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Chef puts new spin on festive food at Noble House Posted: 29 Jan 2014 11:45 PM PST BY EU HOOI KHAW January 30, 2014 Grilled Salmon Belly and White Truffle Vegetables Yee Sang. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 31, 2014.Malt powder and white truffle oil in a Yee Sang are out of the ordinary. Add to that thick slices of smoked and grilled salmon belly, and it is a Yee Sang to covet, for the different mouthfeel and the lovely truffle aroma. It's a Yee Sang that the group executive chef of the Oriental Group of Restaurants has put a new spin on and lifted it to a different plane. We were at Noble House in Kuala Lumpur and the chef explained how he was inspired  after a chat with a French chef from a Michelin-star restaurant. Braised Boston Lobster with Shanghai Rice Cake and Kimchi. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 31, 2014."The malt powder is like snow falling down on the Yee Sang and it melts over it as you toss it," said Justin Hor. Together with red cabbage and lettuce, pickled ginger and pickled leek, raisins, lettuce, carrot, radish, mango, fresh coriander, jicama, radish, springExecutive chef Justin Hor puts a different spin on classic Chinese New Year dishes. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 31, 2014. onion, kaffir lime leaf, mandarin peel, crackers, peanuts and sesame and the chef's special sauce. It's a delicious Yee Sang. You can also have this at Maju Palace, the halal Chinese restaurant under the group. My other favourite on Justin's Chinese New Year menu was the Crispy Iceland Codfish with Mandarin Orange Cubes. The lush, crispy fried cod fillet sat on a cut orange lined with bamboo leaves, drizzled with a lightly sweet sauce, a combination of plum sauce and limau kasturi juice. With crispy cuttlefish on top, and mandarin orange segments beneath, it hit a chord. I loved the delicate, creamy and moist fish and all its trimmings. Braised Boston Lobster with Shanghai Rice Cake and Kimchi was welcoming in its lightly hot and sour notes. The kimchi struck a balance with the knobs of rich lobster, and the al dente "nin ko" or Shanghainese rice cake, a must for the New Year. The BraiThe Crispy Iceland Codfish with Mandarin Orange Cubes. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 31, 2014.sed Stuffed Money Bag with Dried Oyster and Fatt Choy is a classic festive dish. The chef used Japanese beancurd puffs which have a denser and finer texture than our local ones. These were stuffed with mushrooms, plump dried oysters and prawn and pork paste and finished with a sauce with dried scallops and broccoli. The moneybags made luscious bites, with squishes of flavourful sauce from the soft beancurd puffs. The Braised Six Treasures Chicken in Wok seemed similar in taste to the moneybags. Again it's another classic New Year dish, with a deepfried spring chicken stuffed with chestnuts, arrowroot, Korean oysters, two types of mushrooms and dried scallop. It would be a choice of this or the Stuffed Moneybags if you are arranging the menu for your lunch and dinner. We were doing a sampling of the dishes from the various set menus and the a la carte one. I always like seng kua or petola, and this appeared in the Stir-fried Shank's Tendon with Seng Kua and Waxed Meat. There are nice, clear flavours in this dish, with the soft tendon nudging against smooth, crunchy black fungus, chunks of fried garlic and the sweet juicy seng kua. A few slices of waxed meat gave it a lovely aroma.Stirfried Shank Tendon with Seng Kua and Waxed Meat. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 31, 2014. It's a pleasant diversion from the rich dishes you normally encounter in a festive feast. The Spinach with Yam and Chinese Sausage in Claypot is like a stew, with minced pork, deepfried dried prawns, mushrooms, sausage and diced yam, with the lively green of spinach in the centre.  It's a stew to eat with rice and definitely one for the children. Stirfried Glutinous Rice with Whole Abalone in Pumpkin was stunning in presentation. A small abalone oozing with its sauce was perched on top of the rice in the whole pumpkin, a Taiwanese variety. I hOyster and Fatt Choy. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 31, 2014.ad the velvety, sweet and tender abalone on its own while digging into all the "treasures" of the sticky rice that had been stir-fried, a technique that demands a lot of skill. I turned up Chinese sausage, dried scallop, mushroom and har kon (the Hong Kong variety of dried prawns) in the glutinous rice, while spooning out some of the sweet pumpkin. It was scrumptious. The prices: the Grilled Salmon Belly and White Truffle Vegetables Yee Sang is RM138++ for a table of 10, Crispy Iceland Codfish RM18++ each, Braised Boston Lobster RM33++ per 100g, Braised Stuffed Moneybag RM48++ per person, Brasied Six Treasures Chicken RM98++ each, Stirfied Shank's Tendon RM58++ per portion, Stirfried Glutinous Rice with Whole Abalone in Pumpkin RM48++ each and Spinach with Yam and Chinese Sausage in Claypot RM28++ per portion. There are set menus ranging from RM128++ to RM688++ per person, and from RM999++ and RM1288++ for 10 persons to RM4988++. Noble House is at 19, Jalan Delima, off Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, tel 03-2145 8822. – January 31, 2014.

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Southampton’s Osvaldo heading to Juventus in loan deal Posted: 30 Jan 2014 03:35 PM PST January 31, 2014 Southampton's controversial forward Dani Osvaldo is set to join Serie A leaders Juventus on loan after only six months with the English Premier League club, Italian media reported yesterday. Gazzetta dello Sport said the fiery Italy international, who became Southampton's club-record signing when he joined for US$24.75 million (RM82.83 million) from AS Roma in August, would be loaned out subject to a medical in Turin today. Juve, who have to pay US$542,500 for the loan, would also have an option to buy the 28-year-old for 18 million euros, Gazzetta added. Sky Sports also said a deal was imminent. Osvaldo was suspended by Southampton last Thursday for two weeks following an incident at the club's training ground which British media said was a bust-up with team mate Jose Fonte. Southampton did not disclose what had happened but said in a statement: "The club has taken swift and proper action for what it considers a breach of the conduct expected of its players." Earlier this month Osvaldo, who has only scored three goals in 12 appearances for Southampton, was fined 40,000 pounds and banned for three matches by the English FA for his part in a touchline fracas against Newcastle United in December. Osvaldo, who has 12 international caps, has a history of disciplinary problems. He was also kicked out of Italy's Confederations Cup squad last year after throwing a tantrum during Roma's defeat by Lazio in the Coppa Italia final. TV cameras caught Osvaldo apparently insulting Roma coach Aurelio Andreazzoli after being left out of the starting line-up. He began his career in Argentina with Huracan and has also played for Atalanta, Lecce, Fiorentina and Bologna in Italy and Espanyol in Spain. – Reuters, January 31, 2014.

Free Kick specialist Juninho Pernambucano quits Posted: 30 Jan 2014 03:29 PM PST January 31, 2014 Brazilian free kick maestro Juninho Pernambucano has ended a glittering 20-year career by retiring from soccer. "We spoke during the week and he has decided to retire," Vasco da Gama president Roberto Dinamite told reporters yesterday. Juninho, who celebrated his 39th birthday yesterday, played 393 times for Vasco in three different spells. He won league championships in 1997 and 2000, a Copa Libertadores in 1998 and a Copa Mercosul in 2000. He scored 76 goals for the Rio club. Juninho also had a hugely successful career in France with Olympique Lyon, winning the Ligue 1 title seven years in a row between 2002-08. He also represented Brazil at the 2006 World Cup and helped them lift the Confederations Cup the year before. Juninho was best known for his incredible free kicks and could hit the ball with pace and accuracy from any angle or distance.  – Reuters, January 31, 2014.

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Venezuelan president blames soap operas for crime Posted: 29 Jan 2014 08:41 PM PST January 30, 2014 Former Venezuelan beauty queen turned actress Monica Spear was murdered in front of her daughter. – Reuters pic, January 30, 2014.Latin American soap operas watched by millions of people every day are feeding Venezuela's spiralling crime rate – or so says President Nicolas Maduro. But while he accuses the wildly popular "telenovelas" of spreading negative values, his critics say he is grappling for excuses instead of taking responsibility. Venezuela's reputation as one of the most violent countries in the world was reinforced by the high-profile murder earlier this month of former beauty queen turned actress Monica Spear and her British-born partner on a deserted highway. They were shot in front of their five-year-old daughter Maya, who was injured. The fatal armed robbery made headlines around the world and prompted Maduro to launch a major campaign against the violence that plagues Venezuela. As part of his response, the socialist president homed in on television, ordering a review of programming on all Venezuela's channels and saying that he would build "a new film and television culture". He particularly had "telenovelas" in his sights – ironically, Spear was the star of one of them – saying they were spreading "anti-values " such as "death, the cult of drugs, weapons and violence." Warming to the theme, he recently declared, referring to the popular series "De Todas Maneras Rosa": "I do not watch novelas because I do not have time, but I saw one where the heroine kills her own mother. How can she be the heroine of the story?" Murder rates continue to rise in Venezuela, now up to between 39 and 79 per 100,000 victims annually, according to figures from the government and local NGOs respectively. Even the lower figure is among the highest in South America. "To put the magnifying glass on the telenovelas in Venezuela is a mistake and it is irresponsible because all Venezuelans know crime has nothing to do with that and is about more complex structural causes," said the television writer Leonardo Padron. The government is trying "to hide its own responsibility," he said, adding that 92% of homicides go unpunished and that the authorities do not have a "firm hand" on criminals. In an open letter, the screenwriter writer of "De Todas Maneras Rosa," Carlos Perez, said that the character Maduro had criticised was not the heroine of the soap opera, but a wicked woman "irreversibly doomed to fail and be punished for her wickedness". The telenovelas always describe "a battle of good against evil, and good always reigns over evil," Perez said. Socialist novelas Carolina Acosta, a professor of mass media at University of Georgia, also dismissed Maduro's criticism. "We cannot say that telenovelas incite violence," she said, noting that no studies back up the assertion. Venezuelans like their television, spending an average of six hours a day glued to the small screen. But interference from the very top has a precedent. Maduro's predecessor and mentor, the late Hugo Chavez, in 2011 prohibited the dissemination of popular "narconovelas," Colombian or Mexican television series that for many people reflected the reality of drug trafficking. In 2010 Chavez called for the production of "socialist novelas". Six years earlier, a ruling prohibited scenes of sex or violence on radio and television. "Most telenovelas conform to a model. Through the stories, love or action can be transmitted into humanistic values ," said Delfina Catala, who last year produced "Teresa en Tres Estaciones," considered the first "socialist" series. Scriptwriters are finding that the boundaries keep narrowing – but point out that crime keeps going up. "For example, you cannot show scenes with a compulsive gambler in a casino," said Acosta. And it is becoming "very difficult" to address issues such as sex, drugs or alcohol, Padron added. – AFP, January 30, 2014.

Venezuelan president blames soap operas for crime Posted: 29 Jan 2014 08:41 PM PST January 30, 2014 Former Venezuelan beauty queen turned actress Monica Spear was murdered in front of her daughter. – Reuters pic, January 30, 2014.Latin American soap operas watched by millions of people every day are feeding Venezuela's spiralling crime rate – or so says President Nicolas Maduro. But while he accuses the wildly popular "telenovelas" of spreading negative values, his critics say he is grappling for excuses instead of taking responsibility. Venezuela's reputation as one of the most violent countries in the world was reinforced by the high-profile murder earlier this month of former beauty queen turned actress Monica Spear and her British-born partner on a deserted highway. They were shot in front of their five-year-old daughter Maya, who was injured. The fatal armed robbery made headlines around the world and prompted Maduro to launch a major campaign against the violence that plagues Venezuela. As part of his response, the socialist president homed in on television, ordering a review of programming on all Venezuela's channels and saying that he would build "a new film and television culture". He particularly had "telenovelas" in his sights – ironically, Spear was the star of one of them – saying they were spreading "anti-values " such as "death, the cult of drugs, weapons and violence." Warming to the theme, he recently declared, referring to the popular series "De Todas Maneras Rosa": "I do not watch novelas because I do not have time, but I saw one where the heroine kills her own mother. How can she be the heroine of the story?" Murder rates continue to rise in Venezuela, now up to between 39 and 79 per 100,000 victims annually, according to figures from the government and local NGOs respectively. Even the lower figure is among the highest in South America. "To put the magnifying glass on the telenovelas in Venezuela is a mistake and it is irresponsible because all Venezuelans know crime has nothing to do with that and is about more complex structural causes," said the television writer Leonardo Padron. The government is trying "to hide its own responsibility," he said, adding that 92% of homicides go unpunished and that the authorities do not have a "firm hand" on criminals. In an open letter, the screenwriter writer of "De Todas Maneras Rosa," Carlos Perez, said that the character Maduro had criticised was not the heroine of the soap opera, but a wicked woman "irreversibly doomed to fail and be punished for her wickedness". The telenovelas always describe "a battle of good against evil, and good always reigns over evil," Perez said. Socialist novelas Carolina Acosta, a professor of mass media at University of Georgia, also dismissed Maduro's criticism. "We cannot say that telenovelas incite violence," she said, noting that no studies back up the assertion. Venezuelans like their television, spending an average of six hours a day glued to the small screen. But interference from the very top has a precedent. Maduro's predecessor and mentor, the late Hugo Chavez, in 2011 prohibited the dissemination of popular "narconovelas," Colombian or Mexican television series that for many people reflected the reality of drug trafficking. In 2010 Chavez called for the production of "socialist novelas". Six years earlier, a ruling prohibited scenes of sex or violence on radio and television. "Most telenovelas conform to a model. Through the stories, love or action can be transmitted into humanistic values ," said Delfina Catala, who last year produced "Teresa en Tres Estaciones," considered the first "socialist" series. Scriptwriters are finding that the boundaries keep narrowing – but point out that crime keeps going up. "For example, you cannot show scenes with a compulsive gambler in a casino," said Acosta. And it is becoming "very difficult" to address issues such as sex, drugs or alcohol, Padron added. – AFP, January 30, 2014.

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Boy-band One Direction year’s best-sellers Posted: 29 Jan 2014 05:37 PM PST January 30, 2014 British pop phenomenon One Direction (pic) were today named the world's most popular recording artists of 2013 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Band member Niall Horan called it "incredible news" and thanked fans for the newly-created award, which aggregates CD and vinyl sales, download sales and streaming numbers. "It's great to have a chart that includes everything from iTunes and record stores, to YouTube and Spotify," he said. "Again a huge thank you to all of our fans for such an amazing 2013." The boy-band's third studio album, "Midnight Memories" raced to the top of the US Billboard Top 200 chart, making the five-piece the first group in US chart history to debut at No. 1 with their first three albums. Their video for "Best Song Ever" attracted almost 200 million views on YouTube. US rapper Eminem claimed second spot thanks to his eighth studio album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" while third place was taken by former boy-band member Justin Timberlake. - AFP, January 30, 2014.

Justin Bieber turns himself in to Toronto police Posted: 29 Jan 2014 05:03 PM PST January 30, 2014 Pop singer Justin Bieber arrives at a police station in Toronto, yesterday. - Reuters pic, January 30, 2014.Canadian pop star Justin Bieber appeared at a Toronto police station yesterday after reports that he would be charged with assault over a December incident in the city involving a limousine driver. Bieber arrived in a black SUV and was met by a crowd of journalists as well as screaming fans braving temperatures of minus 10 Celsius. Wearing a baseball cap on backwards and hooded black coat, Bieber was mobbed by photographers and fans pushing for a closer look as bodyguards and police officers cleared a path for him to enter the station. Earlier, Toronto police said on their Twitter feed that they could not confirm information in the media about Bieber. Staff Sergeant Deb Abbott at the station told Reuters that if someone notable were charged, police would issue a press statement and there would be no press conference. Bieber's representatives declined to immediately comment on the reported charges. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp, citing unidentified police sources, said Bieber would be charged in relation to an incident that happened in December after he attended a Toronto Maple Leafs game. Bieber, 19, has been in trouble with authorities in the United States this month. He was charged with driving under the influence in Miami after police caught him drag racing a rented Lamborghini. He told police he had taken prescription medicine, had been smoking marijuana and had consumed alcohol. According to court records, he pleaded not guilty yesterday to those charges in a written plea submitted by his lawyer. If convicted, Bieber could face up to six months in prison, although experts say he is likely to receive a lighter sentence because it would be his first offence. Bieber is scheduled to make a court appearance on February 14 to formally answer the charges. He was also charged with driving on an expired license and resisting arrest without violence. Bieber, a native of Ontario, Canada, first shot to fame as a child when his mother posted YouTube videos of him singing. He became a musical and social media sensation with a devoted following of young, mainly female fans. The "Boyfriend" singer's life off-stage has been rocky in the last year with problems ranging from scuffling with paparazzi in London to a felony investigation into whether he pelted a neighbor's house with eggs in his gated community near Los Angeles. Also yesterday, a online petition asking the Obama administration to deport Bieber after his Miami arrest from the United States, passed the 100,000 signature threshold required for a White House response. Bieber was unlikely to be deported because federal law dictates that a visa can only be revoked or denied for a conviction of a violent crime with a minimum one year prison sentence. - Reuters, January 30, 2014.

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Former French first lady says may write a book Posted: 29 Jan 2014 08:48 PM PST January 30, 2014 Valerie Trierweiler walks to leave for her departure at the airport in Mumbai, India, yesterday. The former partner of France's President Francois Hollande was in India for humanitarian work with the charity Action Against Hunger. - Reuters pic, January 30, 2014.France's former first lady Valerie Trierweiler has revealed she may write a book about her split with the president and said she is "more disappointed than angry" about the scandal. In an interview with Parisien Magazine to be published on Friday, Trierweiler described her visit to India this week as a "return to freedom, far from the political world and its betrayals". President Francois Hollande has faced criticism over the curt manner in which he announced at the weekend that he had split from Trierweiler after his affair with an actress, in a brief statement to AFP. The former first lady said she was "more disappointed than angry" about the break-up. But she added, "I do not rule out writing a book", and observed dryly that her former partner's statement announcing the split amounted to "eighteen words, nearly one for each month together since his election". She said she had replied to text messages from Hollande while in India. "He was worried about the organisation of the trip and about my health," Trierweiler said. Trierweiler gave the interview during a two-day visit to India on behalf of a French charity that saw her visit a slum and witness a feeding programme for malnourished children. In it, she said she was "keen to return to a normal life as quickly as possible because I do not want to be part of the celebrity set, and I will not be part of it." The 48-year-old, who is still employed as an arts writer by the French magazine Paris Match, said she planned to continue charity work rather than returning to her previous role as a political journalist. The prospect of covering Hollande would be "too complicated" she admitted at the end of the trip. - AFP, January 30, 2014.

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Khalid jawab Mais: Agensi agama perlu selari kerajaan pilihan rakyat Posted: 30 Jan 2014 03:00 AM PST OLEH MOHD FARHAN DARWIS January 30, 2014 Serbuan Jais terhadap premis PBM menimbulkan pelbagai kesan termasuk respons Mais terhadap arahan kerajaan negeri Selangor. - Gambar The Malaysian Insider. Agensi agama di negeri-negeri seharusnya mempunyai sikap selari dengan kerajaan yang memerintah bagi memperlihatkan kebersamaan antara pentadbiran, kata Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam Khalid Samad. Khalid menegaskan, Pengerusi Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (Mais) seharusnya menghormati kerajaan negeri Selangor yang dipilih rakyat melalui pilihan raya dan tidak mengeluarkan kenyataan bertentangan sesama mereka. "Oleh itu kenyataan Jais (Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor) – yang dikeluarkan Mais sebelum ini – merupakan kenyataan tidak bijak dari sudut politik," kata pemimpin politik PAS itu ketika sidang media di pejabatnya di Shah Alam hari ini. Pengerusi Mais Mohamad Adzib Mohd Isa sebelum ini berkata, Jais tidak perlu mengikut arahan kerajaan negeri supaya memaklumkan kepada mereka sebelum mana-mana serbuan dan operasi berunsur sensitif dilakukan. Disebabkan rampasan lebih 300 Bible berbahasa Melayu dan Iban dari premis Pertubuhan Bible Malaysia (PBM), isu kalimah Allah semakin hangat diperkatakan dan Jais turut menerima kritikan pelbagai pihak. Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat itu turut mempersoalkan Bible berbahasa Melayu yang dirampas agensi penguatkuasaan agama Selangor itu sama ada dirampas di dalam stor atau ketika sedang diedarkan kepada orang ramai. "Adakah benar bahawa Bible yang dirampas semuanya mempunyai lambang Salib dan tulisan 'percetakan Kristian" di kulitnya? "Adakah juga benar bahawa ia dirampas dari bilik stor di mana sebahagian sudah pun berada di dalam kotak-kotak yang siap dibungkus untuk dihantar ke Sabah dan Sarawak?" soal Khalid. Ini kerana, penyelesaian 10-perkara yang dibuat kerajaan pusat dengan Kristian meminta agar Bible yang dicop dengan lambang salib manakala Perlembagaan Persekutuan menghalang agama lain daripada Islam disebarkan kepada orang Islam. Islam jelasnya melarang umat Islam daripada menceroboh gereja dan rumah ibadat penganut lain walaupun dalam keadaan perang. Khalid turut mengakui penggunaan kalimah Allah dalam percetakan Bible berbahasa Melayu menyalahi Seksyen 9 Enakmen Ugama Bukan Islam (Kawalan Perkembangan di Kalangan Orang Islam) 1988. Pengerusi Mais itu, jelas Khalis seharusnya mengakui bahawa enakmen berkenaan berhubung pengembangan agama bukan Islam di kalangan orang Islam. "Oleh itu, apabila ia digunakan dalam keadaan tiadanya usaha mengedar Bible berkenaan kepada orang Islam, maka ia menimbulkan pelbagai tafsiran. "Pelbagai tafsiran berhubung niat sebenar di sebalik tindakan tersebut timbul kerana 'walaupun tiada angin, masakan pohon bergoyang," katanya. Mais dalam kenyataannya terhadap Khalid yang mempersoalkan motif pengerusi Mais "melaksanakan strategi Umno" dalam isu penyelesaian 10 Perkara yang dikeluarkan anggota Kabinet menegaskan badan berkenaan bebas tanpa campur tangan mana-mana parti politik. Mais juga jelas Mohamad Adzib sedia mengambil tindakan perundangan terhadap mana-mana pihak yang menimbulkan hasutan dan fitnah terhadap agensi agama berkenaan. "Semestinya sebagai badan yang menjaga agama Islam, prinsip-prinsip Islam perlu diutamakan dan bukan sebaliknya," kata Khalid. "Amat malang sekiranya badan yang menjaga Islam itu sendiri tidak memahami dan menghayati prinsip-prinsip Islam kerana sekiranya begitu, bagaimana kehebatan Islam akan dapat dizahirkan?" soal Khalid lagi. – 30 Januari, 2014.

Rayuan Anwar: Shafee harap Mahkamah Persekutuan buat keputusan pada 11 Februari Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:26 AM PST January 30, 2014 Peguam Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (gambar) berkata beliau berharap Mahkamah Persekutuan akan membuat keputusan pada hari yang sama iaitu 11 Februari, berhubung rayuan kali kedua Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim untuk mengetepikan beliau daripada mengetuai pasukan pendakwaan dalam rayuan terhadap pembebasan ketua pembangkang itu daripada tuduhan liwat. Beliau berkata keputusan pada 11 Februari akan membolehkan rayuan pihak pendakwaan terhadap pembebasan Anwar didengar pada 12 dan 13 Februari, tarikh yang ditetapkan oleh Mahkamah Rayuan. Anwar, 66, dibebaskan oleh Mahkamah Tinggi pada 9 Januari tahun lepas daripada tuduhan meliwat bekas pembantunya, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, di sebuah unit di Kondominium Desa Damansara di Bukit Damansara pada 2008. Mahkamah Persekutuan menetapkan 11 Feb untuk mendengar rayuan kali kedua Anwar untuk mengetepikan Muhammad Shafee apabila kes itu dikemukakan untuk pengurusan kes Selasa lepas. Pelantikan Muhammad Shafee, seorang peguam terkenal, dibuat melalui kuasa Peguam Negara mengikut Seksyen 376 (3) Kanun Tatacara Jenayah dan Perkara 145 (3) Perlembagaan Persekutuan untuk mengendalikan rayuan di Mahkamah Rayuan. Pada 20 Disember tahun lepas, panel tiga hakim Mahkamah Rayuan diketuai Hakim Datuk Aziah Ali, sebulat suara menolak permohonan itu dan memutuskan bahawa pelantikan Muhammad Shafee adalah mengikut undang-undang. Anwar, 66, memfailkan permohonan kedua untuk mengetepikan Muhammad Shafee daripada mengetuai pasukan pendakwaan dalam rayuannya terhadap pembebasan pemimpin pembangkang itu daripada tuduhan liwat dengan menggunakan maklumat daripada perisytiharan berkanun yang dibuat bekas Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Kuala Lumpur Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim untuk menyokong permohonannya. Permohonan pertama Anwar ditolak Mahkamah Rayuan pada 17 September tahun lepas, dan berikutan itu, beliau mengemukakan rayuan kepada Mahkamah Persekutuan, tetapi turut ditolak. - Bernama, 30 Januari, 2014.

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Selesai segera isu kaum dan agama Posted: 29 Jan 2014 03:53 PM PST January 30, 2014 Shukur mempunyai lebih 30 tahun pengalaman sebagai wartawan dan bekerja dengan pelbagai media. Beliau kini pencen tetapi menjadi pemerhati politik yang tegar. Pelbagai pihak kini sedang memerhatikan dengan cemas segala perkembangan yang berlaku di tanah air, yang dilihat sangat membimbangkan. Ini akibat segala isu yang berbangkit menuju ke arah maraknya api perkauman dan pertentangan agama sedang dibakar oleh pihak tertentu yang mempunyai pelbagai kepentingan dan keadaan ini sangat mencemaskan. Isu berbangkit yang mana tidak diheret ke lembah perkauman dan pandangan agama sempit? Isu kangkung turun harga, isu kalimah Allah, GST dan keputusan PRU13 lalu di mana ada pemimpin negara menganggap sebagai 'tsunami Cina' berikutan kebanyakan pengundi bandar, khususnya pengundi Cina, menolak calon Barisan Nasional. Semuanya diheret menjadi isu perkauman. Kini selepas lebih enam bulan PRU13, isu perkauman masih dimainkan dalam pelbagai variasi dan bentuk. Semuanya ini sangat membimbangkan. Sehubungan itu, NGO Islam mengalu-alukan usaha Pakatan Rakyat untuk duduk bersama Umno/BN bagi membincangkan isu perkauman dengan segera bagi mencari formula terbaik demi memelihara kesejahteraan rakyat negara ini. Presiden Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim), Amidi Abd Manan, berkata saranan Pakatan Rakyat itu wajar disambut oleh BN sekiranya mereka benar-benar ikhlas mahu menjaga kesejahteraan rakyat negara ini.  Katanya, Umno terutamanya wajar menerima cadangan itu kerana sering dilihat membakar api perkauman, jika benar-benar memikirkan kesejahteraan negara. Beliau berkata, emosi rakyat sedang dibakar dengan api perkauman, maka sebelum ia menjadi tidak terkawal wajar pihak yang terlibat terutama pemimpin parti politik duduk bersama berbincang. Menurut Abim, cadangan Pakatan Rakyat itu adalah satu tindakan yang menunjukkan kematangan berpolitik dan wajar disambut oleh Umno BN. Sementara itu, Setiausaha Agung Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (Ikram), Zaid Kamaruddin, berkata walaupun saranan ini 'overdue' tetapi ia satu usaha yang bagus kerana memperlihatkan kemuafakatan parti politik demi menjaga kepentingan negara dan rakyat. Kelmarin, Majlis Pakatan Rakyat sepakat mengajak Umno BN untuk duduk bersama membincangkan isu perkauman yang dilihat semakin dijadikan modal oleh pihak tertentu bagi menimbulkan suasana tegang di kalangan rakyat. Keadaan ini berikutan ada pihak cuba menimbulkan provokasi seperti menimbulkan ancaman berulang peristiwa 13 Mei setelah tidak berpuas hati apabila rakyat mengadakan demonstrasi 'kangkung' sebagai bantahan terhadap kenaikan harga barang di Pulau Pinang. PAS berpendapat masalah perkauman ini mesti diselesaikan segera. Timbalan Presiden PAS, Mohamad Sabu, berkata demonstrasi 'kangkung' itu tiada kaitan dengan isu perkauman sebaliknya adalah isu ekonomi iaitu kenaikan harga barang yang membuatkan rakyat semakin terhimpit. Sementara itu, jika kita melihat kepada sejarah Melayu itu sendiri, menunjukkan bahawa sejak zaman penjajah lagi, pertentangan bukan saja berlaku di antara Melayu dan bukan Melayu disebabkan hasutan penjajah, tetapi antara sesama Melayu. Sejarah Melayu memaparkan bahawa 'peperangan' banyak berlaku di antara penduduk daerah di Semenanjung untuk merebut hasil cukai dan lain-lain. Penguasa daerah di zaman itu sanggup mengerakkan para 'panglima'nya menyerang daerah sempadan untuk menguasai hasil. Oleh itu, tidak hairan jika elemen mempertahankan kaum berlanjutan hingga kini dan kita wajar memahami sejarah Melayu - perwatakan Melayu dengan mengelus kata-kata Hang Tuah 'Takkan Melayu hilang di dunia', sebuah kata-kata yang entah benar, entah tidak disebutkan. Namun, kata-kata ini menjadi sesuatu yang sangat menghibur dan menyenangkan hati orang Melayu. Persoalannya di sini ialah apakah orang Melayu, walaupun menjadi kaum majoriti di negara ini mampu menghadapi pelbagai cabaran yang ada sekarang untuk bersaing dengan bangsa lain di negara ini dalam pelbagai bidang kehidupan. Adakah orang Melayu mampu menghadapi cabaran dengan hanya mengelus emosi, nostalgia masa lampau dan menjeritkan suara perkauman tanpa melakukan persiapan untuk bersaing, terutama di segi pendidikan, ekonomi dan politik moden. Itulah sebabnya adalah tidak wajar kita bermain atau melayani semangat perkauman untuk memastikan kelansungan hidup bangsa Melayu, tanpa berusaha memperkukuh kedudukan orang Melayu di segi yang saya sebutkan itu. Sehubungan itu, menjadi kebimbangan banyak pihak jika isu perkauman terus dijeritkan, ia akan mengundang bahaya besar kepada negara, kerana kesannya akan menimpa seluruh kaum di negara ini. Islam sendiri dengan tegas menentang sebarang bentuk perkauman, malah Nabi Muhammad sendiri menegaskan bahawa Baginda tidak mengakui umat mereka yang meneriakkan perkauman. Oleh itu, sangat wajar pelbagai pihak berusaha mengurangkan ketegangan kaum ini dengan mengadakan rundingan dan apa-apa bentuk wacanapun untuk mengatasi krisis yang berat ini. Saya kira, pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat mengambil sikap yang jujur, ikhlas dan tepat pada masanya, dengan mengajak semua pihak, khususnya antara Pakatan dan Barisan Nasional untuk berbincang mengendurkan ketegangan ini. Tidak ada siapa atau pihak yang untung dengan mengapi-apikan semangat perkauman kecuali samseng dan petualang politik yang tidak bertanggungjawab, kerana mereka tidak mengambil kira bahaya perkauman itu sendiri. Pemimpin politik berjiwa besar, yang tidak hanya memikirkan kemenangan pilihan raya partinya saja, tetapi keselamatan negara dan rakyatnya, akan tampil untuk bersama-sama menyelesaikan masalah perkauman ini. Saya fikir akan ramai lagi NGO dan rakyat prihatin yang akan tampil menyokong usaha mengadakan rundingan menyelesaikan persoalan ini dan nampaknya pemimpin PAS dengan fikiran terbuka sudah sangat bersedia  menyokong sebarang usaha ke arah terebut. Jangan dibiarkan negara ini 'hangus' dibakar oleh api perkauman dan pertentangan agama kerana ia suatu kejahatan. – 30 Januari, 2014. * Ini adalah pendapat peribadi penulis dan tidak semestinya mewakili pandangan The Malaysian Insider.

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