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Dzeko apologises to Mancini and City team mates Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:58 PM PDT Dezko had reacted angrily after being substituted in the Manchester City-Bayern Munich Champions League match on Tuesday. — Reuters file pic MANCHESTER, Sept 30 — Bosnian international Edin Dzeko has apologised for reacting angrily after being substituted in Manchester City's 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich in the Champions League. His actions went largely under the radar during Tuesday's Group A match after coach Roberto Mancini disclosed that Dzeko's fellow striker Carlos Tevez had refused to go on as a substitute in a separate incident. Argentine international Tevez was later suspended by the club pending an investigation into his conduct. "I know my reaction was bad and I have spoken to the guys and to the coach as well," Dzeko told the club's website yesterday. "I have apologised for the reaction and Roberto has accepted it and said that everything is OK and that we have to be positive for the next game (at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday)." Dzeko joined City from VfL Wolfsburg in January and said he was particularly keen to do well on his return to Germany. "I was unhappy because we were 2-0 down and I wanted to win the game," he said. "It was something special for me to go back to Germany where I played for a long time. "Things didn't go well for us. That is why I was extra frustrated." — Reuters

Muliaina to win 99th cap for All Blacks Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:18 PM PDT WELLINGTON, Sept 30 — Fullback Mils Muliaina has been recalled by New Zealand and will earn his 99th cap in the World Cup Pool A clash against Canada on Sunday. Israel Dagg was previously preferred at fullback but the 23-year-old will now switch to the right wing for the match at Wellington Regional Stadium this weekend. The 31-year-old Muliaina (picture) said the competition in the squad, particularly from Dagg who has been in imperious form and was man of the match in the 37-17 win over France last week, was good for the team as they looked ahead to the knockout stages. "I think the form he has shown has been outstanding. He ... has really taken a step forward and is taking his opportunities," Muliaina told reporters at the team hotel. "Guys like him and other guys in the team have set a benchmark and we get the opportunity to go out there and make sure we don't drop the standards. It's been a long time since I played test-match rugby so I am looking forward to going out and doing that." Muliaina said he was not concentrating on the possibility of earning his 100th cap and joining captain Richie McCaw as the only centurions for the All Blacks. McCaw achieved the milestone against France. "I suppose in a way it is just a number," Muliaina said. "A lot of people want to talk about it and when you're walking the streets you get a lot of people giving advice. "But you realise how important it is to be in the All Blacks jersey when you haven't played in a few weeks. "Every time you go out there it's special because you never know when it's going to be your last and I've realised that in the last three weeks," added Muliaina. "I just have to go out there now and make sure I get another week and another week after that. But first of all I have to make sure I get this week right." Ankle sprain Number eight Kieran Read will make his World Cup debut on Sunday after recovering from an ankle sprain he received in the final Tri-Nations match against Australia on August 27. He joins McCaw and Jerome Kaino in the loose forwards in what is Graham Henry's first-choice combination. The coach, however, said Read would not play the full 80 minutes and with no specialist loose forward cover on the bench, McCaw and Kaino would probably be required for the entire match. "He won't play the whole game. It's just a matter of being astute as to when we pull him off the field," Henry said. "I think we'll just see how things go. "If Reado is not going to play the full 80 that might put a bit of pressure on the other loose forwards to play a full 80 but we'll make good decisions there hopefully." Scrumhalf Jimmy Cowan will earn his 50th cap on Sunday while Zac Guildford makes his first appearance of the tournament on the left wing. New Zealand have already won Pool A, qualifying for the quarter-finals where they will play the runners-up of Pool B in Auckland on October 9. — Reuters

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Yimou to head China’s Oscars hopes as local films struggle Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:45 AM PDT The Zhang Yimou-directed 'The Flowers of War' – starring Hollywood Oscar-winner Christian Bale – has been put forward by China as its entry in the foreign film category at next year's Oscars. HONG KONG, Sept 29 – There has not been much for local films to crow about at the Chinese box office this week, but the local film industry can at least celebrate the decision taken by the powers that be over which production will be put forward for Oscar consideration in 2012. The Zhang Yimou-directed The Flowers of War – starring Hollywood Oscar-winner Christian Bale – has been put forward by China as its entry in the foreign film category at next year's Oscars and is currently on limited release so that it can qualify for the award. The film is based on events that happened in the former Chinese capital of Nanjing during the Japanese occupation and marks a return to high drama for the acclaimed Yimou, who in the past has seen five of his films put forward for Oscars by China, including Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) and Hero (2002). It marks another stage in the storied career of the director, once the bane of authorities in China due to the politically charged nature of some of his early efforts but also the man the country charged with organising the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. At the Chinese box office, meanwhile, two films expected to do big things have failed to excite local audiences over the past week. Jackie Chan's historical drama 1911 – the actor's 100th film and released to mark the anniversary of Xinhai Revolution – picked up 18.1 million yuan (RM8.66 million), while the 3D concert film Mayday 3DNA collected 12.6 million yuan. Those figures trailed some ways behind the top grossing film in China over the past week, the James Cameron-produced Sanctum, which took in 22.3 million yuan. In Japan, the locally produced drama Moteki led the way with just over US$5 million (RM15.90 million) over its opening week, while in Hong Kong the audience proved they cared not a jot for the opinions of the critics by once again turning out in numbers to see the look at the local nightlife scene Lan Kwai Fong, which picked up just over US$180,000 for a two-week total of just over US$850,000. – AFP

Polanski picks up award at Zurich two years after arrest Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:59 AM PDT Polish-born French film director Roman Polanski on September 27, 2011 at 7th Zurich Film Festival. – AFP pic ZURICH, Sept 29 – Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski on Tuesday picked up an award at the Zurich Film Festival which he was unable to receive two years ago due to his dramatic arrest over a decades-old child sex case. The film director arrived at the award ceremony wearing a black suit and a white shirt, to the applause and cries of his fans. He took some time to sign several autographs, before posing for hundreds of photographers. Polanski did not address the media on arrival, but after picking up his award, the director told the audience that it was "a strange anniversary," in reference to his 2009 arrest. "It was not only a blow to me, but also to my family and the festival itself," he said. But he noted that it was "better late than never" for him to pick up the lifetime achievement award at the Zurich film festival which he missed out on in 2009. "Thanks to all those people who supported me during these difficult months. He added that he wanted to "say thanks to the prison staff who were trying to make my stay as good as possible. This is not a joke". Visibly emotional, Polanski said he was "too touched by the situation". "I love coming to Switzerland and I'm happy to be here. Thank you," he added. Polanski was arrested on an international warrant on September 27, 2009, upon his arrival at Zurich airport, while he was travelling to the film festival. He fought the US extradition request over a child sex case dating back more than three decades, and finally convinced Bern to release him about 10 months after his arrest. The Franco-Polish director had plied a girl called Samantha Geimer with champagne and drugs during a 1977 photo shoot at the Hollywood home of actor Jack Nicholson before having sex with her despite her protests. The director was initially charged with six felony counts, including rape and sodomy. The charge was later reduced to unlawful intercourse after a plea deal agreed in part to spare his victim the ordeal of a trial. Polanski later served 42 days at a secure unit undergoing psychiatric evaluation but fled the United States on the eve of his sentencing in 1978 amid fears the trial judge planned to go back on a previously agreed plea deal. His flight from justice came after a string of hit films including "Rosemary's Baby" and "Chinatown". The director, whose then wife Sharon Tate was horrifically murdered by Charles Manson's "family" in 1969, won an Oscar for his 2002 film "The Pianist" but was unable to collect the award because of his fugitive status. – AFP

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Urban cycling may save the environment but not your lungs Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:09 AM PDT A new British study found that city dwellers who cycle to work have more black soot in their lungs than pedestrians. — AFP pic LONDON, Sept 29 — If you're an urban cyclist, a new study reveals a dangerous side effect of this green mode of transport: you may be inhaling high levels of black soot. The new University of London study found that urbanites who cycled to work had 2.3 times more black carbon in their lungs than pedestrians. Black carbon is present in car exhaust fumes and is created by the combustion of fossil fuels. "Pedestrians breathe in these miniscule particles of soot, but bikers inhale even more because they are closer to the fumes and take deeper breaths," reported health website MyHealthDailyNews on the study on September 27. "This could be due to a number of factors, including the fact that cyclists breathe more deeply and at a quicker rate than pedestrians while in closer proximity to exhaust fumes, which could increase the number of airborne particles penetrating the lungs," said study researcher Chinedu Nwokoro in a statement released this week. But rather than give up cycling forever, Nwokoro stated that cyclists should plan less-trafficked routes to minimise their exposure to exhaust fumes. Previous research has shown that black carbon is linked to a wide range of serious health issues, including reduced lung function and a higher risk of respiratory diseases and heart attacks, noted MyHealthDailyNews. The study was presented at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam on September 23. — AFP-Relaxnews

Colon cancer advances faster in men, says study Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:32 PM PDT Doctor's stethoscope. — AFP pic WASHINGTON, Sept 29 — Men with colon cancer tend to have more advanced tumours than women of the same age, said a study out Tuesday that suggested screening guidelines may need to be adjusted for sex and age. Currently, men and women age 50 and older are urged to get a colonoscopy to screen for growths or polyps that could form into tumours. Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cancer killer worldwide, taking 610,000 lives per year. The study in the Journal of the American Medical Association examined 44,350 participants in a national screening colonoscopy programme from 2007 to 2010 in Austria. The screenings look for adenomas, which are polyps or benign tumours as well as for particularly advanced adenomas and colorectal cancer. The analysis found "a significantly higher rate of these lesions among men compared with women in all age groups, suggesting that male sex constitutes an independent risk factor for colorectal carcinoma," according to the study. For instance, five per cent of men age 50-54 had advanced adenomas compared to just 2.9 per cent of women. The rate of colorectal cancer in 55-59-year-old men (1.3 per cent) was about the same as in women a decade older (65-69-year-old women were diagnosed at a rate of 1.2 per cent). The prevalence of colorectal cancer overall was twice as high among men, at 1.5 per cent, compared to 0.7 per cent in women. The researchers noted that "deciding whether to adjust the age at which screening begins also requires considering whether the recommended age for women should be older or the recommended age for men younger." However, the study stopped short of saying what that new age should be, saying further studies "are needed to demonstrate the relative clinical effectiveness of screening at different ages." — AFP-Relaxnews

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November rain for Najib? Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT SEPT 29 — The prime minister apparently has an affinity for November, more accurately this particular one, for being the 11th month in a year ending with 11. It's not his birthday month, but the number 11 apparently recurs enough times — parents'/son's birthdates, pivotal moments etc — that it's his lucky number. Unsurprisingly, the first half of 2011, using Najib's numerology preferences and need for his own national mandate, coupled with an expectation of a weaker economy in 2012, many pundits have been plugging away that November 11, 2011 (11-11-11) will be polling day. These opinions have rescinded, and the revised pundit's schedule sees Najib facing his own party members first at their general assembly (December 1-3). The desired prognosis: Having built broad support internally while skipping around the potential landmines, the prime minister then heads with his party in tow — dragging the rest of pack making up Barisan Nasional (BN) — to a successful general election in early 2012. Successful or not at the assembly, the months of October and November will define Najib's prospects in a March general election scenario. Bad months will force a rethink and increase the likelihood of elections later in 2012. This column is of the position that Najib Razak is likely to have one tricky November especially as his party goes into assembly mode. October is a bit of breathing space, but he is likelier to use the time as he already has in the last few weeks to rebuild on his "Renaissance man" initiative. After the slip-up with Bersih 2.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur, he has reorganised himself to get back on the reform leader saddle. Starting with the legislative agenda to retire repressive elements in security laws, and then attending feverishly all the Merdeka (National) Day festivities with hip clothes and camera to help colour up his Facebook page, and then following on with his island cycling turn over the weekend. Najib wants to be seen less distant especially to those below 30. There will be more, for most of October. They will inundate Budget 2012, to be tabled on October 7. Najib has the privilege of cherry picking what more he can offer to a Malaysian populace as an olive branch, to reaffirm his administration's desire to reform from within to meet the more modern elements Malaysians are expecting from their government. These are the very Malaysians propping up the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) marginal seats across the country, not necessarily Umno seats in their heartland — smallish seats fending off mostly PAS and then PKR. Over there, the issues are direct economical benefits and culture. Which is why by November the prime minister has to turn his eyes to the party. The lead-up to the Umno assembly is where his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin has a window of opportunity. To test Najib's Malay credentials on an Umno scale. No Umno president can persist without being clear about a race hierarchy in Malaysia. The party's first president's insistence for desegregation led to his departure. Onn Jaafar has his portraits in all the proper corners of the party's convention centre in Kuala Lumpur despite having spent the larger portion of his party politics leading to his death outside Umno. The portraits celebrate as much as they act as a warning sign to all who seek to tinker with the party's race prioritisation. In this regard, Muhyiddin, the deputy prime minister, has been crystal clear. He is pro-business, but not an apologist for the long-standing rent-seeking behaviours. These things have gone on long enough to be cultural, and those not benefiting from it have already adjusted to it, so why worry over it seems to be the refrain from Muhyiddin. He is the closest fit with the party's longest-serving president, Dr Mahathir Mohamad. This becomes more relevant since the influential Dr Mahathir has been between lukewarm and antagonistic towards both men who have succeeded him, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib. Dr Mahathir has yet to be critical of Muhyiddin, and whether that is an endorsement is left to be seen. Which is why Najib's bigger threat is not from Pakatan Rakyat right now, but from within his party. This was inevitable when the decision was made to gain popularity at the party do before beating the general election drums. Muhyiddin has to wait for the present public relations exercise to end, with the expected Budget to further lift Najib's ratings, for now. It is important for Muhyiddin's sake that Najib does not come out of the party assembly galvanised and then propel BN to an electoral landslide in 2012. The double blow will both reduce Muhyiddin's party credentials and lead to speculation he will retire within the next cycle or face a viable contest for the deputy presidency. Every year as number two, his stocks depreciate. So the battle lines are drawn. Najib has to not lose ground at the Umno assembly in two months' time, and then hit the 160 parliamentary seats goal in 2012. In that landslide scenario, winning back Penang and Selangor would be likely as moderate voters would have moved back to the Barisan Nasional. Muhyiddin's best outcome on the other hand will be for Najib himself to be hit enough times that no progress is made through the 1 Malaysia branding at the party's assembly, and that a sluggish general election campaign period will yield the same 140 or less snagged in 2008 or less. In this lose-to-win stratagem, Muhyiddin's home state Johor, where his Pagoh seat is, must not concede too much ground to Pakatan Rakyat for his own sake. This will posit Muhyiddin in prime position to displace Najib at the next party polls, as a whole round of "we need a stronger leader" — as it happened after Election 2008 for Abdullah — will ensue, prodding Najib to leave.    Those are the respective best-case scenarios for both leaders, and the key battle line is managing Umno members' perceptions. That is the battle line, and the battleground will be in November, intensifying by the week. Najib's multilayered, multidimensional plans to win the new Malaysia, while keeping the Malay heartland, against the blunt instrument which is Muhyiddin, who does the tried and tested. The execution should be straightforward. To keep chugging at Najib's policy overreach and outline how it is foreign to the larger Umno membership. Images of the prime minister cycling for Chinese charities, and promising a somewhat end of the New Economic Policy (but not really), are just examples of what can be in the frontline of misinformation about the prime minister's efforts. If Muhyiddin-ists in the party can force Najib to consider taking the "Malays come first, no matter what or how" pledge, then the dual play by the prime minister will stall. But in this climate, just accepting to reconsider the reform game plan is defeat. It won't be seen as careful consideration, but rather as an admission of indecision. The lack of conviction Najib often has will rise, and there will be various speakers baiting the prime minister if there is enough traction by the time the delegates arrive in Kuala Lumpur. The most difficult part for the Najib camp is, there is no real play against Muhyiddin — who has so little to defend in the party, and therefore energy to exhaust to advance his own political ambitions. The Umno world is Muhyiddin's playfield. Of course, Najib can shortcut the internal threats by going to polls within 2011 and suspend the Umno assembly. He is most certain to retain parliamentary majority, with the prerogative to cull some dissenters from the candidates' list.  The prime minister might fancy his strength in the party once he has managed a general election unscathed, with a reasonable majority. Or Najib can still meet the Umno assembly in December, but not hold polls in early 2012. This way he may stomach some of the criticism, while navigating the assembly to unifying the party further and not have the added burden of mustering up the posse for an election. This will force him to rely a little on a kinder economy, or at least for a more insulated Malaysian economy however the global outlook might materialise. The permutations are boundless, and the prime minister is obviously looking for a magic 8-ball to end 2011 on a high note. As lucky as Najib might think of November, this one is not going to be plain sailing. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

The hudud hubbub Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:51 PM PDT SEPT 29 — Has PAS decided it is better to continue ruling a state or two than take a shot at running the country and maybe lose a state or two? It certainly looks like it when Nik Aziz Nik Mat reiterates his insistence on turning Kelantan into a medieval caliphate, complete with gibbets, stoning and amputations. But why is the issue of implementation of hudud, which is after all a part of wider sharia, such an emotive issue that it has the potential to dramatically affect electoral fortunes? Why are the likes of Mahathir Mohamad, Chua Soi Lek, Nik Aziz, Lim Guan Eng and Karpal Singh so invested in this issue to issue rapid fire statements in this regard? There are significant differences of opinion not only between PR and BN, but internally too between Umno and the MCA, and between the DAP and PAS. Clearly while the image of Malaysian Islam is at stake, the issue goes beyond being an internal Muslim community debate. At its core it is actually a debate between liberals and conservatives, tradition and modernity, regression and progress, and the state versus the individual. While the concept and principles of hudud may be relatively benign, it is the eye-catching nature of the punishments that distort perception. Logically, is there a big difference in hanging people or beheading them, or between flogging people behind bars or in public? The conflict arises because in the Western paradigm of progress, justice must shift broadly from a retributive to a rehabilitative paradigm. Therefore, the increasing anger in the developed world over the execution of convicts. In a broad sense the liberal worldview sees itself as focused on individual liberty and as such humane, reformist and modern, and conservatives as barbaric, retributive and medieval. The conservative worldview equally believes in the primacy of social good and that the modern condition of an absence of shared values is leading to a soulless world plagued by rising crime, greed and anarchy, the solution to which is in a return to original guiding principles that fostered social cohesion in an earlier time. Therefore, the perception of the nature and impact of hudud depends on how well these differing worldviews mirror our own. Conservatives, whether Muslim or otherwise, feel much more comfortable with the status quo than with change. In an era of rapid technological driven change and rising economic uncertainty, they look for reassurance in that which is perceived as timeless such as traditional occupations, traditional social and familial bonds, and traditional spirituality and religion. For this group the answers to the problems of modernity are all around in a past based on a set of unchanging values, whether it is caning our children if they break the rules or in chopping off the hands of those who steal. Liberals on the other hand want to deal with the uncertainties of modernity by advocating even more change. Broadly in Malaysia, this seems to boil down to the advocacy of reform in every sphere. Reform the police to reduce crime, reform the government to save the people and reform children through love. While we are at it why not just a general slogan of Reformasi? But for a lot of everyday people the boundaries are not so clear cut. Especially in urban areas, people are forced to juggle the tightrope of both tradition and modernity. The reaction to the very cosmopolitan demands of urban public life is often a retreat into tradition in our private lives. English at work and the vernacular at home, foreign holidays and balik kampung, respect for other races and faiths in public and looking down on them at home — these contradictions are real and present in what is termed Middle Malaysia. This is why every politician recognises the power of this issue. Are rural voters who are comfortable with tradition more important the urban voters who have given up on the past in the quest for a brighter future? Or is it the large mass of people in between who handle these apparently contradictory philosophies quite easily in their daily lives the most important? So advocating an Islamic state may be a no brainer in Kelantan, as is advocating developed nation status in 2020 in Kenny Hills, but what about ordinary people who want a combination of both? For Middle Malaysia, the answer may lie in espousing the middle ground. Is there a way to hold on to what is best in Malaysian tradition, culture and faith in a way that does not make Malaysia look out of step with the developed world? Is there an interpretation and vision of sharia law that does not make moderate Muslims and non-Muslims in Malaysia feel like they are beginning to resemble Afghanistan under the Taliban? Is there an interpretation of hudud within sharia that allows for a marriage between traditional Islamic jurisprudence with the modernist notion of punishment that emphasises rehabilitation rather than revenge? Finally, the benchmark to measure the desirability of any kind of change to the justice system should be whether the change narrows the differences between Malaysians of different philosophical and spiritual persuasions instead of raising mistrust. In this instance the prime minister seems to have gotten it right when he says the spirit of hudud is already present in Malaysian sharia law, without its extremes. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

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Klip Undilah tak disenangi orang ramai, kata Rais Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:49 AM PDT KAMPUNG GAJAH, 29 Sept – Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim berkata klip video Undilah tidak sesuai ditayangkan kerana ia mengandungi babak yang tidak disenangi segolongan masyarakat. "Klip video itu juga mengandungi iktibar yang tersirat yang mengelirukan beberapa pihak," katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Program Merakyatkan Seni bagi kawasan Parlimen Pasir Salak di sini hari ini. Dipetik Bernama Online, Rais berkata, penarikan semula penyiaran klip video Undilah sebelum ini dibuat kerana ia tidak mendapat kelulusan Lembaga Penapisan Filem. "LPF bukan terletak di bawah tanggungjawab kementerian saya sebaliknya terletak di bawah Kementerian Dalam Negeri yang akan menentukan kedudukan penayangan klip video itu sama ada boleh ditayangkan atau tidak,"katanya. Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia sebelum ini menyatakan klip video Undilah belum mendapat kelulusan LPF untuk siaran, dan oleh itu, ia tidak sepatutnya disiarkan menerusi televisyen. Sabtu lalu, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) berkata klip video itu belum mendapat kelulusan LPF untuk siaran, dan oleh itu, ia tidak sepatutnya disiarkan menerusi televisyen sehingga ia telah mendapat kelulusan. Agensi itu berkata, hasil pemantauan pematuhan secara rutin dibuat menunjukkan pengumuman khidmat awam yang dihasilkan oleh pemuzik Pete Teo belum mendapat kelulusan daripada LPF. SKMM menambah, di bawah Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998, semua penyiar mesti menghentikan penyiaran klip video berkenaan. Bagaimanapun katanya, arahan itu tidak melibatkan kandungan klip berkenaan tetapi hanya berkaitan pematuhan oleh pihak penyiar. "Arahan ini adalah mengenai pematuhan oleh pihak penyiar dan bukannya kandungan pengumuman khidmat awam tersebut," kata SKMM. Kenyataan SKMM berkata, adalah menjadi amalan biasa untuk pihaknya mengarahkan penarikan kandungan yang belum diberi kelulusan oleh LPF untuk ditayangkan. Banyak pihak termasuk mereka yang menjayakan penerbitan klip itu mengkritik tindakan SKMM yang melarang stesen penyiaran lokal daripada menyiarkan bahan itu. Misalnya, pertubuhan Bersih 2.0 menyifatkan tindakan kerajaan mengharamkan siaran klip video Undilah, yang bertujan menggalakkan orang mengundi ketika pilihan raya, bercanggah dengan pendirian pembaharuan politik yang diwar-warkan oleh pentadbiran Najib.  Justeru kepimpinan Bersih 2.0 menggesa SKMM membenarkan agar klip itu — satu bentuk pemakluman awam — terus disiarkan oleh stesen siaran tempatan kerana ia tidak membawa sebarang ancaman kepada negara. Hujung minggu lalu, The Malaysian Insider melaporkan bahawa bahan terbitan Teo dilarang diterbitkan kerana memaparkan kemunculan beberapa wakil rakyat pembangkang dan mesej Tengku Razaleigh yang menyentuh bahawa Malaysia berhadapan dengan beberapa masalah. Difahamkan SKMM memberi arahan kepada stesen penyiaran tempatan minggu ini selepas ia mula ke udara sempena sambutan Hari Malaysia. Selain Ahli Parlimen Gua Musang Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah dari Umno dan Ketua Pemuda MCA Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong, turut menjayakan klip itu ialah Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Rosnah Abd Rashid Shirlin yang juga Ketua Puteri Umno. Personaliti lain termasuklah Ahli Parlimen Petaling Jaya Utara Tony Pua, Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai Nurul Izzah Anwar, Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam Khalid Samad dan Adun Seri Setia Nik  Nazmi Nik Ahmad. Pelakon Afdlin Shauki dan penulis lirik kontroversial Namewee merupakan antara individu terpilih untuk mendendangkan lagu Undilah. Pilihan raya umum ke-13 disebut-sebut akan diadakan dalam waktu terdekat. Kira-kira empat juta rakyat negara ini yang layak untuk mengundi belum mendaftar sebagai pemilih. Turut disenaraikan ialah pemain badminton negara Datuk Lee Chong Wei dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif AirAsia Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.

ISA: Perkasa mahu panel khas ganti mahkamah Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:33 AM PDT PUTRAJAYA, 29 Sept – Perkasa mahu Putrajaya menubuhkan satu jawatankuasa berprofil tinggi di bawah dua akta baru, yang akan menggantikan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), untuk membuat keputusan sama ada seseorang yang ditahan itu bersalah atau tidak dengan segera. Menurut Presiden Perkasa Datuk Ibrahim Ali, jawatankuasa itu perlu melibatkan Ketua Polis Negara, Peguam Negara, wakil Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia (Suhakam) dan individu-individu yang mempunyai kepakaran dalam bidang keselamatan. Tegas beliau, jika mengikut saluran perundangan sekarang seseorang yang ditahan perlu dibawa ke mahkamah dan ia akan mengambil masa yang lama. "Kalau jawatankuasa ini memutuskan saya bersalah, tidak kisah saya orang politik atau tidak tetap perlu ditahan di Kamunting... kalau ikut mahkamah akan mengambil masa yang lama, bagaimana kalau orang itu disabit dengan bunuh, dia telah ditahan selama enam tahun tapi akhirnya mahkamah putuskan dia tidak bersalah, jadi macam mana? "Jadi lebih baik tubuhkan jawatankuasa berprofil tinggi ini, orang yang duduk dalam ini adalah ketua polis negara, peguam negara, wakil Suhakam dan mereka yang berkenaan," katanya pada sidang media selepas mengadakan pertemuan dengan Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein di sini. Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebelum ini mengumumkan bahawa ISA akan dimansuhkan dan dua undang-undang baru yang sesuai akan digubal bagi memelihara keamanan, kesejahteraan, kesentosaan serta kerukunan hidup rakyat dan negara. Dua undang-undang baru akan digubal di bawah "semangat serta payung" Perkara 149 Perlembagaan Persekutuan bagi mencegah perbuatan subversif, keganasan terancang dan perbuatan jenayah. Najib menegaskan bahawa undang-undang baru itu akan memperuntukkan tempoh tahanan polis yang lebih pendek daripada yang dijalankan pada masa ini. Ibrahim yang juga Ahli Parlimen Pasir Mas meminta Putrajaya agar membuat kajian dan penyelidikan yang terperinci sebelum memutuskan bentuk undang-undang baru yang akan menggantikan ISA. "Jangan gopoh kerana ia melibatkan soal keselamatan negara, buat kajian dengan terperinci sebelum buat keputusan... perlu ambil masa, jangan gopoh "Dan jangan buat undang-undang semata-mata mahu mendapatkan undi," katanya. Beliau menambah soal keselamatan harus menjadi keutamaan negara dan ia merupakan agenda Perkasa selain tidak boleh berkompromi semata-mata mahu memenuhi kepentingan politik pihak tertentu. Sementara itu Hishammuddin berkata undang-undang baru itu tidak akan menjejaskan keselamatan dan ketenteraman negara. "Jaminan kita adalah untuk memastikan apa jua tindakan yang kita ambil tidak akan menjejaskan keselamatan dan ketenteraman, dalam hal ini beberapa aspek mungkin kita bolah buat pindaan dalam akta baru tapi asasnya adalah kekuatan keselamatan. "Dari segi tempoh tahanan, mungkin tidak perlu begitu lama tetapi ia masih difikirkan dan akan diputuskan nanti," katanya.

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Barca saunter while Milan labour Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:26 PM PDT Barcelona's Messi (left) and Keita celebrate scoring against Bate Borisov in Minsk September 28, 2011. — Reuters pic MANCHESTER, Sept 29 — Holders Barcelona barely broke a sweat in a ruthless 5-0 hammering of BATE Borisov while former champions AC Milan made harder work of finding the net before overcoming new boys Viktoria Plzen 2-0 in the Champions League yesterday. Lionel Messi drew level with Ladislau Kubala as Barca's second highest scorer of all time thanks to a double in a dominant performance on a rainy night in Minsk as the Spaniards went joint top of Group H along with Milan. Seven-times champions Milan needed second-half goals to break the deadlock against Czech side Plzen at the San Siro with Zlatan Ibrahimovic converting a 53rd-minute penalty and setting up Antonio Cassano for the second 13 minutes later. On a good night for former European champions, Olympique Marseille distanced themselves from a poor domestic campaign to demolish Borussia Dortmund 3-0 as the German champions matched their lacklustre early Bundesliga form. "It was not perfect but we've got six points," was the verdict of Marseille coach Didier Deschamps, who watched a sour end to the game when substitute Jordan Ayew was sent off in stoppage time, picking up a second yellow card for diving. Brother and Ghana forward Andre Ayew scored twice for the hosts and France striker Loic Remy got the other as they maintained their perfect start in Group F, where they have a two-point lead over second-placed Arsenal. Arsene Wenger's side enjoyed a better outcome to fellow English club Chelsea in nervy endings to their games, holding on to an early lead to beat Olympiakos Piraeus 2-1 while Andre Villas-Boas' men conceded a late penalty to draw 1-1 in Valencia. While Wenger watched the game from the stands as he served the last match of his touchline ban, teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made a dream start to his European debut with an eighth-minute opener. The injury-hit London side were two up after 20 minutes through Brazilian left back Andre Santos before the Greek visitors got back into the game with a David Fuster header on 27 minutes and from then on Arsenal merely hung on. Many miles away in Belarus, Barcelona made no such meal of their early lead as the champions seemed to barely let their hosts touch the ball. BATE helped Barca on their way with Aleksandr Volodko's 19th-minute own goal and a header from Pedro followed three minutes later. Argentine World Player of the Year Messi headed in just before the break and smashed a fourth high into the net to reach 194 club goals. Still aged only 24, Messi is now only 41 goals behind top scorer Cesar Rodriguez. "As Pep Guardiola said at the weekend (after Messi scored a hat-trick against Atletico Madrid), we are watching history being made so we should try and enjoy it, because we know it will be very difficult to see another player like him," Barca's Javier Mascherano said. David Villa wrapped up the scoring against BATE, who despite effectively playing 10 at the back could not contain Barca's effortless class. Back in Spain, Barca's La Liga rivals Valencia were anything but effortless against Chelsea, looking nervous despite their home advantage and they fell behind to a Frank Lampard first-time strike in the 56th minute. The English side had plenty of chances to go further ahead but instead wiped out all their good work when substitute Salomon Kalou needlessly flapped an arm at a Valencia cross and the referee pointed to the spot with three minutes left. Roberto Soldado struck the ball in low for the equaliser as Chelsea watched the three points evaporate on Juan Mata's return to his old stomping ground. "I think it was more deserved for us to win this game," Chelsea boss Villas-Boas told Sky Sports. "To be so near to win the game and to be in such a good position leaves us a little bit with a feeling we don't like. "It's useless and pointless to go on about it right now. These are referees decisions, it's nothing new for Chelsea." Chelsea lead Group E with four points, one ahead of Bayer Leverkusen who beat visitors Racing Genk 2-0 with Chelsea old boy Michael Ballack making sure of the points with a stoppage-time goal after Lars Bender's first-half strike. In the night's other games, Zenit St Petersburg beat 10-man Porto 3-1 in Group G with Roman Shirokov netting a double in Russia, while in the same group Shakhtar Donetsk drew 1-1 at home with surprise group leaders APOEL Nicosia. — Reuters

Rising teen star shoots Arsenal to victory Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:20 PM PDT Oxlade-Chamberlain celebrates his goal against Olympiakos at the Emirates Stadium in London September 28, 2011. — Reuters pic LONDON, Sept 29 — Teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain offered Arsenal fans a glimpse of a bright future as he became the club's youngest English goalscorer in the Champions League yesterday, netting the opener in his side's nervy 2-1 Group F victory over Olympiakos. Signed for a reported £12 million (RM58 million) from Southampton in August the 18-year-old is already being compared to Theo Walcott who followed the same route to north London in 2006. England winger Walcott was one of a number of Arsenal players absent through injury on a balmy night at The Emirates but Oxlade-Chamberlain made the most of his first appearance in the Champions League, firing the opener after eight minutes. Brazilian left back Andre Santos put Arsenal 2-0 up after 20 minutes but after Olympiakos, who had lost all their previous nine away fixtures in England, reduced the deficit after 27 minutes through Spaniard David Fuster it was an anxious night for the home fans. Vassilis Torossidis, the only Greek in Olympiakos's starting 11, came within a coat of paint of levelling with an exquisite curling effort that cannoned off the crossbar in the second half but Arsenal hung on to put themselves in a healthy position with four points from their opening two games. Marseille, who Arsenal visit next, top the standings after recording their second win by beating Borussia Dortmund. Olympiakos's 10th defeat from 10 matches on English soil left them still looking for their first point in the group and manager Ernesto Valverde cursing a poor start which had left a "bitter taste" in his mouth. The visitors had 15 goal attempts compared to the home side's 10 and Arsenal's coach Pat Rice, patrolling the technical area in the absence of manager Arsene Wenger who was completing his Uefa touchline ban, admitted his relief. "They came and waited for us and broke us up in the middle of the park and in fairness you have to say they did well," Arsenal's long-serving number two told reporters. "Needless to say we are very happy with the three points." Rice said Oxlade-Chamberlain's performance had been one of the major plus points and was cause for comfort among the north London club's fans who have watched Arsenal's worst start in the Premier League in the reign of Wenger. "He is a very strong boy and listens to what people say," Rice said. "Arsenal fans are going to see a lot of this boy but he has a very strong challenge trying to get in front of Theo." Oxlade-Chamberlain was the only English starter for Arsenal who had 11 different nationalities represented in their line-up, including fellow teenager Emmanuel Frimpong who recently pledged his loyalty to Ghana. Talisman Robin van Persie was left on the bench as Wenger looked ahead to Sunday's Premier League clash with north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur but his absence was quickly forgotten as Arsenal surged ahead with a fast start that is their trademark on Champions League nights at The Emirates. Oxlade-Chamberlain showed a touch of class when he chested down a flighted ball from Alex Song, got a lucky rebound off Ivan Marcano and finished clinically past the unsighted Franco Costanzo for Arsenal's 200th goal in the group phase of the Champions League. Olympiakos showed plenty of adventure going forward and almost levelled when Rafik Djebbour poked a shot goalwards but Mikel Arteta performed a last-ditch clearance off the line. Arsenal doubled their lead when left back Santos wriggled into the area through some half-hearted challenges and calmly placed a shot past Costanzo. Even with a two-goal cushion, however, Arsenal never looked completely secure at the back and the frailities that have seen them concede 14 goals in six league games so far were exposed when Fuster, one of three Spaniards in the visiting line-up, climbed unmarked to a head beyond Szczesny. There were more jitters in the Arsenal defence when Djebbour fired in a shot that was turned over by Szczesny soon afterwards. Arsenal had chances to restore the two-goal margin after the break and had one penalty appeal turned down but it was Olympiakos, backed by a vocal army of fans, who often looked the more likely to score. Kevin Mirallas hit a looping shot just wide before Torossidis went agonisingly close to ending his side's long wait for a first ever point on an English ground. "We came to get a point at least," said Valverde, who said he was disappointed at the reaction of Belgium's Kevin Mirallas when he hauled him off in the second half. "But we gave away to early goals and you can't do that against a side like Arsenal away in the Champions League." — Reuters

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Middle Malaysia Posted: 27 Sep 2011 04:31 PM PDT SEPT 28 — Middle Malaysia is elusive but it is clear that whichever coalition that is able to win across the traditional fault lines of race, religion and regions takes Federal power.  Barisan Nasional is now the world's oldest elected government still in office. Its predecessor, the Alliance party, first won the Federal election for self-government in 1955.  BN's longevity in government can be attributed to successful manipulation of the carrot and stick. Carrots range from contracts for big tycoons to rural patronage for the Umno base while the sticks are really big – dissenters can be put behind bars without trial for years while the mass media are muzzled.  But there is something deeper: there is no alternative.  Or more precisely, the ultimate use of the carrot and stick is to ensure that no BN-clone is allowed to exist.  Instead of fighting a single opposition, BN perpetuated a structure which has two flanks — PAS for the Muslims and DAP for the non-Malays — and styled itself as the indispensable pseudo "centrist" coalition that caters for the interests across racial, religious and regional boundaries.  Without a clean and fair electoral system and an unbiased mass media, the moment a moderate centrist coalition emerges it is destroyed without mercy.  Elections in 1964, 1974, 1982, 1995, and 2004 saw a general swing of all ethnic groups in favour of Barisan Nasional for various reasons. Elections in 1978 and 1986 witnessed Barisan Nasional winning across the races but losing heavily among ethnic Chinese voters.  A general anti-establishment swing across races in various degrees towards the Opposition occurred in elections in 1959, 1969, 1990, 2008 while the 1999 election was an oddity with Malays swinging massively towards the Opposition while more than 50 per cent of the supposedly more anti-establishment voted for the ruling coalition out of fear of the Islamic state claim and copycat violence a la Indonesia's anti-Suharto days.   The de facto centre plus two flanks structure was almost broken in the 1990 general election until the final days of campaign when BN depicted Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as a traitor to the Malays for wearing a Kadazan headgear with a symbol that looks like a cross. At the time, the majority of the ethnic Chinese and nearly half of the Malays were psychologically ready for a change of government.    Since the 2008 general election, BN's formula to win the next election is not to recognise the two-party reality that it received only 51 per cent of popular votes. In fact, only 49 per cent in peninsular Malaysia voted for BN.   Instead, apart from starving the Opposition of material resources and fair mass media coverage, the strategy is three-pronged – to destroy Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's credibility as the alternative prime minister at all costs, to lure PAS' leaders into the Malay/Muslim exclusivist discourse and to paint DAP as an extremist villain.  It is no small feat that for the last three-and-a-half years since the formation of Pakatan Rakyat as a consequence of the March 2008 election, it has so far been able to hold Middle Malaysia.  The alternative media channels are more mature compared to two decades ago while 70 per cent of Malaysians are now living in the urban areas which allow greater exposure and access to alternative views. In 1980, only 35 per cent of the population live in urban areas.  Umno has also effectively ceded Middle Malaysia to the Opposition since the waving of the keris by Hishammuddin Hussein in July 2005. Its right wing is now dictating policies.  And, to the credit of Pakatan Rakyat, it has stayed in Middle Malaysia all this while.    * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

The Raya that was Posted: 27 Sep 2011 04:27 PM PDT SEPT 28 — It started with my seeing from afar, a friend of my mother's, with a bag of multilevel marketing products, at the gate of a link house. MLM marketers are not an uncommon sight, but seeing a woman, close to her 70s, selling supplements, was a jarring sight. One could say that she was a symbol of industry, for even at her age, she was still active and working. Didn't work stave off Alzheimer's? But the point is precisely this: at her age, shouldn't she be resting and enjoying the fruits of her labour? What a sombre Raya. I see some friends of my parents and older relatives, not just depending on their children's charity, but having to do small businesses, selling this and that. Quite a number have resigned themselves to the fact that they will die in debt, despite insurance. Old age, and health woes are their constant worry, and lack of money is their bedside companion. The main question at the few open houses I attended was this:  Are we Malaysians destined to just survive financially? And that to earn an income more than RM8,000 a month would mean that there would be no work-life balance? When you hit your 40s, all this comes to the forefront, and you wonder, as you observe the moneyed and beautiful young, and rich, whom a friend calls The Concession Generation... you wonder if you and your friends will have that comfortable life or end up in your 60s trying to sell madu tualang to your neighbours. My friends and I — we come from every race and economic class — wonder if our efforts are enough. It's never enough. There's a child to feed, a parent to care for and yourself to clothe and feed. Living in KL and Malaysia is not about gathering wealth. It is about surviving. Sustenance. Perhaps we may not even be comfortable in our old age. Who's to know? Friends in the media have opted for the public relations route, and let their lives sap away as they burn through even more hours meeting deadlines and dealing with one crisis after another. Some have joined the corporate world, but in private, shake their heads at the ethics. For us women, no matter how educated we are, how high we rise, in the end, some of us take that easier route: By dating well-to-do men, who often than not, are married. But can you blame them? Judge them? Kuala Lumpur can be such a cruel place to be in. It is not your ethics and morals that will take you places. It is your connections, your status, your power and if you have it, beauty. When you have all that, you can do whatever you want, to the point of destroying others, but you are forgiven, because that is how it is here. Hard work? Don't be stupid. It doesn't get you anywhere. It is at times like this that we question ourselves. Are our morals just too antiquated? After all, there seems to be no karma for the ones who erred. They're the ones who will lead a comfortable life. Not like us, who will slog to our deaths. Ramadan has been a truly interesting month. A friend who has worked so hard to attain the little she had, lost everything except her looks. A good girl, as we say. Faced with a family to support, she asked me what I thought of her becoming a mistress to a wealthy man. When I was in my 20s, I would have cut her off from my life. I am now in my 40s and have seen enough. "Whatever you decide, don't tell me. You're a big girl now," I said. I am not god. Who was I to judge, when if fate may play a joke on me and I may face similar circumstances? Well-meaning friends tell friends and me this. You got to learn to position yourself, play the game. You can't think of the other person's family; your family comes first. Kill. You have some face, flirt je lah. Apa susah? Bukan you tidur dengan dia pun. Late at night, our Blackberries ping messages. We discuss our work, debts, savings, everything. A friend texted to say he prayed so hard, his forehead was getting black. He didn't think his prayers would be heard in Malaysia. "Kita cakap je Malaysia ni negara Islam, tapi tengok lah! Aku tak minum, aku tak zina, aku kerja keras. Tapi aku bodoh, tak reti office politik. Sebab tu aku berhutang, jaga family aku." Ethics. Most of us walk away from what is not right. But is it to our personal detriment? * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

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