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Postby winston » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:35 pm

Detained Malaysian cartoonist vows to carry on

A Malaysian political cartoonist being held by police said on Saturday that he will not quit highlighting controversial issues, as rights activists demanded his freedom.

Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque -- better known as Zunar -- uses cartoons to confront contentious issues such as the sodomy trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and police shootings.

He was arrested by police Friday just hours before he was due to launch his new book. Police also seized 70 copies of his latest work, called "Cartoon-O-Phobia".

"I will continue to draw," the defiant cartoonist told AFP from the Sepang police station, south of Kuala Lumpur.

"This government is weak. Anything said against them is considered a threat," Zunar said.

On Saturday, police obtained a one-day remand order from a magistrate to investigate Zunar under the harsh Sedition Act.

Rights activist S. Arulchelvan, of Voice of the Malaysian People, criticised the arrest as an abuse of power and said it was an attempt to sabotage the book launch.

"We condemn Zunar's arrest. We demand his immediate release. I was at the launch. A lot of people have placed orders for the book," he said.

The 80-page comic book had a caricature of Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife on the front cover and contained cartoons that touched on numerous controversial issues.

Najib, who took office in the mainly Muslim country in April last year, had promised to promote openness and transparency but has since faced accusations that his administration is trying to silence critics.

Major newspapers and broadcasters are closely linked with the ruling coalition, so the Internet has become a lively forum for dissent and debate.

Unlike the mainstream press, the web and online media in Malaysia have remained relatively free, despite occasional raids, bans and government criticism.

Lawyer Fadiah Nadwa Fikri told AFP that Zunar could be freed late Saturday after police record his statements.

Source: AFP Asian Edition
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Re: Malaysia 01 (May 08 - Oct 10)

Postby winston » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:10 pm

Hard to detect fake Datuks without national registry By JOSEPH LOH

PETALING JAYA: It is easy to get away with a fake Datuk title as there is no national registry to verify the authenticity of datukships.

With thousands of Datuks in Malaysia, Sunday Star found that a person would have to check with multiple sources to find out if a Datuk is a genuine title holder.

Recently, one of the main suspects in the murder of millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya was purported to be a Datuk.

However, police enquiries in all states to trace who conferred the datukship drew a blank. The suspect had allegedly “bought” the title for the princely sum of RM180,000.

There are 15 different sources of Datuk titles – from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, all states and the Federal Terri­tories. Currently, the official channels for authentication are the respective state secretaries of the states that confer the title.

The most easily accessible avenue is the Internet, but a check revealed that the information available online is often sketchy. There are piecemeal sources such as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Sultan of Selangor’s websites, but not a single, comprehensive source.

An attempt to find all the titles given out in 2009 – without referring to the respective states departments – did not result in a comprehensive list.

While the media publishes the head of states’ honours lists, not all states are covered.

Some reports specify the honorific title that comes with the award, and the number of awards given, but not a full list of names.

On the other hand, some reports only carry a list of recipients.

Rembau MP and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said a central, publicly-accessible database was prudent.

“It will be good to have a centralised database to check for instances of fraud, but not the decision to award the title – it is the right and prerogative of the state rulers.”

Transparency International Malaysia president Datuk Paul Low said that most people would not know if a datukship was genuine or not.

The former president of the Penang Datuks Council, Datuk Seri Nazir Ariff, said authentication of titles was difficult.

“There is no way to verify if what they (certain Datuks) say is true. Normally, they do not say which state they got their title from.”


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Re: Malaysia 01 (May 08 - Oct 10)

Postby profittaker » Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:05 am

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September 24, 2010
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SEPT 24 — In case you are left puzzled by the title of this article, do not adjust your screen.

It simply is the combination of the various acronyms which our government has conjured in the past year or so in order to identify the various transformational methodology which will be relied on to propel Malaysia into a high income nation by year 2020.

They are:

* GTP - Government Transformation Programme

* 10MP - the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP)

* ETP - the Economic Transformation Programme

* NKRA - the National Key Result Areas

* NKEA - the National Key Economic Areas

* NEM - the New Economic Model, and

* SRI - the Strategic Reform Initiatives

Note: Susu1Malaysia is not included, just in case you are wonderBra... sorry, wondering.


Basically, the plan is to steroid-drive the Malaysian economy by inundating it with mega projects which are projected to increase Gross National Income (GNI) per capita income from RM20,770 (US$6,700) to at least RM46,500 (US$15,000), meeting the World Bank’s high-income benchmark by 2020. By doing that, it is hoped that Malaysia would triple its GNI from RM660 billion (2009) to RM1.7 trillion in 2020.

To do that, Malaysia would need to sustain a six per cent GNI growth between 2011 and 2020 and a total funding of over RM1.4 trillion, much of it would apparently come from the private sector.

Following are the key sectors:

* OIL AND GAS: It will see investments of RM218 billion over the next 10 years, starting with liquefied natural gas facilities in peninsular Malaysia by 2013. A 10-million tonne regional oil storage hub will be built in Johor state, next to Singapore, by 2015 to turn Malaysia-Singapore into an Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp type hub.

By 2017, Malaysia will be the number one oil services hub in Asia and by 2020, there will be five GigaWatts (GW) of hydro capacity, 1.25GW of solar and a nuclear plant.

* PALM OIL: It will see investments worth RM124 billion by 2020. This will help boost fresh fruit bunch yields to 23 per cent from 20.5 per cent and there will be a move into oleochemicals and more downstream industry. This will be led by Sime Darby, IOI, Kuala Lumpur Kepong and state plantations agency Felda.

* FINANCIAL SERVICES: This will see investments worth RM211 billion, mainly through leveraging Malaysia’s lead in Islamic finance to target markets like Turkey, Indonesia and Egypt.

* KUALA LUMPUR: The city will see investments worth RM172 billion, mainly in the Kuala Lumpur Mass Transit which includes 141km of tunnels built in the largest infrastructure project in Malaysia.

* TOURISM: It will see investments worth RM204 billion with plans to join up Kuala Lumpur’s shopping malls in an Singapore “Orchard Road” type development using walkways. There will be a “Malaysia Truly Asia” cultural centre to pull in the tourist dollar with “Broadway quality” traditional song and dance.

* ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS: It will see investments worth RM78 billion. Malaysia plans to become the world’s second largest solar panel maker by 2020 and to boost semiconductors, LEDs and industrial electronics.

* AGRICULTURE requires RM22 billion in investments.

* HEALTH will see RM23 billion of investments and will see a Kuala Lumpur suburb become a “health metropolis.”

* RETAIL AND WHOLESALE will see investments of RM255 billion.

* CREATIVE INDUSTRIES will add RM51 billion in investments.

* EDUCATION will see RM20 billion in investments.

* BUSINESS SERVICES will see RM41 billion invested.

Nice.

I note, however, that amidst the billions which are to be spent for electronics, transportation, financial centres and whatever, only RM23 billion is to be spent for health services. And education will only see a RM20 billion spending. Agriculture, the bedrock of our rural socio-economic scene, in turn would only see RM22 billion of “investment”.

Hell, even “creative industries” — the LimKokWing-naisation of the nation — would get RM51 billion worth of investments, more than double the amount of each of the “neglected sectors.”

That screams of major imbalances in our socio-economic engineering (or re-engineering) processes.

Whatever happened to organic growth — as opposed to the turbo-charging or steroid-driven growth? Everybody knows, I presume, the negative impacts of steroid, no? Just look at Chris Benoit’s out-of-proportion body and the resultant murder-suicide of himself, his son and wife. Yes. That’s the problem with steroids. As for turbo charging, suffice to say that if a host of things are not upgraded in line with the turbo-charging needs, the engine would eventually explode.

Economically we have seen steroid-driven projects fail. Take Proton for example.

When Malaysia embarked on this ambitious project, it had absolutely no industrial culture. Malaysia, at that time, had not even learned to make a sewing machine. But Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad thought he could pump up the industrialisation of Malaysia by jumping into car manufacturing.

The result is for all to see. Mitsubishi, the technological partner, used Proton to dump its four-cylinder carburettor engine (the then outdated Magma engine) for the Saga when in fact every manufacturer was jumping for multi-valve fuel injection engines during the time. That prompted Dr Mahathir to say that the technological transfer was taking more time than expected.

Duties and taxes on non-national cars were increased so that Proton could survive. That continues till today. Had that been taken away, who would buy a Gen-2 or whatever as opposed to a Honda City, Toyota Vios or even a second-hand BMW 3 Series?

The same was done in the steel industry, by the introduction of Perwaja. Hundreds of millions of ringgit were spent and when the steel was finally rolled out, it was below acceptable quality. And the rest, as they say, is history. And history in Malaysia is only good for the archives. Not to be analysed and learnt from.

The thing is, Malaysia had no notable industrial culture. One cannot start a culture by simply cutting a pink ribbon to a large industrial factory or plant. The support industries must be there. The whole infrastructure must be there. The human resources must be there. The experience from being knocked down and learning the hard way must be there. The whole networking must be there.

Take the Sepang F1 circuit for example. I remember when it was first opened, it was hoped that the circuit would be the catalyst for Malaysia to produce world-class drivers. Eleven years on, where are our world-class drivers?

One does not create world-class drivers by having a world-class circuit. Where is the racing culture in Malaysia, other than the rempit culture on the streets? The Sepang Circuit’s premier “local” race, namely, the Merdeka Endurance race, managed to attract 38 entries this year. In the meantime, smaller teams in the lower classes, which consist of Proton Satrias, Honda Civics and the likes, are pushed to a different race because they are simply not fit to race with the “orang kaya” teams.

This was done by forgetting that it was the smaller teams which drove the Merdeka Endurance race to success between 2003-2007.

Whenever Malaysia unveils an economic plan, scant regard is paid to the human factor. We only focus on the money factor and almost nothing else.

Among the 12 identified sectors, all, except for two or three sectors, are concentrated in the towns. Are there more towns than rural areas in Malaysia? Rural people are not entitled to earn US$15,000 per annum, eh?

What about the human factor? None is projected for human development and human resource development other than the scant RM20 billion provided for the education sector.

The honourable prime minister has been loudly proclaiming that that Malaysia should be a fair and just society. What steps are being taken to achieve this goal?

What happened to the promise to review the ISA, for example? Why are we banning cartoon books? Why are we still whacking people carrying candles with batons? Why are the police still investigating frivolous police reports lodged against people who are trying to engage in healthy public dialogues on issues affecting the society? Why are people being unnecessarily harassed for trying to be heard?

What is to be done about extremism? I know, we are supposed to fight it, according to the honourable prime minister, but are we really fighting it? Well, kudos to the police for coming down hard on that moron Namewee. But what the heck has happened to the super duper investigations on Siti Inshah and the other headmaster in Kedah?

What about serious corruption?

The pursuit of a fair and just society would remain fruitless without the infusion and continuous practice of equity, not only in socio-economics, but also the political aspects of the society. Apart from that, democracy and independence from Western colonisation would absolutely be worthless if no viable process is taken to fill them with the emancipation of the people.

Emancipation comes with knowledge. And what knowledge will see the light of day if the society is blinkered and shielded away from the truth and prevented from a civil discourse of matters which affect the society at large?

* The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.
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Re: Malaysia 01 (May 08 - Dec 10)

Postby winston » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:57 pm

Ling case: Govt to release top secret documents By S JAYASANKARAN

MALAYSIA'S Attorney-General yesterday said that he would share top secret Cabinet documents with the defence in the trial of former transport minister Ling Liong Sik who is charged with misleading the government over the RM12.5 billion (S$5.23 billion) Port Klang Fee Zone project.

The Cabinet documents, which will be declassified, detail the planning and origins of the scandal-plagued project, at a time when Ling was the transport minister in the government of former premier Mahathir Mohamad. Yesterday, the High Court fixed trial for May 3-20 next year.

The trial of such a prominent personality is likely to inspire great public interest and could boost the popularity of the government of Prime Minister Najib Razak, ahead of snap general elections speculated to take place next year.

On Monday, the former chief minister of the central Selangor state, Khir Toyo - who is a powerful leader in the dominant United Malays National Organisation - was charged with accepting a bribe when he was the state's leader.

Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail told the court that he had 'no problems' giving the former transport minister's defence team, the documents on the scandal as requested. He did clarify, however, that it would take some time to process as there were over 100 documents.

'I have no problems. I will provide the documents,' he said in reply to lead defence lawyer Wong Kian Kheong, who told the court he had yet to receive the documents requested.

The documents, which include minutes of Cabinet meetings, Cabinet committee meetings and post-Cabinet papers on the Port Klang development project, had been classified under the Official Secrets 1972.

The country's top prosecutor said he would be able to release them only by mid-January 2011. 'We have an understanding . . . that this will be sorted before the trial proper starts.'

In a comment that underscored the importance with which the government viewed the case, Mr Gani told reporters later that he would personally lead the prosecution against Ling. He added that he planned to subpoena between 15 and 16 witnesses for the trial. Ling is currently free on a RM1 million personal bond.

Ling, who was also an Malaysian Chinese Association president, was charged on July 29 with concealing the fact, that the land where the free zone was to be built, had different valuations done by the government compared with the final price actually paid for it.

The former transport minister was charged under section 418 of the Penal Code with 'cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may be caused to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect'. If convicted, Ling faces up to seven years in jail and a fine.

Ling also faces an alternative charge, under section 417, of cheating the government, by misleading the Cabinet on the land acquisition for the same project, at the same place and time. That charge carries a sentence of five years' imprisonment and a fine.

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Re: Malaysia 01 (May 08 - Dec 10)

Postby winston » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:11 pm

Malaysia police: Man's Facebook page mocked sultan

Malaysian police said Thursday they arrested a man and may charge him with sedition for allegedly creating a Facebook page that mocked the country's former king.

The suspect is believed to have set up the page to criticize Sultan Iskandar Ismail, a state ruler who was Malaysia's king for five years in the 1980s, a federal police official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make public statements. Sultan Iskandar died at age 77 last January.

The 40-year-old suspect is being investigated for sedition, which is punishable by three years in prison, the official said. Under Malaysian law, acts that provoke hatred against royal rulers are considered seditious.

Nine Malaysian states have sultans and other royal figures who command wide respect after centuries of hereditary rule. They take turns to become the country's constitutional monarch for five-year terms under a rotating system introduced at the end of British colonial rule in 1957.

Their role is largely ceremonial, and the power to govern resides with the prime minister, Parliament and state legislatures. Malaysia's ethnic Malay Muslim majority regards the royalty as upholders of Malay tradition and Islam.

Police began looking for the Facebook page's creator in August after receiving public complaints about it. The page has since been removed. It criticized the late sultan's spending and other activities, saying its aim was "to expose the treachery of the sultan against his race and religion."

It was not clear when the self-employed man might be charged, the police official said, adding that authorities found his location and determined his identity after tracking his Internet use.

Sultan Iskandar's 29-year reign as ruler of southern Johor state was marred by controversy when he allegedly assaulted a hockey coach in 1992. It was one of several incidents involving royals that led to constitutional changes that removed the sultans' longtime immunity from prosecution, though Sultan Iskandar was not taken to court for the alleged assault.

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Re: Malaysia 01 (May 08 - Dec 10)

Postby trendlines » Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:59 pm

Asia: Some Bullish Breakouts!

Hello folks! Here are some recent bullish breakouts in Asia, you may find profitable, if played well.

1. South East Asia - Since my last update around the all-time highs, a nice breakout - as suggested!

2. Malaysia KLSE - First time covering this index. Also a nice breakout above 2007 highs.

3. Korea KOSPI - Overtaking its maternal twin, the SENSEX, KOSPI has looked increasingly bullish and maybe about to break its 2007 highs. What Korean conflict??? Shows exactly why markets are hardly driven by news.

Strategy

As all the markets above are in overbought territory, my strategy will be to stay long these markets, and add upon corrections, with a stop loss just below the breakout levels. Charts available on blog.

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Re: Malaysia 01 (May 08 - Dec 10)

Postby kennynah » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:00 am

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Re: Malaysia 01 (May 08 - Jan 11)

Postby trendlines » Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:32 am

trendlines wrote:Asia: Some Bullish Breakouts!

Hello folks! Here are some recent bullish breakouts in Asia, you may find profitable, if played well.

1. South East Asia - Since my last update around the all-time highs, a nice breakout - as suggested!

2. Malaysia KLSE - First time covering this index. Also a nice breakout above 2007 highs.

3. Korea KOSPI - Overtaking its maternal twin, the SENSEX, KOSPI has looked increasingly bullish and maybe about to break its 2007 highs. What Korean conflict??? Shows exactly why markets are hardly driven by news.

Strategy

As all the markets above are in overbought territory, my strategy will be to stay long these markets, and add upon corrections, with a stop loss just below the breakout levels. Charts available on blog.

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Asia: Some Bullish Breakouts UPDATE

Refer to this earlier post entitled, Asia: Some Bullish Breakouts!, wherein some leading asian indices were highlighted, when they achieved breakouts to new highs. They have regressed enough to cancel the long trades. Moreover, all three charts have violated the uptrendlines, implying more corrective action ahead. Once again, this case highlights the importance of a stop-loss strategy before embarking on a breakout trade. Here are the updated charts, with suggested support levels.

1. South East Asia
2. Malaysia KLSE
3. Korea KOSPI
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Re: Malaysia 01 (May 08 - Mar 11)

Postby winston » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:53 pm

M'sian ex-minister charged over scandal
Chan Kong Choy accused of deceiving ex-PM over award of Port Klang project

By PAULINE NG
IN KUALA LUMPUR


CHAN Kong Choy was yesterday charged with three counts of cheating, making him the second former transport minister to be taken to court over the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) debacle.

Chan was charged with deceiving former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi into approving Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd as the turnkey contractor for the project, and for subsequent additional works. He is said to have concealed certain facts from Mr Abdullah who would have not given his approval for the works amounting to a total of RM1.9 billion (S$792 million), had the true picture been known to him.

Chan who succeeded Ling Liong Sik as transport minister in 2003 claimed trial at the Putrajaya sessions court. Bail was set at RM1 million.

In July, Ling was prosecuted for his role in misleading Cabinet about acquiring land for PKFZ at inflated prices. The charges surprised many as not only had he helmed the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) - a senior partner of the National Front coalition - for 18 years, but also holds the title of Tun, which is the country's highest federal award.

Yesterday, attorney general Ghani Patail said his department had been ready to charge Chan last year but the latter had been overseas.

Despite facing the possibility of a five year sentence on each count, the 54-year old who was in court with his wife and daughter appeared calm. Citing 'health issues' he had decided against re-election in the 2008 general election.

But because the bulk of the project work occurred during his tenure as transport minister, he had come under scrutiny. A parliamentary public accounts committee had in fact recommended that he and former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager OC Phang be probed for criminal breach of trust over letters of support for the project issued by Chan and on which billions of ringgit were raised.

PKA is the regulator- owner for the zone which has proven to be an exercise in excess, having already more than doubled from an initial cost of RM2 billion. The government had extended a RM4.6 billion loan for the zone, which being under-utilised, has difficulty servicing its loans. An audit report concluded that interest payments could balloon its total cost to over RM12 billion.

Initiated when Ling was transport minister, PKFZ has been a millstone for the National Front and Prime Minister Najib Razak given the lack of checks and balances in its implementation. An independent report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers had said the project, which was to serve as a regional hub for the transshipment and export of manufactured goods, had been weakly managed with poor governance.

Phang and a number of other individuals had been charged earlier, and their cases are pending trial.

As certain shareholders of Kuala Dimensi are also politicians in the National Front, questions remain as to their role in the fiasco. In any event, doubts remain as to whether anyone - especially the more influential ones - will be found guilty.

Online, many wondered aloud how Chan could have deceived Mr Abdullah, and what was the role of Cabinet and the civil service in assessing the merits of the project.


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Re: Malaysia 01 (May 08 - Mar 11)

Postby winston » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:28 pm

Anwar denies he is man in sex video By JOSHUA FOONG and SHAUN HO

PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim denied on Monday that he was the man in the Feb 21 sex video revealed to journalists earlier Monday.

“I sternly deny this scurrilous attack.”

He said that he was at home with PKR staff, his wife, children, grandchildren and tweeting on that day and at that time.

The sex video’s time stamp on Feb 21 was from 10.23pm to 10.45pm.

Anwar with the help of his wife Dr Wan Azizah (right) showing reporters his stomach during the press conference

Anwar said that he was told that man in the sex video looked very much like him except his stomach was bigger (perut buncit).

He stood up and quipped: “See, I’m slimmer.”

He described the video “as a good but not a perfect job.”

Anwar was speaking at a packed press conference flanked by his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and other top party leaders.

On a more serious note, he said that the sex video was just the latest attack by his political enemies ahead of the Sarawak polls expected some time in April.

Sarawak’s state assembly was dissolved Monday and the Election Commission will meet Wednesday to decide on the polling day.

Earlier Monday, newsmen were shown a 22-minute video, showing a man resembling Anwar having sex with a woman, by a man who identified himself only as Datuk T. He claimed the video was recorded on Feb 21 in a local hotel room.

In the video, when the man leaves the room briefly, the woman rummages through his things and takes a watch.

Datuk T showed an Omega watch to journalists when he held the screening of the sex video earlier Monday and claimed that the watch was Anwar’s.

Asked about the watch, Anwar confirmed he owned an Omega watch and that the watch was with his wife.

He also said he did not know who Datuk T was.

“I call on the parties (behind this sex video) to stop dragging the public and country into dirty and obscene politics,” he said.

“It is a desperate act and the timing is perfect.

“Everytime we face elections – in 1999, 2004 and 2008 and now again.”

“Our members and supporters will not be generally duped into believing these claims,” he said.

Asked if he intended to make a police report, he said: “ I don’t know. I have not seen it (video). I have been advised by my lawyers that once we have found evidence, we can lodge a police report.”

Datuk T had said that he wanted the man in the video and his wife to step down within week.

Dr Wan Azizah said: “I was surprised he (Datuk T) asked me step down. What have I done?

“These attacks are not new. It is politically motivated and irresponsible.”

Even before the press conference at 5.30pm, PKR leaders had come to Anwar's defence.

“This is a doctored video of Anwar,” alleged PKR communications director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad in his tweet.

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution challenged the mysterious Datuk T to reveal himself before making accusations against Anwar.

“Who is this Datuk T? We cannot just respond to any Tom, d**k or Harry. He is brave enough to challenge Anwar, but does not dare to expose himself. There needs to be some credibility,” Saifuddin said when contacted.

He said the entire exercise was a sign of Umno’s and Barisan Nasional’s desperation in their bid to demolish Anwar.

“This has been part of a failed smear campaign for the past 12 years.

"This was also timed to divert attention away from issues of corruption and scandal in Sarawak,” he said adding he was confident the party would pass this ‘test’ because of his firm belief that Anwar had been made a victim.

PKR’s Batu MP Tian Chua, in his tweet, described the “special viewing of a doctored video of Anwar Ibrahim” to the media as a desperate tactic by Barisan Nasional to distract the debate from policies and governance ahead of the Sarawak polls.

“(Barisan) shifted to focus on smearing and character assassination. The whole purpose of the exercise is to smear (Anwar’s name).

"The people who presented the video viewing in Carcosa this morning won’t even reveal their identities,” he said.

Tian Chua said he expected the mainstream media to play the story “to the extreme”.

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