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Muhyiddin Yassin Confirmed As President Of Mahathir’s New Party

Mr Muhyiddin Yassin will be the president of the new political party backed by Dr Mahathir Mohamad and will be officially registering the party with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) on Friday (Aug 5).

“We had our first meeting last night chaired by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

“TSMY as the president will submit the application to ROS tomorrow, Friday,” former Wanita Umno leader Anina Saadudin told Malay Mail Online when contacted, using the initials for Mr Muhyiddin.

Ms Anina was present at the meeting on Wednesday night along with Mr Muhyiddin, Mr Mukhriz Mahathir, Gabungan Ketua Cawangan Malaysia president Kamarul Azman Habibur Rahman and student group Challenger leader Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

Ms Anina added that the pro-tem committee members for the new party are Dr Mahathir, Mr Muhyiddin, herself, Mr Kamarulzaman, Mr Syed Saddiq and Mr Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Sanusi.

Mr Muhyiddin also confirmed this in a Facebook posting on Thursday morning, and that a meeting on the matter was held last night.

“I will be submitting an application to the Registrar of Societies and register this new political party in the near future.

“Let’s us all pray that the application is approved. Insyaallah we will do the best for the rakyat and the country,” Mr Muhyiddin said.

Dr Mahathir confirmed recently that he will be a founding member of a new political party that will ally with Pakatan Harapan to ensure straight fights against the BN ruling coalition in the coming general elections.

Source: TODAY Online

August 6, 2016
‘Nabi’ Palsu Ini Minta Pengikutnya Bayar S$200 Untuk Masuk Syurga, Dicekup Polis

Seorang lelaki yang pernah ditangkap kerana mengaku dirinya sebagai ‘nabi’ di Jawa Barat pada tahun lalu, kini mengulangi kegiatan dakwahnya tetapi dengan ajaran terbaru iaitu mengenakan bayaran Rp2 juta (S$200) kepada setiap pengikutnya yang mahu masuk syurga.

Lelaki yang dikenali sebagai Abdul Muhjib itu menjalankan kegiatan dakwahnya di sebuah pondok yang didirikan bersama lima rakannya di kampung Medal Sari di daerah Tegal Waru di Karawang, Jawa Barat.

Kegiatannya terbongkar apabila terdapat penduduk yang tidak berpuas hati dengan ajarannya, membuat aduan polis.

Polis semalam (3 Ogos) menahan Abdul Muhjib kerana memperdayakan masyarakat kampung dan dia ditahan di balai polis Karawang untuk siasatan lanjut.

Media dalam talian memetik Ketua Bahagian Siasatan Jenayah Polis Pangkalan, Kerawang di Jawa Barat, Rahmat Ginanjar sebagai berkata, Abdul Muhjib sebelum ini pernah ditahan polis tetapi dibebaskan kerana berjanji tidak akan meneruskan ajarannya dan bertaubat di hadapan pegawai agama dari Majlis Ulama Indonesia.

Bagaimanapun dia didapati tidak serik untuk menipu dan menggiatkan semula ajaran sesatnya pada awal bulan ini.

Katanya, Abdul Muhjib akan didakwa di bawah Pasal Penistaan Agama yang membawa hukuman penjara dan polis juga masih menyiasat serta mengumpulkan bukti mengenai penipuan yang dilakukannya.

Source: Berita MediaCorp

August 6, 2016
Could A Homemade Rocket Reach Singapore From Batam?

The arrest of six men in Batam suspected of planning to launch a rocket at Marina Bay has raised questions about what kind of rocket would be capable of achieving this aim.

To travel the roughly 25km from Batam to Marina Bay, any rocket would have to be more advanced than the homemade Qassam rockets Palestinian militants have in the past fired into Israel from inside the Gaza Strip.

The Qassam-3 rocket, made by Palestinian militant groups in underground rocket factories, measure about 2m tall and can carry a 15kg warhead. These rockets have a range of just 12km — not far enough to reach Singapore from Batam. The rockets also have no guidance system and are therefore difficult to fire accurately over long distances.

Other short-range rockets capable of reaching Singapore from Indonesia would include the Grad (range 20km) and WS-1E (range 45km).

These missiles, however, are not home-made and are manufactured in Iran and China respectively, meaning they would be more difficult to obtain for a small cell of budding terrorists.

Source: TODAY Online

August 6, 2016
6 Terror Suspects Arrested For Plotting To Hit MBS With Rocket From Batam

SINGAPORE — Indonesian authorities have arrested six terrorism suspects over an alleged plot to fire a rocket into Marina Bay from Batam, a distance of less than 30km, according to local media reports.

The suspects, aged 19 to 46, were arrested on Friday morning (Aug 5) by Special Detachment 88, Indonesia’s elite counter-terrorism squad. The group is said to have links to Bahrun Naim, the alleged mastermind behind the attacks in central Jakarta earlier this year.

Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said it is aware that plans were being made by the six terror suspects. “Our security agencies have been coordinating closely with the Indonesian authorities since the discovery of this attack plot, to monitor the activities of the group and to apprehend those involved,” it said in a statement.

Singaporean police and other agencies have been stepping up inland and border security measures, said MHA.

According to an online report by Batam Pos, the suspects were arrested at various locations across Batam, including the Mediterranean Housing Block FF1 Batam Centre, Complex Masyeba, Cluster Sakura Botania, Carina Park Complex, and the Komplek Taman Indah Batuaji.

“It is true that we are holding six people,” a senior police official, Boy Rafli Amar, was quoted saying by Batam Pos.

The report identified the six suspects as Gigih Rahmat Dewa, 31; Trio Syafrido, 46; Eka Saputra, 35; Tarmidzi, 21; Hadi Gusti Yanda, 20; and M Tegar Sucianto, 19. All of them work at a fabric factory except Trio, who is reportedly a bank executive. An Indonesian TV station identified Gigih as the ring leader.

One of Gigih’s neighbours said he got married four years ago and did not show signs of suspicious behaviour. “He rarely goes out, in fact, we don’t know anything about them. So far the couple has been good,” the neighbour was quoted saying by Batam Pos.

Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian militant, is well-known to security agencies. Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said in March that Bahrun Naim was suspected of encouraging attacks in Singapore. He is said to be behind the bomb-and-gun assault at a Jakarta shopping plaza on Jan 14 that killed eight people, including four attackers, and injured more than 20 others.

Indonesian national police chief Badrodin Haiti has also named him as one of the region’s core leaders in the pro-Islamic State network

Source: www.todayonline.com

August 5, 2016
Walid J. Abdullah: Chastise, Don’t Dismiss, Donald Trump And Supporters

So many people going out of their way to chastise Donald Trump. I have no doubts some do it out of their convictions that his rhetoric is simply vile; yet, i can’t help but feel some just do it to present themselves as enlightened individuals.

Regardless, condemning his supporters as bigots, racists, narrow-minded, dumb and stupid is not going to change their vote. In fact, it will merely strengthen their conviction that Trump is indeed being targeted by the establishment and the rest of the world. An establishment that they perceive to have lost touch with the masses, and one that has not taken care of their bread and butter.

Learn from the lessons of Brexit. Displaying self-righteousness will not get us anywhere (look at those idiots supporting Trump; i’m anti-racism (selectively), i read so much, i’m clever, and they are morons). The rhetoric of hate, when heard by disenfranchised people, can really result in racist, bigoted and weird outcomes.

Address the real issues surrounding disenfranchisement, and don’t just dismiss them as ‘Trump supporters are just racists and misogynists’! (Which undeniably, some are)

But sure, if we want to take the moral ‘high ground’, in spite of our own silence toward racism in our midst, and if we wish to portray to the world how illuminated we are, continue to be condescending toward Trump supporters. Just don’t act surprised or sad if he eventually wins.

I don’t think he will, but hey, i didn’t think George W. Bush would get elected. Twice. The second time, after the illegal invasion of Iraq.

Source: Walid J. Abdullah

August 5, 2016