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In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

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I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Good riddance to bad rubbish...

but one party's rubbish is another's treasure...with PM's proud approval, reminiscent of the 3 Perak turncoats.

The Selangor ADUN for Port Kelang was a reluctant PKR candidate to start with? It may seem incredible until we read Raja Petra's account...

On Polling Day, Badrul won the Port Kelang state seat and, for the first time in history, Kampong Raja Uda went to the opposition. However, when it came time to announce the winner, Badrul was nowhere to be seen. They rushed to his house to see whether he was home but it appeared like no one was home. They knocked on his door anyway and for a while no one stirred. They continued knocking and soon a very sleepy Badrul came to the door. He had been sleeping. While the votes were being counted Badrul was at home fast asleep.

Badrul had a very confused look on his face. You won, they told him. Get dressed and come to the counting centre. They need you there to announce the winner.

Badrul remained silent. Quickly, get dressed. You won. You need to go to the counting centre.

I won? Badrul could not believe what he heard.

Yes, you won, quickly, come with us. You need to be there.

The signs that something was not quite right with this man already showed on Nomination Day and Ronnie told me he was a bit worried about this guy. He went to the nomination centre without any money and could not pay the deposit. So they quickly did a collection to help raise the deposit by passing the hat around.

After Badrul had been sworn in as a State Assemblyman, he ‘disappeared’. Instead of spending time with the other Pakatan Rakyat Assemblymen or the Member of Parliament, he was seen almost every night having dinner with the Umno people. He was mingling with the Umno people and staying away from the Pakatan Rakyat people.

More in Malaysia Today:
http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/28192/84/

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kampong Raja Uda is N47 Pandamaran under Ronnie Liu and Badrul Hisham is representing N46 Port Klang (Pelabuhan Kelang). Kampong Raja Uda does not come under the constutuency of Badrul. Please tell RPK to correct the error or check out with Ronnie Liu. I was at the Chinese Temple at Port Klang when RPK came to campaign for Badrul Hisham. So happen the Chinese temple is adjacent to Kampong Raja Uda. During the last election, BN (MCA) won the electoral counting at Kampong Raja Uda polling station but the Chinese voters in Pandamaran voted for Ronnie Liu (DAP) and surpassed the numbers and Ronnie won. it is also the first time, Kampong Raja Uda fall into the hand of Opposition and the Kampong especially the Mosque is in complete turmoil now.

KoSong Cafe said...

Thanks for the info, but the gist of Raja Petra's article remains convincing that Badrul had never been sincere as PKR candidate and elected representative.