PRK LAGI ! SPEAKER ISYTIHARKAN KERUSI DUN KLANG KOSONG !

Speaker Selangor, Datuk Teng Chang Khim hari ini mengisytiharkan kerusi dewan undangan negeri Pelabuhan Klang kosong berikutan kegagalan penyandangnya, Badrul Hisham Abdullah menghadiri sidang dewan undangan negeri Selangor selama lebih setengah tahun.

Pengumuman itu dibuat petang tadi di Bangunan Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah di Shah Alam.

Sebelum ini, khabar angin mengenai kekosongan itu bertiup kencang apabila Badrul Hisham Abdullah didakwa telah gagal menghadiri sidang DUN sejak Julai tahun lalu.

Mengikut Artikel 69 perlembagaan Selangor, mana-mana ADUN yang tidak hadir ke sidang DUN bagi tempoh enam bulan akan menyaksikan kerusinya diisytiharkan kosong oleh speaker.

ADUN kontroversial Pelabuhan Klang itu meninggalkan PKR pada tahun Oktober 2009 dan memilih menjadi ADUN Bebas yang mesra BN tetapi kemudiannya menyertai Umno pada Mei tahun lalu.

Sebelum itu, beliau juga 'menghilangkan diri' buat seketika dan muncul semula dengan berita yang beliau akan berpaling tadah.

Badrul Hisham memenangi kerusi Pelabuhan Klang pada pilihan raya umum 2008 di bawah tiket PKR dengan majoriti 4,407 undi.

Beliau mendapat 12,397 undi berbanding calon BN yang diwakili oleh Roselinda Abd Jamil (Umno) yang mendapat 7,990 undi dan calon Bebas Nazir Mansor pula mendapat 580 undi.

Sejak pilihan raya umum pada Mac 2008, negara telah menyaksikan 14 pilihan raya kecil. Yang terakhir akan diadakan di Tenang, Labis, Johor berikutan kematian wakil rakyatnya, Datuk Sulaiman Taha.

Sebelum ini, seorang pembantu khas ADUN Pelabuhan Klang, yang tidak mahu namanya dipetik memberitahu, wakil rakyat itu hanya gagal hadir pada satu persidangan bajet bertarikh 8 hingga 11 November atas masalah kesihatan.

Katanya, surat ketidakhadiran telah dimaklumkan kepada Teng.

Beliau juga menafikan wakil rakyat itu gagal hadir selama enam bulan kerana beliau sendiri mencatatkan kehadirannya. - MALAYSIAKINI

SAKSI : ' SAYA MELAKUKAN SEKS DENGAN UMMI DI LONDON'

'I had sex with Ummi in London,' says witness

A defence witness in the sodomy trial of jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim told the High Court today that he had sex with star prosecution witness Ummi Hafilda Ali.

"I had sex with Ummi in London," said Norazman Abdullah @ Baginda anak Minda to the murmurs of those seated in the public gallery.

The 40-year-old Iban told judge Arifin Jaka that he had known Ummi since 1992 but their relationship only became close when they were in London in June 1998, together with businessman and former MP S'ng Chee Hua (who was Norazman's boss then) and another friend.

"When we returned to Malaysia, Ummi told me that she would give my ex-wife RM200,000 so that we (Ummi and I) could get married and elope to London," Norazman said, adding that he was then married with two children.

"Ummi also told me that I would have a 25 percent share in a RM10 million advertising project," he added.

Ummi, who made court appearances during Anwar's corruption trial last year in designer attire and matching accessories, had told the press that she "is still a virgin".

She, together with former driver of Anwar's wife, Azizan Abu Bakar, wrote letters to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad alleging Anwar had committed sexual misconduct.

They later retracted their allegations and said they wrote the letters under coercion and on "mere suspicion".

"In the beginning, Ummi told me that the sodomy allegations against Anwar were true. But later, after our relationship became closer, she confessed that they were all fabricated," Norazman said.

He also told the court this morning that Ummi told him she "forced" Azizan to confess that he was sodomised by Anwar.

"Ummi told me that she did it because she hated Anwar and her brother Azmin Ali as they both did not give her any business projects.

"She also said that when Anwar was toppled from power, she will get an advertising project at Kuala Lumpur International Airport worth RM10 million from Tun Daim Zainuddin (business tycoon turned finance minister)," Norazman said.

He, however, added that he did not ask Ummi how she forced Azizan to make the confession.

Norazman, who is now a farmer, also told the court that while they were in London, Ummi had told him that Mahathir was the man behind the "50 Dalil: Mengapa Anwar Tidak Boleh Jadi Perdana Menteri" ("50 Reasons Why Anwar Cannot Become Prime Minister") book.

"She also told me that Daim, (former Malacca chief minister) Rahim Tamby Chik and (Umno executive secretary) Tengku Adnan Mansor were involved in the fabrication of the sodomy charges in the book," he said, in response to a question from defence counsel Gurbachan Singh.

According to Norazman, Ummi also told him that Khaled Jeffri was the writer of the book while (former finance minister) Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Daim and Tengku Adnan were the sponsors.

He added that Ummi called him one night in August 1998, and said that her father had disowned her because she had given false information for the contents of the book.

"Ummi called one night and said that she could not sleep and wanted to meet me as her father had chased her out of the house," he said.

Ummi's brother Azmin Ali, who was also Anwar's former private secretary and now state assemblyman for Hulu Klang, had testified earlier that Ummi is not the person she portrays herself to be and was disowned by her father in late 1998 "for running away with a married man overseas." ("[#1]Ummi eloped with a married man, says Azmin[/#]", April 7.)

Norazman also told the court that Ummi told him that she had written a letter to Mahathir but the contents (of the letter) were later amended by Aziz Shamsuddin, who was then the political secretary to the Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, the prosecution refused to cross-examine the witness, saying that his evidence was merely hearsay.

Lead prosecutor Abdul Gani Patail told the judge: "Unless and if Ummi is called to testify, this evidence is all useless."

The court will resume on Friday as Anwar's lawyers said that the rest of their witnesses, including Daim, deputy education minister Aziz, former consumer affairs minister Megat Junid Megat Ayob and his wife Ziela Jalil would only be called in if Mahathir was allowed to testify in the trial.

Arifin yesterday said that he would announce his decision on the application for Mahathir's testimony in court on Friday. The defence and prosecution had argued over the relevance of the prime minister's evidence for more than three weeks.

Anwar, currently serving a six-year jail term for corruption, is on trial for sodomy and sexual misconduct.

He and his adopted brother Sukma Dermawan are charged with sodomising Azizan at Sukma's apartment on "one night at 7.45pm, between January and March, 1993".

Anwar has repeatedly denied all charges and said they were fabricated by political rivals to end his political career.

Najib: Saya? Takut kepada Anwar?

DS Najib Tun Razak dalam ucapannya di Felda Chemplak, Tenang semalam menyatakan bahawa beliau tidak takut atau gentar untuk berdebat dengan DS Anwar Ibrahim . "Kenapa saya harus takut berdebat dengannya? Saya adalah perdana menteri. Saya ada semua maklumat. Kalau saya dedahkannya... adoi... dia akan demam,” perli Najib .

Kalau tidak takut untuk berdepan dengan DS Anwar , kenapa mengambil sikap menolak cabaran debat tersebut dengan pelbagai alasan yang menampakkan kebaculan dan kedayusan . Sebelum ini DS Najib mengelak dengan alasan " membuang masa " dan pelbagai alasan yang terlalu dangkal sehingga Khairy Jamaluddin , Ketua Pemuda UMNO menghina beliau dengan kesediaan berdebat dengan DS Anwar .

Cabaran debat oleh Ketua Umum Parti Keadilan Rakyat dan juga Ketua Pembangkang Parlimen Malaysia , DS Anwar Ibrahim masih terbuka untuk beliau . Rakyat sedang menanti perdebatan tersebut dan kita cabar DS Najib dedahkan apa yang dinyatakan dalam ucapan tersebut . Tindakan DS Najib menampakkan sifat kepondanan kerana sehingga sekarang masih belum berani menyatakan kesediaan berdebat dengan DS Anwar .

Perdebatan ini sangat penting . Penting agar rakyat dapat mengetahui secara jelas demi kebaikan rakyat dan negara . Kita yakin perdebatan ini akan mampu merungkai permasalahan dasar atau polisi yang selama ini ditutup oleh DS Najib , UMNO dan BN .

DS Najib cuba untuk kaitkan dengan kes Fitnah 2 yang cuba menafikan keterlibatan beliau dalam konspirasi jahat terhadap DS Anwar . Mengeluarkan kenyataan tidak profesional dengan tujuan mengaibkan DS Anwar .

Bagaimana pula dengan imej DS Najib yang dikaitkan dengan pembunuhan model Mongolia dan skandal pembelian kapal selam yang sedang disiasat di Perancis ? Termasuk yang didedahkan surat khabar Australia Sydney Morning Herald yang mendedahkan PM DS Najib dipercayai terbabit dengan dalam skandal pembunuhan Altantuya Shaaribuu. Impak yang sangat berat kepada imej Perdana Menteri dan Malaysia tidak dapat dinafikan.

Sebagai pimpinan utama Pakatan Rakyat dan juga Ketua Pembangkang , kesediaan DS Anwar mencabar Perdana Menteri dan juga selaku Pengerusi Barisan nasional adalah satu yang seharusnya berlaku . Lebih-lebih lagi apabila tindakan DS Najib memperlekehkan program 100 hari Pakatan Rakyat .

Apa lagi , kalau betul tidak takut untuk berdebat dengan DS Anwar , jadikankan PRK Tenang sebagai lokasi terbaik debat tersebut berlangsung . Cabaran masih terbuka buat DS Najib . Ada berani ?????

Bantu siasat Khir: S'gor dedah projek RM273 juta

Beberapa syarikat milik seorang tertuduh dalam kes melibatkan tuduhan rasuah ke atas bekas menteri besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo didakwa telah menerima projek berjumlah lebih RM273 juta dalam tempoh pentadbiran BN di Selangor.

Pendedahan mengejutkan itu juga melibatkan lima kontrak yang didakwa telah diberikan secara rundingan terus kepada syarikat-syarikat milik Shamsudin Hayroni.

Pendedahan itu dibuat hari ini oleh setiausaha politik menteri besar Selangor Faekah Husin melalui satu kenyataan.

Projek rundingan terus

Menurut Faekah lagi, projek berkenaan termasuk lima projek yang diberikan secara rundingan terus kepada syarikat Majulia Sdn Bhd.

Ia antara lainnya melibatkan satu pembinaan fasa pertama bagi kuarters kakitangan kerajaan dengan nilai lebih RM22.8 juta, serta pembinaan fasa keduanya dengan nilai RM61 juta.

Projek yang didedahkan itu turut melibatkan pembinaan bangunan sebuah perpustakaan, bernilai lebih RM71 juta, manakala satu projek lagi melibatkan pembinaan sebatang jalan di Sepang yang bernilai lebih RM73.7 juta.

Faekah juga berkata, satu lagi projek melibatkan sebuah stadium terbuka, pencawang elektrik, dua kebuk dan unit loji kumbahan di atas satu tapak kompleks sukan di Dengkil, bernilai hampir RM15 juta.

Bantu siasatan

Faekah berkata, pendedahan itu adalah ekoran tindakan majlis mesyuarat kerajaan negeri pada 16 Disember lalu yang memutuskan untuk mendedahkan butiran mengenai projek berkenaan.

Ia antara lainnya bertujuan untuk memastikan kerajaan pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat itu tidak dikaitkan dalam perbicaraan kes Dr Khir dan Shamsuddin Hayroni, kata Faekah lagi.

"Ini juga sejajar dengan prinsip ketelusan dan kebertanggungjawaban pentadbiran yang didukung oleh Pakatan Rakyat yang sama sekali menolak sebarang penyelewengan dan salah guna kuasa di kalangan pemimpin dan ahli politik demi kepentingan peribadi.

"Kerajaan negeri berpendapat maklumat yang diberikan ini dapat membantu pihak berkuasa menjalankan siasatan," kenyataan itu dipetik. - malaysiakini