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Messi thrilled about prospect of eclipsing Kubala Posted: 25 Sep 2011 08:43 AM PDT Messi is two goals away from matching Kubala's record of 194 goals for Barca. — Reuters pic MADRID, Sept 25 — Lionel Messi is excited about the prospect of taking second spot on the list of Barcelona's record goal scorers from club hero Ladislau Kubala after the brilliant Argentine netted another hat-trick yesterday. Messi's superb treble against Atletico Madrid, the 24-year-old's 11th career hat-trick, put him on 192 goals, two behind Hungarian Kubala, who played for Barca in the 1950s and early 1960s. Cesar Rodriguez is the club's record marksman with 235. "I just take it a game at a time but obviously I'm very excited," World Player of the Year Messi told Barca TV today. "Hopefully I can overtake him (Kubala)," he added. "I want to continue making history here." Messi made his debut for Barca's first team in October 2004 and became the club's youngest league scorer when he netted against Albacete in May 2005 at the age of 17 years, 10 months and seven days. In five La Liga games this season, he has already scored eight goals, one more than last term's top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid. "Messi was decisive again, you can only congratulate him," Barca coach Pep Guardiola said after yesterday's 5-0 victory over Atletico. "He's a player that you don't have to explain, you just have to watch him in action. "He is two goals away from Kubala's record, at 24 years old. It's all been said, there's not much to add." Messi, typically, argues that his success comes from playing in a great team and says individual awards are secondary. "I think the most important thing for this team is to keep winning, and keep winning titles for us and the fans," he told Barca TV. "This is far more important than any individual prize or statistic." — Reuters

Furious Massa blasts Hamilton Posted: 25 Sep 2011 08:34 AM PDT SINGAPORE, Sept 25 — A simmering feud between Formula One's Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa flared up again today when the pair clashed once more under the Singapore floodlights. Massa, already fuming from an incident in qualifying, was furious after the Briton's McLaren collided with his Ferrari while attempting to pass. The latest altercation comes just 24 hours after Massa accused the Briton of "not using his mind" in qualifying. — Reuters pic Hamilton collected a drive-through penalty for causing a collision but finished the race fifth while the Brazilian, who limped back to the pits with a punctured rear tyre, was ninth. While a stony-faced Hamilton walked past the banks of reporters and TV cameras without saying a word, Massa was more forthright. Just 24 hours after accusing the Briton of "not using his mind" in qualifying, Massa returned to his old grievance. "I told you yesterday that he cannot use his mind ... even in qualifying, so you can imagine in the race," the Brazilian said. "In qualifying he tried to do a Superman on the out-lap, you know? And today he tries to do the same in the race." Sweat dripping from his face in the Singapore heat, Massa continued: "He could have caused a big accident. He touched my wheel on a straight — 300 kph, and he punctured my tyres, so he destroyed my race." "(He paid) for that because he had the drive-through, (but) that's the problem. He doesn't understand even paying for a problem," said Massa. "It is important the FIA (governing body) is looking, and penalises him all the time he is going in the car, because he cannot be thinking about it." Massa looked exasperated when asked if he would speak to Hamilton about the situation. "I tried. But he don't listen to me ... he don't listen maybe to even his father, so you imagine myself." Hamilton, who has repeatedly had to defend his aggressive style while also making regular trips to the stewards, and Massa have been at odds since the Monaco Grand Prix in May. The two collided in that race, with Massa retiring. The Brazilian, who lost out to Hamilton by a single point in the 2008 championship won by the McLaren man, called on the FIA after that to teach the Briton a lesson "or he will not learn". — Reuters

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Oliveira starts work on new film at age 102 Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:10 AM PDT Portuguese director Manoel De Oliveira at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2010 in Cannes. – AFP pic LISBON, Sept 25 – The 102-year-old Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira has started work on a new film at a studio in Paris, his Portuguese production company said Friday. Shooting on "Gabo and the Shadow", an adaption of the play by the Portuguese writer Raul Brandau, started Thursday and is set to wrap up at the end of October, the O som e a furia production company said. The cast of the dramatic-comedy includes French-British actor Michael Lonsdale, Italy's Claudia Cardinale and Jean Moreau of France. Since his first film, "Labour on the Dorou river" (1931), Oliveira has shot some 50 features and documentaries. His most recent film, "The Strange Case of Angelica", was shown at the Cannes Film Festival last year. – AFP

Chinese filmmakers still face restrictions: Director Posted: 25 Sep 2011 02:14 AM PDT Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai after the screening of his film '11 Flowers' during the 59th San Sebastian International Film Festival, on September 21, 2011, in the Northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian. – AFP pic SAN SEBASTIAN, Sept 25 – Chinese filmmakers still face restrictions despite big strides towards artistic freedom since the Cultural Revolution, director Wang Xiaoshuai said recently. Chinese society had made progress, Wang said, at a showing in San Sebastian of his latest film "11 Flowers", set during the 1966-76 movement to transform China into a militantly Communist society. "When it comes to the topic of art, of cinema, there are still things that they do not let us do," he told reporters at the film festival, without specifying which areas were banned. "Now we see people with much more freedom than during the Cultural Revolution. In Chinese society, unless you declare war on the government, nothing will happen to you." China has a vast censorship apparatus, with films and television programmes particularly tightly controlled. Wang's first movie "The Days", about a struggling married couple, was banned in China and his second "Frozen", about an artist who decides his final act will be to commit suicide through hypothermia, was released under a pseudonym. He said "11 Flowers", one of 16 movies in the official selection for the Golden Shell prize at the September 16-24 San Sebastian film festival, was based on his experiences as a youth. It tells the tale of an 11-year-old who is confronted by a wounded runaway murderer who asks for his help. "During the Cultural Revolution you had to choose which side you were on to survive that moment," said Wang. Wang's movies, known for their sensitive portrayal of the young, have proven popular with audiences at international film festivals. His 2001 picture "Beijing Bicycle", which contains a critical view of contemporary Chinese life, won the grand jury prize at the Berlin film festival. Four years later he won the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival for "Shanghai Dreams", about a family that moves from Shanghai in the 1960s to work in the undeveloped Guizhou Province. The San Sebastian film festival, the Spanish-speaking world's oldest and most prestigious, closed yesterday with a world premiere of "Intouchables", an out-of-competition French comedy about a friendship beween a millionaire tetraplegic and his ex-convict carer. – AFP

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Say ‘no’ to shark fin soup Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:50 AM PDT In a handout picture released by WildAid on September 22, 2011 Chinese basketball star Yao Ming (R) and British entrepreneur Richard Branson (L) attend the launch of a new campaign to urge Chinese diners to take the delicacy shark fin off the dining table in Shanghai on September 22, 2011. The campaign, launched in Shanghai, includes public service ads by the two and an outlet for people to make an on-line pledge to stop eating shark fin soup, said the organiser, international conservation group WildAid. – AFP pic/WildAid SHANGHAI, Sept 25 – Basketball star Yao Ming and British entrepreneur Richard Branson recently launched a campaign urging Chinese to stop eating shark fin soup to help save the predators. Shark fins are used in a thick soup that is viewed as a delicacy by Chinese people and served at luxury restaurants in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The method of shark-finning – slicing off the fins of live animals and then throwing them back in the water to die – is condemned by animal rights campaigners and blamed by scientists for a worldwide collapse in populations. The campaign, launched in Shanghai, includes advertisements featuring the two celebrities and a website for people to make an online pledge to stop eating the soup, said the organiser, international conservation group WildAid. Yao, who retired from the sport in July but remains one of China's biggest sporting names, made a pledge to stop eating shark fin soup five years ago and has since served as an ambassador for WildAid, the group said in a statement. Branson is backing the campaign through his non-profit foundation Virgin Unite. "I simply cannot imagine a world without sharks – we must not let this happen," he said in the statement. WildAid, which seeks to halt the trade in wildlife, estimates up to 73 million sharks are harvested annually, mainly for shark fin soup. "The ongoing and increasing demand for shark fin is holding many species on the brink of extinction, further threatening marine ecosystems the world over," it said. Earlier this year, a member of China's parliament proposed a ban on the trade in shark fins. Ding Liguo, a businessman delegate to the National People's Congress, said China should lead the world in banning the trade since 95 per cent of shark fin is consumed in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. – AFP

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Going cold turkey/ suckling pig: My child’s learning Mandarin Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:35 PM PDT SEPT 25 — So we finally bit the bullet and placed Ishan in a bilingual local kindergarten in August. We pulled him out of his mostly English-language pre-school in June as we wanted him to learn Chinese. My husband's family speaks Mandarin and we wanted Ishan to be able to communicate effectively with them. Translating our first library book with plenty of guesswork and an online dictionary. Then there was the other reason: he thought he was English. Earlier this year, we noticed Ishan had stopped running up to play with Chinese-speaking children. I put this down to him realising that these children did not speak English nor could he understand Cantonese or Mandarin. So he would watch them from afar as they played. One afternoon when none of his regular playmates — an Australian, a French and a local child who went to his (former) school — were around, he hesitated to enter the playroom. I peeked in and noticed that the children were speaking Cantonese. Then a new blonde-haired girl appeared and like a flash, Ishan was on his feet running into the room. Never mind that she didn't speak a word of English (she was Russian); it dawned on me that my son identified with Mat Sallehs only! The trouble is this: neither my husband nor I read Chinese. I barely understand Mandarin and although my husband is able to carry out simple conversations in Mandarin, he is not comfortable using it on us. I suppose this makes us bananas — yellow (Chinese) on the outside, white on the inside. We've been asking Ishan daily how school has been and what new words he's learned. And we keep getting the same answer: "It was fun" and "I don't know" respectively. It has, however, been encouraging to hear him say he "likes Chinese". My worry is he will begin to feel left out when his classmates, most who speak Cantonese, start to cotton on to Mandarin. His teachers have reassured me that this will not be the case as children tend to pick up a new language fairly quickly at his age (three). My biggest worry is that I won't be able to help him. Engaging a tutor at this stage seems premature. I don't want to put extra pressure on him to learn Mandarin, preferring it to be a fun affair at school. So far the homework (yes, homework!) he brings home daily is easy stuff: matching shapes, doodling smoke trails from a train and cut-and-paste work. Instructions come in English and Chinese. While at first I balked at the idea of homework, these little exercises that take up no more than 10 minutes have proven to be an enjoyable activity for Ishan and me. Ishan's Chinese teachers have been wonderfully accommodating. They have agreed to write the pin yin as well as a basic translation into English in all his homework. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside... but hopefully not for much longer. This week though he brought home a book from the school's library. Chosen by the teacher, it had no translation. If not for the pictures of sheep, dogs and a pig holding a letter, I may not have been able to guess the story. Making up the story as we went along, I saw how much Ishan was enjoying this book. After he went to bed, I attempted to translate the short story. Using guesswork and an online dictionary, it took me over two hours to translate 30 lines or 10 pages. I asked my friend how her son, Kai, also three, was getting along with Mandarin. She reported that he hated it. She and her husband speak Mandarin at home but Kai chooses to reply in English. He said to his parents: "I am English! I don't like speaking Chinese!" So this is what attending an international school with a large Caucasian population does to you: it turns you white. Until recently Kai refused to read Chinese books even though he could already recognise some characters. Watching cartoons in Chinese was also out of the question. Then his mum realised what was going on: the literature and cartoons were to complicated and Kai was frustrated as a result. My friend has since turned to a Singaporean TV series for inspiration. She shared with me a link to the Taoshu series of cartoons. See here. Kai now watches this series diligently. The creator of the Taoshu was educated in English and understood the difficulty in learning a new language. He wanted to do away with the traditional rote-learning approach to learning Mandarin. "Telling a child he had to learn the language to appreciate his culture won't make him want to learn," said Sung Lin Gun in an interview. Helpful translation provided by the teacher. "Kids now are very interested in the use of computers, film and games. Books have a great impact on their learning, but new media can have a greater impact on their lifestyle with sight and auditory creativity." Another mum, from Ireland but who has lived in Hong Kong for 10 years, had the foresight to prepare her son by signing him up for a Mandarin playgroup for one year before kindergarten commenced. Neither she nor her husband speak Chinese but their son can now understand what his teachers say. That mum's reasoning for sending her son to a Chinese school was that it would be an experience he would never have should they return to Ireland. She wanted to expose him to culture of the country they were living in. I am now happy to report that Ishan has begun showing interest in Chinese cartoons and has even asked that we switch his favourite Cars cartoon from English to Chinese. Now I only need to bide my time until the day comes when he can help me shop online at Taobao.com, China's equivalent to eBay. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

Krisis JMB: Menuntut penyelesaian yang adil dan telus! Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT SEPT 25 — Jika anda kebetulan berada di Cheras, apa kata luangkan masa sedikit untuk mengunjungi kawasan-kawasan perumahan sedia ada di sini. Manalah tahu jika ada antara anda yang berhasrat untuk membeli rumah. Di sini, bandar-bandar baru tumbuh bagaikan cendawan di merata tempat. Lanskapnya pula dikelilingi dengan tumbuhan menghijau yang kaya dengan pelbagai spesis flora. Konsep serta reka bentuk rumah yang didirikan mencakupi pelbagai bentuk daripada serendah-rendah rumah kos rendah kepada teres, banglo hinggalah pangsapuri. Bagi penduduk-penduduk yang mengidamkan rumah impian, mungkin inilah tempatnya, pilihan untuk menghabiskan sisa-sisa hidup mereka. Kejayaan untuk mengekalkan keharmonian dan kesejahteraan sesebuah kawasan perumahan banyak bergantung kepada kemampuan Badan Pengurusan Bersama (JMB) untuk berfungsi sebagai sebuah unit. Sebuah JMB yang baik ialah JMB yang sentiasa peka dan mendengar kepada permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh penduduk setempat. Sebuah JMB yang baik dan bertanggungjawab tidak akan sesekali melakukan sesuatu tanpa pengetahuan dan sokongan penduduk. Dalam usaha untuk memberikan perkhidmatan yang terbaik kepada semua pihak, ada kalanya mahu tidak mahu agar sukar untuk memuaskan hati semua pihak. Malah usaha untuk memenuhi kehendak semua penduduk lebih sukar daripada menubuhkan sebuah jawatankuasa itu sendiri. Tetapi apa yang paling mencabar sekali dalam konteks ini ialah untuk mencari dan menghimpunkan orang atau individu yang benar-benar komited kepada perjuangan untuk penduduk di sini. Yang datang untuk menawarkan diri sebagai calon pula terdiri daripada pelbagai latarbelakang, kaum, agama, dan perangai masing-masing.  Tidak ketinggalan juga, motif mereka yang menawarkan dirinya juga berbeza-beza. Barangkali kepelbagaian inilah yang menyukarkan keberkesanan sesebuah JMB untuk berfungsi sebagai sebuah badan yang efektif. Apa yang dipaparkan dalam suratkhabar saban hari yang menunjukkan ketidakpuasan hati segelintir penduduk terhadap JMB di sana sini, merupakan pemandangan yang lumrah. Amat menyedihkan perkara sedemikian berlaku. Barangkali untuk sesetengah individu, mereka tidak memahami semangat sebenar penubuhan JMB. Dalam fikirannya, mereka mungkin mengatakan apa kepentingan yang ada dalam JMB hinggakan mereka perlu menyumbang sesuatu. Ada pula yang akan mengatakan "undi saya tidak penting." Tak kurang pula, terdapat individu tertentu yang hanya melihat sesuatu isu dari sudut yang sempit. Sepanjang tiga tahun yang lalu, keharmonian dan semangat kekitaan dalam kalangan penduduk di pangsapuri yang penulis diami berada pada tahap yang terbaik, bahkan tidak keterlaluan untuk mengatakan ia merupakan teladan kepada pengurusan JMB yang lain. Segalanya bermula dengan begitu baik sekali. Tidak pula kelihatan tanda-tanda JMB di sini akan bergolak, jauh sekali berpecah kepada beberapa fraksi. Bagaimanapun, kebimbangan itu kini menjadi kenyataan. JMB di kawasan tempat tinggal penulis kini tersenarai sebagai antara JMB yang turut ditimpa kemelut dalaman. Ia bukan satu pencapaian yang boleh dibanggakan tetapi tidaklah mengejutkan penulis. Bahkan penulis dari awal lagi menjangkakan trend ini akan berlaku. Sedia maklum, golongan berkepentingan tidak pernah melepaskan peluang untuk mencari helah untuk meraih kuasa. Dalam erti kata lain, prinsip matlamat menghalalkan cara dipraktikkan. Ini bererti, perkara yang sebenarnya boleh diputarbelit menjadi palsu dan palsu pula dilihat sebagai benar. Lebih buruk lagi, apabila kuasa jatuh ke tangan seseorang, mereka bebas melakukan apa sahaja termasuk memecat pekerja-pekerja yang dilihat sebagai ancaman kepada mereka. Inilah pemandangan biasa apabila kuasa penuh dimiliki oleh seseorang. Inilah juga senario biasa apabila seseorang itu kemaruk kuasa. Hinggakan suara hati dan pemilihan penduduk pada mesyuarat agung yang diadakan awal tahun ini di sini boleh disifatkan sebagai tidak sah. Apabila suara hati dan pemilihan penduduk pun boleh ditolaknya ke tepi dan diisytiharkan tidak sah, maka apa perlu lagi untuk diadakan pemilihan di masa-masa akan datang. Lebih baik golongan ini membuat peraturan mereka sendiri dan melantik sesama sendiri antara mereka siapakah yang harus menerajui JMB selagi kepentingan mereka terjamin. Tindakan untuk tidak memperakui keputusan pemilihan JMB yang lalu ternyata satu cubaan untuk menghina kewibawaan dan kebijaksanaan penduduk-penduduk yang keluar mengundi awal tahun ini.  Bagi kumpulan ini, apa yang dipilih oleh penduduk-penduduk pada pemilihan ketika itu adalah tidak betul. Tidak betul kerana terdapat antara anggota kumpulan ini yang tewas pada pemilihan. Tidak betul kerana anggota-anggota yang sepatutnya menang pada pemilihan tidak dipilih untuk menjawat jawatan yang sepatutnya biarpun mereka akan menafikannya. Apa yang berlaku ini mencetuskan satu "precedent" yang cukup bahaya dari aspek kestabilan sesebuah JMB itu. Apa tidaknya, mana-mana pemimpin yang dirasakan tidak sehaluan akan cuba dijatuhkannya dengan bermacam-macam cara. Yang pastinya, mana-mana individu selepas ini mungkin akan berfikir dua kali sebelum mahu bertanding bagi merebut jawatan dalam JMB. Mereka mungkin memikirkan tidak berbaloi untuk meletakkan diri mereka dalam keadaan sedemikian dan hanya ikut sama sahaja. Justeru, apakah semuanya akan menjadi betul semula jika mereka dipilih kembali untuk menjawat jawatan dalam JMB? Apakah mereka sahaja yang layak untuk menerajui JMB ini?  Seharusnya, keputusan pemilihan AGM pada Mac 2011 lalu dihormati bukan sahaja kerana keputusannya bahkan juga kerana penyertaan majoriti penduduk yang hadir.  Penduduk-penduduk di sini telah pun bersuara dan menyatakan pendirian mereka – Maka apa lagi yang perlu dipertikaikan? Aneh juga apabila tindakan mempertikaikan keputusan AGM 20 Mac 2011 hanya dibuat oleh kumpulan berkenaan empat bulan selepas pemilihan tersebut dilangsungkan. Mengapa tunggu sampai empat bulan? Seharusnya, kumpulan yang berkepentingan itu menyuarakan bantahan pada saat mesyuarat tersebut berlangsung. Tetapi mereka tidak berbuat demikian. Pendirian yang membisu selama empat bulan inilah yang mengundang lebih banyak persoalan daripada jawapan. Apakah yang terlintas dalam fikiran kumpulan ini selama empat bulan? Penulis serahkan kepada pembaca untuk membuat tafsirannya. Dan dikhabarkan satu Mesyuarat Agung Luar Biasa akan diadakan oleh kumpulan tersebut untuk menyelesaikan krisis yang tercetus ini. Mereka percaya bahawa EGM ini merupakan medan terbaik untuk meleraikan segala permasalahan yang berbangkit. Memang benar EGM menjadi medan terbaik untuk penyelesaian masalah namun pada masa yang sama, EGM tidak sepatutnya berlangsung kerana golongan yang mahukan EGM hanyalah segelintir sahaja. Lagipun, terdapat segelintir penduduk yang tidak dirujuk mengenai perkara ini. Apa yang anda dengar di sini seolah-olah mirip kepada krisis politik yang berlaku dalam sesebuah parti politik. Segala tipu-muslihat, campur tangan pihak luar malah khidmat pihak tidak dikenali yang dirasakan hanya berlaku dalam parti politik turut berlaku di sini. Cumanya apa yang membezakan dalam kes ini dengan kes lain ialah ia dilakukan secara terbuka dan tanpa segan-silu. Tertanya-tanya dalam diri penulis, apakah prinsip keadilan, ketelusan dan integriti sudah tidak wujud lagi? Jenis undang-undang apakah yang diguna pakai oleh kumpulan berkepentingan ini?  Apakah mereka ini lebih kebal daripada undang-undang? Jika undang-undang rimba yang digunapakai mereka, maka hak dan kebebasan penduduk-penduduk lambat-laun akan terhakis jua. Ini bukan berkisar kepada soal siapa yang harus menerajui JMB. Tetapi ia menjurus kepada cara atau pendekatan yang digunakan oleh kumpulan berkepentingan tadi dalam mengambil alih kembali JMB secara "default."  Meminta campur tangan pihak luar yang tidak dikenali bukanlah penyelesaian yang bijak. Disebabkan krisis tersebut dicetuskan oleh kumpulan berkepentingan tadi, ia seharusnya diselesaikan oleh penduduk-penduduk sendiri. Apa yang diharapkan sekarang ialah penduduk-penduduk di pangsapuri berkenaan boleh membuka mata dan melihat sendiri apakah sebenarnya yang sedang berlaku. Kemudian, barulah buat penilaian terhadap siapa yang harus menerajui JMB itu. Buatlah pilihan dengan bijak. Sesungguhnya, kebenaran dan keadilan perlu ditegakkan agar perkara sedemikian tidak akan berulang di kemudian hari. Tiada siapa yang untung jika semua penduduk di sini berpecah-belah. Bagaimana pula dengan JMB di tempat tinggal anda? * Pandangan di atas adalah pandangan peribadi penulis.

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Pakar: Putrajaya ‘boleh, patut bantu Kelantan laksana hudud’ Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:34 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Sept – Kerajaan pusat wajar membantu Kelantan dalam melaksanakan hukum hudud dengan meminda beberapa peruntukan dalam Kanun Keseksaan selain memansuhkan Akta Mahkamah Syariah 1965 dan kerangka perundangan semasa membenarkan keadaan itu, kata pakar perlembagaan. Prof Dr Abdul Aziz Bari (gambar) berkata Putrajaya perlu membantu dengan memansuh Akta Mahkamah Syariah yang "mengikat tangan Mahkamah Syariah." "Pusat juga perlu membantu dengan meminda beberapa peruntukan dalam Kanun Keseksaan dengan memberi pengecualian untuk Kelantan. "Selain itu, pusat juga perlu membantu dengan membenarkan polis dan jabatan-jabatan lain yang berkaitan yang berada di bawah tangan mereka untuk melaksanakan tugas di sisi undang-undang," kata beliau kepada The Malaysian Insider. Semalam, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak menegaskan kerajaan pusat akan tetap menyekat sebarang usaha mahu melaksanakan hukum hudud — penegasan kedua oleh seorang perdana menteri Malaysia ke atas usaha kerajaan negeri Kelantan pimpinan PAS. Penegasan sedemikian telah diberikan secara hitam putih oleh Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad kepada Menteri Besar Kelantan Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat pada 1994. Najib berkata undang-undang berasaskan hukum hudud tidak akan dilaksanakan di negara ini kerana realiti keseimbangan jumlah masyarakatnya tidak mengizinkan undang-undang sebegitu dikuatkuasakan. Mengulas lanjut, Aziz berkata, ia boleh dibuat tanpa meminda Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang memerlukan sokongan majoriti dua pertiga. "Kalau MCA dan Gerakan tak mahu sokong tak apa," katanya sambil menambah, sebenarnya apa yang Kelantan mencadangkan itu tidak memberi kesan kepada bukan Islam." "Contohnya sekarang, kalau orang Islam berzina dengan bukan Islam, orang bukan Islam tidak didakwa. Orang Islam tak boleh cabar hudud kerana di bawah Perlembagaan hak sama rata tidak terpakai dalam konteks undang-undang peribadi. "Contohnya, sekarang perempuan Islam tak boleh cabar undang-undang poligami atau kuasa cerai suami atas alasan mereka didiskriminasi. Orang Islam kena faham Malaysia ada dua sistem undang-undang; jadi tak timbul tuntutan layanan sama rata," kata beliau lagi. Oleh itu kata beliau, "kesimpulannya cadangan hudud Kelantan itu boleh dilaksanakan dalam kerangka yang sedia ada." "Perlembagaan membenarkan cadangan itu. Kalau Karpal Singh tak setuju itu hak dia tapi dia kena sedar pendapat dia tidak mutlak. Satu lagi kesimpulan ialah faktor kritikal ialah kejujuran dan kemahuan politik," katanya lagi. Aziz berkata, apa pun yang Kelantan hendak ialah hak negeri melaksanakan hudud dan persekutuan perlu memberi kerjasama tetapi ini sukar berlaku kalau dilihat dari sudut isu royalti minyak. "Hudud ini sebenarnya mempertingkat undang-undang jenayah syariah yang sedia ada. Kesalahannya, contohnya zina, sudah mengikut Islam. Apa yang perlu dipinda ialah hukuman," katanya lagi. Mengenai langkah Menteri Besar Kelantan Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat mahu mendapatkan pandangan bukan Islam, Aziz berkata, sebenarnya tidak perlu mendapatkan pandangan mereka mengenai pendirian mereka. "Kita kena faham tentang sifat sistem perundangan di Malaysia. Kita sudah pun ada sistem perundangan syariah yang berfungsi seiring dengan sistem konvensional," katanya. "Ia dalam lingkungan sistem Islam yang keluarga Islam beroperasi. Pada masa yang sama, kita ada sistem jenayah Islam," kata Aziz. Jelas beliau, jika hukum hudud dilaksanakan ia akan dilakukan dalam struktur tersebut manakala bukan Islam akan terus tertakluk kepada undang-undang jenayah semasa, yang peruntukannya diturunkan dalam Kanun Keseksaaan dan Kanun Prosedur Jenayah. "Apa yang kita perlu lakukan ialah mengkaji semula sistem jenayah Islam semasa dan meminda peruntukan-peruntukan yang tidak selari dengan perundangan Islam," katanya. Sehubungan itu jelas beliau, Nik Aziz kelihatan memberi respons kepada beberapa pemimpin bukan Islam, dari MCA dan Gerakan serta DAP yang berpandangan bahawa ia akan menggantikan undang-undang jenayah semasa. "Sebenarnya ia bukan isu. Sementara Nik Aziz faham undang-undang hudud, saya tidak pasti sama ada beliau faham sepenuhnya sistem perundangan. "Nampaknya Nik Aziz berpandangan bahawa sistem semasa tidak islamik secara keseluruhan," katanya lagi.

Calon presiden ahli PPP, perhimpunan SNAP ditangguh Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:43 AM PDT KUCHING, 25 Sept — Perhimpunan Agung Tiga Tahun Sekali (TGA) Parti Kebangsaan Sarawak (SNAP) yang sepatutnya diadakan hari ini ditangguhkan atas masalah teknikal, kata Presidennya Edwin Dundang. Beliau berkata TGA akan diadakan dalam tempoh 60 hari dari tarikh penangguhan semalam. Jawatankuasa Eksekutif Pusat (CEC) yang bermesyuarat semalam sebulat suara untuk membatalkan TGA setelah mendapati salah seorang calon untuk bertanding jawatan presiden iaitu Michael Lias merupakan anggota sebuah parti politik lain iaitu Parti Progresif Rakyat (PPP). "Kita tidak tahu Michael anggota kepada PPP sehinggalah kita menerima surat daripada parti tersebut pada 21 September lalu yang menyatakan beliau masih ahli yang sah sejak 14 September 2009," katanya kepada pemberita di sini hari ini. Berikutan perkara tersebut, Lias perlu memberi surat tujuk sebab kepada CEC dalam tempoh 30 hari sebelum memberi keputusan sama ada beliau layak untuk kekal dalam SNAP. Menurutnya SNAP tidak mahu sebarang masalah timbul dalam pemilihan pada TGA yang boleh membawa kepada pembatalan oleh Pendaftar Pertubuhan seperti yang berlaku sebelum ini. Katanya sebagai sebuah parti pembangkang perkara tersebut boleh digunakan oleh pihak lawan dalam politik untuk menjatuhkan SNAP sekali lagi. "Saya tidak mahu menuduh sesiapa pun dalam perkara ini, namun saya rasakan ada pihak yang mahu melihat SNAP dihapuskan," kata Dundang (gambar). Dalam pada itu, Penasihat SNAP Datuk Seri Daniel Tajem berkata sebagai pihak yang bertanggungjawab dalam membuat draf perlembagaan SNAP pada awal penubuhannya pada 1968, langkah untuk menangguhkan TGA itu merupakan langkah terbaik untuk memastikan parti tersebut kekal hidup sebagai sebuah parti politik di negeri ini. Katanya walaupun TGA tersebut ditangguhkan namun mesyuarat sayapnya iaitu Wanita dan Pemuda SNAP adalah sah dari segi perlembagaan parti. "Ia (sayap Wanita dan Pemuda SNAP) adalah bahagian yang berasingan mengikut perlembagaan parti dan penangguhan tersebut (TGA) tidak akan memberi kesan," katanya.

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