Msian Communications & Multimedia Commission needs to Explains the Reasons for TMI Block !

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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/explain-reasons-tmi-block-says-033613755.html

Explain reasons for TMI block, says group

The Malaysian Insider

February 26, 2016

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has a duty to explain to The Malaysian Insider why access to the news portal is being blocked, the Centre for a Better Tomorrow (Cenbet) said today.

The group advocating moderation and good governance said merely stating that the portal could be in breach of Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act does not answer how content in the news site could be "obscene, indecent, menacing or offensive" with the intent to "annoy, abuse, threaten or harass".

"The least MCMC could have done is to specify the article in contention, who the aggrieved party is, and why this warranted the drastic and rare move to restrict access to the site.

"Unless articles in The Malaysian Insider, or any other websites, contain seditious content, calls to topple the government by way of violence, pornography or any other elements deemed genuinely detrimental to national security, there should be no reason to block online content," Cenbet said in a statement.

It said that in a healthy democracy, a free press acts as a check-and-balance on the government and is a platform for ideas to flourish, adding that those aggrieved by media reports have the right of reply and the option to take legal action.

It said blocking TMI through administrative measures was also tantamount to issuing veiled threats to other media companies, adding that this went against the government's pledge to ensure a free and responsible press.

Cenbet said the block was the latest in a series of actions against the media, which included the three-month suspension of The Edge and The Edge Financial Daily last year, the detention of key personnel from The Edge and The Malaysian Insider, and charging cartoonist Zunar for sedition in 2015.

"This does not bode well for Malaysia, whose press freedom ranking has been slipping over the years.

"In 2014, it is ranked 147 in the World Press Freedom Index, down two placing from the year before, faring worse than Myanmar (ranked 144) and Zimbabwe (ranked 131)," it said. – February 26, 2016.

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Penjawat Awam yang Gemar Meminjam dengan Along !

KOMEN:

1- Amalkan hidup sederhana, dan jangan membeli barang yang tidak perlu.
2- Jangan tamak hendak memiliki kereta mewah dengan gaji yang kecil/sedikit.
3- Masa hendak melangsungkan perkahwinan dengan gadis pilihan hati, jangan berbelanja macam anak orang kaya. Cukuplah dengan majlis yang sederhana.

Anda semua tahu bahawa ALONG itu tidak betul, mereka mengenakan 'bunga' yang tinggi dan tidak munasabah, buruk perangai, dan tidak SAH dari segi undang-undang negara, pun begitu, ramai yang meminjam dengan along?!  Adakah anda sendiri yang menjemput masalah ke dalam hidup anda?!

Banyak ber'istigfar, muhasabah diri, dan amalkan cara hidup Islam yang sebenar!


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MEAGRE WAGES FORCING CIVIL SERVANTS TO BORROW FROM 'AH LONG', 

CUEPACS SAYS Malaymail 11/2/2016 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 ― Low salaries and rising cost of living are two key factors why over 150,000 or 12 per cent of the civil service have turned to illegal loan sharks or “Ah Longs” for money, the Congress of Unions of Employees in Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) said.Cuepacs president Datuk Azih Muda said the estimate was based on a random survey conducted among lower grade civil servants aged below 40 who earn under RM3,000 a month. 

“They consist of those attached to the security forces, local council and hospital staff, and the lower income earners.“Imagine, if even our security forces are involved with Ah Longs, how are they to focus on keeping the nation secure?” he was quoted saying in a Harian Metro report today. 

Azim added that most of the workers in these categories find it hard to get promotions, which he said results in them turning to loan sharks for money. “When there is no advancement in your career, you lack motivation, the pay is not enough and living cost increases ― this is what drives them to borrow from Ah Longs,” he explained.Meanwhile, the Malaysian Islamic Consumer Association (PPIM) confirmed that over 2,000 civil servants found themselves hunted down by loan sharks over the last three years.PPIM chief activist Datuk Nadzim Johan said most of those involved were from armed forces, followed by enforcement officials and teachers. “They become targets for Ah Longs because they have fixed monthly salaries and are easy to threaten.

“In most cases, the victims are threatened to settle their high interest rates. If the victim fails to pay according to the schedule or fails to settle the stipulated sum, he or she will be threatened before his department head or superiors,” he was quoted telling the local Malay daily.


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Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah - Hardship in Life

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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/hardship-young-helps-cope-now-030115685.html?nhp=1

'Hardship when young helps me cope now'

New Straits Times

January 31, 2016

THE hardship he experienced during his growing-up years has given him the inner strength as the Treasury secretary-general to cope with the economic trials now. 

Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah said without these experiences, he could suffer heart attacks by just looking at the onslaught Malaysia’s economy had to endure following the crash of oil prices and the uncertainties of the global economy.

“My life was terrible (back then). My hardships have toughened me up for my challenges in the Treasury. If not, (I would have suffered) heart attacks,” he told the New Sunday Times in a special interview yesterday.

He said he came from a poor family and had to work after Form Five to provide for the family.

“I worked in Mydin after Form Five, earning RM150 per month in 1974. I did (back-breaking) labour works (at that time). It was tough.

“I didn’t have money to pay for my university registration fee and my friends had to assist me.

“I had to stay at my friends’ homes and take showers at the university,” he said.

Irwan, who is from Kelantan, said although things were tough, he survived and did not complain. Instead, he chose to push through with tenacity.

“There were times that I did not (have enough money) to buy food.

“After going through these (hardships), the problems we are facing now, like the crash of oil prices and (uncertain) global economy, are issues that I can manage.

“When you lose RM7 billion or RM8 billion (in revenue), it is not easy to recover it back.

“It is hard for us to make the call to reduce (things here and there) because everything is important.”

Irwan said if he could turn back time, he would want to see the transformation programmes being carried out much earlier so that Malaysia would not have to play the catch-up game too much now with other countries.

“What we need are policies that can quantum leap us ahead.

“We have been complacent and have not driven (things) all the way through.

“We did not make the changes fast enough,” he said.

© New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/swiss-prosecutors-request-malaysian-help-234745839.html?nhp=1

Swiss prosecutors request Malaysian help in graft probe linked to 1MDB

The Malaysian Insider

January 30, 2016

Swiss prosecutors have requested assistance from Malaysian authorities in investigating massive theft from a state-owned firm at the centre of a graft scandal.

Swiss investigators believe around US$4 billion (RM16.8 billion) has been stolen from Malaysian state-owned companies, funding that was earmarked for economic and social development projects in Malaysia.

"A small portion" of the cash was transferred into Swiss accounts held by former Malaysian officials as well as current and former officials from the United Arab Emirates, the Swiss attorney-general's (A-G) office said in a statement.

"To date, however, the Malaysian companies concerned have made no comment on the losses they are believed to have incurred," prosecutors added.

"The object of the request for mutual assistance is therefore to advise the companies and the Malaysian government of the results of the Swiss criminal proceedings, with the aim of finding out whether losses on this scale have been sustained."

In September, authorities announced the freezing of "tens of millions of dollars" worth of assets held in Swiss accounts as part of the investigation.

The A-G's office said the assistance request was made as part of criminal proceedings opened last August against two former officials of Malaysian state-owned fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and "persons unknown".

They are suspected of bribing foreign officials, misconduct in a public office, money laundering and criminal mismanagement.

"So far four cases involving allegations of criminal conduct and covering the period from 2009 to 2013 have come to light," the statement said, "each involving a systematic course of action carried out by means of complex financial structures."

The assistance request had already been discussed at a meeting between the Swiss A-G and his Malaysian counterpart in Zurich in September, the statement added.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been under heavy political pressure over allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were missing from deals involving 1MDB.

He has for months denied accusations that huge payments into his own bank accounts – just before a hotly contested 2013 general election – were syphoned from the now-struggling state-owned company.

On Tuesday, Malaysia's A-G Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali said the Saudi royal family was the source of the US$681 million "donation" to his personal accounts.

But the announcement triggered derision and fresh questions in a country well-used to graft allegations. – AFP, January 30, 2016.

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