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Dato' Karpal Singh?

DAP chairman Karpal Singh has chided two party leaders,Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham and Datuk Teng Chang Khim, for accepting Datukships from state rulers, which is against the party's long-standing principle.

According to The Star, he said that according to the principle agreed upon by party members since the mid 1990s, DAP state assemblymen and Members of Parliament were not to accept Datukships during their tenure in office.


“From now on, the party will take action against members who don't follow this ruling,” he said, adding that the form of punishment would be decided by the party's disciplinary board after a hearing.

Ngeh, who is also Perak DAP chairman, was conferred the title in 2008 while Teng, who is the Selangor state assembly speaker, accepted a Datukship in 2010.

The Angry Latheefa Koya-K ...

'Duduk dan Bantah' protest heated-up when Chief Legal Affairs Bureau of the People's Justice Party (PKR) Latheefa Koya went aggressive against Officials of  National Registration Department (NRD).

Xavier is Sleeping Again?

Sri Maha Mariamman Temple’s committee chairman R. Vellasamy today took the Pakatan-led Selangor government to task over its indifferent attitude towards settling the temple’s predicament.

The company owning the land on which the temple sits in Ladang Teluk Merbau here has issued a notice to the committee asking that the land be vacated.

Vellasamy claimed that the committee had written to the state executive councillor in charge, Dr Xavier Jayakumar, on the matter but to date had yet to get a response.

As a result, the committee sought the assistance of the then Deputy Minister in the Minister’s Department Senator T. Murugiah last year who helped negotiate a deferment on the eviction, he told a press conference after leading a protest demonstration in front of the temple here today.

He added that as things remained uncertain for the temple, they wanted the state government to assist in the matter.

Meanwhile, Tan Tuan Tat, the advisor to the committee, said they wanted the state government to alienate a piece of land adjacent to the temple to the committee to be exchanged with the company concerned so that the temple need not be demolished.

Why PKR MP's Hunts For Double Seat (DUN+Parlimen)? - Part 2

Manoharan, who supported the “one man – one seat” proposal, said dual seat holders should put public and party interests above their own interests by accepting Karpal’s formula.

He said double-hat wearers should not draw multiple perks while dishing out poor performance as elected representatives at the expense of other single seat representatives and taxpayers.

At a glance, double-seat holders earn nearly RM40,000 per month.

In Selangor, an assemblyman’s pay is about RM11,700, inclusive of allowances, while that of an executive councillor is about RM25,000 (inclusive of state assembly pay). A MP earns about RM15,000 a month.

Manoharan recalled that during the recent July parliamentary sitting, which coincided with the Selangor state assembly session, Kok was unable to perform her duties efficiently as a senior exco, state representative and parliamentarian.

“She was neither here nor there. She was missing most of the assembly sittings,” he claimed.

Manoharan said he was now fighting a court case against the demolishment of a Hindu temple – Seafield Maha Mariamman Kovil – which comes under Kok’s Kinrara constituency.

“The temple management told me that it had been difficult to get even an appointment to meet Kok and resolve the demolishment issue amicably,” he said.

He said Kok was not able to divide and devote her time for her constituents partly because she was a MP and an assemblywoman in two different territories.

Why PKR MP's Hunts For Double Seat (DUN+Parlimen)? - Part 1

Last Friday, Karpal called on the party’s nine double-hat wearers, who are both a parliamentarian and an assemblyman, to declare publicly that they would opt for only one seat in the next general election.

In other words, Karpal wanted them to show support to the proposed “one man – one seat” electoral formula.

Karpal, who first proposed the formula early last year, argued that the party now had enough capable and dynamic young grassroots leaders as candidates, unlike in previous elections.

But Kok, a double-seat holder herself, chided Karpal for highlighting “an old story” in the media.

The other DAP elected representatives who are both MPs and assemblymen are Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (Bagan MP and Air Putih assemblyman), Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy (Batu Kawan MP and Prai assemblyman) and the state senior exco and party chief Chow Kon Yeow (Tanjung MP and Padang Kota assemblyman), all in Penang; Beruas MP and Sitiawan assemblyman Ngeh Koo Ham, Taiping MP and Pantai Remis assemblyman Nga Kor Ming, both Perak; and Rasah MP and Lobak assemblyman Anthony Loke Siew Fook (Negeri Sembilan).

In Sarawak, state DAP chairman Wong Ho Leng is the Sibu MP and Bukit Assek assemblyman while state party secretary Chong Chieng Jen is the Bandar Kuching MP and Kota Sentosa assemblyman.

8 out of 11 Hudud Countries Are Regarded As The Most Corrupted!!!

In 1996, Malaysia was ranked No. 26 out of 54 countries with a score of 5.32 – ahead of Jordan (No. 30 – score 4.89), Turkey (No. 33 – 3.54) and Egypt (No. 41 – 2.84).

Sixteen years later, in the 2011 TI CPI, Malaysia crashed to 60th placing with the lowest-ever score of 4.3 – losing out to six OIC countries and only one step ahead of Turkey, as illustrated as follows:

Qatar – No.22 (rank) 7.2 (score)

UAE – No.28 (6.8)

Bahrain- No.46 (5.1)

Oman – No.50 (4.8)

Kuwait – No.54 (4.6)

Jordan – No.56 (4.5)

Saudi Arabia – No.57 (4.4)

Malaysia – No.60 (4.3)

Turkey – No.61 (4.2)