2011年6月30日 星期四
成就
【德国老板之前有叫我去机场载他，那现在我想知道你们安排怎样，我还得去么？】我问狗眼婆。
【噢，我们已经安排好了，老总和几位老板去机场载，你就在这里不用去好了。】狗眼婆眼角都不扫我一下。
【可是，他叫我去载他，然后去供应商那里巡视。】我尝试解释。
【不用担心，我们会安排。】接着就自顾在忙，我无奈只好走出去。
【为什么你刚才没有来机场接我？我们不是说好，从机场那里直接去做已经安排好的东西吗？】德国老板有点不悦的问我。
【他们叫我不用去，说已经安排好了，我就在公司等你。】
【你不会跟他们说我们已经安排好了吗？】
【我有说，但她说不用担心，我就没有去了。对不起。】
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【这个案子，你有信心做到吗？】德国老板当着许多人面前问我。
【这个嘛。。。】我脑子还在盘算着各个数据。
【不管怎样，一定要走的。我们业务一直面对客户的质问，什么时候可以送货。】痞子业务插嘴。
【你不管能不能生产，就接下订单，原本程序上就不对。你接的订单是多少？】德国老板眼睛快喷火了。
【我有信心，一年可以卖一千个。】痞子业务沾沾自喜的答道。
【什么？一年？一个月一千我都嫌少了，你还一年？你是不是有问题？】德国老板气到快冒烟了。
【如果价钱再低一点，或许可以卖多一点。】痞子业务有点惊慌失措。
【如果结合其他的，大概一个月有五六千以上，你能不能做？】德国老板问我。
【可以的啦，一定可以，我没有看到问题不能做。】痞子业务抢着答。
【我现在是问他，不是问你。他说可以，我们就做，他说不行，你就去退掉订单。】德国老板非常不给脸的打岔。
【如果有每个月五千以上，我重新启动项目，然后估计八个星期后出货。价钱肯定比现在的要低一成。】我算算时间表和手头上的筹码。
【好，你说可以就可以。我相信你可以做到。这项目你全权处理。】德国老板望向坐在一旁的老板，下达指令。
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【我想问，今天的午餐在哪里？我好带他们过来。】我去问了狗眼婆。
【嗯，今天午餐在这里。你有收到邀请函说有午餐吗？】狗眼婆用眼角扫一扫我。
【啊？吃午餐还有邀请函的啊？】
【我已经把邀请函发出去了，没有收到就是没有受到邀请。】狗眼婆明示我了。
怎么一顿午餐，也安排到那么复杂？况且整个早上我都和德国老板在开会讨论三个新项目，是我身份低微吗？还是我不是老总的心腹？没关系，我又不是没有钱自己出去吃。谁稀罕那顿午餐。
【怎么你这两天都没有过来和我一起吃午餐？】德国老板问。
我松一松肩膀，笑了笑，走了开去。有些东西，不是轻易可以回答得清楚的。
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【为什么刚才的研讨会脑力激荡你没有进去？】
【我只是小人物，不重要的。】我说。
【不，你有很多很好的点子和观点，你是很重要的。】
【真的？那就谢谢了。我还是悠悠闲闲早点回家去比较好。那些所谓的点子嘛，我收起来自己知道就好，不然说出来后我会变得更忙。】
【我知道，你对目前的情况还是很不甘心。放心，我会为你争取的。】
说是没有用的，我已经上当了好多次，现在就看看你可以为我争取到什么吧。
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【待会儿你能不能来帮忙拍照一下？要照张全体照，只有经理级以上的才有拍照】。我忙到乱七八糟、漫天星斗的时候，狗眼婆打电话给我。
【拍照？没有其他人了吗？】反正我也没有被叫去拍照，虽然我是研讨会的其中成员。
【听说你会拍照，就叫你来拍了。就午休过后拍。】狗眼婆根本就不是在问我意见，是直接下指令。她 以为她是谁啊？
拍照时，狗眼婆也站进去拍。连职位跟我相同，但最近深得老总欢心的猩猩业务，也有在里面。不是说经理级的才有拍照吗？我站在艳阳下，帮那班人拍照。然后，谢谢都没有一声就把相机抢过去了。
【为什么刚才你没有进去拍照？】德国老板一脸不爽的问。
【我也不知道，我只是被叫去拍照而已。】
【你是其中重要的成员，为什么叫你去拍照？】
【我不懂呢。】
【我很不开心这样的安排。】
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其实很多东西我都懂，很多东西我都知道。一些是那个狗眼婆在搞鬼。虽然她职位不高，但却可以左右那些大炮的决定和安排。为什么这样的小人，总会出现在决策者身边？为什么向来【精明】的决策者，却看不到眼前这个大毒瘤？明君身边，总是有一些乱臣贼子的。
德国老板说，我应该更积极与主动一些，表现自己、证明自己给其他人看我的才华。我笑了笑回答，【有用吗？我去年的表现出来了，结果功劳谁领去了？有谁提到我的名字？】
德国老板爱才，很多东西都放心给我做决策和决定。可是这里的一些人，就是要把冒出来的头狠狠敲下去，担心自己的地位和权力受到侵蚀。我对德国老板说【很多他们答应你的东西都只是表面戏，其实到现在我除了工作量和责任突然增多之外，我所要求的合理薪水和职位，没有一个有改变。】
【相信我，我会改变这个情况。】我说，【说是没有用的，半年过去了，我什么改变都没有，除了工作量多了很多。】
【我会帮你争取，我了解你的心情。】我说，【我现在可以随时离开这里。要看你快还是我快。】
【请你留下来帮我，我需要你。】我说，【那谁来帮我啊？我到现在还是很气愤和不甘心。】
【我安排了你八月初到深圳去巡视，八月底到德国去至少一个星期。我已经和你老板和老总说了。】我说，【到时候，再看看吧。】
【我在德国等你过来，我欠你一顿丰盛的德国晚餐，我还是记得的。】我说，【你来这里，我还是会自费带你出去吃东西的。】
临走前，德国老板和我握手，再紧紧的拥抱了我一下才离开。我想，这算是自己的一项成就与肯定吗？
发表自-- TAMIYA
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匿名 说...
Brother tamiya, just make sure the german boss is a straight guy(not gay),ok? Some how the hugging at the aiport 我接受不到咯 :P
Just joking. Anyway, it always feels good when your effort is being regconized. Like you said, let's wait and see. :)
Choon Yee
2011年7月1日 上午1:04
Douglas 说...
希望德國佬還沒受過番薯國皇親國戚的污染。。。醬你就有希望反敗為勝了。
真正的德國佬是很有口齒的。
希望在人間啊~~~
不需管孬種的迫害了，加油吧！！！
2011年7月1日 上午2:51
moot 说...
哈哈哈哈， 你没暗示那德国人，告诉他马来西亚 Guanxi 的玩法，和中国没两样，而且比中国玩的还低级。 因为中国公司，就算内部搞政治关系， 也会去稳定住某些生产线的人物，而不是望天打卦。 马来西亚的公司，反而很少有这些考量， 反正可以混就混。 大家都是搞『打工主义』的，自己的利益为先，公司的利益管他鸟，反正公司不是自己开的。倒掉了就算了。
说我挑拨也可以，我认为那德国人所做的事，只是稳住你而已。
告诉你， 其实生产线成本什么的，如果一个公司里头有ERP 系统， 就不会有个不懂的业务仙家去信口开河。踏入2000 年， ERP 系统已经是大减价了，不过许多猜那面的公司的经理什么的，不是怕贵，而是怕ERP 系统会让整个阶级大洗牌。
ERP 系统不能担保一定赚大钱， 而只是让企业的资源管理更加有条理。 单身这点， 就可以让许多工作主义的人心惊胆战。
2011年7月1日 上午3:31
moot 说...
哎呀， 打错了。
是“单是这点”， 不是单身这点。
2011年7月1日 上午3:33
嘿嘿 说...
我也觉得太委屈了你，干嘛怕狗眼婆？难道她说不，就不？你不能冲出她的围线？德国佬要说的表现自我，可能也是指你要突破他们的封锁。
其实，那天你该去机场，若有啥事，德佬总会护着你的吧！？吃午餐也是嘛，至少，你故意在她们吃的时候，现身德佬面前，好让德佬亲自叫你，这也能试探德佬的权威底线，这么一来你就知道德佬是真心对你或是敷衍了事。
你说对吗？
2011年7月1日 上午6:29
tamiya 说...
阿春：人家当爷爷了啦，还是很怕（疼）老婆那种。没有在机场拥抱啦，哈哈。
豆浆仔：在部署扩展势力范围，让自己成为短期内无可取代的终极武器。
moot大：那个痞子业务，是去到哪里都惹人厌的人物，奇怪怎么可以存活到现在。ERP我们有，可是思维和工作方式，却跟不上。
2011年7月1日 上午9:16
tamiya 说...
嘿嘿：宁可得罪天下人，就不要得罪这样的狗眼婆，她们职位低，却是鸡毛当令箭的，分分钟死了都不知道发生什么事。
是的，表现自己的其中一项是突破防线，我知道。我只是懒得去做而已。有一种态度，是大家都知道你可以胜任与处理，你按兵不动，只是因为【不愿意】去做而已。
就算是敷衍，我觉得对他而言，弊多于利，他不值得去这样做，因为过后他会比【焦头烂额】还惨。有一种手段，是给你甜头到堕落，令你欲罢不能。
呵呵，我是不是比黄蜂的后尾针还毒啊？
2011年7月1日 上午9:18
阿偉 说...
你这人也太憨厚了，德总的临别拥抱就算是肯定和成就了？我也希望是啦 ：）
2011年7月1日 上午10:48
阿偉 说...
对付同事的妒忌和排挤，你还得学习应付的手段呢。给点颜色他们看？哈哈
2011年7月1日 上午10:51
tamiya 说...
阿伟：我只是在问，没有肯定或沾沾自喜。我只是想置身事外，不想那么疲累去斗争。要搞垮他们，是看要不要和想不想而已。
2011年7月1日 上午11:28
moot 说...
哦， 又一个把ERP/MRP 当做inventory system 来用的企业。
2011年7月1日 下午2:48
tamiya 说...
moot：是的，你说得对。呵呵，大材小用哦。
2011年7月1日 下午2:53
lock 说...
你的公司很politic, 那個狗眼婆的眼睛讓我看到不寒而慄!
2011年7月1日 下午3:52
tamiya 说...
lock爷：其实算起来，情况还不算太坏啦，比起一些公司，这里要算好很多了。还没有出肮脏手段陷害你gok，所以还好。
呵呵，那个图，真的是狗眼啊。
2011年7月1日 下午8:51
lock 说...
不過, 你今年即將可以去德國度假了, 真爽!
2011年7月2日 下午4:26
eleven 说...
加油,你会出人头地的
2011年7月3日 下午12:34
tamiya 说...
lock爷：呵呵，盼了六年，才得以成行呢。
十一郎：哈哈，前途一片光明，可惜没有出路。
转载： http://tamiyastory.blogspot.com/
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011年7月5日 星期二
多事
工作上，难免会有太极高手、妖魔鬼怪、无耻小人，真是无奇不有，有时候真的叹为观止。自从拿起了新任务，更多事情，更多东西都要得处理。前人留下来的苏州屎，德国那里导致的混乱与中国那里的一板一眼的沟通与办事方式，有时候真的让我疲于奔命。
加上原有的工作量并没有减轻，当时老板、老总信誓旦旦的说要请人来接手我现有的工作，其实都知道【只是在说说而已】。根本，就没有意思要这样做的，我是说要请人。那么容易么？又要能日奔千里的千里马，又要不食人间烟火的仙人，这样的人，岂会来加入区区小公司？
虽然是打杂工作，但始终都是要把交托的任务完成。这就常常遇到了许多拦路恶鬼。一些简单的程序，却要把大家弄得团团转，务必显示出他那个举足轻重的关键性。
【这个，你能不能帮我签批一下】，虽然知道肯定会有许多阻碍，还是得硬着头皮去面对。
【这个不能、那个不对，我不能做决定，我不能放行。。。】已经预料了许多理由与借口了。
【这个简单的产品，在市场已经用了那么多年，已经是非常common的东西了】我想，他是想要找碴而已。
【这个东西虽然在我们的系统里没有登记，可是在旧的系统里，是存在的】开始东拉西扯了。
【既然在新的系统里没有登记，那还有什么问题？我们不是用旧的系统嘛】为什么要活在过去？当下不是比较重要吗？
【这样会造成混乱的】我无言，这是什么理由？
【那你想要我怎么做？】我开始要喷火了。
【你去申请新的序号，还是要求更新系统吧。】算了，我还是不要说了，这样的人，根本是无事找事的。
我一直不喜欢越级告状，但有时候，高层已经答应要这样处理的事情，偏偏下属就是比他们老板还麻烦。所以，我只好把一些原本轻易可以完成但又遇到许多问题的问题，一件一件的去告状了。然后他们老板简单的一个指令——【这样做，那样做】，他们就乖乖完成，效率高得惊人。
不然就是那种旧思维，领功奉承走前头，工作策划闪一旁。或许我不该要求太多，只是区区文凭的水平，又能有多大的视野？多高深的层次？虽然我一百个不赞同这样的人加入，但既然被推荐了进入这个团队，那就得去做该做的东西啊。
【这个东西要怎样处理？】已经说了一千几百次了，还不懂？
【这样、那样，要先去找这个确认这事，再去着手安排那事】我再解说一次。
【不如，你来帮我做，我不懂怎样做，我也不认识那人。】帮你做我倒不如自己去做？
【我做个开始，你继续跟进啦】我开始妥协让步。
然后，我被人背后扎了一针，是的，帮人成长进步，还是会被投诉的。说我那么简单的事情，还要叫人处理，自己在一旁置身事外。拜托，如果我自己做的话，我还需要他们来干嘛？那些老板、老总就是怕我一走了之，东西没有晓得如何做，才找了21个人分组成5队，负责不同的东西，要我带领指导。可是，成员不由得我选择，程序不由得我制订，就算我要以我的方式去处理，还是面对了许多困难。要我把经验传承下去，却被人背后扎针。无奈啊。。。
也有一些人，自家事不做不管，却问东问西去管不是他专业，也不是他范围的东西。鸡毛当令箭的，把小事变大事，大事化无事的，弄得人仰马翻。
【这个更改，到底是什么摸样？】我只是要序号，你问那么多干嘛？
【你给我序号，我就叫人打样给你看。】我没好气的说。
【你没有看过，到时候若不能用，我不是要多做一次工？】再次陷入鸡和蛋的迷思与矛盾。
【能不能用，是由其他部门和生产线去确认。我现在要序号】虽然是工作了卅年又怎样？还不是那种【大伯公】的样子。
不是他的问题，硬要把东西揽上身，其实自己也不懂那么多的，就是因为工作久了，自持可以说话大声些而已。拜托各位【大伯公】、【土地公】、千年老妖、玉女菩萨。。。你们放过我好不好？我还有许多事情要去做的。
为什么，大家都不怎么专注去做自身的工作，倒要一知半解、似懂非懂的去插手其他人的事情？
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有目标的大头 说...
那些人真的是idiot！！！
2011年7月5日 上午9:16
moot 说...
哇， 淋漓尽致的职场主义。
不过这是『中外皆有』的问题。哈哈哈哈。
许多系统都是欧美先想到的。 欧美先是想用纸张文件程序来来解决这些问题，导致更多文件来往，失败了。 然后就使用电脑Email。 然后大家就用Email 飞来飞去, 由其是那Bcc (blind carbon copy) 的功用。
而要直接面对顾客的， 就更进一步的使用CRM软件， 追踪个案的时间。 不过那就差太多了，管理人不会使用， 结果就让许多人学到『吃案子』。 TM 和马来西亚警察部队就是例子。把问题个案丢掉或是提早关掉。
不过比较狠的企业， 就用协作软件(Collaborative software)，那是就算要吃案也逃不掉的系统。 新加坡政府就有使用这种软件系统。
至于所谓的旧系统，新系统什么的，今天已经变成了笑话。 这可不是15 年前的电脑世界，现在的科技，只看公司有没有意愿去把旧系统数据结合去新系统而已。
其实在半吊子的情形下， Email 还是很好用的『工作武器』。
2011年7月5日 上午9:58
tamiya 说...
大头：职场悲歌写不完啊。。。
moot大：我已经没有力了。。。
2011年7月5日 上午10:13
Douglas 说...
有些人是靠絆倒別人來繼續當【神仙】的。
執生啦~~~
2011年7月5日 下午11:45
嘿嘿 说...
你公司的organisation chart有问题！德国公司不该这样的嘛!? 很像Family企业。
2011年7月6日 下午3:07
tamiya 说...
豆浆仔：我会小心的。人敬我一尺，我敬人一丈；人若得罪我到不能顶，我就跟他没完没了
嘿嘿：是啊，已经变质了。
2011年7月6日 下午4:31
Friday, July 8, 2011
但是在人民的眼里，她就是马来西亚人的光荣！~ [马来西亚人民之光！淨選盟2.0主席拿督安美嘉]
她，是这次举办《淨選盟2.0》集会的创办人，安美嘉。
在国阵的眼中，她就是最大的敌人！
但是在人民的眼里，她就是马来西亚人的光荣！
不说你们不知道！
原来安美嘉是在2009 年全世界8 位中的其中一位， 得到 International Women of Courage Awards 的奖状的人， 而且实质名归的。
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=203098746403850&set=a.138763852837340.24257.132309263482799&type=1&ref=nf
涂鸦墙照片
~
[马来西亚人民之光！淨選盟2.0主席拿督安美嘉]
她，是这次举办《淨選盟2.0》集会的创办人，安美嘉Ambiga Sreenevasan 。
在国阵的眼中，她就是最大的敌人！
但是在人民的眼里，她就是马来西亚人的光荣！
不说你们不知道！
原来安美嘉是在2009 年全世界8 位中的其中一位， 得到 International Women of Courage Awards 的奖状的人， 而且实质名归的。
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=203098746403850&set=a.138763852837340.24257.132309263482799&type=1&ref=nf
涂鸦墙照片
~
[马来西亚人民之光！淨選盟2.0主席拿督安美嘉]
她，是这次举办《淨選盟2.0》集会的创办人，安美嘉Ambiga Sreenevasan 。
最新消息： 净选盟强调，无论如何，明午2点在默迪卡体育馆集会将如期举行
受召到警局取信以为发准证
净选盟证实误会空欢喜一场
2011年7月8日
下午 1点33分
分享
772
由于误以为警方已经批准明日在默迪卡体育馆集会的准证，导致一度对外宣布喜讯的净选盟2.0最终空欢喜一场。
净选盟今午接获金马区警方的致电，要求该联盟前往该警察局领取准证，令它误以为警方已经发出默迪卡体育馆的集会准证。
净选盟更第一时间在推特和面子书发布这项消息，令其支持者雀跃不已。但是，较后净选盟再三向金马区警方求证，才发现其实是误会一场。
事实上，警方是要求净选盟前往警局，领取一张“拒绝发出准证的信件”，净选盟较后也在网上澄清误会和道歉。
不过，净选盟强调，无论如何，明午2点在默迪卡体育馆集会将如期举行。
净选盟未申请即遭拒绝
净选盟委员玛丽亚陈证实，警方已经拒绝发出准证。
她说，警方开始时声称批准准证，但是当他们抵达警局后，却发现原来是拒绝准证的信件。
因此，她质疑，警方如今在净选盟并未提出申请之下，就已经拒绝发出准证？
净选盟主席安美嘉昨日指出，该联盟将再次向默迪卡体育馆申请使用场地，并决定一旦体育馆批准净选盟的租用，就会以净选盟属下其中一个合法组织的名义，向警方申请集会准证。
阿玛星未被告知发准证
另一方面，吉隆坡副总警长阿玛星接受《当今大马》询问表示，他不知道净选盟已经获得准证一事。
“据我所知，还没有发出709的准证。”
当记者追问时，他承认，金马警区主任祖卡奈因最清楚此事，但是他依然认为警方不可能会发出准证。
“最了解的人是祖卡奈因。但是我刚与他通电话，他没有提及批准准证的事情。”
FROM： MALAYSIAKINI 《当今大马》
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【下午2时21分更新】净选盟并没有获得警方集会准证！净选盟接获吉隆坡金马区（Dang Wangi）警区总部中午通知，再三跟警员确认是前往警局领取集会准证后发布获得准证讯息，但是后来代表才发现，警方是要他们去拿不批准集会准证的信函。
净选盟证实误会空欢喜一场
2011年7月8日
下午 1点33分
分享
772
由于误以为警方已经批准明日在默迪卡体育馆集会的准证，导致一度对外宣布喜讯的净选盟2.0最终空欢喜一场。
净选盟今午接获金马区警方的致电，要求该联盟前往该警察局领取准证，令它误以为警方已经发出默迪卡体育馆的集会准证。
净选盟更第一时间在推特和面子书发布这项消息，令其支持者雀跃不已。但是，较后净选盟再三向金马区警方求证，才发现其实是误会一场。
事实上，警方是要求净选盟前往警局，领取一张“拒绝发出准证的信件”，净选盟较后也在网上澄清误会和道歉。
不过，净选盟强调，无论如何，明午2点在默迪卡体育馆集会将如期举行。
净选盟未申请即遭拒绝
净选盟委员玛丽亚陈证实，警方已经拒绝发出准证。
她说，警方开始时声称批准准证，但是当他们抵达警局后，却发现原来是拒绝准证的信件。
因此，她质疑，警方如今在净选盟并未提出申请之下，就已经拒绝发出准证？
净选盟主席安美嘉昨日指出，该联盟将再次向默迪卡体育馆申请使用场地，并决定一旦体育馆批准净选盟的租用，就会以净选盟属下其中一个合法组织的名义，向警方申请集会准证。
阿玛星未被告知发准证
另一方面，吉隆坡副总警长阿玛星接受《当今大马》询问表示，他不知道净选盟已经获得准证一事。
“据我所知，还没有发出709的准证。”
当记者追问时，他承认，金马警区主任祖卡奈因最清楚此事，但是他依然认为警方不可能会发出准证。
“最了解的人是祖卡奈因。但是我刚与他通电话，他没有提及批准准证的事情。”
FROM： MALAYSIAKINI 《当今大马》
vvvvvvvvvvvvvv
Merdeka Review Fans Club
【下午2时21分更新】净选盟并没有获得警方集会准证！净选盟接获吉隆坡金马区（Dang Wangi）警区总部中午通知，再三跟警员确认是前往警局领取集会准证后发布获得准证讯息，但是后来代表才发现，警方是要他们去拿不批准集会准证的信函。
The UMNO-Led BN Govt Gone MAD ( BY The WALL STREET JOURNAL)
The UMNO-Led BN Govt Gone MAD... ...
Friday, July 08, 2011
The WALL STREET JOURNAL
Read here for more
RUNNING SCARED IN MALAYSIA...
by
John Malott
(Mr. Malott was the United States ambassador to Malaysia from 1995-98)
The Malaysian government has pulled out all the stops to prevent an opposition rally this weekend.
This week, army units conducted crowd control exercises with banners that said, "Disperse or we will shoot!" The police set up roadblocks and arrested Malaysians simply for wearing yellow T-shirts, the signature color of Bersih, a coalition of 62 nongovernmental organizations that demands changes in Malaysia's electoral system.
To date, the police have arrested over 250 supporters of Bersih, claiming that they are "waging war against the king."
Then something unprecedented happened. Malaysia's King Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, allegedly the target of Bersih's campaign, intervened. He called on both Prime Minister Najib Razak and Bersih to resolve their differences in a spirit of harmony and cooperation, for the good of the nation.
There was a collective sigh of relief in Malaysia.
The leader of Bersih, Ambiga Sreenevasan, an attorney and former president of the Malaysian Bar Council, met with the king and announced that the "Walk for Democracy," as it was called, was cancelled. She said that she was ready to meet with the government to discuss Bersih's concerns about electoral fairness.
Prime Minister Najib then offered an olive branch, saying, "We are willing to provide a stadium for them to rally in … from morning until night," an offer that Ms. Ambiga and Bersih immediately accepted.
Then Mr. Najib backed off. His government says that because Bersih is still illegal, it cannot apply for a permit. It also has banned Bersih's leadership from entering Kuala Lumpur on the day of the rally.
On Thursday, he joined a gathering of martial artists who said that their 50,000 members will "wage war" against Bersih. Donning their militant uniform, Mr. Najib said, "If there are evil enemies who want to attack the country from within, you, my brothers, will rise to fight them."
Mr. Najib has undermined the authority of the king, who gave Bersih and its concerns credence by meeting with its leadership and calling for a negotiated solution. The political situation in Malaysia is a fast-moving target, and each day brings new developments. Ms. Ambiga and Bersih now say that because of Mr. Najib's actions, they will go ahead with their assembly, no matter
Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow. Bersih's main issue is not freedom of assembly but the fairness of Malaysia's democratic process. Bersih's backers ask how anyone can be opposed to free and fair elections.
It's an easy question to answer. The United Malays National Organization, of which Mr. Najib is president, is the longest continuing ruling party in the world, and it is running scared.
In the last general election in 2008, Malaysia's opposition took 47% of the popular vote. That year Parti Keadilan Rakyat, the party of Mr. Najib's nemesis Anwar Ibrahim, went from one seat to 31. The establishment parties in Malaysia's neighboring states are also in retreat. The opposition scored a major victory in Thailand last weekend, and in Singapore opposition candidates made surprising gains. No wonder Mr. Najib and company are worried.
Many observers of Malaysian politics believe that electoral reform will lead to the ruling party's defeat, and that is why UMNO is afraid of Bersih. In the last election in 2008, the party received only one-third of the nation's votes. UMNO rules only because of its coalition with other political parties, which it increasingly marginalizes, that represent the Chinese and Indian minorities.
Mr. Najib and his allies say that the opposition's gains in 2008 prove that Malaysia's elections are free and fair. Impartial observers disagree. Academic studies have enumerated how the Election Commission gerrymanders electoral districts to benefit the ruling party.
The U.S. Department of State's human rights report bluntly states that opposition parties are unable to compete on equal terms with the governing coalition because of restrictions on campaigning and freedom of assembly and association.
"News of the opposition," the U.S. says, is "tightly restricted and reported in a biased fashion."
In the recent state elections in Sarawak, the government announced $390 million in local projects during the run-up to the polls. Prime Minister Najib was caught on video tape telling one village gathering that the government would give them 5 million ringgit ($1.5 million) for a local project on Monday, but only if they elected his candidate on Sunday.
Who would win elections in Malaysia that truly are free and fair?
The U.S. State Department reports that despite the many election irregularities during the 2008 elections, "most observers concluded they did not substantially alter the results."
But unless the electoral reforms that Bersih is calling for are made, we will never know.
Despite the government's intimidation, thousands of Malaysian citizens of all races and religions are expected to exercise their constitutional right to assemble and call for free and fair elections.
Tomorrow's protest represents a brave step in what not just Malaysians but also the international community should hope will begin the country's transition to full democracy.
Mr. Najib should display his own courage and ensure that a peaceful rally that seeks the fundamental rights of democratic peoples everywhere does not turn into a bloody confrontation.
RELATED ARTICLES
Faced with mounting pressure that a rally will be held this weekend, the Public Services Department (PSD) has issued a circular barring civil servants from participating in an illegal assembly or any movement which may hurt the security of the nation.
The letter dated June 30 and signed by the PSD director-general, Abu Bakar Abdullah, did not name which rally.Three are planned for this weekend, organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0), Perkasa and Umno Youth.Read here for more
Khairy Jamaluddin accused the city police today of reigniting tensions over the Bersih rally by getting a court order barring him and 90 others from entering the city on Saturday.
The Umno Youth chief arrived home from a volunteer mission to Gaza this evening to find himself “outlawed from the city he lives in.”“Instead of working on a solution they have taken the solution away,” the Rembau MP said of the court order that denies Bersih’s hopes of holding its rally in Stadium Merdeka.
“The situation is in limbo. Nobody knows what is next,” he said, adding that the Umno Youth leadership would meet tomorrow morning to discuss its options.Earlier today, Khairy had posted on micro-blogging site Twitter that he has “just landed back in KL after trying to break Israeli blockade of Gaza only to find that I’ve been blockaded from KL. Excuse me if I say WTF?” Read here for more
The police have placed a restriction order on 91 individuals, including organisers of the Bersih 2.0, Perkasa and Umno Youth's Patriot rallies. The order is to stop any of the 91 from being present at several spots in Kuala Lumpur on July 9.
"This means that anyone (on the list) caught present at these areas will be arrested on sight," said the city deputy police chief Amar Singh.
Full list of 91 individuals
Perkasa
Ibrahim Ali
Rahman bin Abu Bakar
Syed Hassan Syed Ali
Irawah Fahmi Ideris
Roslan Kassim
Sharifuddin Abd Hamid
Dr Zubir Harun
Ameir Hassan
Ahmad Saad
Ahmad Zaini Ismail
Muhammad Zaid Md Arip
Abdullah Mansor
Zaira Jaafar
Norkhaila Jamaludin
Pemuda Umno
Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar
Megat Firdouz Megat Junid
Reezal Merican Naina Merican
Megat Zulkarnaian Omardin
Rizalman Mokhtar
Tengku Azman Tengku Zainol Abidin
Lokman Noor Adam
Abdul Azeez Rahim
Ungku Saleh Ungku Jamal
Arman Azha Abu Hanifa
Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz
Bersih
Ambiga Sreenevasan
Mohamad Sabu
Hishamuddin Md Rais
Khairul Anwar Ahmad Zainuddin
Maria Chin Abdullah
Chua Tian Chang
Kamarulzaman Mohamad
Dr Mohd Hatta Md Ramli
Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud
Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh
Teresa Kok
Badrul Hisha Shaharin
Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin
Arutchelvam Subramaniam
Wong Chin Huat
Ong Boon Keong
Enalini Elumalai
Haris Fathillah Sathiasingam Mohd Ibrahim
Khalid Yunus
Zulkifli Noordin
Dr Zubir Harun
Abd Hadi Awang
Anwar Ibrahim
Lim Kit Siang
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Nurul Izzah Anwar
Kohila Yanasekaran
Zaid Kamaruddin
Khoo Teng Swee
Fadiah Nadwa Fikri
Yap Swee Seng
Salahuddin Ayub
Mahfuz Omar
Nasarudin Hasan
Mazlan Aliman
Dr Syed Azman Syed Nawawi
Dr Dzulkifli Ahmad
Dr Mujahid Yusof
Khalid Abd Samad
Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin
Azman Shapawi Abd Rani
Suhaizan Kaiat
Nor Azli Musa
Mohd Firdaus Jaafar
Loke Siew Fook
Lau Wen San
Mohd Azmin Ali
Mat Shuhaimi Shafie
Satipul Bahari Amamt
Wan Hassan Mohd Ramli
Mohamad Izzudin Hilmi Mohd Zaini
Mohd Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin
Muhammad Hilman Idham
Mohd Shukri Che Ab Razab
Mohd Syukri Kamaruddin
Ahmad Syazwan Muhammad Hasan
Choo Chon Kai
Sarasvathy Muthu
Soh Sook Hwa
Nurul Izham Nurul Anuar
Abd Rahim Osman
Mohd Sibri Ismail
Mohd Lukam Muda
Prof Kamaruddin Kachar
Mohd Noor Nordin Abdullah
Friday, July 08, 2011
The WALL STREET JOURNAL
Read here for more
RUNNING SCARED IN MALAYSIA...
by
John Malott
(Mr. Malott was the United States ambassador to Malaysia from 1995-98)
The Malaysian government has pulled out all the stops to prevent an opposition rally this weekend.
This week, army units conducted crowd control exercises with banners that said, "Disperse or we will shoot!" The police set up roadblocks and arrested Malaysians simply for wearing yellow T-shirts, the signature color of Bersih, a coalition of 62 nongovernmental organizations that demands changes in Malaysia's electoral system.
To date, the police have arrested over 250 supporters of Bersih, claiming that they are "waging war against the king."
Then something unprecedented happened. Malaysia's King Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, allegedly the target of Bersih's campaign, intervened. He called on both Prime Minister Najib Razak and Bersih to resolve their differences in a spirit of harmony and cooperation, for the good of the nation.
There was a collective sigh of relief in Malaysia.
The leader of Bersih, Ambiga Sreenevasan, an attorney and former president of the Malaysian Bar Council, met with the king and announced that the "Walk for Democracy," as it was called, was cancelled. She said that she was ready to meet with the government to discuss Bersih's concerns about electoral fairness.
Prime Minister Najib then offered an olive branch, saying, "We are willing to provide a stadium for them to rally in … from morning until night," an offer that Ms. Ambiga and Bersih immediately accepted.
Then Mr. Najib backed off. His government says that because Bersih is still illegal, it cannot apply for a permit. It also has banned Bersih's leadership from entering Kuala Lumpur on the day of the rally.
On Thursday, he joined a gathering of martial artists who said that their 50,000 members will "wage war" against Bersih. Donning their militant uniform, Mr. Najib said, "If there are evil enemies who want to attack the country from within, you, my brothers, will rise to fight them."
Mr. Najib has undermined the authority of the king, who gave Bersih and its concerns credence by meeting with its leadership and calling for a negotiated solution. The political situation in Malaysia is a fast-moving target, and each day brings new developments. Ms. Ambiga and Bersih now say that because of Mr. Najib's actions, they will go ahead with their assembly, no matter
Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow. Bersih's main issue is not freedom of assembly but the fairness of Malaysia's democratic process. Bersih's backers ask how anyone can be opposed to free and fair elections.
It's an easy question to answer. The United Malays National Organization, of which Mr. Najib is president, is the longest continuing ruling party in the world, and it is running scared.
In the last general election in 2008, Malaysia's opposition took 47% of the popular vote. That year Parti Keadilan Rakyat, the party of Mr. Najib's nemesis Anwar Ibrahim, went from one seat to 31. The establishment parties in Malaysia's neighboring states are also in retreat. The opposition scored a major victory in Thailand last weekend, and in Singapore opposition candidates made surprising gains. No wonder Mr. Najib and company are worried.
Many observers of Malaysian politics believe that electoral reform will lead to the ruling party's defeat, and that is why UMNO is afraid of Bersih. In the last election in 2008, the party received only one-third of the nation's votes. UMNO rules only because of its coalition with other political parties, which it increasingly marginalizes, that represent the Chinese and Indian minorities.
Mr. Najib and his allies say that the opposition's gains in 2008 prove that Malaysia's elections are free and fair. Impartial observers disagree. Academic studies have enumerated how the Election Commission gerrymanders electoral districts to benefit the ruling party.
The U.S. Department of State's human rights report bluntly states that opposition parties are unable to compete on equal terms with the governing coalition because of restrictions on campaigning and freedom of assembly and association.
"News of the opposition," the U.S. says, is "tightly restricted and reported in a biased fashion."
In the recent state elections in Sarawak, the government announced $390 million in local projects during the run-up to the polls. Prime Minister Najib was caught on video tape telling one village gathering that the government would give them 5 million ringgit ($1.5 million) for a local project on Monday, but only if they elected his candidate on Sunday.
Who would win elections in Malaysia that truly are free and fair?
The U.S. State Department reports that despite the many election irregularities during the 2008 elections, "most observers concluded they did not substantially alter the results."
But unless the electoral reforms that Bersih is calling for are made, we will never know.
Despite the government's intimidation, thousands of Malaysian citizens of all races and religions are expected to exercise their constitutional right to assemble and call for free and fair elections.
Tomorrow's protest represents a brave step in what not just Malaysians but also the international community should hope will begin the country's transition to full democracy.
Mr. Najib should display his own courage and ensure that a peaceful rally that seeks the fundamental rights of democratic peoples everywhere does not turn into a bloody confrontation.
RELATED ARTICLES
Faced with mounting pressure that a rally will be held this weekend, the Public Services Department (PSD) has issued a circular barring civil servants from participating in an illegal assembly or any movement which may hurt the security of the nation.
The letter dated June 30 and signed by the PSD director-general, Abu Bakar Abdullah, did not name which rally.Three are planned for this weekend, organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0), Perkasa and Umno Youth.Read here for more
Khairy Jamaluddin accused the city police today of reigniting tensions over the Bersih rally by getting a court order barring him and 90 others from entering the city on Saturday.
The Umno Youth chief arrived home from a volunteer mission to Gaza this evening to find himself “outlawed from the city he lives in.”“Instead of working on a solution they have taken the solution away,” the Rembau MP said of the court order that denies Bersih’s hopes of holding its rally in Stadium Merdeka.
“The situation is in limbo. Nobody knows what is next,” he said, adding that the Umno Youth leadership would meet tomorrow morning to discuss its options.Earlier today, Khairy had posted on micro-blogging site Twitter that he has “just landed back in KL after trying to break Israeli blockade of Gaza only to find that I’ve been blockaded from KL. Excuse me if I say WTF?” Read here for more
The police have placed a restriction order on 91 individuals, including organisers of the Bersih 2.0, Perkasa and Umno Youth's Patriot rallies. The order is to stop any of the 91 from being present at several spots in Kuala Lumpur on July 9.
"This means that anyone (on the list) caught present at these areas will be arrested on sight," said the city deputy police chief Amar Singh.
Full list of 91 individuals
Perkasa
Ibrahim Ali
Rahman bin Abu Bakar
Syed Hassan Syed Ali
Irawah Fahmi Ideris
Roslan Kassim
Sharifuddin Abd Hamid
Dr Zubir Harun
Ameir Hassan
Ahmad Saad
Ahmad Zaini Ismail
Muhammad Zaid Md Arip
Abdullah Mansor
Zaira Jaafar
Norkhaila Jamaludin
Pemuda Umno
Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar
Megat Firdouz Megat Junid
Reezal Merican Naina Merican
Megat Zulkarnaian Omardin
Rizalman Mokhtar
Tengku Azman Tengku Zainol Abidin
Lokman Noor Adam
Abdul Azeez Rahim
Ungku Saleh Ungku Jamal
Arman Azha Abu Hanifa
Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz
Bersih
Ambiga Sreenevasan
Mohamad Sabu
Hishamuddin Md Rais
Khairul Anwar Ahmad Zainuddin
Maria Chin Abdullah
Chua Tian Chang
Kamarulzaman Mohamad
Dr Mohd Hatta Md Ramli
Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud
Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh
Teresa Kok
Badrul Hisha Shaharin
Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin
Arutchelvam Subramaniam
Wong Chin Huat
Ong Boon Keong
Enalini Elumalai
Haris Fathillah Sathiasingam Mohd Ibrahim
Khalid Yunus
Zulkifli Noordin
Dr Zubir Harun
Abd Hadi Awang
Anwar Ibrahim
Lim Kit Siang
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Nurul Izzah Anwar
Kohila Yanasekaran
Zaid Kamaruddin
Khoo Teng Swee
Fadiah Nadwa Fikri
Yap Swee Seng
Salahuddin Ayub
Mahfuz Omar
Nasarudin Hasan
Mazlan Aliman
Dr Syed Azman Syed Nawawi
Dr Dzulkifli Ahmad
Dr Mujahid Yusof
Khalid Abd Samad
Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin
Azman Shapawi Abd Rani
Suhaizan Kaiat
Nor Azli Musa
Mohd Firdaus Jaafar
Loke Siew Fook
Lau Wen San
Mohd Azmin Ali
Mat Shuhaimi Shafie
Satipul Bahari Amamt
Wan Hassan Mohd Ramli
Mohamad Izzudin Hilmi Mohd Zaini
Mohd Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin
Muhammad Hilman Idham
Mohd Shukri Che Ab Razab
Mohd Syukri Kamaruddin
Ahmad Syazwan Muhammad Hasan
Choo Chon Kai
Sarasvathy Muthu
Soh Sook Hwa
Nurul Izham Nurul Anuar
Abd Rahim Osman
Mohd Sibri Ismail
Mohd Lukam Muda
Prof Kamaruddin Kachar
Mohd Noor Nordin Abdullah
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