KUALA TERENGGANU: State exco members and senior officers started using their new Mercedes-Benz E200 Kompressor cars today.
The state bought 14 of the luxury cars for RM3.43mil to replace the Proton Perdana V6 Executive cars that had been purchased in 2004.
The new cars are for the exco members, the state assembly speaker, the state secretary, the state legal adviser and the state finance officer.
The new cars with tinted windows carry the state emblem with the wording “Exco Kerajaan Negeri” embossed on the number plate.
State Secretary Datuk Mokthar Nong said the decision to use Mercedes-Benz cars was made several months ago.
The state took delivery of the cars earlier this month.
He said the German cars were bought for the safety of the state officials who had to travel extensively and to reduce the cost of maintenance.
“After much evaluation, the state felt the Mercedes-Benz cars are more reliable for long term use. It was also time to replace the Proton Perdanas,” he added.
1. Proton Perdana not safe and maintenance cost higher than Mercedes!!!!!
2. It was also time to replace the Proton Perdanas - bought in 2004.
3. It seems like the state new exco members’ life are more precious than the previous members and probably their safely also more important than Pak Lah himself. Pak Lah is driven around in his No. 13 Proton Perdana.
4. Cakap tak serupa bikin.
Opt for locally-made products, says Abdullah
PUTRAJAYA: The people must have confidence in using locally-made products to renew interest in research and development of local technologies, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday.
“If we do not buy local products, there will be no interest to develop research and the technology used will be wasted,” the prime minister said
5. Compare BN-led state and Pakatan Rakyat-led state.
“In comparison, during the first weeks of new governance, the present Penang state government has decided to cancel the orders of new official cars for exco members placed by the previous administration”
“State Secretary Datuk Mokthar Nong said the decision to use Mercedes-Benz cars was made several months ago.”
Several months ago? Since March 8 only a few months ago, this is likely the most important decision made when the new state exco was appointed. Then in today’s paper, Terengganu’s MB defended the purchase of the 14 new Mercedes E200 Kompressor - a whooping RM3.43million:
MB on why Terengganu bought Mercedes cars
KUALA TERENGGANU: The state government has defended the purchase of 14 Mercedes E200 Kompressor cars at RM3.43mil for the use of its state executive councillors and senior officials.
Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said the state government had planned to purchase the cars for a long time now to replace its Proton Perdana V6 Executive fleet in a move to cut cost.
“Please understand that the Proton Perdanas go through continuous long-distance journeys. It’s costing us a lot of money due to high cost of maintenance.
“We are not saying that the national car is not good but in reality we are coughing up more money for maintaining the Proton Perdanas, particularly the gear boxes,” he said.
Ahmad cited the example of the Proton Perdana of state Commerce, Industry and Environment committee chairman Toh Chin Yaw, which has twice undergone expensive repairs costing RM50,000 within 36 months.
“In the long run, Mercedes cars are cheaper to maintain and could also save us fuel costs.
“This is the state’s long-term plan – we are farsighted. The cars could also fetch a high market price, when sold as second-hand cars.
“We studied all angles before deciding to buy the Mercedes E200 cars,” he added.
Ahmad also denied that the oil royalty money was used to buy the cars.
“In the first place we have yet to receive the oil royalties from the Federal Government.
“The funds to procure the cars were from our own coffers and has nothing to do with the oil royalties,” he said.
Long distance journey? We all aware they travel by jets or MAS business class all the time. Oh? Mercedes cars are cheaper to maintain and could save fuel costs, that’s something new.. to me.
I wonder what kind of parts can cost RM50k, we were talking about Perdana, not Porche or BMW. Probably the repair costs marked up as well?? Fishy.. Or probably Terengganu exco members are big fans of Pimp My Ride?
ps: |1f34|-|1r3 aka Life4Hire is not happy he’s not getting his Mercedes. He’s jealous and he called them suckers. Read it here.
The whole thing just make no sense. Somebody is lying, caught with his pant down! (pun intended). Please read the bold sentences carefully.
1. The following police report was made on 28 June 2008 at 5.45 PM by Mohd Saiful Bukhari bin Azlan, who turns 23 next week (IC No. 850706-01-5687):
“Saya Mohd Saiful Bukhari b Azlan ingin melaporkan bahawa saya telah diliwat oleh majikan saya. Perkara ini berlaku tanpa kerelaan saya. Kejadian terakhir berlaku 26/6/08 di Unit 1151, Kondominium Desa Damansara, Jln Setia Kasih, KL. Oleh itu, tujuan laporan ini dibuat untuk mendapat pembelaan dan keadilan keatas diri saya. Saya juga berasa bimbang dengan keselamatan diri dan keluarga saya jika perkara ini tersebar luas di khalayak ramai. Majikan saya Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim - Ketua Umum PKR.”
2. Then our generous Deputy Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak was quoted in the news:
KUALA LUMPUR: Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan met with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the latter’s home to seek his view a few days before he lodged a police report against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
How many days is considered ‘a few days’? 3 days? 4 days? Well it does not matter whether ‘a few days’ is 2 days, 3 days or 4 days. This is because, the alleged sodomy last happened on June 26th, 2008 according to the report made on June 28th, 2008 - 2 days after the ‘incident’. Then we have Najib said Saiful Bukhari came to meet him at his residence ‘a few days’ before he made the police report.
Now make your own assumption, WHEN EXACTLY Saiful Bukhari went to see Najib? Cannot be June 27th, because then Najib would say ‘yesterday’ instead of ‘a few days’. It must be June 26th or June 25th or days before that.
This is the interesting part, so this Saiful Bukhari…. HE WENT TO SEE NAJIB DAYS (June 26th, 25th, 24th, 23rd - pick your choice) BEFORE HE MADE THE POLICE REPORT ON JUNE 28th, AND THEN HE WAS SODOMISED ON THE 26th AGAIN?? Does that make any F sense to you?
Let me rephrase it again. According to Najib, Saiful Bukhari went to see him few days before he made the police report and after he met Najib, (his meeting with Najib must be happening either on June 26th or days before that) he was sodomised by Anwar on June 26th?? So, he let Anwar sodomised him again after he met Najib??
The explanations for all this crap only two:
1. The police report making its round in the internet is not the real police report lodged by Saiful Bukhari.
2. Najib Tun Razak was lying.
This brings us to another question, why under now there is no police report handed to the accused - Anwar Ibrahim? The latest news:
Deputy IGP clears the air, he states when Anwar will get report
By LOURDES CHARLES
KUALA LUMPUR: The police will give Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim a copy of the police report lodged by his former aide alleging that Anwar had sodomised him “if and when” Anwar is charged in court.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said police could not give him a copy now as investigations were still in progress.
Lastly, do you think a hot headed person like Saiful Bukhari would let himself to be sodomised many times by a 61 years old man with bad back without fighting? Read this threat from him to this one guy in Friendster: “Killing Note from Saiful Bukhari” I quote:
Translation:
Subject:Hey Bastard
Don’t let me see you. I will ‘break’ your head. You better remove my sister’s photo. Bastard!
KUALA LUMPUR: Cooperation between the police and armed forces is necessary to maintain public order and security in the country.
With this in mind, the two security forces launched a joint safety exercise at the Police College in Cheras yesterday.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said cooperation was crucial because political parties, non-governmental organisations and individuals were, of late, organising more illegal assemblies.
“It is crucial, and the right time, for the forces to organise and plan strategies to carry out duties in maintaining public order as outlined in the public order manual,” he said.
The exercise, which began yesterday and ends on Monday, is to get planners to understand what it takes to coordinate efforts between the two forces should the need arise.
Musa said the joint exercise, whose focus is on the Klang Valley, especially Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya, was to show that public order problems could be tackled properly and efficiently by both forces.Asked if this meant that the armed forces would be used to tackle illegal assemblies, he said this would only be so if absolutely necessary and an emergency had to be declared.Armed Forces chief General Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Zainal said the exercise was the first of two phases. In this phase, discussions would be held to work out certain procedures.
The second phase involved actual deployment of forces. Legal officers of both forces would advise on the legal aspects of tackling any crisis.
“Such activities (the exercise) have to be carried out so that a standard operating procedure can be worked out. Without such exercises, there will be no coordination when a real threat arises,” he said.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — Even during the worst of times in 1998, when pro-Reformasi supporters took to the streets in Kuala Lumpurto protest the jailing of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the army stayed in the barracks. Crowd control and public order in Malaysia was in the hands of the police, like it has been for decades since the race riots in 1969.The men in blue jealously guarded their turf and the government felt that the sight of men in green fatigues with M16s on patrol duty on the streets of Kuala Lumpur would put the country on par with war-torn African states and unstable East European nations, and conjure up the image of a country under emergency.
This could change this week.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said yesterday that the police and armed forces will be holding a joint public order exercise until Monday and the military will be called in to maintain public order if the security situation in Malaysia deteriorates.
“The exercise is also to enhance the cooperation between the police and the army, besides helping improve coordination, logistics and communication between the two forces,” he added.
Army chief Jen Datuk Seri Abdul Aziz Zainal said the exercise would be held in two phases to better enhance implementation during a national security-threatening scenario.
“The first phase will involve discussions and, when the time is right, proceed to deployment,” he said, adding that the idea was mooted about two years ago.
Security agencies are on an alert to deal with possible public order issues on Saturday when a mammoth rally will be held in Petaling Jaya to protest the increase in fuel prices. The rally is being organised by the People’s Anti-Oil Manipulation Movement (Geramm) — a coalition of non-governmental organisations and the youth wing of Pakatan Rakyat.
Initially, they believed that several thousand protestors could turn up on Saturday. But now they believe that the numbers could swell dramatically. The reason: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is using the rally to kick off a nationwide roadshow to proclaim his innocence against the sodomy charge levelled by his aide, Saiful Bukhari Azlan, against him.
Musa assured people that the armed forces will only be used after consultations between officials from the Home Ministry and the Defence Ministry. This is scant consolation for Malaysians who are only used to seeing troops march on the streets of Kuala Lumpur on Aug 31 as part of National Day celebrations.
News of the joint operations between police and the armed forces to maintain public order is being debated in blogosphere with the more conspiratorial arguing that this could set the stage for emergency rule in the country. Government officials are dismissing that notion, saying that police do not have the resources to deal to tackle crime and also maintain law and order across the country.
Why the army?? Anything involving the army is pretty serious shit. As reported by The Malaysian Insider, even during the ‘worst’ times in 1998 - Reformasi period we did not see army on the street for crowd control and public order. Usually, army will step in when there is an emergency. Like what happened in 1969.
According to Article 150 of the Federal Constitution:
This article permits the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to issue a Proclamation of Emergency and to govern by issuing ordinances that are not subject to judicial review if the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that a grave emergency exists whereby the security, or the economic life, or public order in the Federation or any part thereof is threatened.
Only Yang Di-Pertuan Agong has the absolute power to issue a Proclamation of Emergency and mobilize the army in case of emergency as he is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. IGP forgot to mention His Majesty role? Only Home Ministry and the Defence Ministry? What? A coup de tat?
Illegal assemblies? We have FRUs.. So far it works (for them) so why the ARMY needs to be brought in? Not enough resources? What a lame excuse. Malaysians are generally peace loving people, even when provoked by tear gasses and water cannons.
Lastly, this very statement is seriously disturbing…
Asked if this meant that the armed forces would be used to tackle illegal assemblies, he said this would only be so if absolutely necessary and an emergency had to be declared.
Why the need to mention the very word of ‘an emergency’? Before this, even after BERSIH march, Hindraf and few other illegal assemblies, there was no mention of ‘emergency’. People like IGP do not simply just say unnecessary things, especially someone at his position.
Another conspiracy theory? I leave you to decide on that.
1. Deny Barisan National A 2/3 Majority in the Upcoming Election!DONE!
2. Save $$$ to buy a new wife (read = car)
3. Get a kick-ass laptop!
4. Maintain this blog religiously
5. Make more friends
6. Make more 'moolah'
7. Get out from Bolehland for a kick-ass holiday
8. Get a kick-ass tattoo on my back!DONE!
Then in today’s paper, Terengganu’s MB defended the purchase of the 14 new Mercedes E200 Kompressor - a whooping RM3.43million:
Read it here.
