Red Rally, August 13th in Sarawak by Dr John Brian

By Dr John Brian Anthony

The Chairman of MoCS Francis Siah has confirmed that the “walk” is on. The Sarawak Government has been very vocal in opposing such walk as the “RED Rally”. The objections are many and many Sarawakian has voiced their negative opinion on the RED Rally walk. The most interesting excuse is that it is not Sarawak culture to create havoc or inconvenience others. Why is a democratic right to assemble associated with “culture” in Sarawak? There is no relevance at all or no link to one another at all. The Cabinet members in Sarawak might not have been brief properly. But if Sarawak practice democracy as window dressing but in fact employ dictatorship in reality then of course the cabinet members can say that the rally is “illegal”.

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MoCS man lashes Taib & co

Aug 13 rally is on because the movement is as legit as the
Freemasons, of which the CM is a member, says Salleh Jafaruddin.

KUCHING: A state minister’s criticism of the Movement for Change Sarawak (MoCS) has provoked a tirade against Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and his government from Salleh Jafaruddin, a former strongman of Taib’s Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB).

The outburst included an accusation that Taib was a member of the Freemason society, which many Muslims despise.

Increased Tariff will cause more hardship

SESB New Tariff effective 15 July 2011

KOTA KINABALU, July 15, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) today sent a protest letter addressed to the Chairman of Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB), Tan Sri Leo Moggie, objecting to the new tariff which will be effective on 15 July 2011 (today), an increase of 15% to 24%.

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INDONESIA [URGENT APPEAL]: The military ignores agreed settlement with an assault victim

Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact

INFORMATION SHARING
For further information, please see the contact details/reference given below
Category: Urgent Appeal, IP/IP Rights, Human Rights                                                                            Date: July 14, 2011

12 July 2011
ISSUES: Military; indigenous peoples; impunity; threats and intimidation
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Two members of 756th Wimaneseli infantry battalion of the Indonesian National Military (TNI) in West Papua assaulted and threatened Yani Meage on 31 May, 2011 in the Kurima district, Yahukimo. After a quarrel between the victim and the TNI members, the soldiers threatened and attacked the victim by beating and kicking him which resulted in several injuries. The victim reported this incident with the support of a local NGO. While the deputy post commander (wadanpos) of the 756th Wimaneseli infantry battalion accepted responsibility for the violence in a statement letter, no further action has been taken against the perpetrators to-date. Impunity for military violence is widespread in West Papua.

CASE NARRATIVE:

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Kontroversi cincin Rosmah USD 24 juta: Saya menabung dari kecil- Rosmah

60(Umur) x 365(hari)= 21900 hari, Kalau dikira nenek ni mula menabung sejurus selepas dilahirkan,
setiap hari sekurang-kurangnya perlu menabung USD 1095.89 untuk membolehkan mengumpul USD 24 juta.
Ke...Ke... Ke...kelakar betul pengakuan benar nenek ni...

Rings of questions over Rosmah

Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers are asking where and
how, if true, did the prime minister's wife
get her alleged RM73 million ring.

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister’s wife Rosmah Mansor’s alleged RM73 million diamond ring has left many in Pakatan Rakyat curious.

PAS Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar asked how Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak got his hands on the funds needed to buy the ring.

“If the allegation is true, where did the money to buy this blue diamond come from?” he asked.

Maths puts Bersih crowd at 45,000 to 50,000

A research firm using tweets, photos has charted a
way to measure just how many people turned up at
the 'Walk for Democracy' rally.

PETALING JAYA: Crowd estimates for the July 9 Bersih 2.0 rally are almost as contentious as the rally itself. Various figures have been bandied about. Just about everybody has their own estimation – the organisers, police and the media.

Now, one man has come out and said that with his mathematical calculations, the figure is around 45,000 and 50,000. He is Politweet founder, Ahmed Kamal Nava.