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Act now - stop the bleeding - check for any concealed corruption. The govt must be accountable to taxpayers. Set up a review panel - claim back all excessive profits made by the firms - reveal who benefited …

By Wong Choon Mei

Several multi-billion ringgit toll road agreements sanctioned by ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad’s administration during the height of his privatisation spree in the late 1980s have drawn heavy fire from opposition leaders and civil groups.

The recently declassified deals finally confirmed what many financial experts have been quietly warning about all these years - that the mega-projects were greatly over-priced and overwhelmingly favoured the concessionaires at the expense of taxpayers and commuters.

“There is no excuse. Deals can be mutually re-negotiated and changed. The government just needs to act. It has to be responsible and accountable to taxpayers. Any form of concealed corruption must be investigated,” said Ramon Navaratnam, president of Transparency International …

“It is now very clear that we must have an Inquiry on how the contracts were negotiated and who made the decisions. We also want a transparent revelation on who were the ones who benefited from these deals,” said KeADILan information chief Tian Chua …

“It was a hot issue, which was used as one of the justifications by the government to detain16 DAP national leaders, including Lim Kit Siang and Karpal Singh, under the ISA during Operation Lalang,” said Tony Pua, MP for Petaling Jaya Utara …

“Wouldn’t it be better for the government and Malaysia’s 27 million people to gain this revenue instead of one private company?” asked Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng …

Umno is no different from Israel. It must stop twisting and misrepresenting the facts, such as in the hudud law issue, just to scare away non-Muslim voters. This is not right and merely gives a bad impression of Islam

Adds Anwar comments on the BN media creating a negative image of Pakatan

By SK English Team

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has slammed Umno for not recognising the Hamas leadership, which he says reveals the Barisan Nasional’s insincerity over the Israeli invasion of the Palestinian Gaza strip, especially in the light of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s recent loud professions of protest and outrage.

“Umno, like Israel, does not recognise the chosen Hamas leadership …

Surprise independent candidate Azharudin Mamat has made it a three-cornered fight in Kuala Terengganu, but the main battle will be between the Umno-led BN and Pakatan Rakyat.

By Wong Choon Mei

Kuala Terengganu’s indoor Stadium Negeri was today transformed into a hive of activity, energised to a level unfelt before, as tens of thousands of supporters and spectators - perhaps as many as 50,000 - thronged the area around it.

Over the next 11 days, this royal state capital will become the object of a fierce by-election fight between Abdul Wahid Endut from the Pakatan Rakyat (above, left), Wan Ahmad Farid from Barisan Nasional (centre) and Independent candidate Azharudin Mamat (right).

The contest is also the first by-election of 2009. Another at Pensiangan in Sabah is a very real prospect, although currently, it is pending a Federal Court decision on whether a nullification of the March 2008 election result, favouring PBRS president Joseph Kurup, will be upheld.

This morning, Election Commission returning officer Mat Razali Kassim confirmed all three KT candidates, saying that there had been four objections but all were over-ruled …

Tiga penjuru.. Dari kiri Abdul Wahid Endut(Pas) Wan Farid (BN) dan Md. Azmi (bebas) Foto Oleh Shamsul Said

KEHADIRAN pemimpin-pemimpin utama ketika penamaan calon hari ini menunjukan semangat perpaduan dan kekuatan komponen Pakatan Rakyat bagi menghadapi Pilihan Raya Kecil Kuala Terengganu.

Menurut Ketua Penerangan KeADILan, Tian Chua, kehadiran pimpinan KeADILan dan DAP hari ini menunjukan kerjasama yang erat bagi membantu kemenangan Pas di kerusi berkenaan.

“Boleh dilihat penamaan calon hari, kesemua pimimpin tertinggi KeADILan dan DAP yang hadir hari ini menunjukan komitmen untuk memastikan kemenangan besar Pas di Kuala Terengganu,” katanya ketika dihubungi hari ini.

The former PM dismisses Kuala Terengganu as just another seat to Umno. He seems more concerned about preserving the prospects of his protege DPM Najib, whose neck stands to be on the line if KT is lost.

By Wong Choon Mei

Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has come out to shield his protege Deputy Premier Najib Abdul Razak, who is facing his first test as the incoming president of Umno, at the make-or-break Kuala Terengganu by-election contest.

Mahathir reiterated a stand that has been quietly propagated by some supporters of Najib, worried about the backlash on their boss should they lose at KT.

According to them, Wan Ahmad Farid, the Umno candidate for the KT seat, is nothing more than a ‘proxy’ for outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

“The candidate was the prime minister’s choice because …

Rather than get caught in counter-accusations that Pakatan is discrediting Najib with Altantuya posters, Malaysians should instead scrutinize the police action which smacks of abuse of power

By Wong Choon Mei

KeADILan leaders today slammed the police for high-handed action in arresting five party members in Kuala Terengganu, who were preparing to put up posters with images of Altantuya Shaariibuu - the slain Mongolian woman alleged to have been Deputy Premier Najib Abdul Razak’s mistress.

While his coterie of supporters, including some of the Barisan Nasional-controlled media, have rushed to accuse Pakatan Rakyat of trying to embarass him, experts warned that it was the sudden police action that Malaysians should take note of and be worried about …

Pakatan leaders chide the Umno-led BN for scare tactics, arresting KeADILan Youth deputy chief Fariz Musa early this morning, a day before nomination day tomorrow

By Wong Choon Mei

Despite the dank weather and the constant threat of rain, spirits are running high in Kuala Terengganu ahead of nomination day tomorrow.

The two main protagonists - Pakatan Rakyat’s Abdul Wahid Endut and Barisan Nasional’s Wan Ahmad Farid - have already been making the rounds, visiting residents and promising a clean fight even though official campaigning starts only after the Election Commission accepts their nominations.

“This is not a contest between personalities. We are friends … ,” says BN’s Wan Ahmad.

“We fight cruelty and oppression in the name of Islam … ,” says PAS’s Wahid Endut …

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 JANUARI (SK)- TIMBALAN Presiden KeADILan, Syed Husin Ali akan mengetuai kira-kira 3000 ahli KeADILan ketika berarak bagi menyokong calon Pas pada penamaan calon esok di Kuala Terengganu.

Menurut Naib Presiden KeADILan Mustafa Kamil Ayob yang juga memikul tanggungjawab sebagai Pengarah Pilihanraya Kecil P36 Terengganu bagi KeADILan, kira-kira 3000 ahli KeADILan akan bersama-sama pemimpin …

Knowing that his leadership of the Malay community will be rated by the result of the Kuala Terengganu by-election, the DPM called in key editors from the BN-controlled media and told them to destabilise the Pakatan at all costs.

By Wong Choon Mei

There has been a steadily escalating drive to get the local press - newspapers such as the Star, the NST and Utusan - to paint the Opposition in a negative light and to portray an image of an imminent bust-up between the three Pakatan Rakyat partners KeADILan, DAP and PAS.

And the man behind this latest push to gag and steer the Barisan Nasional-controlled press has turned out to be none other than Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak!

In a move that goes against civil norms …

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 JANUARI (SK) - PENAHANAN Timbalan Ketua Angkatan Muda KeADILan (AMK) Fariz Musa pagi ini membuktikan imiditasi awal Barisan Nasional (BN) yang memanipulasi pihak polis untuk mengekang kempen yang dilaksanakan oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

Menurut Ketua AMK, Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, penahanan berkenaan adalah sesuatu yang menghairankan, dan ianya mengambarkan Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri yang …