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种族主义及极端主义团体，被认为是与巫统有紧密联系的。他们不断发出呼应表示巫裔社会及伊斯兰一直受到威胁，并敦促全国的巫裔穆斯林挺身而出，不惜一切代价“捍卫”自己的特殊权利。巫统是执政国阵（BN）联盟的主要政党。 这里的问题是，谁才是真正在威胁巫裔及伊斯兰？我们大家从一开始就知道，巫裔穆斯林社区在马来西亚是占多数的。伊斯兰教在我国联邦宪法中也一直被供奉为官方宗教，没有人能够对这两个元素争议，除非是来自巫裔穆斯林社区本身。 此外，毫无疑问，自从我国在1957年取得独立以来，巫统就一直在我国执政。在巫统毫无争议可言的治理下，新经济政策（NEP）已经出台，而且以巫裔及土著为先的政策也被大量实施，这是为了引导及确保有关社区在我国的社会经济及发展中是处在同水准的。 即使新经济政策在90年代初期已经正式到期，但巫统领袖们却拒绝承认，并坚持新经济政策的连续性，他们的理由是巫裔社区的股市还没达到其目标的30%。所以，巫统、巫统领导人以及他们的亲信继续享受新经济政策的成果，直到今天。 许多事实已经摆在我们眼前。巫裔穆斯林除了在政治政治中占多数，他们在公务员领域、政府相关企业（GLCs）、军事及安全机构、银行、独立发电厂以及许多工业领域，都是占主导地位的。除了这些，巫裔穆斯林也在反对党中称霸，即在国会及州议会与国阵政府竞争的民联。这个社区被证明在我国是最强大的。 在布城的日常事务中，巫统一直是最强大的决策者。所有国阵的联盟伙伴都对巫统提出对国家的政策表示接受与支持。 种族主义及极端主义团体如土权组织（PERKASA）、马来西亚穆斯林连线（ISMA）、马来西亚社会安宁协议组织（MUAFAKAT）、大马伊斯兰消费人协会（PPIM）等，一直不断声称表示巫裔及伊斯兰受到威胁，而该社区一直受到不明人士攻击。这些攻击从何而来，如何而来，为什么？这些问题，知道今天，他们还是未能回答我们。 如果特定的种族和宗教在其他的社区及宗教之间占大多数，而有关该特定种族或宗教的政党在政府中是最强大且占主导地位的，那么巫裔及伊斯兰为何会受到威胁？那些威胁源于谁人，从何而来？ 为何这些种族主义及极端主义团体对于自己的不安全感不断指责他人，直到他们必须作出砍头的威胁？难道他们还不明白，巫统已经执政数十年，而执政党一向来都是如此强大吗？ 这些种族主义及极端主义团体可以随便声称他们所要的，...

Any unregistered society can function as long it is not a threat to national security, public order and morality, said lawyers in response to the Home Ministry's announcement that new people's movement, Negara-Ku, is illegal. They said just because the society was unregistered, it must not be equated with an illegal entity and this had been affirmed in a 2012 High Court ruling brought by electoral reform group, Bersih 2.0. On Saturday, the Home Ministry said Negara-Ku was illegal as the Registrar of Societies (RoS) had not received any application from the group to register it as a body. It warned the group would be breaking the law if it continued to carry out activities without being registered. It added that if the group intended to register, its name was not appropriate as it belonged to Malaysia and could confuse Malaysians. "This is because Negara-ku referred to 'Negaraku' which has been recognised as the national anthem under the Section 2 of the ...

By Tan Siok Choo The Sundaily, 13 July 2014 WASHINGTON should give Thailand's General Prayuth chan-ocha a break. On May 22, the army chief launched a coup against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Under the timeline announced by Prayuth last Friday, a new cabinet will be appointed by September this year but elections are unlikely to be held before October 2015. Predictably, the US warned the military takeover could have negative implications for bilateral ties and called for early elections to reflect the will of the people and for the release of detained politicians. In a show of displeasure, Washington terminated the already minimal military aid and called off some military exercises with Thailand. At best, this politically correct approach risks being self-defeating for the US and, at worst, it could prompt Thailand to pivot closer towards China. Washington should adopt a more nuanced stance towards the Thai coup for several reasons. First, although in theory, military coups...

The new expanded Cabinet should be deconstructed into a two-tier system to make it more effective with some ministries merged into one, a DAP lawmaker said. Kluang MP Liew Chin Tong said developed countries like Australia have two-tier ministries, with only senior ministers holding Cabinet rank and attending Cabinet meetings, although other ministers may attend if an area of their portfolio is on the agenda. He also said that there were too many ministries whose functions could be merged into one entity, citing as example, the Science, Technology and Innovation and the Energy, Green Technology and Water ministries. "We have too many ministries and it can be reduced from the current 24 to about 18," he said at a forum titled Cabinet Reshuffle: Will the New Ministers be Effective? last night. Last month, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak expanded his Cabinet to 35 members after incorporating Chinese leaders from his Barisan Nasional component parties. Najib appointed Gerak...

A member of the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has said that they planned to capture Saudi Arabia and destroy the Kaaba in Mecca, according to a report in Turkish media. The report quoted alleged Isis member Abu Turab Al Mugaddasi who apparently wrote on microblogging site Twitter: "If Allah wills, we will kill those who worship stones in Mecca and destroy the Kaaba. People go to Mecca to touch the stones, not for Allah." The report said Isil, also known by the acronym Isis, plans to take control of the city of Arar in Saudi Arabia, which is very close to the Iraq border, and begins operations there. The Huffington Post, however, reported that the Twitter account https://twitter.com/nm8smyh, which sent the original message, had been suspended. "The authenticity of the account as belonging to an ISIS member has not been verified," it said in a brief note accompanying the report on Isil's alleged plans to destroy the Kaaba. The Huffing...

直言不讳：经过了这么多年后，难道国阵中央政府没有意识到我国国家航空公司马航（MAS）究竟发生了什么事吗？ 过去3年以来，马航一直都在流血。2011年，马航蒙受25亿2000万令吉的亏损，2012年损失4亿3300万令吉，及2013年12亿令吉。马航2014年第一季度净损失达4亿4340万令吉，预计在之后几个月，或甚至在未来两年都没有改善。 马航的股票也跌至历史新低。 大家都知道，马航是一家政府相关公司（GLC），而国库控股是大股东，也是一家政府相关公司，马航已证明，它完全没有表现，其持续的亏损已证明这一点。 国库控股本身没有经营航空公司的任何专业知识。此外，作为政府的投资部门，国库控股已经有太多的政府相关公司需要看管，它不能仅注重马航。 因此，国库控股和政府应该重新考虑自己的位置及马航的大股东，考虑放出所有股份，并让私人投资者接手出血的航空公司。很明显，现在马航严格说来是破产的实体，但仍然在寻找某人或试图乞求政府资助，以填补其空袋。 一直以来都由政府资助的马航，就像其他政府机构那样被管理。换句话说，马航不是以商业实体来管理，有时它似乎像是一个福利部门。 从管理和商业角度来看，这家航空公司已经在许多方面过度运营。马航拥有大约100架飞机（包括失踪的MH370客机）及超过2万2000名员工。猜猜着？马航的薪酬和福利也比那些亚航、马印航空及飞萤航空高得多。 悲惨的是，马航具有数个内部工会，是最大的缺点，有能力胁迫整个公司。尽管知道马航是不会理会工会的要求，这些工会仍做出许多要求，包括更好的福利。在许多情况下，这些工会是把这家疲弱航空公司转好的阻碍物。 马航员工过多。许多员工都是多余的，是因执政党领导人及其亲信的欢喜而聘请。不要忘记，马航的人力资源主管，也是巫青的领袖，最近在办公时间内抽时间加入侵入者在槟州立法议会大厦示威。 我们在想有多少名领马航工资的巫统领袖在办公时间内开展政治工作。这些多余和非生产性的员工授予了多少时间呢？ 如果这些与巫统有关联的员工获准继续在马航“工作”，这就是马航继续流血的例子之一。他们做了什么贡献，他们在公司扮演什么角色？ 只不过是浪费工作时间及非资本增值，因为这些所谓的员工在办公时间内连续没有上班。 正如之前所提到的，马航就像一个福利部门，保留那些非生产性、在上班时间不办公的政治挂钩员工。 只要不解决这些负面因素，不管国库控股在未来6至12个...