Jawatankuasa khas MCA bermesyuarat awal 2010

KUALA LUMPUR 28 Dis. - Mesyuarat jawatankuasa khas MCA bagi mengadakan pemilihan semula parti itu dijangka hanya diadakan awal tahun depan.

Timbalan Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek berkata, mesyuarat terpaksa ditangguhkan kerana kebanyakan ahli jawatankuasa sedang bercuti.

"Kebanyakan anggotanya termasuk dua orang menteri sedang berada di luar negara.

"Lantaran itu, kita tidak dapat mengadakan mesyuarat untuk membincangkan isu berkenaan dengan selanjutnya," katanya dalam kenyataan di sini hari ini.

Setiausaha Agung MCA, Datuk Wong Foon Meng sebelum ini enggan mendedahkan senarai Ahli Jawatankuasa Pusat (CC) parti itu yang telah atau belum menghantar surat peletakan jawatan mereka pada Jumaat lalu iaitu tarikh akhir penyerahan surat tersebut.

Foon Meng berkata, beliau enggan berbuat demikian kerana tidak mahu menimbulkan kekeliruan dalam usaha menyelesaikan kemelut parti itu.

Pemilihan semula pucuk pimpinan MCA itu dilihat sebagai satu cara menyelesaikan kemelut dalaman parti tersebut yang semakin serius apabila Soi Lek dipecat sebagai Timbalan Presiden parti pada Ogos lalu.

Pada 15 Disember lalu, Naib Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai dan 12 lagi pemimpin parti telah menghantar surat peletakan jawatan mereka sebagai ahli CC kepada Foon Meng.

Bagaimanapun perlembagaan MCA menetapkan sekurang-kurangnya 21 daripada 30 ahli CC yang dipilih oleh perwakilan parti perlu meletakkan jawatan mereka bagi membolehkan pemilihan semula itu diadakan.

Antara yang telah menghantar surat bersama Tiong Lai ialah Timbalan Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Wee Jeck Seng; Timbalan Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Datuk Hou Kok Chung; Naib Presiden MCA, Tan Kok Hong dan anggota veteran CC, Datuk Wong Mook Leong.

Dalam pada itu, sebanyak lapan ahli CC lagi turut menghantar surat peletakan jawatan iaitu Lee Wee Kiat, Datuk Yu Chok Tow, Wong Nai Chee, Datuk Yeow Chai Thiam, Datuk Hoh Khai Mun, Datuk Liew Yuen Keong, Datuk Edward Khoo Keok Hai dan Datuk Alex Wong Siong Hwee.

Menurut Soi Lek, Sekretariat MCA akan mengeluarkan surat pemberitahuan kepada media apabila tarikh mesyuarat jawatankuasa khas tersebut diputuskan.

DAP backs Nazri over Utusan

Lim says Utusan has gone overboard. — File pic

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 — DAP today expressed their support for Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz for criticising Utusan Malaysia’s racist agenda.

The party’s secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said Nazri’s criticism of the Umno-owned newspaper is accurate because Utusan has gone "overboard" in its reporting.

“Utusan has gone overboard in its reporting and attacked the non-Malays up to the point of using derogatory terms such as ‘keling’ for the Indian community and calling the non-Malays anti-Islam and anti-Malay. That is the not the spirit of Malaysia supported by the rakyat,” he told reporters in Parliament.

Yesterday, The Malaysian Insider reported that the Umno maverick had condemned the Malay daily for its “outdated” racist propaganda, saying the Umno-owned newspaper must accept that Malaysia is a multi-racial country.

Nazri said Malaysians can no longer accept categorising minorities with derogatory names.

Lim stressed that Utusan was irresponsible for causing racial tension in the country.

“The efforts by Utusan Malaysia are very irresponsible because it causes racial hatred and also publishes false statements like Karpal is anti-Islam. I have also become a victim and that was why I had to sue Utusan but we cannot sue Utusan everyday because we do not have the funds and time to do so,” he said.

The Penang Chief Minister also slammed the Utusan “bosses” for manipulating the news.

“Their reporters are professional but their bosses will change the news and then create false news and false accusations. So we feel that they have gone overboard. I think this is not a political issue but a Malaysian issue.

“Even though we are politically different, the DAP agrees with Nazri in urging Utusan Malaysia to stop this campaign of racial hatred. They will only be satisfied when other races do not have any more rights. If they continue with their campaign of hate, I am scared there will be retaliation that we all will regret,” he said.

Lim hopes that Utusan will accept Nazri’s criticism and change.

“I hope Utusan Malaysia will learn from the criticism made by the minister and also hope that the police will make the necessary investigation to take actions against those who incite racial hatred,” he said.

Utusan has been a mouthpiece for Umno ultra-nationalists and a tool for defending the party’s “Ketuanan Melayu” (Malay supremacy) policy.

The newspaper has also been criticised for being used to attack the opposition and ratcheting up racial tensions.

The Umno-owned newspaper was responsible for running daily stories criticising calls to allow former communist leader Chin Peng to return to Malaysia, linking it to what the newspaper says are moves to question Malay rights.

The paper also suggested that DAP was anti-Islam and said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was willing to betray the Malays to be prime minister — both incendiary subjects in mainly Malay-Muslim Malaysia.

Its articles have labelled the Chinese community as “pendatang” (immigrants) and the Indian community as “keling”. -MalaysianInsider

MCA polls unlikely

Central committee members reluctant to quit to pave way for fresh mandate

KUALA LUMPUR: Fresh polls may not take place in MCA as many central committee
members are reluctant to quit.

Despite a pledge by deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, vice-president
Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and 12 other CC members to step down to resolve the leadership crisis, none had submitted their letters of resignation.

Secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng told the New Sunday Times he had yet to receive any resignation letter from the 31 elected CC members. Seven more CC members are needed to make up the 21 members — two-thirds of the CC who must resign to pave the way for fresh elections.

“They have until Dec 25 to submit their letters,” Wong said.

On Friday, Dr Chua had said CC members had two weeks to decide whether they wanted to let go of their posts. Liow said he and 12 CC members had received the standard resignation letter and needed time to go through the document.

“I have always emphasised the need for the party to resolve the crisis once and

for all,” he said at a press conference after launching a bio-herbs economic
forum yesterday. Liow said it was important that CC members do what was right to stop the crisis from worsening and urged them to voluntarily resign.

He said many of the elected CC members felt fresh polls were necessary.
“I am confident they will make their decision fast and do not need to be persuaded by others to do what is right.”

But it is said that the remaining 17 CC members are cool towards Liow’s call.
Datuk Chong Itt Chew said he would not sign the letter until the CC briefed members and endorsed the decisions made by the committee on fresh elections. No date has been fixed for the next CC meeting.

“I want to know how many will sign the letter. As far as I know, none have done so despite talk by some leaders.”

Another CC member, Datuk Ti Lian Ker, said he had yet to sign the letter because it was not resolved whether fresh elections would include the Youth and Wanita wings.

“We might set a bad precedent if we allow a minority to get their way and disrupt the party,” he said.

Datuk Tan Chai Ho said he needed time to to think about it as he only received the letter on Friday night.

“It is not easy to get people to resign,” he said.

Universiti Sains Malaysia analyst Dr Sivamurugan Pandian aid if fresh elections did not take place and the status quo remained, it would not guarantee peace in the party.

“If some leaders are unhappy with the developments in the party a few months later, what is going to stop them from creating another crisis?

“I believe fresh polls is the best way to resolve matters once and for all.”

Political analyst Khoo Kay Peng said if all the factions were serious about going for fresh elections, they should have set a date a long time ago. Khoo believed the leaders were dragging their feet to buy time to consolidate their support. He said for now, Liow’s faction was the minority in the
CC after Ong and Dr Chua had teamed up.

“Liow definitely has difficulty in persuading the other CC members to quit. It appears he is running out of options and the only thing for him to do is to wait for the next party elections in 2011.”

Party insiders said there were whispers that some CC members were unwilling to
quit and preferred to complete their term. A CC member, who did not want to be identified, said they had to fight hard to be elected at last year’s party elections but, now, barely a year later, they were facing the prospect of having to vacate their seats to face fresh elections.

“You think it would be easy for us to resign? How about those who are ministers and deputy ministers? They have everything to lose if they do that.”

The MCA leadership crisis was caused by the watershed Oct 10 extraordinary general meeting when party president, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, narrowly lost a vote of no confidence while his former nemesis, Dr Chua, failed to be reinstated as the party’s number two.

再批马哈迪是种族主义之父 纳兹里以其人之道还治其身

【本刊黄书琪撰述】因为国家干训局而起的战火未能平息，首相署部长纳兹里今日再度开腔批评前首相马哈迪为“种族主义之父”，直认过去的国家干训局课程有问题，否决了非马来人的贡献。他还说，他之所以会公开批评马哈迪，不过就是从后者批评东姑阿都拉曼学习而来。

纳兹里（Nazri Aziz，右图）今早出席国会面对记者围堵再次发表意见，尽管副首相慕尤丁出访日本跨海替马哈迪辩护，可纳兹里依然炮火不减，他表示尊重慕尤丁的看法，但他坚持自己说对的话，“他（慕尤丁）要发表意见，不要紧啦，那就是他的意见嘛。”

纳兹里丝毫不否认国家干训局过去的课程分化族群，非常种族主义，他认为没有人应该否认这一点，“曾经是国家干训局的总监者等职位者，现在也都进入在野党，他们都知道，我们又有什么好否认的？”

不过，他强调，过去的国家干训局和当前的国家干训局势两码子事，与提倡“一个马来西亚”概念的现任首相纳吉没有瓜葛，所以，他才提出重整国家干训局之意见，“我们可以不计前嫌，但是我们从现在开始改变，这才是重要的，让一切符合首相纳吉设想的。”

他说：“作为一名负责任的国会议员，却还支持过去的国家干训局，说什么马来人主权，什么是马来人主权？神经病啦！拜托，我是马来西亚人。”

不认同慕尤丁说法

与此同时，纳兹里对马哈迪的批评依旧，虽然慕尤丁昨日在日本受访时表示赞许马哈迪过去领导国家22年的贡献，但纳兹里今天却说：“难道说他曾经担任这个国家的首相22年，说话就可以口无遮拦吗？我不同意。”

他还嘲讽马哈迪卸任之后，肆无忌惮的批评国阵政府，国阵有此元老，“在野党都不用工作了。”

这是纳兹里二度与马哈迪挑起战火，首次即发生在第五任首相阿都拉巴达威任内。昨日，马哈迪在出席一场公开活动时替国家干训局辩护，也嘲笑纳兹里拿石头砸自己的脚，说巫统为种族主义政党。

但纳兹里今日不以为意，继续在巫统是种族主义政党议题上发表意见，“他说我现身在种族主义政党里，没错，这就证明我说他的也对，如果说我因为身在巫统这个种族主义政党而成为一名种族主义者，那么，他就是种族主义之父！他曾经担任巫统主席22年！对吧？”

他在补充时还顺便调侃了马哈迪：“这不像是一名前首相应该说的话，拜托丢出其他更好的论据吧！”

虽然马哈迪贵为巫统22年主席，但纳兹里并没有任何放低姿态的意思，他强调自己正是从马哈迪身上学会如何顶撞长辈，“他批评东姑阿都拉曼就可以，他就不是没教养，谁教我这么做的，不就是他吗？他批评就可以，我们批评，就是没教养？”

谁是巫统老板？
马哈迪还是纳吉？

国家干训局议题是从两周之前开始延烧，人民联盟雪兰莪州政府率先揭露该局课程极端，充斥种族主意思想，并且立即决定停止派遣公务员前往国家干训局受训，槟州政府随即跟进。

纳兹里在事情爆发后则立即对外表态将重整国家干训局课程，不过，该局总监却指表明，会加入一个马来西亚元素。

不 过，掌政22年的马哈迪却在此刻发声，认为国家干训局过去的课程并无不妥，惹来纳兹里猛烈炮轰，他多次摆出现任首相纳吉，积极区分马哈迪时代与纳吉的政 策，他说：“（现在的）党纲是什么？不就是一个马来西亚吗？重整国家干训局难道不符合一个马来西亚吗？现在谁是巫统的老板？马哈迪还是纳吉？如果有任何更 动请告诉我，但就我所知，纳吉是现任首相。”

另一方面，副首相慕尤丁昨日也吁请国阵领袖勿掉入在野党陷阱，彼此公开叫阵，可纳兹里显然并不认同此一论调，“就算是在野党，他们彼此都是公开批评的，在此现代科技时代，你怎么可能隐藏什么？就算是你放了一个屁，都会有人知道。”

因此，纳兹里进一步反问：“所以我们公开争执有何不对？人们有权知道双方的意见，所以干嘛要隐藏起来。”

因为国家干训局引起的这场种族主义争议，引发巫统是否为种族主义政党之争，身为巫统重要领袖，纳兹里却强调不应该仇视其他族群，还列举多位运动员如妮柯大卫（Nicole David）、李宗伟为例，说明各族人民不分种族为国奋斗。

他说：“即便是华人，你姓张姓李，你爱自己的氏族，但并不表示你就必须讨厌其他氏族啊！”因此，他认为就算他身为马来人，在为马来人谋取福利的同时，并不表示非得否定其他族群。

Nazri calls Dr M a racist for defending BTN

抨马哈迪是该死的种族主义者
纳兹里重申内阁翻新课程决定

[本刊记者撰述】国家干训局（Biro Tatanegara）课程 的争议继续烧，纳兹里今日在国会反讥捍卫国家干训局课程的前首相马哈迪是“该死的种族主义者”（bloody racist），并重申内阁之前翻新有关课 程的决定。此外，印度人国大党副主席兼西金马仑区国会议员德瓦马尼（SK Devamany）也承认有关课程内容应该翻新。

马哈迪昨天向媒体表示，国家干训局的课程不需要翻新，并任为要维持现状，主要是课程内容都能够给马来西亚人灌输爱国精神。针对这番捍卫国家干训局课程的言论，他还抨击《马来西亚前锋报》，指该报“否定症候群”让他感到大笑出声。

同时，纳兹里（左图）进一步重申本身的立场，称所有人都知道国家干训局是什么，所以没有什么东西需要隐瞒。

除 此之外，巫统所掌控的《马来西亚前锋报》（Utusan Malaysia）与《每日新闻》（Berita Harian）这两周来都刊登了许多捍卫国家 干训局课程的言论，并回击这些反对言论是一些“卖国贼”要把有关课题政治化所导致。其中《马来西亚前锋报》在昨日要求政府不应该向国家干训局的反对声浪妥 协。

尽管国阵内部声浪不一，国阵其他成员党都未评论此课题，但是印度人国大党副主席兼西金马仑区国会议员德瓦马尼（SK Devamany）今日也承认有关课程内容应该翻新。

根据网络媒体《马来西亚局内人》的报道，德瓦马尼了解到，国家干训局扮演的角色是为全国人民筑起爱国主义。“若课程是不利于国民团结，并有违宪法与国家原则（Rukun Negara）及马来西亚的精神，那他们就绝对需要重新检视了。”

曾与翁诗杰向首席秘书反映

国 家干训局课程在过去数周受到各界围攻，民联领袖都指有关课程被用作灌输种族分裂观念的工具。虽然政府一直强调国家干训局课程的主旨是向出席者灌输爱国精 神，惟曾经出席过这课程的参与者却给予相反的证言，被指是巫统透过植入种族憎恶感和‘巫裔拥最高权威（Ketuanan Melayu）’的概念，用作守 住巫裔支持率的工具。

德 瓦马尼（左图黑衣者）透露，他和马华公会总会长翁诗杰曾经向国家首席秘书长西迪哈山（Sidek Hassan）反映这项课题。他指出，他与翁诗杰两人在 去年在会议中有提出国家干训局的问题，因为有当时有报道称课程内容涉及敏感课题，当中就有参与者向他们投诉，但却苦无证据。

“然而，若那属实，我们认为这（课程）应该剔除，这会制造出更多问题。这将会造成憎恶感，并进一步扩大我国各种族之间的间隙。爱国主义超越种族，那是对国家的爱，何况我们全都是生于此。”

雪兰莪州政府在11月杪决定勒令所有州属的高等教育学府的学生、州政府机构和相关单位的公务人员，停止参与首相署属下的国家干训局所承办的有关课程，表明抵制这些存有宣扬种族主义的课程内容。至于另一个由民联执政的槟城州，则正在考虑采取同样政策。

首相署部长纳兹里（Nazri Aziz）过后表示，内阁近期了解到有关国家干训局的课外活动需要废除，因为政府领导层包括首相，都认为其内容会造成种族分裂及破坏团结性。政府首席秘书已经受到指示，将监督国家干训局的课程翻新计划。 【点击：内阁同意翻新干训局课程 林吉祥质疑阁员自说自话】

上周，民主行动党国会领袖兼怡保东区国会议员林吉祥，促请政府成立只向国会负责的独立无党派机构，以取代在过去十年花了5亿5000万元、却散播种族仇恨的国家干训局。【点击：干训局散播仇恨十年耗五亿 林吉祥促另立独立机构取代】

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has called Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad a “bloody racist” for defending the Biro Tata Negara (BTN) courses, and reasserted the Cabinet’s earlier decision to overhaul the programme.

Nazri pointed out to reporters in Parliament today that patriotism was not meant only for the Malays but for all Malaysians.

“You must be a Malaysian whether you’re a minister or not. You must walk your talk. Don’t just because when you were PM, you wanted everyone to support you, you’re Malaysian and the moment you’re no longer PM, that’s it, only talk about the Malays so I cannot accept his comment. When you read his blog it is bloody racist.

“I strongly feel the BTN courses must be in line with the 1 Malaysia slogan by the PM,” he said.

Dr Mahathir had said yesterday that there was no need to revamp BTN’s training modules in the current form and that it was suitable for instilling the patriotic spirit among Malaysians.

Nazri also slammed Umno’s Utusan Malaysia newspaper today, saying its “denial syndrome is making me laugh.” The minister in the prime minister’s department repeated his stand that “everybody knows what the BTN is,” so there was nothing to hide.

“I just want them to know, they should not go on a denial syndrome because their syllabus is known to everybody. Don’t think that people outside do not know about the syllabus based on patriotism for Malays. I just want to remind them that among those in the opposition, Hasan Ali was a former deputy director of BTN and Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul was a BTN former director and Anwar Ibrahim’s father in law was involved with the BTN.

“They all know what the syllabus is all about so who are we to say that it did not happen? You want to lie? You make people laugh. I mean there are people who attended the courses who came out very angry. There were many instances of the use of words like Ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy). It is ridiculous so I want them to tell me where did I go wrong in supporting the revamping of the BTN syllabus. Tell me where I went wrong?” he asked.

Nazri stressed that BTN was funded by public money and that the funds should be spent properly for the betterment of all communities.

“The BTN’s allocation is mentioned in the PM’s department’s budget. So it’s public money. So if it’s public money then we need to ensure that it is spent properly, not to have courses only to concentrate on one community in the country.

“You talk about patriotism, love for the country. Patriotism is for all Malaysians regardless of race. Therefore, the money spent on BTN to have courses must reflect the 1Malaysia slogan by the PM. It should not only be to raise patriotism among the Malays. Malaysia is for all races so I disagree with any syllabus which only concentrates on patriotism just on one community, I disagree. If they have a problem with that, I want to know what is their problem,” he said.

Nazri questioned if Utusan Malaysia, which has been at the forefront of defending BTN courses, believes that Malaysia belongs only to the Malay community.

“Do they want to say that Malaysia belongs only to the Malays and the government is only a Malay government? Should only the Malays be given the spirit of patriotism? Other races are not patriotic about their country? So I want them to point out to me where is it that I’ve gone wrong If I disagree with the past syllabus,” he added.

Nazri also denied the claim made by Utusan that it was only him who wanted BTN to be revamped and not the Cabinet.

“The moment PM took over, when he introduced the 1 Malaysia slogan. It was soon after that because courses run by BTN using public funds must be used properly and it amounts to millions so if you want to talk about patriotism, patriotism for all, not just the Malays, for all Malaysians. It’s not because of the Selangor state government that we changed the syllabus so it’s long before that,” he said.

Nazri also questioned Utusan for deceiving Malaysians on BTN.

“You tell me, can I lie? I can’t. They must use their head lah. If they want to deny and all that. If the other side they do not know, it’s different but all these people were involved with BTN before. They were facilitators and directors so they know what’s going on.

“Come on lah, please, this is not 1961 or the 1970s. Information is freely available. I want them to get out of the denial syndrome, admit it and that’s in line with the PM’s slogan so why shouldn’t we change?” he asked.

The PR-led Selangor government recently imposed a ban on its civil servants and students within its state-run educational institutions from attending BTN courses, while Penang — another PR- governed state — is said to be considering similar action.

But the hawks in Umno, through Malay-based dailies like Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia, have moved to defend BTN and attacked its critics as “traitors” who are trying to politicise the issue.

Utusan yesterday urged the government not to “bow down” to the opposition on BTN and said that it was Nazri who wanted the programme to be revamped even though the move was decided by the Cabinet. - Malaysian Insider

Lembaga Serupa Teoh Kelihatan di bangunan SPRM

趙明福現身墜樓處？
咬官員頸項扯其後腿
3職員親眼目睹明福

報導：李慧蓮

（莎阿南3日訊）趙明福墜樓斃命后，在命案大廈上班的3名職員，包括反貪委員會官員，曾親眼目睹趙明福鬼魂，“他”還咬了一名官員的頸項和扯其后腿。

這起耐人尋味的靈異事件，是在開齌節逾兩週后開始發生，至今已有3人目睹趙明福鬼魂，顯靈時間是傍晚及晚上時分，即他在死前被帶回反貪委員會協助調查的時間。

3名見到趙明福鬼魂的人，包括馬沙南大廈的保安員、雪州反貪委員會副主任及一名隸屬布城總部的反貪官員。趙明福鬼魂出現的地點，即在他臥屍處的5樓及第14樓的反貪委員會。

《中國報》記者今日就此事走訪馬沙南大廈，其中一名看到趙明福鬼魂的保安員在值勤，他說，他雖然沒正面看到對方，但對方的穿著卻和趙氏出事時一模一樣。

“趙氏墜樓后，我還親眼看到他臥屍的樣子，我確定我看到那‘人’的背影是趙明福。”

他記得當時看到對方時已是下午6時30分，當時，所有大廈職員已下班，他獨自去5樓的洗手間時，聽到有腳步聲。

閉路電視沒有人

“我當時覺得奇怪，這時候一般都沒人，為何還有人在外，我于是走出廁所，就看到一名男子在升降機前站著。他穿著一件黑色大衣和白色長褲，我便問他要去哪裡，因為這時候不允許任何人隨意上樓。”

他指出，對方只回答一句要上樓，接著升降機門打開，便走進去。

“我當時想到可能是趙明福，立即到4樓的保安室看升降機的閉路電視，結果，升降機內卻沒有人。

他當時也反應不過來，也不知如何是好，過后，接二連三聽到有人講看到趙氏鬼魂。- China Press

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Tiga individu mendakwa mereka ternampak satu lembaga yang menyerupai mendiang Teoh Beng Hock merayau-rayau di ibupejabat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) di Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam.

Menurut laporan akhbar China Press, lembaga tersebut dilihat di tingkat lima bangunan tersebut - tempat Teoh ditemui mati dan di tingkat 14, iaitu pejabat SPRM Selangor.

Laporan itu menyebut seorang pengawal keselamatan dan dua pegawai SPRM terserempak dengan lembaga itu sekitar bulan Oktober lalu - lebih dua bulan selepas Teoh ditemui mati.

Pengawal keselamatan tersebut yang enggan namanya disebut berkata, dia tidak nampak muka lembaga itu, tetapi ia berpakaian sama seperti yang dipakai mendiang ketika datang ke pejabat SPRM dulu.

"Saya nampak mayatnya selepas jatuh. Saya pasti ianya Teoh walaupun saya hanya lihat bahagian belakangnya," katanya sambil menambah kejadian itu berlaku kira-kira jam 6.30 petang.

Ketika mencerita semula kejadian itu, pengawal tersebut berkata dia pergi ke bilik air di tingkat lima di mana secara dia tiba-tiba terdengar bunyi orang berjalan. Pengawal keselamatan yang lain tidak bertugas ketika itu.

"Saya rasa pelik. Biasanya pada waktu itu tiada orang lain di situ. Lalu saya berjalan ke arah tandas... kemudian saya nampak seorang lelaki di depan lif, dia memakai kot hitam dan berseluar putih," katanya.

Pada masa itu, tidak terlintas di fikiran pengawal tersebut bahawa ia adalah lembaga yang menyerupai Teoh itu.

"Saya bertanya dia hendak ke mana kerana tiada orang di atas. Dia menjawab "saya nak naik ke atas", lalu masuk ke dalam lif.

"Ketika itulah saya terfikir yang dia nampak seperti Teoh, jadi saya bergegas ke bilik keselamatan untuk melihat CCTV, tetapi tiada seorang pun dalam lif tersebut.-Malaysiakini

Nazri says no point denying what BTN is

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 – Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz insisted today that the Cabinet wants to overhaul the Biro Tata Negara (BTN), while also admitting the programme had been used to promote certain government leaders.

His remarks come just a few hours after a fellow Umno government leader defended the civics course and insisted it would be “upgraded” instead of “revamped.”

“Whatever word you use, upgrade or revamp ... to me, it is a change of module. Datuk Ahmad Maslan is a member of the Cabinet, he can’t dispute my statement,” he told reporters at Parliament lobby here.

Ahmad, who is deputy minister in the prime minister department, came out defending BTN today against allegations by the opposition that its courses were teaching racial hatred.

He claimed the courses would only be “upgraded”, which means that there is nothing wrong with the modules.

The deputy minister, who is in charge of BTN, claimed that the “upgrade” would incorporate new elements in its lectures to reflect the 1Malaysia idea meant to promote racial unity coined by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

But Nazri said there was no use in Ahmad or other government ministers denying the Cabinet decision.

Ahmad was the second Umno minister to come out in defence of BTN despite the revelation by Nazri that the Cabinet conceded that its courses were racially divisive.

The first was Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin, who took a similarly defensive stand and publicly stated his views on the issue just hours after Nazri made the disclosure on Monday.

No matter how much leaders tried to deny it, Nazri said, there were “other” former government leaders who are now a part of the opposition vanguards, like PKR de facto Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who had been involved with BTN and know of its contents.

The BTN was under Anwar when he was then deputy prime minister.

“They know, so what is there to deny,” he said. “What I am saying now is that we are revamping BTN by changing it, which we have decided in the Cabinet meeting so that it is consonant with a 1 Malaysia as wanted by the prime minister.”

Nazri also admitted that BTN was used as a tool to promote certain leaders within the government, which was one of the points used by opposition leaders to demand BTN’s closure.

The minister said BTN was also used as a programme to “instill confidence among the Malays” in the early days of its establishment but stressed that times have changed and “so must BTN”.