BNYV Research Brief, August...

1. BNYV Research Briefs 20th ed (9th Aug
2012)
Writers: @AmirFareedRahim (FMT, The Sun); @AkmalSaufi (The Star); @Megat_Khalis (Harakah);
@HarrithShazBNYV (NST); @NadhirAshafiq (The Malaysian Insider), @iMaduSmith (Mole.my);
@Jasmine22ckm (Sin Chew Daily); @AzreeAriffin (Malaysiakini); @lianakamat (Utusan, Berita Harian);
@IzranKamal (Harian Metro); Najmi Kamaruzaman (The Star); @KhairulAnuarHBR (Utusan; Berita Harian);
Tony Ong (China Press)
Editor: @NadhirAshafiq
Rumusan/Summary
1. Different themes, different states
Summary:
a) There are 4 different Hari Merdeka themes in different Pakatan Rakyat’s states.
b) Selangor : Sebangsa, Senegara, Sejiwa
c) Kelantan : Menerajui Perubahan
d) Kedah : 55 Tahun Merdeka, Terus Berbakti
e) Penang : Budaya Bersih, Merdekakan Rakyat
f) BN is criticizing PR as same bed but different dreams.
g) PR argued that they accept diversity of opinions in how each state wishes to celebrate Hari
Merdeka. (China Press)

2. 2. Royalti Kelantan
Rumusan:
a) Bekas Pengerusi Petronas yang menandatangani perjanjian dengan Menteri Besar Kelantan
mengenai royalti Petroleum, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah menempelak sikap pihak yang suka
berdolak dalih dalam isu royalti minyak untuk Kelantan.
b) Dalam posting terbaru melalui Facebook beliau, anggota Parlimen Gua Musang itu
mempersoalkan "Mengapa kita masih suka berdolak-dalik dalam perkara yang begitu jelas
seperti yang termaktub dalam akta dan perjanjian yang telah ditandatangani dan
dipersetujui?"
c) Beliau menghubungkan komen beliau itu dengan muka depan Akta 144 - Akta Kemajuan
Petroleum 1974 yang menyatakan dengan jelas kedudukan royalti minyak untuk Kelantan
dan lain-lain negeri. Tengku Razaleigh dipercayai mempertikaikan penubuhan Jawatankuasa
untuk mengkaji pemberian bayaran tunai/royalti Petroleum yang diumumkan oleh Perdana
Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak baru-baru ini. (Harakah)
3. Karpal, PAS and the Constitution
Rumusan:
a) DAP national chairman Karpal Singh believes that it is unacceptable for PAS secretary
general Datuk Mustafa Ali to say that Pas would continue to fight for hudud despite it is not
included in the Buku Jingga.
b) Karpal’s stand to denounce Pas’ insistance on hudud that the Malaysian constitution is
secular.
c) He said the secular state declaration or decision was drawn in 1988 when a five-man bench,
headed by then Lord President Tun Salleh Abas, ruled that the country was governed by
secular law. In addition, both Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tun Hussein Onn were on record
that Malaysia is a secular state.
d) Karpal said even PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang was quoted last year as saying that the
Quran did not provide for an Islamic state but for a welfare state. (NST)

3. 4. Bukti ekonomi kita makmur
Rumusan:
a) Perdana Menteri, Dato Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak mengingatkan rakyat bahawa proses
pembaharuan ekonomi negara sekarang adalah lebih baik berbanding negara Asia dan Afrika
yang sering dilanda krisis yang mengakibatkan ekonomi mereka tidak menentu.
b) Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia adalah bukti bahawa ekonomi negara kita makmur
c) Kemakmuran ini bukanlah secara kebetulan, sebaliknya disebabkan iltizam pemimpin sejak
dulu yang mentadbir ekonomi negara dengan baik. (Harian Metro)
5. Isu Air
Rumusan:
a) Ketua Eksekutif Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (SYABAS), Tan Sri Rozali Ismail
menafikan tuduhan kerajaan Selangor yang memfitnahnya berhubung bayaran gaji yang
diterimanya dari SYABAS
b) Beliau mengingatkan supaya berhenti menyebarkan fitnah, sebaliknya bekerjasama mencari
penyelesaian bagi mengatasi krisis air demi kesejahteraan rakyat di Selangor.
c) Walau bagaimanapun, beliau berterima kasih diatas kerjasama yang diberikan oleh Kerajaan
Persekutuan dan Kerajaan Negeri bagi yang sama-sama cuba mencari penyelesaian kepada
krisis air di Selangor. (Harian Metro)
6. Orang Utan in Sabah
Rumusan:
a) Allegation by a British-based NGO that there have been 300 orang utan killed for the past 8
years not true said state authorities and wildlife groups here.
b) The allegation was made by Nature Alert in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
(LKWS) due to agricultural activity.
c) Dr Laurentius who is the state wildlife department director stated that if such mass scale
slaughter happened it would have been noticed. His views have been supported by French-
based Hutan and local NGO Borneo Rhino Alliance.
d) Dr. Marc of the Kinabatangan Orang Utan conservation said that the allegation is
preposterous.

4. Analisa/Analysis
1. Different themes, different states
Analisa
No matter what the reason PR use as defence, it clearly shows that there are lack of coordination
and compromise among parties in PR. This is a good opportunity for BN the attack on their
weakness, to let the people notice that, PR is just a coalition for thier own political agenda without
clear direction for the country and the people. (Tony Ong)
2. Royalti Kelantan
Analisa
Kerajaan Pusat hendaklah menyelesaikan isu royalti minyak untuk Kelantan dengan kadar segera
supaya tidak berlanjutan dan mempengaruhi keputusan pilihan raya umum ke-13. (@Megat_Khalis)
3. Karpal, PAS and the Constitution
Analisa
The opposition party couldn’t even agree on the theme of the Merdeka, it is not surprising that
there is bound to be disagreement on the difference in policies up held by the party components.
Though the Malaysian constitution is secular, Malaysia is recognized worldwide as a Muslim state.
Malaysia has been running the country based on Islamic principles and many people have benefited
from them. The only difference between the current Muslim state and Pas’s muslim state is that the
government doesn’t put a brand on it. Pas had said that non-muslims reject the hudud because they
don’t understand it. Then, why is that until now they have not clarified what is hudud and how are
they going to enforce hudud? So far they only thing we know that according to Pas hudud would not
be enforced on non-muslims. There are many questions that need to be answered on hudud. Would
there be compensation for those who have their hands chopped off? Would there be public display
of canning, or god forbid, execution? Would hudud permit vigilante laws? Would hudud have a
principle of “not guilty until proven guilty” or “guilty until proven not guilty”?
(@ShazmanHarrithBNYV)
4. Bukti ekonomi kita makmur
Analisa
Pencapaian ini akan mengakibatkan rakyat tertanya-tanya, adakah benar berlaku penyelewengan
dalam pentadbiran Barisan Nasional, sebagaimana yang disebarkan oleh pembangkang. Ini akan
mengembalikan populariti Barisan Nasional. Rakyat akan sedar bahawa negara kita memang telah
banyak mengalami perubahan dan membangun dengan baik sejak dahulu sampailah sekarang.
(@IzranKamal)

5. 5. Isu Air
Analisa
Terlalu jelas, kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat cuba mempolitikkan isu air dan cuba mengatakan kekurangan
air terawat di Selangor adalah kerana SYABAS tidak pandai mengurus, sedangkan selama ini Barisan
Nasional memerintah Selangor, tidak pernah pula berlaku krisis air di Selangor seperti sekarang,
walaupun air diurus oleh SYABAS. (@IzranKamal)
6. Orang Utan in Sabah
Analisa
This is simply one of the numbers of tactical attacks that have been made by many of the British-
based wildlife NGOs who are being funded by British’s petrol and cooking oil company to stop our
palm oil products from coming into their country and directly competing with their products.
Currently Malaysia is the second largest palm oil provider in the world and is able to penetrate to
European markets as well as all over the globe. A report by BBC on the 10 July 2012 alone has
mentioned that our stockpile of palm oil is low due to the high demand of the product. With such
demands, in hoping to stop our progress and protect the interest, they have resorted to
unscrupulous tactics to effect our products as well as our image. In an e-petition portal by the British
Government, activists are soldiering to get votes to push for the British Government to ban our palm
oil products but fall short on the public reception with support only totalling 118 votes as of today (9
August 2012) out of the 62 million people UK population. (@AkmalSaufi)