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Will the French swallow the concept of wine in a can? Posted: 12 Jun 2013 06:41 PM PDT Sushi restaurant launches flying delivery service for diners LONDON, June 11 — It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's your dinner flying at you on what's being billed as the world's first flying tray and airborne delivery service.Japanese restaurant chain Yo! Sushi in ... Read More Cadbury maker to launch chocolate that can withstand heat NEW YORK, June 10 — After nearly 10 years of research, the makers of Cadbury and Toblerone chocolates say they're close to introducing a heat-resistant chocolate to the world.The world's leading ... Read More One chef, one ingredient: Eric Guérin on pigeon PARIS, June 10 — If you are what you eat, then it could be said that chefs are what they cook. In an exclusive series from Relaxnews, some of the top chefs from around the world share their favourite food ... Read More Climate change could open new opportunities for bubbly makers LONDON, June 10 – The effects of climate change could remap traditional producing regions of sparkling wine, opening up countries such as Chile, Serbia, India and China, and threatening the closure of ... Read More Polish cuisine sheds Soviet-era blandness, fast food WARSAW, June 9 — After years of communist-era shortages, then a craze for Western fast food, Polish cuisine is undergoing a revival thanks to quality local ingredients and a modern twist on traditional ... Read More

The most expensive club sandwiches in the world Posted: 12 Jun 2013 06:19 PM PDT Sushi restaurant launches flying delivery service for diners LONDON, June 11 — It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's your dinner flying at you on what's being billed as the world's first flying tray and airborne delivery service.Japanese restaurant chain Yo! Sushi in ... Read More Cadbury maker to launch chocolate that can withstand heat NEW YORK, June 10 — After nearly 10 years of research, the makers of Cadbury and Toblerone chocolates say they're close to introducing a heat-resistant chocolate to the world.The world's leading ... Read More One chef, one ingredient: Eric Guérin on pigeon PARIS, June 10 — If you are what you eat, then it could be said that chefs are what they cook. In an exclusive series from Relaxnews, some of the top chefs from around the world share their favourite food ... Read More Climate change could open new opportunities for bubbly makers LONDON, June 10 – The effects of climate change could remap traditional producing regions of sparkling wine, opening up countries such as Chile, Serbia, India and China, and threatening the closure of ... Read More Polish cuisine sheds Soviet-era blandness, fast food WARSAW, June 9 — After years of communist-era shortages, then a craze for Western fast food, Polish cuisine is undergoing a revival thanks to quality local ingredients and a modern twist on traditional ... Read More

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Video game puts coach on road to World Cup glory Posted: 12 Jun 2013 03:12 AM PDT June 12, 2013 WINDHOEK (Namibia) , June 12 — A coach whose enthusiasm for the trade was forged by the 'Football Manager' video game will be thrown into the deep end on Wednesday when Namibia host African champions Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier. Ricardo Mannetti, 38, won more than 60 caps for his country, played at the African Nations Cup finals and was a professional in the league in neighbouring South Africa but had no desire to coach. It was only after hours of playing the video game with his brother-in-law that his interested was fired. Seven years later he takes charge of Namibia for the first time hoping for an upset victory that will keep alive their remote hopes of qualifying for next year's finals in Brazil. "I wasn't into video games before that, I never had any interest in playing them, but Football Manager captured my imagination," Mannetti told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. "I was always winning and everyone said it proved I would make a good coach." Shortly after retiring from playing, Mannetti accepted an offer to coach his boyhood club in Windhoek after they were almost relegated. "I thought 'let me give a shot' and that's how I got into the job," he said. He won the Namibian Cup in his first season, finished second in the league and soon after moved on to the country's biggest club, Black Africa. In 2010 the Namibia Football Association brought Mannetti in to work with their junior teams. He was then serving as an assistant to national coach Roger Palmgren when the Swede suddenly resigned on Monday after a month in the job, citing fears for his safety after an alleged altercation with a drunken fan. "I've seen managers come and go but I didn't see that one coming," said Mannetti. "I'm a little bit nervous if I'm honest. "It's a big challenge for me and I just want the nation to shift the focus now from Roger on to the game." Mannetti said he had to move quickly to plot his strategy against Group F leaders Nigeria who have four points more than third-placed Namibia after four of their six matches. One downside, he added, was that it meant there was no more time for video games. — Reuters

Josiah Ng wins 1km time trial in National Track Cycling Championship Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:12 AM PDT June 12, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — National track cyclist Josiah Ng showed his prowess by winning men's elite 1km Time Trial in the National Track Cycling Championships at the Kuala Lumpur Velodrome in Cheras, here, today. Josiah Ng who had last won a time trial event three years ago in Melbourne, Australia, had no problem overcoming six other riders, clocking 1 minute 07.927 seconds to take the title. The 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medallist in the Keirin event said he was happy with the win because his equipments were not complete as compared with other riders who were younger and well equipped. "I'm older than them but they have 'viral' tired right now," he said after the race. Perak's Muhamad Edrus Md Yunos clocked 1:09.490s to finish second while Muhd Arfy Qhairant Amran from Melaka finished third with a time of 1:09.731s. Josiah Ng hoped Malaysia would continue to be a power in cycling events with the like of world class riders like Mohd Azizulhasni Awang and Fatehah Mustapa. He added that based on recent results and statistics, Malaysian riders were not far behind riders from other parts of the world. — Bernama

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World’s oldest ever man dies aged 116 Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:48 AM PDT June 12, 2013 Oldest living man, Jiroemon Kimura. — AFP pic TOKYO, June 12 —The world's oldest person and the oldest man ever to have lived has died of natural causes aged 116, officials in Japan said Wednesday. Jiroemon Kimura, who was born in 1897, died in hospital early Wednesday morning "from old age", an official in Kyoto's Kyotango city said in a statement. Kimura, who was from Kyotango, was hospitalised in early May suffering from pneumonia. A few days ago doctors noted that his condition was worsening, Kimura was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person in December 2012, after a woman from the United States died at the age of 115. That month he also broke another record when he was verified as the oldest man ever to have lived, after reaching the age of 115 years and 253 days. However, he was well off the all-time record set by French woman Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122, making her the longest living person in history. Kimura, who was born the same year as American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, celebrated his 116th birthday in April, receiving a pre-recorded video greeting from Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The centenarian had seven children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grand children and 15 great-great grandchildren, and worked at a post office for about 40 years. After retiring he took up farming which he continued to do until the age of 90. He did not smoke and only ate until he was 80 percent full, the local official told AFP. Kimura's motto in life was "to eat light and live long," the official added. The mayor of Kyotango will pay his respects at Kimura's house while the city hall will prepare a place for a book of condolences, the official said. "I heard a wake will be tomorrow and a funeral the day after tomorrow," he said. "Mr. Kimura was popular among residents so we expect many people to visit to sign condolences," he added. Encouraged by Kimura and 94 other people in Kyotango who will this year be 100 years old or more, the 60,000-strong city, together with 36 other municipalities, is planning to launch a research project to examine their diets and find the secrets of their longevity. — AFP-Relaxnews

To cut diabetes risk, walk after every meal, says study Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:43 AM PDT June 12, 2013 Taking a 15-minute walk after every meal can reduce your risks of type 2 diabetes, a new study finds. — shutterstock.com picNEW YORK, June 12 — If you're at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a small new study suggests taking a 15-minute walk after every meal to curb a "risky rise" in blood sugar, although researchers say larger trials are needed to confirm results. Blood sugar spikes after meals. In young, fit people, insulin helps drive that sugar, or glucose, into muscle cells and the liver, where it's stored for energy. But the system is less efficient as we get older, and leaving too much glucose in the blood can lead to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular damage. While prior research already confirms that exercise, including 45-minute daily walks, can reduce your risks for type 2 diabetes, researchers wanted to see if shorter walks could also be as beneficial, especially for older inactive people. Researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in the US found that three short post-meal walks were as effective at reducing blood sugar over 24 hours as a 45-minute walk of the same easy-to-moderate pace. Moreover, post-meal walking was significantly more effective than a sustained walk at lowering blood sugar for up to three hours following the evening meal, the researchers said. The study is published June 12 in Diabetes Care. "These findings are good news for people in their 70s and 80s who may feel more capable of engaging in intermittent physical activity on a daily basis, especially if the short walks can be combined with running errands or walking the dog," said lead study author Dr. Loretta DiPietro. "The muscle contractions connected with short walks were immediately effective in blunting the potentially damaging elevations in post-meal blood sugar commonly observed in older people," she said. DiPietro and her colleagues recruited 10 people age 60 and older who were inactive and at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Participants completed three randomly ordered exercise protocols spaced four weeks apart. Each protocol comprised a 48-hour stay, with the first day serving as a control period. On the second day, subjects engaged in either post-meal walking for 15 minutes after each meal or 45 minutes of sustained walking performed at 10:30 am or 4:30 pm. All walking was performed on a treadmill at an easy-to-moderate pace. Participants ate standardized meals and their blood sugar levels were measured continuously over each 48-hour stay. Findings showed that the best time to take a post-meal walk is after the evening meal, which is often the largest of the day and high post-dinner blood sugar is a strong determinant of excessive 24-hour glucose levels, the researchers said. While most people eat a large meal either at lunch or at dinner and then take a nap or watch television, DiPietro says this is the "worst thing you can do." She adds: "Let the food digest a bit and then get out and move." Still, she adds that because of the small size of the study, results need to be confirmed with larger trials that include more people. — Reuters

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A Minute With: John Krasinski on life after ‘The Office’ Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:33 AM PDT June 12, 2013 Actors and husband and wife Emily Blunt and John Krasinski watch Game 4 of the NHL Eastern Conference finals hockey playoff series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins in Boston, Massachusetts, June 7, 2013. — Reuters picNEW YORK, June 12 — John Krasinski is best known for playing the handsome, affable salesman Jim Halpert on the hit TV series "The Office," but that could change as the versatile actor tackles new projects, including writing two new scripts. The Massachusetts native will appear on the big screen in the 3D animated film "Monsters University," which opens in US theaters on June 21, providing the voice for "Frightening" Frank McCay in the prequel to the Pixar and Disney 2001 hit movie "Monsters, Inc." He also has a guest role on the Internet video streaming service Netflix's revival of the Emmy-winning series "Arrested Development." Krasinski, 34, spoke to Reuters about the creative process, achieving hero status and how hard it has been to leave "The Office," which ended its nine-year run last month. Q: After playing Jim Halpert for so long was it difficult to take on the characters in "Monsters University" and "Arrested Development"? A: It was fun to do both those roles but they were small, fun roles ... For me it was just supporting two things I love so much. I think "Arrested Development" is one of the best shows ever on television, so I was just honored to be a part of that in any way. And it is exactly the same with 'Monsters University.' Not only am I a fan, but my nieces and nephews are bigger fans than I am, so it is the first time in my career that I reached hero status in their eyes. Q: You've worn a lot of different hats in your career. You're an actor, writer, director, film producer. Do you prefer one job over another? A: I really prefer acting over everything else. I think acting for me is the most fun. It is what I did from the beginning. All these other avenues have been fascinating roads to go down but, for sure, acting is the most fun. Quickly I am falling in love with writing and producing and all of it just because it is nice to be part of the process. The business is changing rapidly, so to be a part of the development of new ideas, new shows, new movies is really exciting, and to work with a whole bunch of different talent. Q: You co-wrote the film "Promised Land" with actor Matt Damon. Do you plan to do more writing in the future? A: I am writing two scripts right now. I got hooked. As soon as I did it with him I wanted to do it more and more. It is a lot of fun to sit down and write. It is challenging, but it is so exciting - to have the power to create characters and worlds, rather than to just read scripts that are sent to you. Q: Can you reveal what the scripts are about? A: They are totally different movies and definitely different from "Promised Land." One of them is an action-adventure kind of movie and the other one is ... sort of an investigation of one of the government agencies. Q: You have another project in the works, an HBO miniseries about the Chateau Marmont hotel with writer Aaron Sorkin, which you will executive produce. What attracted you to that? A: It is an incredibly historic hotel for our town; probably the most historic hotel ... There is so much of our town and of our business that was created in that hotel. We're definitely fascinated to tell the story of the hotel. Q: After nine years on "The Office," how hard was it to leave for the last time? A: "Each day I am not on set and not going through that routine with that group of people is excruciating. It is moving on not only from a television show but from an era of life ... It was the most important things in my career, and at the end of the day I may still be known as Jim Halpert more than anything else. And I am really proud of that. — Reuters

Hungary ‘Meistersinger’ triumphs over flooding Danube Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:25 AM PDT June 12, 2013 A general view of Budapest as the flooding Danube River bisects the city June 10, 2013. — Reuters picBUDAPEST, June 12 — The flood-cresting Danube outside Budapest's Bela Bartok concert hall threatened to drown audience, singers, chorus and orchestra alike, but it couldn't dampen the high spirits inside for a new production of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg". The crowning glory of conductor Adam Fischer's eighth annual "Wagner Days" festival, in Wagner's 200th birthday year, was described as a "masterwork" by Hungarian critic Miklos Fay in Hungarian daily Nepszabadsag following Saturday's premiere that had the audience cheering every act of the five-hour-long opera. It was one of those magical musical moments when all the elements, including a superb cast, powerful choral singing and even the river nearing the top of retaining walls just steps away from the hall, conspired for almost unalloyed success. "Wagner liked destruction," retired Slovenian coal mine director Franc Zerdin, attending with his wife and a friend, said just before the performance began. Indeed, there did seem to be something electric in the air. Fischer, 63, who is steeped in the traditions of the Holy Grail of Wagner, having conducted at the composer's purpose-built opera house in Bayreuth, has thoughtfully and deliberately built up his own festival, beginning in 2006. Presented in a concert hall instead of an opera house, past seasons have seen clever, minimalist stagings of "The Ring", "Parsifal", "Tannhauser", "Tristan und Isolde" and "Lohengrin", but Fischer saved the biggest challenge, "Die Meistersinger", with its huge cast, for last."This opera needs the most careful staging, in a way," Fischer said in a recent phone interview. "Wagner is very theatrical, these are very long operas, and I thought at the beginning that we have to offer many more visual elements to the audience, not to be boring," he said. "But that is not really true because the possibilities of the hall, the acoustic and the atmosphere give us a lot more than I thought at the beginning. "I always say the worst thing is to get bored, and now I have confirmation that we can play everything here, with a minimum of staging." Fischer and his production team over the years have called upon the services of a variety of opera and theatre directors, and this time it was the turn of German director Michael Schulz. He directed a "Ring" cycle in Weimar that was noted for its stark setting, but brought a much lighter touch to his first production of Wagner's only comic opera. PROPAGANDA SHOWPIECE Wagner was notoriously anti-Semitic and "Meistersinger", with its infamous line "honour your German masters", became a propaganda showpiece for the Nazis under the Third Reich. This poses a problem for any director, maybe especially a German one, but Schulz tackled it, head on and comically. In the dramatic closing scene, when shoemaker and poet Hans Sachs, the hero of the piece, is singing the offending verse, Schulz brought on two boys to kick around a soccer ball - so that the "German masters" became football players from Bayern Munich or another top club, instead of something more invidious. "Even if I staged this in Germany, I wouldn't be interested in showing that in the rhetoric and demagogy of a Hans Sachs there is something lurking that could also have been the case in the speeches of Hitler or Goebbels," Schulz told Reuters in an interview during the interval. "That's just not interesting. Rather, the 'Meistersinger' is, for me, at the end of the day, a good comedy that one can work on, this ambivalence, this playing with reality, that's what interests me." The international cast included British baritone James Rutherford as Sachs and German tenor Klaus Florian Vogt as the knight Walther who wins the leading lady Eva. Vogt lost a bit of oomph toward the end, but the opera is nothing if not long. Eva was sung by German soprano Annette Dasch with flirty flair, while Danish baritone Bo Skovhus got the bulk of the laughs for his send-up of Walther's rival for Eva's hand as the toupeed, stuffed-shirt Beckmesser. Asked if he was pleased with what he has achieved, Fischer said: "Yes, it was a dream and everybody said it was crazy and we finished it. It is a gift of life for me." — Reuters

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Greg Iles to write more Penn Cage thrillers Posted: 11 Jun 2013 07:45 PM PDT British author Tom Sharpe dies aged 85 LONDON, June 6 – British comic novelist Tom Sharpe, known for his "Wilt" series about a harassed and hen-pecked university lecturer, has died aged 85, his publisher said today.The London-born author, ... Read More

Comic writer’s Ghost Rider copyright lawsuit revived on appeal Posted: 11 Jun 2013 06:34 PM PDT British author Tom Sharpe dies aged 85 LONDON, June 6 – British comic novelist Tom Sharpe, known for his "Wilt" series about a harassed and hen-pecked university lecturer, has died aged 85, his publisher said today.The London-born author, ... Read More

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Tukar sistem pilihanraya, bukan jadi republik Posted: 11 Jun 2013 05:03 PM PDT June 12, 2013 Haji Subky Abdul Latif seorang penulis bebas dan tinggal di Kuala Lumpur. Seorang pendiam, dia gemar meneliti perangai manusia dan berita politik di Malaysia. 12 JUN ―Jika Pakatan Rakyat selepas PRU13 banyak bercakap tentang polemik betapa wajarnya difikirkan mengubah sistem pilihanraya yang memberi kemenangan kepada undi popular, bukanlah ia menganjurkan supaya ditukar sistem pemerintahan beraja kepada pemerintah republik. Yang menyebabkan ada orang terkeliru konon Pakatan Rakyat mahukan republik adalah sakatan pemimpin-pemimpin Umno yang menempelak Pakatan Rakyat kalau sudah suka sangat dengan sistem pilihan raya yang memberi keamenangan kepada undi populer, maka pergilah pindah ke mana-mana negara republik. Jangan tinggal lagi di Malaysia yang memakai sistesm beraja dan kemenangan pilihan raya ditentukan oleh banyak kerusi yang diperolehi di Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri, bukan didasarkan kepada jumlah undi terbanyak pada keseluruhannya. Dalam PRU13 lalu, Pakatan Rakyat setelah merasa yakin ia ditipu berjaya mendapat sekitar 51 peratus undi popular sedang BN hanya beroleh kurang dari 48 peratus. Kalau ia menang pula disekitar 30 kerusi lagi yang dikatakan ditipu, maka tentulah undi popular itu lebih dari 51 peratus. Atas andaian itu, maka Pakatan Rakyat mengira ia telah menang dan ia sepatutnya berkuasa kerana ia memenangi undi popular. Kerana itulah ia bercakap supaya sistem pilihan raya itu ditukar, jangan lagi menggunakan sistem yang diguna di Britain seperti yang berjalan di negara ini sejak sebelum merdeka. Sistem pilihan raya itu jadi begitu bukan kerana ia berada di bawah sistem beraja. Tidaklah sistem republik saja yang memakai sistem undi populer itu. Negara beraja dan negara republik boleh menentukan sistem yang mereka suka. Pakatan Rakyat mahu mengubah sistem piliihan raya saja. Ia tidak pernah terfikir untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebuah republik. Yang menjadikan sebuah negara itu berdaulat dan maju, bukan kerana sistem yang digunakannya. Tetapi ialah bersih, adil, tidak ra suah dan kecekapan pimpinannya. Jika dibandingkan Malaysia yang memakai sistem beraja, didapati setakat ini, ia lebih teratur dari Filipina dan Indonesia yang menggunakan sistem republik. Indonesia lebih dulu merdeka dari Malaysia. Demikian juga Filipina. Tetapi dalam beberapa hal Malaysia ke depan dari dua republik itu. Malaysia tidak menghantar rakyatnya menjadi buruh di Filipina dan Indonesia. Sebaliknya pekerja dari kedua-dua republik itu yang datang bekerja di Malaysia. Jika kita katakan negara beraja itu lebih maju dari negara republik, maka tidaklah semesatinya betul. Kampuchea sebuah negara beraja. Tetapi ia tidaklah lebih maju dari Republik Vietnam. Bahkan Vietnam sekarang adalah bergerak maju untuk bersaing dengan Thailand dan Malaysia, dua buah negara beraja di Asia Tenggara dalam bidang ekonomi, politik, sosial dan lain-lain. Ketika Malasia dan Thailand mula merancang pembangunan ekonominya, Vietnam masih berperang menentang pencerobohan Amerika. Tetapi setelah perang tamat, ia merancang pembangunan ekonominya, bukan mustahil ia muncul sebagai negara ASEAN yang beerlumba sama maju dengan Malaysia dan Thailand yang beraja. Oeh hal yang demikian Pakatan Rakyat tidak sedia terjebak dalam polemik sensitif mengenai sistem beraja dan sistem republik. Selagi raja tidak mencampuri urusan politik seperti Maharaja Jepun, Raja Thailand dan Ratu di Britain tiada ada keperluan bagi Pakatan Rakyat untuk menyentuh kedudukan raja-rajanya. Yang Pakatan beri perhatian ialah untuk merombak sistem pillihan raya supaya ia menjamin kemahuan rakyat tidak disia-siakan. * Ini adalah pendapat peribadi penulis

When our future doctors know nothing Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:11 PM PDT June 12, 2013 Native Sabahan Erna is (not) Malay but loves Malay literature. Her hobbies: cats/gaming/blogging at ernamerin.com/Tweeting at @ernamh. JUNE 12 — Believe it or not, there are people who do not know a tuberculosis vaccine exists. Unfortunately for us, one of them is a future doctor. It all started when I was doing my usual foaming-at-the-mouth on Twitter, this time about parents refusing to vaccinate their children. I said that thanks to vaccines, diseases like polio or tuberculosis were not the scourges they used to be. Up pipes one lone voice saying, "No, TB is still around, no vaccine yet I think." My reply was cutting (I am not very nice on Twitter, sorry): "So if the TB vaccine doesn't exist, what are those scars on my arm? Self-injury marks?" You know what is worse than a Malaysian not knowing the TB vaccine exists? Finding out said Malaysian is a fifth-year medical student. This medical student then proceeded to insist the vaccine did not protect anyone against pulmonary TB. I think I still have scars on my forehead from slamming it on my desk. Repeatedly. Let me quote another doctor (who actually knows his stuff): "Although slightly less effective in pure pulmonary TB, still has an efficacy of 70-80 per cent." Said medical student was incredibly defensive and responded thusly after my merciless mocking: "Watch it, I'm a 5th year med student y'know? I'll be dispensing your pills some day." A future doctor who is ignorant and arrogant? I totally understand why many people my age are incredibly suspicious of modern medicine. The kid could have just Googled. My suspicion is he looked at Wikipedia, which is not a good source on the subject. He is a medical student with access to online journals and reliable sources on immunology. And yet he did not know that a TB vaccine existed or its efficacy for preventing pulmonary TB. Personally I am beginning to think we should identify all our competent local doctors... and freeze them before they die. So in the event we are at the mercy of future incompetent doctors, we shall bring those reliable doctors back... to knock some sense into these young'uns who refer to Wikipedia instead of immunology texts. God save us from incompetent future doctors. * This is the personal opinion of the columnist

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PKR sasar batalkan kemenangan Zahid dengan bukti video rasuah Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:34 AM PDT Oleh Syed Jaymal Zahiid June 12, 2013 PETALING JAYA, 12 Jun — PKR berusaha untuk membatalkan kemenangan Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (gambar) di Bagan Datoh pada dengan pendedahan bukti video pemberian rasuah untuk mengundi oleh menteri tersebut, kata pemimpin parti hari ini. Ketiga-tiga video tersebut yang boleh didapati di internet, kononnya menunjukkan Menteri Dalam Negeri tersebut mengakui memberi RM100 kepada 23,000 orang  dan 5kg beras dengan "pelekat" untuk diberikan kepada pekerja kempen parti pemerintah Barisan Nasional (BN). Klip tersebut merupakan bukti utama ke atas kedua-dua petisyen pilihan raya yang difailkan untuk mencabar keputusan pilihan raya di Bagan Datoh yang menyaksikan Zahid menewaskan calon PKR Madhi Hassan dengan majoriti tipis 2,108 undi. "Zahid fikir dia pintar. Dia mendakwa dia memberi rasuah kepada pekerja-pekerja parti. Undi yang dia dapat hanya 17,000 tetapi dia mengakui telah memberikan kepada 23,000 pekerja parti jadi ini bermakna 6,000 pekerja parti tidak mengundinya. "Dia sebenarnya mencari kelemahan dalam undang-undang untuk memberi rasuah.. semua orang tahu mustahil untuk anda memiliki 24,000 pekerja kempen," kata pengarah strategi PKR Rafizi Ramli dalam satu sidang akhbar di ibu pejabat parti itu di sini. Dalam salah satu video yang boleh didapati laman perkongsian video popular Youtube, Ahmad Zahid dilihat "melantik" pengundi yang beliau label sebagai penyokong "BN tegar"di dalam dewan semasa tempoh kempen Pilihan Raya 2013 bulan April lalu. Semasa berucap kepada penyokongnya itu, naib presiden Umno itu berkata: "Tidak ada keperluan untuk membeli beras Anda tidak perlu untuk membeli beras, BN akan memberinya kerana anda adalah pekerja parti". Dalam satu video yang lain, Ahmad Zahid sekali lagi dilihat bercakap mengulangi ucapannya itu, tetapi kali ini menafikan tindakan memberi wang dan beras kepada pengundi adalah satu bentuk rasuah. "Mereka mengatakan bahawa kita memberi wang dan beras dan itu adalah rasuah. Kami memberi kerana kita telah melantik mereka sebagai jentera, kerana mereka adalah jentera BN. Adakah itu rasuah?" Katanya. Menurut Edmund Bon, peguam yang mengetuai tindakan mahkamah terhadap Menteri Dalam Negeri tersebut, menyifatkan perbuatan itu jelas satu bentuk rasuah dan melanggar Akta Pilihan Raya. "Ini sudah menjadi bukti kukuh untuk membatalkan keputusan pilihan raya," kata Bon dalam sidang akhbar yang sama. Dalam petisyen kedua yang telah difailkan  seorang pengundi bernama Azmi Sulaiman, beliau membuat petisyen bagi membatalkan keputusan dengan memetik Seksyen 19 dan 21 Akta Pilihan Raya yang melarang calon daripada menggunakan sejumlah pekerja kempen. Pengakuan Ahmad Zahid yang mengatakan parti telah melantik 23,000 pekerja kempen didakwa oleh beliau telah melanggar dua undang-undang. Kedua-dua petisyen difailkan di Mahkamah Tinggi Ipoh hari ini dan ia adalah antara antara 35 petisyen lain yang difailkan oleh pembangkang dalam usaha untuk membatalkan keputusan pilihan raya di 24 kerusi parlimen dan 10 kerusi negeri. Walaubagaimanapun, pemimpin pembangkang tersebut mengakui bantahan yang terbesar dalam sejarah pilihan raya di Malaysia mungkin akan menjadi sia-sia. "Secara umumnya, undang-undang tidak menyebelahi pihak yang membuat petisyen," kata Bon sambil menambah banyak petisyen tidak mungkin dapat melalui perbicaraan penuh kerana ianya akan ditolak atas alasan teknikal. Pemimpin-pemimpin PR mendakwa Pilihan Raya 2013 keputusan adalah telah dirancang untuk memihak kepada BN. Rancangan seterusnya adalah mengheret Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) ke mahkamah, yang mungkin merupakan tindakan sivil terbesar terhadap pengendali pilihan raya dalam sejarah Malaysia, pembangkang juga telah menggerakkan "Black 505" dan menganjurkan beberapa perhimpunan besar-besaran di seluruh negara untuk meningkatkan tekanan pembaharuan dalam pilihan raya. Sejurus selepas pilihan raya 5 Mei 5, pasukan PKR #siasatPRU13 membuat satu siri pendedahan mengenai apa yang didakwanya bukti penipuan pilihan raya. Langkah tersebut dilihat bertujuan memberi tekanan kepada Putrajaya untuk melaksanakan reformasi pilihan raya, bermula dengan menambah baik SPR. Namun, SPR telah menafikan dakwaan tersebut. Rafizi juga berkata, PR akan meneruskan bantahan sehingga semua syarat bagi pembaharuan pilihan raya dipenuhi walaupun terdapat segelintir pemimpin pembangkang berkata sebaliknya dan mahu "pandang ke depan" dan melawan melalui saluran lain.

DAP keluarkan surat amaran keras kepada ahli Parlimen Bakri Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:24 AM PDT June 12, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Jun – DAP mengeluarkan surat amaran keras kepada ahli Parlimen Bakri Er Teck Hwa kerana gagal untuk mematuhi arahan parti itu bersama-sama parti komponen Pakatan Rakyat (PR) PKR dan PAS untuk memboikot taklimat yang diadakan di bangunan Parlimen semalam. Dalam satu kenyataan hari ini, Ketua Whip DAP Anthony Loke mengatakan Er tidak dihadapkan ke Jawatankuasa Disiplin parti oleh kerana ahli Parlimen Bakri telah mengakui kesilapannya dan memohon maaf secara terbuka. "Perkara ini perlu dijadikan sebagai satu pengajaran kepada Sdr Er dan semua Ahli Parlimen DAP supaya sentiasa bertindak secara kolektif dan mematuhi keputusan pucuk pimpinan parti dalam menjalankan tugas mereka sebagai Ahli Parlimen DAP," kata Loke dalam satu kenyataan hari ini. Menurut Loke lagi, keputusan ini dibuat selepas berbincang dengan ketua Parlimen DAP Lim Kit Siang. Apabila ditemui oleh pemberita semalam, Er mengatakan beliau merasakan taklimat itu penting dan keputusan untuk menghadirinya adalah dari inisiatifnya sendiri. "Hari taklimat adalah yang penting, kita nak tengok ada peraturan baru atau sebagainya," katanya. Er merupakan satu-satunya daripada 38 ahli Parlimen DAP dan 89 ahli Parlimen PR yang hadir untuk taklimat di bangunan Parlimen semalam. Majlis Pimpinan PR telah membuat keputusan memboikot taklimat itu dalam mesyuarat lalu untuk menunjukkan bantahan terhadap pemerintah Barisan Nasional (BN) kerana enggan memenuhi tuntutan reformasi pilihan raya.

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