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Bangkitlah Melayu! Seperti biasa, Utusan memainkan sentimen perkauman lagi di muda hadapannya hari ini. Memang kita tahu, Utusan ada hak mutlak untuk memainkan isu perkauman . Kalau suratkhabar lain yang berbuat demikian, pastinya ia akan menerima surat amaran daripada KDN. Aneh sekali, di gambar muka hadapan juga, Najib sedang masak capati bersama beberapa wanita sikh.

Memang Melayu kena bangkit, bangkit untuk menentang ketuanan Umno, menentang mereka yang memainkan isu perkauman untuk kepentingan diri sendiri, terutamanya Umno dan kroninya.

Apa maksudnya "berhadapan dengan tuntutan kaum lain yang kini dilihat semakin keterlaluan". Apa itu keterlaluan? Adakah kaum lain meminta supaya jangan tolong melayu yang masih miskin? Adakah kaum lain tuntut masjid dirobohkan? Mana satu tuntutan kaum lain adalah bertujuan untuk melemahkan atau menindaskan orang melayu? Benda apa yang orang melayu telah hilang kepada kaum lain dan bagaimananya hilang?

Umno memang harapkan semua kaum tiada tuntutan. Lagi baik semua rakyat ikut apa jua arahan yang diberikan oleh Umno. Umno lebih suka kalau orang melayu tidak menuntut supaya orang melayu tidak akan maju dan insaf dengan agenda persendirian orang Umno. Saya rasa perjalanan Umno sudah hampir sampai hujung jalan. Ia tidak ada idea atau cara baru untuk menemajukan bangsa melayu. Najib akan menjadi PM yang terakhir daripada Umno.

Najib's New Cabinet Line-Up

Since Najib announced his new vision of "one Malaysia", I expect his new cabinet line-up more than just dropping a few under achievers and introducing a few new faces. To me, this new cabinet line up is nothing more than the old method in power allocation based on how much the component party "worth" to Umno (still Umno call the shot).

Look at the new cabinet line-up, we don't see that the appointment holder are best person for the job. It is merely the old BN model to make sure everybody in the component party is happy, rather than to meet the need of the nation. Why the important portfolios are always allocated to UMNO candidates? Are other races so incompetent to assume the Education, Finance, Home and International Trade portfolios? Is Hishammudin performed well as Education Minister until such that Najib has to give him the Home important portfolio of Home Minister? or is there other agenda that Najib has to make sure his cousin holding the Home Minister which is also controlling the police force and Immigration?

Umno wants to make Sabah happy, and therefore, four minister posts gone to Sabah. Is there such thing as to reward a political party with cabinet post? Isn't the suitability of the person is more important than anything else?

Apart from that, Najib new cabinet line-up is also formed under Mahathir's influence. Mukhriz, an absolute loser, except for him being fathered by Tun Dr Mahathir, what is the consideration that Najib make him the Deputy Minister for International Trade and Industry? Why is it in him, Mukhriz, the first term MP for this post? To me, even though KJ being committed practicing money politics in UMNO party election (by the way, who doesn't in Umno), I'm sure he has better brain and experience compared to Mukhriz. Of course, KJ should not be assigned portfolio which is related to national unity. He appeared to be 'happy' that at least his Pemuda Umno deputy, Razali Ibrahim is appointed as Youth and Sport Deputy Minister.

By the way, if KJ's exclusion in the cabinet line-up is due to his fault for money politic, Najib should also do the same to Ali Rustam, the Melaka Chief Minister who was barred from contesting the Umno Deputy President's post due to him committed fault in money politic.

Altantuya's murder case is far from 'closed'

The two cops, Azilah and Sirul were sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court for the cold blooded murder of Mongolian beauty Altantunya Shaarriibuu. The prosecutor believe that no other people involved in Altantuya's murder case. So, what's next will probably be the two cops to file an appeal to the court of appeal and federal court. That will be another lengthy hearing process. Hence, the case is far from "closed".

After the court conveyed their verdict, I as the ordinary folks still feeling something is missing (may be I watched too much TV series). I believe others too, have a nagging feeling on what was the two cops motive to commit this crime. The court did not address the motive in the murder, which had not been touched at all throughout the trial.

As per the rumour that has been in the air all this while, the two may have acted on instructions, as they would not resort to such action if they had not been instructed or because of something else. So who is the person behind this? Needless to say, this person must have the authority to allow the C4 explosive to be removed from the vault and instruct the immigration to delete Altantuya's entry records.

If there is in fact an upper hand involvement in this case, I'm skeptical that justice will be brought to the 2 cops (they are just the killing machine). This key person will do everything to save the the man who worked for him. Therefore, even if the death sentence remains after the appeal, the cops can still escape the gallows. For a simple reason, if this key person has the power to instruct the change in immigration records, what is so difficult to give these two cops new identities after the 'execution'. After all, hardly anybody recognised their faces (except for those in the court) as their faces are well covered all the time. This is how things can happen.