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Former Transport Minister and MCA president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik has denied that he conned the Cabinet about what transpired in the PKFZ matter. The crux of the whole matter is was the Cabinet in the know and did the Cabinet endorse whatever was going on or was Liong Sik acting alone without the Cabinet’s knowledge? Let the Cabinet Papers tell the story.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

The Federal Court said Anwar’s attempt in getting the documents was an act "to fish for evidence", adding that Anwar can only have access to documents at the beginning of the trial if the documents are relevant to the prosecution’s case.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Malays have to re-learn Islam. At the age of seven we are taught about fardu ‘ain and the tenets of Islam. At the age of 70 we must move beyond that. To talk about the same issues from age seven to age 70 gives an impression that Islam is a very narrow religion.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

An ‘information war’ is soon going to erupt in Selangor, a state run by Pakatan Rakyat. But while Pakatan Rakyat is going to ensure that the people are ‘better informed’, Umno is using the Selangor Sultan to brainwash the members of the Royal Family and the Malays into believing that the Malays have lost political power and that the Chinese have now taken over the country.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Some lament about the FDI. Some scream about Malay Supremacy (Ketuanan Melayu). Others worry about what T-shirt or jersey we wear. There are those who would like all Malays absorbed into just one political party for the sake of ‘Malay unity’ -- and so on and so forth. But all these people overlook one important thing -- and that is the quality of life in Malaysia and what your Ringgit can buy.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Farah Azlina Binti Latif, one of the Federal Counsels of the Trial Unit of the Attorney-General’s Chambers who is on the prosecution team in the Anwar Ibrahim Sodomy 2 trial, is having an affair with Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

The point I was trying to make to this ustaz from JAKIM is that Islamic unity is a fallacy. It does not exist and has never existed for almost the entire history of Islam. So what nonsense is he trying to espouse by asking us ISA detainees to unite in the interest of Islam and for the sake of Islam?

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

In that sense the Malays are simpler. As long as you speak the Malay language, profess Islam, and practice Malay culture, you are Malay. Malays would not look beyond that. The Chinese and Indians will not stop there. You must also be Hakka or Tamil or whatever.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Don’t get mad; get even. That’s what Lee Iacocca’s wife told him when he got sacked from the Ford Motor Company, the top US automobile company. And, to get even, he took over the almost bankrupt Chrysler Corporation and made that company the top US automobile company, dislodging Ford. So who says I am mad (angry)? I am getting even (revenge). And they say revenge is a dish best served cold -- if you Umno Melayus know what that means.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Umno may be a Malay party. But it is not the Malays who give Umno that power to rule. It is the ‘pendatang’ Chinese and Indians and second-class citizens from East Malaysia who have been colonised by Umno. They keep Umno in power. And they allow Umno to insult them on top of that.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin