-matter  in the Cabinet – but alas, it is not about her 24-hour tree-top YouTube and the problem of digital divide in Sabah and Malaysia but the misconduct of the two deputy ministers whom the Prime Minister was too weak politically to discipline.

In a tweet this afternoon, the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin said that the cabinet discussed the issue of Sabahan student Veveonah Mosibin and came to the conclusion that the statements by two deputy ministers, Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin and Deputy Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Bakri,  were incorrect and inappropriate.

Is “taking note” all that the Muhyiddin Cabinet could do about the disgraceful mis-conduct of the two Deputy Ministers, both of whom publicly lied about the Veveonah incident, and one of whom even lied in Senate?

Is this the “new normal” in Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic era, when Ministers and Deputy Ministers can make a fool of themselves without having to account for such misconduct?

The Cabinet’s “taking note” today strengthened the case for Zahidi to be referred to the Senate Committee of Privileges for gross abuse of privilege.

Will the government now support the reference of Zahidi to the Senate Committee of Privileges, or will the government continue its misconduct over the Veveonah incident by blocking Zahidi’s reference to the Senate Committee of Privileges?

In the past few days, Malaysians were entertained to a comedy of errors by the two Deputy Ministers.

It is really  unbelievable that the Veveonah Incident had snared two Deputy Ministers and exposed them as having utterly lost their roots and completely cut off from the ordinary people, particularly the young generation.

Apart from passing the buck to the Deputy Finance Minister who is also the MP for Kudat, Zahidi has yet to justify his somersaults in the last few days, firstly, for accusing Veveonah in the Senate of lying that she had to spend 24 hours on a tree-top to gain internet connectivity for an online examination; then  withdrawing his accusation later the same day; then repeating the accusation on Monday  but blaming it on the Deputy Finance Minister.

As for  Abdul Rahim Bakri, he  posted on his Facebook repeating the lie  and sharing a report from a local village chief alleging Veveonah did not live in a rural Pitas village as she claimed. An unnamed Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) “dean” further disputed the existence of any online examination.

Who is this UMS “dean” and why is he not prepared to reveal his identity?

Veveonah’s brother, Mekvin Mosibin in his FaceBook post defended his sister’s move to post a YouTube video of herself climbing a tree to obtain internet connection for an online examination, criticised Zahidi for targeting Veveonah and invited him to visit their village.

“Try coming into rural villages, come come. But don’t choose certain villages only, come to the whole area. Even the most rural of places.

“Try experiencing how it is to surf the internet in the rural village.

“And that is just the internet. We have not talked about water supply, electricity and roads yet.”

Commenting on Abdul Rahim’s attempt to discredit Veveonah, Mekvin remarked that Kudat MP was rarely seen in Pitas and suggested he go to the ground.

As for the Abdul Rahim’s claim that the Mosibin family did not live in the village anymore, Mekvin admitted this was true but claimed they had been “chased out” by the same local village chief who had supplied Abdul Rahim with the information.

“The village chief is not from Kampung Sapatalang, but he chased my father out of the village when my father is from Kampung Sapatalang,” he explained.

Abdul Rahim responded by deleting his  Facebook post.

Don’t  Zahidi and Abdul Rahim have  to make amends and wear the sackcloth for their gross misconduct?

Or are they going about as if  nothing had happened?

(Media comment by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Wednesday, September 9, 2020)

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Tahniah kepada Veveonah kerana menjadi topik perbincangan mesyuarat Kabinet — malang sekali, tumpuan Kabinet bukanlah untuk membincangkan hal berkaitan kesusahan beliau menjawab peperiksaan mahupun mengenai masalah jurang digital di Sabah dan seluruh Malaysia, tetapi kelakuan dua orang timbalan menteri yang tidak dapat didisiplinkan oleh Perdana Menteri

Tahniah kepada pelajar 18 tahun daripada Pitas, Veveonah Mosibin kerana telah berjaya menjadi topik perbincangan mesyuarat Kabinet. Namun amatlah malang sekali apabila mesyuarat ini berkisarkan lebih kepada tindak laku dua orang timbalan menteri yang tidak mampu didisiplinkan oleh Perdana Menteri yang terlalu lemah dan bukannya mengenai pengalaman beliau berada di atas pokok selama 24 jam untuk menduduki peperiksaan ataupun mengenai jurang digital yang dihadapi oleh rakyat di Sabah dan seluruh Malaysia.

Dalam satu ciapan di laman Twitter tengahari tadi, Menteri Sains, Teknologi, dan Inovasi, Khairy Jamaluddin mengatakan yang kabinet telah membincangkan isu mengenai pelajar daripada Sabah, Veveonah Mosibin, dan mesyuarat kabinet bersetuju yang kenyataan daripada dua timbalan menteri, Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Zahidi Zainul Abidin dan Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Abdul Rahim Bakri adalah tidak tepat dan tidak patut dikeluarkan.

Adakah “menerima maklum” sahaja yang mampu dilakukan oleh Kabinet Muhyiddin apabila berhadapan dengan perbuatan tidak sopan dua timbalan menteri mereka yang telah menipu secara terang-terangan mengenai insiden ini, malah seorang timbalan menteri ini menipu di dalam Dewan Negara.

Adakah ini “norma baharu” di Malaysia dalam era Covid-19, di mana menteri dan timbalan menteri boleh mengeluarkan kenyataan yang tidak benar tanpa perlu bertanggungjawab terhadap kenyataan-kenyataan tersebut?

Tindakan Kabinet yang “mengambil maklum” mengenai kejadian ini hanya menguatkan lagi kes untuk merujuk Zahidi kepada Jawatankuasa Hak dan Kebebasan Dewan Negara atas kesalahan menyalahgunakan hak dan kebebasan yang diberikan.

Adakah kerajaan kini akan menyokong usul untuk merujuk Zahidi ke Jawatankuasa Hak dan Kebebasan Dewan Negara, atau adakah kerajaan akan terus menafikan keadilan dalam insiden Veveonah ini dengan menghalang usul merujuk Zahidi ini?

Dalam tempoh beberapa hari yang lepas, rakyat Malaysia telah dihiburkan dengan komedi kesilapan dua orang timbalan menteri ini.

Agak mengejutkan apabila insiden Veveonah ini memerangkap dan mendedahkan betapa terputusnya dua timbalan menteri ini daripada realiti kehidupan seharian rakyat, terutamanya dengan golongan muda.

Selain daripada mengatakan Timbalan Menteri Kewangan yang juga merupakan Ahli Parlimen Kudat sebagai sumber maklumat beliau, Zahidi masih belum menjelaskan tindakan beliau dalam beberapa hari yang lepas, yang dimulakan dengan menuduh Veveonah menipu mengenai pengalaman 24 jam di atas pokok beliau untuk mendapatkan sambungan internet bagi menduduki peperiksaan atas talian; yang disusuli dengan penarikan semula tuduhan beliau pada hari yang sama; dan kemudiannya tuduhan yang sama diulangi pada hari Isnin, dengan mengatakan yang beliau mendapat maklumat daripada Timbalan Menteri Kewangan.

Manakala, Abdul Rahim Bakri pula menulis di laman Facebook beliau dengan mengulangi semula penipuan ini bersama dengan satu laporan daripada seorang ketua kampung tempatan yang mendakwa Veveonah tidak tinggal di sebuah kampung pedalaman di Pitas. Seorang “dekan” Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) yang tidak dinamakan juga telah mempertikaikan kewujudan peperiksaan atas talian semasa insiden ini berlaku.

Siapakah “dekan” UMS ini dan mengapakah beliau menyorokkan identiti beliau?

Abang Veveonah, Mekvin Mosibin, dalam catatan laman Facebook beliau untuk mempertahankan tindakan adiknya yang memuat naik video beliau memanjat pokok untuk mendapatkan sambungan internet yang lebih baik untuk menduduki peperiksaan atas talian, telah mengkritik Zahidi dan menjemput Zahidi untuk melawat kampung mereka.

“Cuba datang melawat kampung hulu, mari, mari. Tapi jangan pilih kampung tertentu sahaja, lawat seluruh kawasan. Kawasan paling hulu sekali.

“Cuba rasa bagaimana pengalaman melayari internet di kawasan pedalaman.

“Dan ini baru saja internet. Kita belum masuk hal air, elektrik, jalan lagi.”

Berkata mengenai cubaan Abdul Rahim untuk mencemarkan nama baik Veveonah, Mekvin mengatakan yang Ahli Parlimen Kudat tersebut jarang sekali dilihat di Pitas dan beliau mencadangkan supaya Abdul Rahim lebih kerap turun ke lapangan.

Mengenai dakwaan yang keluarga Mosibin tidak lagi tinggal di kampung yang sama, Mekvin mengakui yang perkara tersebut adalah benar dan beliau mendakwa yang mereka telah “dihalau” oleh ketua kampung yang sama yang telah memberikan maklumat itu kepada Abdul Rahim.

“Ketua kampung ini bukan dari Kampung Sapatalang, tapi dia telah halau ayah saya sedangkan ayah saya berasal daripada kampung ini,” jelas beliau.

Kemudiannya, Abdul Rahim telah memadam catatan Facebook beliau.

Bukankah Zahidi dan Abdul Rahim seharusnya memohon maaf ke atas kesalahan mereka?

Atau mereka akan terus berlagak seperti tidak pernah berlaku apa-apa kesalahan?

(Komen Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Rabu 9 September 2020)

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Zahidi and Abdul Rahim have conspired to turn the Veveonah episode into a comedy of errors highlighting that under the Muhyidin government, Malaysia is fast becoming a kakistocracy

(Tatal ke bawah untuk kenyataan versi BM)

The Deputy Minister for Communications and Multimedia Zahidi Zainul Abidin and the Deputy Finance Minister and MP for Kudat, Abdul Rahim Bakri have conspired to turn the Veveonah episode into a comedy of errors highlighting that under the Muhyiddin “backdoor” government, Malaysia is fast becoming a kakistocracy – a government by the worst persons in the country.

First, we have Zahidi accusing in Senate last Thursday that plucky Sabah student Veveonah Mosibin from Kampung Sapatalang in Pitas of lying when she did a YouTube in June of her 24 hours on top of a tree to sit for an examination because of poor internet connectivity.

He said he had checked and found that Veveonah had pretended to take a university exam on a tree to popularise her YouTube channel.

Later the same night, Zahidi apologised for wrongly accusing Veveonah of trying to garner publicity by sitting on a tree to gain internet connectivity for an online examination.

In a Facebook post, he said he did not obtain the correct information when he spoke about Veveonah and apologised to Veveonah. He said he would make a correction in the Dewan Negara the following Monday.

Instead of making a correction on Monday, Zahidi rubbed salt into the wound claiming that what he said the previous Thursday was true and that he got the information from the Deputy Finance Minister who was the Member of Parliament for Kudat which covered Pitas.

Then Abdul Rahim got into the act, and posted on his Facebook the second lie that a report from a local chief that alleged Veveonah did not stay in the Pitas village as she claimed and that an unnamed Universiti Malaysia Sabah “dean” had further disputed the existence of any online examination.

The Bersatu politician questioned the student’s motives for making a YouTube about her experience.

“From my findings, I suspect that there might be a certain motive behind the broadcasting of the video that was uploaded on YouTube and watched by the whole world,” he said in his post.

This led to Veveonah’s brother, Mekvin Mosibin taking to his Facebook to challenge the two deputy ministers who accused her of lying for publicity to visit their Pitas village to witness the backward amenities there.

Mekvin defended his sister’s move to post a YouTube video of herself climbing a tree to obtain internet connection for an online examination, criticised Zahidi for targeting Veveonah and invited him to visit their village.

“Try coming into rural villages, come come. But don’t choose certain villages only, come to the whole area. Even the most rural of places.

“Try experiencing how it is to surf the internet in the rural village.

“And that is just the internet. We have not talked about water supply, electricity and roads yet.”

Commenting on Abdul Rahim’s attempt to discredit Veveonah, Mekvin remarked that Kudat MP was rarely seen in Pitas and suggested he go to the ground.

As for the Bersatu politician’s claim that the Mosibin family did not live in the village anymore, Mekvin admitted this was true but claimed they had been “chased out” by the same local village chief who had supplied Abdul Rahim with the information.

“The village chief is not from Kampung Sapatalang, but he chased my father out of the village when my father is from Kampung Sapatalang,” he explained.

Then Abdul Rahim deleted his Facebook post.

Then things came to a full circle when the former Sabah Minister for Tourism Masidi Manjun called Veveonah an “exemplary” student after finding out more about her from Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

Masidi, who was appointed as UMS board of directors chairperson last month, said he spoke to both the university’s deputy vice-chancellor and Preparatory Centre for Science and Technology.

“I would like to confirm that Veveonah sat for her final semester exams online from June 6 until June 12,” said Masidi, who is also the Karanaan state assemblyperson.

He also found out that Veveonah has been offered a marine science degree course at the same university.

Veveonah’s YouTube had been viewed more than 780,000 times, a feat which neither one of the deputy ministers could have achieved.

Veveonah should be commended for her success in highlighting the problem of digitial divide in Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia, but instead, the Veveonah episode was turned into a tragic-comedy.

Now, Zahidi is accused of getting his academic credentials from a degree mill.

This is what happens when we have a kakistocracy!

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, September 9, 2020)

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Zahidi dan Abdul Rahim telah berkonspirasi untuk menggambarkan insiden Veveonah ini sebagai satu episod komedi kesilapan, menunjukkan yang negara kita sedang menjadi sebuah kakistokrasi di bawah kepimpinan Muhyiddin

Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Zahidi Zainul Abidin dan Timbalan Menteri Kewangan yang juga merupakan Ahli Parlimen Kudat, Abdul Rahim Bakri, telah berkonspirasi untuk menggambarkan insiden Veveonah ini sebagai satu episod komedi kesilapan, menunjukkan yang negara kita ini sedang menuju ke arah sebuah kakistokrasi — sebuah kerajaan yang dipimpin oleh mereka yang tidak berkelayakan — di bawah pimpinan kerajaan “pintu belakang” Muhyiddin.

Pertamanya, kita dapati Zahidi telah menuduh di dalam Dewan Negara pada Khamis lepas yang pelajar Veveonah Mosibin daripada Kampung Sapatalang di Pitas, Sabah telah menipu apabila beliau memuat naik satu video Youtube mengenai 24 jam yang diluangkan beliau di atas pokok untuk menduduki peperiksaan kerana sukar mendapatkan sambungan internet.

Zahidi mengatakan yang beliau telah menyemak kejadian ini dan mendapati kononnya yang Veveonah telah berlakon mengambil peperiksaan di atas pokok untuk menaikkan populariti saluran Youtube beliau.

Pada waktu malam hari yang sama, Zahidi telah memohon maaf ke atas kenyataan beliau ini.

Dalam satu catatan Facebook, beliau mengatakan yang beliau tidak menerima maklumat yang tepat semasa beliau bercakap mengenai Veveonah dan beliau meminta maaf kepada Veveonah. Beliau juga mengatakan yang beliau akan membuat pembetulan di Dewan Negara pada hari Isnin depan.

Pada hari Isnin, Zahidi tidak membuat pembetulan seperti yang dikatakan minggu lepas, sebaliknya, beliau mempertahankan apa yang dikatakan beliau pada hari Khamis lepas dan maklumat tersebut diperolehi oleh Timbalan Menteri Kewangan yang juga merupakan Ahli Parlimen Kudat yang merangkumi kawasan Pitas.

Kemudiannya, Abdul Rahim telah termasuk ke dalam isu ini dan menulis di laman Facebook beliau mengenai satu laporan daripada seorang ketua kampung tempatan yang mendakwa Veveonah tidak tinggal di kampung di Pitas seperti yang didakwa beliau dan kononnya terdapat seorang “dekan” Universiti Malaysia Sabah telah mempertikaikan adanya sebarang peperiksaan atas talian.

Ahli Politik Bersatu tersebut telah mempersoalkan motif Veveonah dalam membuat video Youtube mengenai pengalaman beliau tersebut.

“Daripada dapatan saya, saya syak yang mungkin terdapat motif tertentu disebalik penyiaran video yang dimuat naik ke Youtube dan ditonton oleh seluruh dunia tersebut,” kata beliau di dalam catatan Facebook beliau.

Perkara ini kemudian telah membuatkan abang kepada Veveonah, Mekvin Mosibin untuk mencabar kedua timbalan menteri yang menuduh adiknya menipu ini untuk melawat kampung mereka di Pitas untuk menyaksikan sendiri betapa usangnya kemudahan yang ada di kampung tersebut.

Mekvin telah mempertahankan tindakan adiknya yang memuat naik video beliau memanjat pokok untuk mendapat sambungan internet untuk menduduki peperiksaan atas talian, mengkritik Zahidi kerana mensasarkan Veveonah, dan menjemput beliau untuk melawat kampung mereka.

“Marilah cuba melawat kampung hulu, mari, mari. Tapi jangan pilih kampung tertentu sahaja, lawat seluruh kawasan. Kawasan paling hulu sekali.

“Cuba rasa bagaimana pengalaman melayari internet di kawasan pedalaman.

“Dan ini baru saja internet. Kita belum masuk hal air, elektrik, jalan lagi.”

Berkata mengenai cubaan Abdul Rahim untuk mencemarkan nama baik Veveonah, Mekvin mengatakan yang Ahli Parlimen Kudat tersebut jarang sekali dilihat di Pitas dan beliau mencadangkan supaya Abdul Rahim lebih kerap turun ke lapangan.

Mengenai dakwaan yang keluarga Mosibin tidak lagi tinggal di kampung yang sama, Mekvin mengakui yang perkara tersebut adalah benar dan beliau mendakwa yang mereka telah “dihalau” oleh ketua kampung yang sama yang telah memberikan maklumat itu kepada Abdul Rahim.

“Ketua kampung ini bukan dari Kampung Sapatalang, tapi dia telah halau ayah saya sedangkan ayah saya berasal daripada kampung ini,” jelas beliau.

Kemudiannya, Abdul Rahim telah memadan catatan Facebook beliau.

Perkara ini kemudiannya berpusing kembali ke situasi asal apabila Mantan Menteri Pelancongan Sabah, Masidi Manjun, menggelar Veveonah sebagai pelajar contoh setelah mendapatkan maklumat lanjut mengenai beliau daripada pihak Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

Masidi yang dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Lembaga Pengarah UMS pada bulan lepas, berkata yang beliau telah berbincang dengan kedua-dua Timbalan Naib Canselor dan Pengarah Pusat Asasi Sains dan Teknologi UMS.

“Saya mengesahkan pelajar Asasi Sains, Veveonah Mosibin telah menduduki peperiksaan akhir (online) pada 9-12 Jun 2020.” kata Masidi, yang juga merupakan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri untuk Karanaan.

Beliau juga mendapati yang Veveonah telah ditawarkan untuk menyambung kursus ijazah sarjana muda sains marin di universiti yang sama.

Saluran Youtube Veveonah telah ditonton lebih daripada 780,000 kali, satu pencapaian yang tidak dapat dicapai oleh kedua-dua timbalan menteri tersebut.

Veveonah sepatutnya dipuji di atas kejayaan beliau dalam mendedahkan masalah jurang digital yang dihadapi oleh penduduk di Sabah, Sarawak, dan Semenanjung Malaysia, namun begitu, pengalaman beliau ini cuba dijadikan satu komedi tragis.

Sekarang, Zahidi pula dituduh sebagai mendapatkan kelayakan akademik daripada kilang ijazah palsu.

Inilah yang berlaku apabila kita menjadi sebuah kakistokrasi!

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Rabu 9 September 2020)

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The Veveonah 24-hour “tree-top girl” episode has provided a rare glimpse of the shambolic governance of  the kakistocratic Muhyiddin government, where there is no understanding   of collective Cabinet responsibility and where no  Minister dare to exercise discipline over his Deputy Minister

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The Veveonah 24-hour “tree-top girl” episode has provided a rare glimpse of  the shambolic governance of  the kakistocratic Muhyiddin government, where there is no understanding   of collective Cabinet responsibility and where no  Minister dare to exercise discipline over his Deputy Minister.

This is the result of the  highly opportunistic and unprincipled backdoor government, which was formed with the sole purpose of  betraying the mandate of the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018 for change and reform   and the  toppling of the legitimate  Pakatan Harapan government.

The country should have been elated by the YouTube feat of plucky  18-year-old student from  Kampung Sapatalang in Pitas who had dramatically highlighted the problem of digital divide in Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia (a worldwide problem which must be resolved by the government of the day), and which had received  to date over 790,000  views.

Instead we have the tragic-comedy of dishonesty and lies by two Deputy Ministers, with the Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abdin attacking Veveonah Mosibin  in the Senate of lying when she did a YouTube in June of her 24 hours on top of a tree to sit for an examination because of poor internet connectivity, backed by the Deputy Finance Minister who is MP for Kudat, Abdul Rahim Bakri, who posted on his Facebook a false account of Veveonah’s treetop feat and launched an  attack on Veveonah’s family.

Abdul Rahim deleted his Facebook post when Vevonah’s brother, Mekvin came to the defence of his sister – showing that the Deputy Finance Minister was unable to stand up to the public questioning of his own constituents.

But what must take the cake for the whole episode was the tweet by the Minister for  Science, Technology and Innovation, Khairy Jamaluddin, who tweeted that the Cabinet yesterday “took note”  that the statements of the two deputy ministers were “incorrect and inappropriate” when the real issue is Internet access and other basic facilities specifically in the interior.

No punitive action but just “take note”? What a pathetic Cabinet!

What to expect when we have a three-term MP who is a deputy Finance Minister to an unelected Finance Minister, and an UMNO Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister who regards his Minister as a traitor to the UMNO cause?

It provided a rare glimpse of the shambolic governance of  the kakistocratic Muhyiddin government whose Cabinet for the first time had to discuss the sins and peccadilloes of Deputy Ministers – which no Cabinet had to do before.

This is the outcome when  the government was formed by the  most opportunistic coalition and  led by the weakest Prime Minister in the nation’s history, with  no understanding   of collective Cabinet responsibility and where no  Minister dare to exercise discipline over his Deputy Minister.

This was why a Cabinet Minister could violate the Covid-19 quarantine SOP on his return from Turkey on July 7, and could continue to strut around the country as no other Minister from another political party dare to raise the issue in Cabinet or the government will fall.

Only the insufferable  misconduct of two Deputy Ministers was a bridge too far and  it was discussed in the Cabinet but what is noteworthy is that no punitive action was  taken against the two Deputy Ministers, only a Cabinet statement that their conduct was “incorrect and inappropriate”.

The Bersatu secretary-general and Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin, said “PN” stands for “Penyselamat Negara”. I do not think PN Ministers and leaders would agree, as they know privately that “PN” stands for “Pengkhianat Negara”!

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah  Lim Kit Siang on Thursday, September 10, 2020)

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Episod 24 jam di atas pokok Veveonah telah memberikan pendedahan kepada pentadbiran kakistokrasi Muhyiddin yang kucar-kacir, di mana tidak ada pemahaman terhadap konsep tanggungjawab bersama Kabinet dan di mana tidak ada Menteri yang berani mendisiplinkan timbalannya

Episod 24 jam di atas pokok yang dilalui oleh Veveonah ini telah memberikan kita peluang untuk melihat ke dalam pentadbiran kakistokrasi kerajaan Muhyiddin yang kucar-kacir, di mana tidak ada pemahaman konsep tanggungjawab bersama dalam Kabinet dan di mana tidak ada seorang pun Menteri yang berani mendisiplinkan timabalannya.

Inilah hasil pembentukan kerajaan pintu belakang yang oportunis dan tidak bertanggungjawab, yang dibentuk semata-mata untuk menumbangkan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan dan mengkhianati mandat yang diberikan oleh rakyat dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 pada 9 Mei 2018, di mana rakyat mengundi untuk perubahan dan reformasi.

Seluruh negara seharusnya berbangga dengan kejayaan seorang pelajar yang berusia 18 tahun dari Kampung Sapatalang di Pitas, Sabah, yang berjaya mengetengahkan isu jurang digital di Sabah, Sarawak, dan seluruh Malaysia (satu masalah yang dihadapi di seluruh dunia dan harus diselesaikan oleh kerajaan) melalui saluran Youtube beliau yang kini telah mencatatkan lebih daripada 790,000 tontonan.

Disebaliknya, apa yang kita dapat adalah satu komedi tragis yang penuh dengan ketidak-jujuran dan penipuan daripada dua orang timbalan menteri, Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Zahidi Zainul Abidin di dalam Dewan Negara telah menuduh Veveonah Mosibin menipu di dalam video mengenai pengalaman beliau menduduki peperiksaan atas talian di atas pokok bagi mendapatkan sambungan internet yang baik, dan perkara ini kemudiannya disokong oleh Timbalan Menteri Kewangan yang juga merupakan Ahli Parlimen Kudat yang mengulangi tuduhan tidak ini di laman Facebook beliau.

Abdul Rahim kemudiannya memadan catatan Facebook ini apabila abang kepada Veveonah, Mekvin, yang mempertahankan adiknya — menunjukkan yang Timbalan Menteri Kewangan ini tidak mampu mempertahankan pendirian beliau.

Namun, isu yang paling besar sekali adalah ciapan daripada Menteri Sains, Teknologi, dan Inovasi, Khairy Jamaluddin yang mengatakan Kabinet telah “mengambil maklum” kenyataan kedua timbalan menteri tersebut dan bersetuju yang ianya tidak tepat dan tidak patut dikeluarkan, sedangkan isu yang patut dibincangkan adalah akses internet dan infrastruktur asas, terutamanya di kawasan pedalaman.

Tiada sebarang hukuman setimpal, hanya “ambil maklum”? Lemah sungguh Kabinet ini!

Apa yang kita jangkakan daripada seorang Ahli Parlimen yang telah berkhidmat selama tiga penggal sebagai timbalan kepada seorang Menteri Kewangan yang tidak diundi, dan seorang timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia daripada UMNO yang melihat Menteri beliau sebagai seorang pengkhianat kepada perjuangan UMNO?

Perkara ini telah memberikan satu peluang untuk kita melihat ke dalam pentadbiran kucar-kacir kakistokrasi Muhyiddin, yang buat pertamanya kalinya dalam sejarah, terpaksa membincangkan salah laku timbalan-timbalan menterinya.

Inilah hasilnya apabila kerajaan ditubuhkan oleh satu gabungan oportunis dan dipimpin oleh Perdana Menteri yang paling lemah dalam sejarah negara, di mana tidak ada pemahaman konsep tanggungjawab bersama dalam Kabinet di mana tidak ada seorang pun menterinya berani untuk mendisiplinkan timbalannya sendiri.

Kerana inilah seorang Menteri Kabinet boleh mengingkari SOP Kuarantin Covid-19 sejurus selepas pulang daripada satu lawatan ke Turki pada 7 Julai, dan kemudiannya boleh terus meneruskan kehidupan seakan-akan beliau tidak melakukan apa-apa kesalahan kerana tidak ada mana-mana menteri lain yang berani membangkitkan isu ini kerana risau kerajaan mereka akan tumbang.

Hanya tindakan melampau dua orang timbalan menteri ini sahaja yang pernah dibincangkan oleh Kabinet, itupun tanpa sebarang tindakan disiplin, hanya kenyataan yang mengatakan perbuatan mereka ini “tidak tepat dan tidak patut”.

Setiausaha Agung Bersatu merangkap Menteri Dalam Negeri, Hamzah Zainuddin mengatakan PN adalah singkatan kepada “Penyelamat Negara”. Saya tidak percaya yang menteri dan pemimpin PN bersetuju, saya pasti mereka sedar secara dalaman yang PN adalah singkatan kepada “Pengkhianat Negara”!

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Khamis 10 September 2020)

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