Cabaran RPK kepada kerajaan: Buktikan saya bersalah di UK! - Merdeka Review

Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK) akhirnya muncul di BPP Law School, London untuk mencabar kerajaan Malaysia agar membuktikan beliau bersalah di United Kingdom, tetapi bukan mengurungnya dengan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA).

"Kalau mereka nak main, main ikut peraturan saya! Bak pepatah, kalau nak tumbangkan musuh, ajak dia main di gelanggang kita. Gelanggang saya di sini, United Kingdom!" Demikianlah kata-kata RPK sambil berseloroh ketika dijemput oleh Solicitor’s International Human Rights Group untuk berucap di BPP Law School, semalam.

Semasa menjawab soalan dari bawah pentas, RPK mendakwa sebaik sahaja beliau dibebaskan pada Februari tahun lalu, pendakwa raya telah memohon agar mahkamah menggugurkan penghakiman tersebut. Namun, permohonan itu tidak terjawab sehingga kini. RPK menjangka dirinya mungkin ditahan semula.

RPK berkata dirinya sanggup berdepan dengan pendakwaan pada bila-bila masa, tetapi enggan melayan seandainya beliau perlu dikurungkan di bawah ISA.

Biarpun RPK pernah dicabar untuk pulang ke mahkamah Malaysia dan membuktikan dirinya tidak bersalah, beliau tetap berkeras, "Penuntut fakulti perundangan tahun pertama juga tahu bahawa tanggungjawab pendakwa raya adalah untuk membuktikan tertuduh bersalah, bukannya tertuduh membuktikan dirinya tidak bersalah. Kalau mereka ingin membuktikan saya bersalah, datanglah ke mahkamah UK!"

Salah seorang hadirin membandingkan situasai antara RPK dengan Ketua Pembangkang Parlimen Anwar Ibrahim, "Kamu dan Anwar Ibrahim berdepan dengan keadaan yang sama. Seorang memilih untuk terus berada dalam negara, seorang lagi memilih untuk terbang ke London. Siapakah pula antaranya yang lebih mungkin untuk mengelakkan diri dari malapetaka?"

Secara terus terang RPK mendakwa Anwar Ibrahim telah bertekad untuk menetap di Malaysia dan menentang sehabis-habisnya, kerana Anwar Ibrahim ingin menjadi Perdana Menteri seterusnya. Namun, RPK menyatakan bahawa dirinya tidak berniat untuk menjadi ahli politik.

London telah menjadi medan perang antara kerajaan dan pembangkang di Malaysia, lantaran populasi warga Malaysianya yang agak tinggi. Ahli politik Malaysia seperti Menteri Besar Negeri Perak Zambry Abd Kadir, Anwar Ibrahim, Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin dan lain-lain lagi pernah mendarat di kota antarabangsa ini untuk memberi ucapan politik. Kini, blogger terkenal di Malaysia, RPK turut tampil berkongsi pengalaman dirinya ketika ditahan di bawah ISA.

ISA bukan warisan penjajah British

RPK menafikan bahawa ISA adalah akta yang diwarisi daripada penjajah British, ketika beliau memulakan ucapannya. ISA diluluskan selepas tiga tahun negara kita mencapai kemerdekaan. RPK menambah, ISA dibentangkan oleh bekas PM Abdul Razak pada tahun 1960 (TPM ketika itu), dibantah oleh pemimpin Parti Progresif Rakyat, D. R.Seenivasagam.

Abdul Razak ketika itu memujuk D. R.Seenivasagam dengan alasan bahawa ISA diperlukan untuk menangkis serangan komunis, namun ISA kini telah menjadi alat kerajaan untuk menekan mereka yang berbeza pandangan dan menakut-nakutkan pegawai kerajaan, kata RPK.
Menurut RPK (gambar kanan), OKT (orang kena tahan) akan diasak dengan pelbagai tuduhan dalam tempoh penahanan 30 hari pertama, malah berdepan dengan ancaman agar OKT mengaku salah. RPK berkata surat pengakuan salahnya setebal 200 muka surat, antaranya termasuklah "membunuh Presiden Kennedy". Beliau akan dibebaskan seandainya mengaku bersalah, dan meletakkan tandatangan pada setiap muka surat, untuk 30 salinan surat pengakuan yang setebal 200 muka surat.

30 hari kemudiannya, OKT akan diseksa, supaya berpaling tadah untuk menyokong kerajaan. Malah, OKT akan digoda dengan pangkat, wang, rumah banglo dan sebagainya. RPK membahagikan OKT kepada dua kategori, iaitu sebahagiannya akan menerima ganjaran setelah kompromi. Selebihnya pula akan diarah untuk terus kekal dalam pembangkang sebagai "trojan horse" BN. Kuda Trojan ini akan mencetuskan perselisihan dalam pembangkang untuk mencungkil rasa benci pengundi, malah RPK terus menyindir bahawa Zulkifli Nordin adalah antara yang terjatuh dalam kategori ini.

Disambut dengan penghormatan

Selain itu, RPK juga mendedahkan penyeksaan yang berlaku ketika penahanan di bawah ISA. Ketika mengulas pilihan raya kecil yang berlangsung di Malaysia setelah dibangkitkan oleh hadirin, RPK berkata pertubuhan antarabangsa harus menghantar pemerhati untuk memantau perjalanan PRK di Malaysia, yang mana penyelewengannya semakin berleluasa.

Ceramah ini diadakan pada jam 2 petang di London, semalam, menarik kehadiran antara 300 hingga 400 orang. Hadirin berdiri dan menyambut ketibaan RPK dengan tepukan gemuruh. Malah, ada yang meminta tandatangan RPK selepas ceramah tersebut.

*Sim Tze Wei adalah penulis khas MerdekaReview yang membuat liputan di BPP Law School, London. Diterjemah dan disunting oleh Lim Hong Siang dari teks asal.

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RAJA PETRA'S SON WARDED AFTER SWALLOWING RAZOR BLADE - Yahoo

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 (Bernama) -- Raja Azman Raja Petra, a son of Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, who was recently jailed for theft has been warded after he was believed to have swallowed a razor blade.

Gombak police chief ACP Abdul Rahim Abdullah said the 34-year-old Raja Azman was spotted in a weak condition in his cell at the Sungai Buloh Prison by a warder while making his rounds on Tuesday evening.

Abdul Rahim said Raja Azman, who also had slashes on his wrist, was immediately rushed to the Sungai Buloh Hospital and was reported to be in a stable condition.

In his blog, Raja Petra claimed that his son inflicted the injuries as he could no longer take the physical and mental torture he was subjected to by the prison authorities.

Rahim, however, refused to comment on the allegation.

"Investigations are still at the early stages. Give us time," he said when contacted.

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POLICE-HOSPITAL 2 (LAST) KUALA LUMPUR

Raja Azman, the second child of Raja Petra, had last year pleaded guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court to four counts of theft, receiving stolen property and criminal trespass.

He was accused of stealing a Nokia mobile phone, a Seiko watch, and a bunch of motorcycle keys, all worth about RM3,850, belonging to student Saipul Adli Mohamad Yunus, 21, at No 16, Jalan Sastera, U2/1K, Section U2, Shah Alam, at about 10am on April 24.

He was also accused of stealing a Yamaha 135 LC motorcycle worth about RM6,000 from student Ahmad Firdaus Jalaludin, 23, at the same location and time.

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There is many a truth in the parody - Malaysia-Today

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Some of you may think that the MACC Downfall Parody video is in bad taste. I mean, how can we make fun of Teoh Beng Hock’s death when we should instead be mourning him? Yes, it was a hard decision to make as to whether to publish that video or not. But we decided to do it anyway not with intent to make fun of Teoh’s death but to reveal the real circumstances behind his death. And the video best describes the events behind what really happened.

Many months ago, soon after Perak fell, Malaysia Today had revealed the plan to bring down the Pakatan Rakyat state governments of Selangor, Penang and Kedah. Unfortunately, instead of taking corrective measures by strengthening their defences against the onslaught, Pakatan Rakyat became embroiled in inter-party and intra-party bickering. And most of the bickering was about petty and personal issues involving personalities and egos.

Perak was supposed to be the beginning. Selangor, Penang and Kedah were supposed to follow suit. In time, all the states under Pakatan Rakyat, save Kelantan, would be back in the hands of Barisan Nasional.

The Selangor plan was simple. The Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, and a few of the Selangor State EXCO Members would be arrested for corruption. They would be held a day or so in the lockup and then dragged to court to be charged. The trial would be speedy so that their resignations or disqualifications would come fast. And that would be the end of the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government.

The modus operandi would be the same as what they did to Anwar Ibrahim in 1998. One need not actually receive money or benefit financially for it to be regarded as corruption. Even if your office is used in what could be perceived as an abuse of power or you personally instruct someone to ‘do something’ -- even if it does not involve money or financial gain -- that too would be considered corruption and you can be sent to jail.

So the MACC was instructed to build a case against various people in the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government, from the Menteri Besar down to his team of EXCO Members. And to implicate these people in corruption the junior officers would be hauled in and forced to make statements that their bosses instructed them to ‘do certain things’. This would be the ‘evidence’ they use to arrest and charge the Pakatan Rakyat leaders.

We must remember, Anwar Ibrahim was arrested, charged, put on trial, pronounced guilty, and sent to jail for six years in exactly the same manner. All they needed to do was to get the Special Branch to ‘reveal’ that Anwar had instructed them to ‘interfere’ in a police investigation. And that was strong enough evidence to send Anwar to jail.

This whole thing came out in Anwar’s trial back in 1998 although many did not understand the implications at that time. The Special Branch officers testified that Anwar had summoned them to his office. And in Anwar’s office they engaged in a conversation. And the conversation involved Anwar asking the Special Branch to help force the witness, Azizan Abu Bakar, to retract his allegation of sodomy.

Azmin Ali, Anwar’s political secretary at that time, testified that Anwar did not summon the Special Branch officers to his office. They had in fact come to Anwar’s office with a request to meet Anwar. Azmin told them that Anwar is busy and would not be able to meet them. But they told Azmin it is important that they meet Anwar and insisted that they be allowed to meet him.

And when they met Anwar they tried to persuade him to give them permission to arrest Azizan so that they could interrogate him and find out who are the ‘forces’ behind the allegation of sodomy. But Anwar was reluctant to allow them to do that and told them he would have to think about it first.

Anwar then went to meet Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to seek his advice. Mahathir advised Anwar to just ignore the allegation. Mahathir said if he acted on every allegation made against him he would have no time to do any other work.

The Special Branch officers came to meet Anwar again and Anwar told them what Mahathir had said. The Special Branch officers, however, insisted that Anwar allow them to arrest Azizan. This matter involves national security, they said. It is not about Anwar. It is about ‘certain forces’ plotting the downfall of the Deputy Prime Minister and it is important that the police find out who they are for the sake of the nation’s security.

Finally Anwar had no choice but to say yes.

The issue is simple. Did Anwar summon the Special Branch officers to his office or was it they who came to see Anwar? And was it Anwar who wanted them to arrest Azizan or was it the Special Branch who sought permission to arrest Azizan?

Anwar and Azmin said it was the Special Branch officers who came to Anwar’s office and it was they who insisted that they meet Anwar. Anwar did not summon them to his office. And Anwar did not agree for them to arrest Azizan. It was the Special Branch that insisted Anwar allow them to arrest Azizan. But before they could do that Anwar would first have to make a police report.

The court accepted the Special Branch’s version of the story rather than Anwar’s and Azmin’s although during the trial the Special Branch officers testified that they were prepared to lie while on the stand if ordered to do so. Nevertheless, Anwar was found guilty and was sent to jail.

So it is not difficult to send someone to jail for corruption. All you need to do is to get someone to testify that someone instructed him or her to ‘do something’. And if that ‘something’ is considered an abuse of power then you go to jail.

The MACC wanted Teoh to say that he too was ordered to ‘do something’ by those in the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor state government. If he says that then the MACC would have a case against the Pakatan Rakyat leaders. And they wanted the whole thing done fast. It must be settled by Friday because that was the day they wanted to arrest Tan Sri Khalid and a few of his EXCO Members.

So the heat was on. Friday was the dateline. They wanted Tan Sri Khalid and his team arrested that same day. And they would have to use force if necessary to get Teoh to say what the MACC wanted him to say to meet this dateline.

And in their eagerness to get Teoh to talk they killed him. So the crucial witness was now dead. And they could not arrest Tan Sri Khalid and his team of EXCO Members on Friday as planned after all.

So it is back to the drawing board. They will now need new ‘witnesses’. Other junior officers in the Pakatan Rakyat state government would need to be hauled in as ‘witnesses’ and would have to be made to testify under force that they had been instructed to ‘do certain things’ by ‘certain people’. Then these ‘certain people’ can be arrested and charged for corruption. And only then will the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor state government fall as planned.

Yes, watch the MACC Downfall Parody video again. There is many a truth in that parody. The video may appear funny. It may look like it is meant as a joke. But it is not at all humorous in what they did to Teoh in their effort to bring down the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor state government.

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Nasib Rakyat Malaysia - PerakExpress

oleh Raja Petra

Semuanya telah diberitahu lebih awal. Amaran demi amaran diberikan tetapi tidak dipedulikan kerana yang memberi amaran ialah Malaysia Today. Malaysia Today dianggap bukan sumber maklumat yang sah. Malaysia Today dianggap penyebar khabar-khabar angin dan cerita-verita karut.

Apabila BPR (sekarang SPRM) menculik keluarga seorang inspektor polis, Malaysia Today membongkar cerita tersebut. SPRM menculik isteri dan anak seorang Inspektor polis yang menyiasat tentang ketua kumpulan haram diatas arahan pegawai atasan polis yang berpangkat ASP.

Inspector tersebut hanya menjalankan tugas seperti yang diarahkan dan membuka satu fail dan penyiasatan tentang aktiviti pelacuran, pengedaran dadah dan judi haram. Dan ini menyebabkan tiga ketua sindiket ditahan.

Apa yang dimahukan oleh SPRM amat mudah. Mereka mahukan Inspektor polis tersebut mengubah laporannya supaya tiga ketua sindiket tersebut boleh dibebaskan.

Dan ispektor polis tersebut perlu melakukannya sekiranya mahukan isteri dan anaknya dibebaskan.

Inspektor polis tersebut enggan melakukannya. Sebaliknya dia membuat satu laporan polis. Begitu juga dengan isternya. Tetapi tiada tindakan susulan dibuat oleh pihak polis. Tiada pegawai SPRM yang ditangkap ataupun diheret kemahkamah kerana kesalahan menculik

SPRM kemudian membocorkan maklumat tersebut kepada media bahawa mereka sedang menyiasat seorang pegawai kanan polis, Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Perdagangan (CCD), kerana kesalahan tidak mengisytiharkan harta bernilai 27 juta ringgit. Sepatutnya siasatan SPRM adalah rahsia kerana tertakluk dibawah OSA, tetapi itu tidak menja hal. Lagi pun, OSA hanya digunakan terhadap penyokong pembangkang dan bukan mereka yang berkuasa.

Walaubagaimanapun, Pengarah CCD tidak didakwa kerana tidak mengisytiharkan harta bernilai RM27 juta. Dia didakwa kerana menyalahgunakan harta milik polis untuk kegunaan sendiri, sesuatu yang dilakukan oleh semua pegawai kerajaan, menteri dan ahli politik setiap hari dan minggu. Tetapi jenayah sebenar yang dilakukan oleh Pengarah CCD ini ialah menahan beberapa ketua kumpulan haram Cina yang mengawal jenayah pelacuran, Ah long, dadah dan judi haram diseluruh Malaysia.

Mereka menahan peguam yang bertindak bagi pihak Pengarah CCD tersebut. Pegawai SPRM menahan beliau pada malam raya dan menggari beliau selepas memperlakukan seolah-olah peguam tersebut seperti seorang perompak bank. Untuk memastikan peguam tersebut mendapat malu, beliau ditahan dalam operasi ala Hollywod, dimana beliau ditahan dihadapan seluruh staf beliau.

Malaysia Today menulis semua ini. Malaysia Today bukan sahaja menulis semua ini malah mengulang cerita ini berkali-kali untuk memastikan tiada siapa yang terlepas cerita ini. Tapi tiada tindakan dibuat. Tiada siapa yang menafikan cerita ini. Lebih penting lagi, tiada siapa yang melakukan sesuatu tentang apa yang dibongkar oleh Malaysia Today.

SPRM telah menjadi alat untuk mereka yang berkuasa untuk sekian lama. Secara rasmi, BN mempunyai 14 parti komponen dimana Umno menjadi peneraju utama. Secara tak rasmi, BN mempunyai 17 parti komponen. Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya (SPR) adalah komponen ke15, PDRM adalah komponen ke 16, dan SPRM ke 17. Mereka berkhidmat untuk kepentingan Umno dan Perdana Menteri.

Bila ditanya, mereka akan menjawab. “Siapa yang tembak? Mana pistolnya? Mana buktinya?” Tak ada siapa yang menembak…tak ada pistol…tak ada yang mati…jadi tiada jenayah yang berlaku!

Hari ini, ada mayat bergelimpangan. Ianya adalah mayat seorang pemuda Cina, setiausaha politik kepada ADUN Seri Kembangan yang ditangkap dan disiksa oleh pegawai SPRM. Ya…dia telah disiksa. Dan dia disiksa kerana SPRM mahu dia bercakap.

Tetapi dia tak boleh bercakap. Dia tak bercakap kerana tiada apa-apa yang hendak dicakapkan. SPRM mahukan beliau memerangkap rakan-rakan dalam pembangkang. SPRM mahumenyabitkan rakan-rakan beliau dalam pembangkang diatas beberapa kesalahan jenayah yang SPRM dakwa dilakukan oleh pembangkang.

Dia cuba menerangkan bahawa dia bukan degil. Dia cuba menerangkan bahawa tiada jenayah yang telah dilakukan. Dia cuba menerangkan bahawa rakan-rakannya dalam pembangkang tidak melakukan jenayah dan itu semuanya hanyalah khayalan SPRM.

Jadi, mereka terus menyiksa beliau. Dan dia tidak mampu menahan siksaan. Lagipun, dia bukan lah yang bersifat ‘macho’. Dia merupakan seorang yang berperawakan lembut dan akan berkahwin hari Jumaat ini. Itu sahaja yang dia mahu.

Mereka mengugut akan membunuhnya sekiranya dia tidak mahu bercakap. Dengan linangan airmata, dia meminta belas kasihan dan memohon belas kasihan supaya jangan mengapa-apakan dia. Pegawai SPRM mengugut akan mencampak beliau kebawah sekiranya dia enggan bercakap. Dia menangis dan melutut memohon agar tidak diapa-apakan.

Mereka mengheret beliau ketengah-tengah bilik dan membuka tingkap. Satu kesilapan berlaku. Sepatutnya ia hanyalah satu ugutan. Mereka hanya mahu menimbulkan ketakutan. Mereka sebenarnya tidak mahu menghumban lelaki tersebut kebawah. Mereka hanya mahu beliau melihat kebawah.

Lelaki muda tersebut panik. Dia meronta apabila melihat ketinggian dimana dia akan dicampak. Pegawai-pegawai SPRM tidak dapat mengawalnya dan terlepas. Lelaki tersebut terjatuh dan meragut nyawa beliau.

SPRM kemudian mengumumkan bahawa mereka telah membebaskan Teoh Beng Hock malam sebelumnya. Mereka gagal memberitahu bahawa SPRM bukan membebaskan Teoh sebaliknya menghantar Teoh kealam lain. Tiba-tiba mereka menjumpai mayat tersebut. Dia melompat. Dia membunuh diri. Dia mengambil nyawanya sendiri. Dia tidak pernah disiksa. Dia tidak diheret ketingkap untuk diajar bagaimana hendak terbang.

Keadaan ini sudah berlarutan untuk satu jangka masa yang lama. SPRM bertindak seolah-olah mereka Tuhan. Mereka menculik keluarga dan menyiksa mereka yang ditangkap. Mereka mengugut untuk membunuh sisiapa yang mereka tahan sekiranya enggan bercakap.

Dan sekarang, lelaki muda ini telah mati. Tetapi tiada sesiapa yang akan didakwa. Tiada sesiapa yang akan menerima hukuman kerana lelaki ini mengambil nyawanya sendiri. Mengapa dia mengambil nyawanya sendiri…tiada siapa tahu. Dia tidak pernah disiksa. Dia tidak pernah diugut untuk dibunuh. Dia tidak diheret ketingkap. Dan dia secara tidak sengaja telah terjatuh.

Inilah yang akan diberitahu oleh SPRM kepada kita semua.

(Artikel ini adalah terjemahan kepada artikel asal The writing was already on the wall so long ago oleh Raja Petra.)

Mahkamah Batal Keputusan Sendiri Bersabit Kes Raja Petra - TVA

Mahkamah Persekutuan mengetepikan keputusan awalnya dalam menolak permohonan editor Malaysia Today Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin untuk Hakim Datuk Seri S.Augustine Paul menarik diri daripada mendengar rayuan habeas corpus beliau.

Hakim Besar Sabah dan Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum berkata keputusan menolak permohonan Raja Petra itu tercemar kerana hanya dibuat oleh kuorum dua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan, Tan Sri Nik Hashim Nik Abd Rahman dan Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin.

"Apabila dua anggota panel meneruskan untuk mendengar permohonan menarik diri, Seksyen 74(1) Akta Mahkamah Kehakiman (CJA)’ telah di kompromi.

"Kita ketepikan keputusan panel dua anggota berkaitan permohonan untuk Augustine Paul menarik diri. Ini diikuti bahawa keputusan dan perintah lain yang dibuat seterusnya terhadap keputusan yang was- was di mana juga diketepikan," kata Malanjum dalam keputusan yang dibacakan Timbalan Pendaftar Mahkamah Persekutuan Surita Budin.

Pada 20 Feb, Raja Petra memfailkan satu permohonan di bawah Peraturan 137 CJA untuk semakan keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan bertarikh 17 Feb dalam menolak permohonannya untuk Paul menarik diri daripada mendengar kes habeas corpus.

Raja Petra memberi alasan bahawa ada bahaya Paul akan berat sebelah jika beliau menimbang rayuan berkenaan oleh kerana Raja Petra sangat kritikal tehadap beliau dalam laman webnya.

Pada 17 Feb, apabila permohonan Raja Petra untuk Paul menarik diri didengar, Paul memberitahu mahkamah itu bahawa beliau tidak mahu mendengar proseding itu dan kemudian meninggalkan pendengaran tersebut.

Hakim-hakim lain terus mendengar permohonan itu walaupun bantahan daripada peguam Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, untuk Raja Petra, ia tidak berperlembagaan untuk panel berbuat demikian.

Nik Hashim, dalam menolak bantahan itu, berkata mereka diberikan kuasa untuk mendengar permohonan tersebut di bawah Seksyen 78 CJA dan menolak permohonan Raja Petra untuk penarikan diri.

Mahkamah, selepas menolak permohonan untuk tarik diri, menjemput Paul duduk dan kemudian panel tersebut menolak permohonan Raja Petra untuk mendapatkan kuorum lima atau tujuh hakim bagi mendengar rayuan itu dan dua permohonan untuk membuktikan lagi keterangan dalam kes ini.

"Persoalan dalam kes ini ialah sama ada pendengaran permohonan menarik diri oleh dua anggota panel menyalahi Seksyen 74(1) CJA."

"Perbicaraan seperti itu bertentangan dengan Seksyen 74(1) CJA yang menyatakan bahawa setiap proseding dalam Mahkamah Persekutuan hendaklah didengar dan diputuskan oleh tiga hakim atau lebih ramai bilangan tidak genap hakim," kata Malanjum bahawa Mahkamah Persekutuan telah mewarisi bidangkuasa untuk semakan keputusannya sendiri bagi mencegah ketidakadilan.

Mahkamah hari ini menetapkan satu tarikh baru untuk mendengar semula permohonan Raja Petra.

Raja Petra, 58, ditangkap di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) pada 12 September tahun lepas dan dihantar ke Kem Tahanan Kamunting di Taiping, Perak.

Pada 7 November, Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad mengeluarkan satu writ habeas corpus kepadanya bahawa penahanan di bawah Seksyen 8 akta itu tidak ada dalam skop seksyen tersebut. Menteri Dalam Negeri merayu terhadap keputusan itu.

Raja Petra juga diwakili peguam Azhar Azizan Harun, Ashok Kandiah, J.Chandra dan Neoh Hor Kee sementara Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Tun Majid Tun Hamzah dan peguam kanan persekutuan Abdul Wahab Mohamad dan Najib Zakaria bagi Menteri Dalam Negeri.

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Petra terima waran tangkap lagi - Malaysiakini

Penulis blog terkenal Raja Petra Kamaruddin - dilaporkan berada di Brisbane, Australia - menerima satu lagi waran tangkap setelah tidak hadir perbicaraan kes fitnah isteri timbalan perdana menteri.

Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur juga mengeluarkan arahan tunjuk sebab kepada isteri beliau Marina Lee Abdullah yang bertindak sebagai penjamin pengendali Malaysia Today itu.

Marina dilaporkan bersama suaminya ke luar negara, satu tindakan yang dipercayai untuk melarikan diri daripada perbicaraan yang disifatkan oleh penulis itu sebagai tidak adil.

Hakim Mohamad Sekeri Mamat menetapkan tarikh baru, 2 Julai untuk sebutan kes tersebut - yang sepatutnya didengar hari ini dan esok.

Pada 23 April, Mahkamah Sesyen Petaling Jaya mengeluarkan waran tangkap terhadap Raja Petra kerana gagal menghadiri perbicaraan kes menghasut.

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Petra dedah sumber info kaitkan Rosmah-Altantuya - Malaysiakini

Penulis blog popular, Raja Petra Kamaruddin dalam tulisan terbaru hari ini mendedahkan identiti sumbernya berhubung dakwaan wanita pertama negara Rosmah Mansor berada di tempat Altantuya Shaariibuu dibunuh.

Menurut pengendali blog Malaysia Today, maklumat kontroversi tersebut datang daripada Leftenan Kolonel Azmi Zainal Abidin, "orang nombor dua dalam unit khas bahagian risikan tentera" Malaysia.

Beliau bertemu pegawai tentera melalui seorang rakannya, Nik Azmi Nik Daud, yang dikenalinya sejak 45 tahun lalu.

Nik Azmi seorang pembantu ahli politik veteran Umno, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, kata penulis itu lagi.

Beliau juga memohon pertolongan daripada beberapa individu antaranya termasuk pemimpin PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan seorang lagi pembantu Tengku Razaleigh tentang kredibiliti pegawai tentera tersebut.

Dalam tulisan blognya, beliau juga mendakwa ditawarkan sebanyak RM30,000 sebulan oleh Datuk Jamaluddin Jarjis, seorang kenalan dekat Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebagai imbuhan agar beliau berhenti menulis tentang wanita Mongolia tersebut.

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The cat and mouse game with the Royal Malaysian Police - Malaysia-Today

The Special Branch wanted to know how much of these tactics were being used to enable Anwar to communicate with the outside world and thereby organise his Reformasi Movement and other political activities from behind the high walls of the Sungai Buloh Prison.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

When I was about 11 or 12 years old, I was made to sit for an IQ test. I just enjoyed these tests because I had already done many before that. You see, my parents subscribed me to the Junior Readers Digest and every month, whenever I received my copies, I would relish reading them from cover to cover. One of my favourite chapters was the one on IQ tests.

Some questions were in text format and others in graphics form. Invariably, you are asked to solve puzzles and problems and how to get over sticky situations. My favourite question was the one about the bridge closing at 7.00pm and a guard being placed in the middle of the bridge to prevent anyone from crossing it. Those on the left bank would not be allowed to cross over to the right bank and vice versa.

The question was: you arrived at the bridge at 11.00pm and found the guard asleep in the middle of the bridge. If you crossed the bridge the guard would wake up and catch you trying to cross and will force you to go back the way you came. So how are you going to cross the bridge to get home?

Hmm….this was one tricky question. I pondered for a while and my reply was I would quietly creep across the bridge and just before I reached the guard I would turn around and walk back the way I came. I would then make a lot of noise, which would wake the guard up. The guard, seeing that I was trying to sneak across the bridge, would chase me and catch me and force me to return to the opposite direction. And the opposite direction is where I actually wanted to go in the first place.

So that would be how I would get to cross the bridge and go home. But this would mean the guard would have to be not too bright and can be easily fooled. He sees you heading back from where you came and he would think that you came from the other direction. So he would force you back to the opposite direction, thinking this is where you came from rather than this is where you actually wanted to go in the first place.

Confusing? Not really. All you need to do is to create the impression that you are coming from one direction whereas you are actually coming from the opposite direction. And when they force you to return to the direction they thought you were coming from, you end up, with their help, heading for the direction you really wanted to go.

And this is the cat and mouse game that one has to play with the officers in blue from the Royal Malaysian Police.

The officers in the Malaysian police force rejoice when they think they have got you covered and have figured out your every move. They monitor your movements, your phone calls, those of your friends, and whatnot. If they don’t get what they want they will dig deeper. And maybe, in the end, they will find what they want to know. So you need to give them something to work on. Let them think they have got you, whereas it is you who have got them.

For example, on 10 April 2001, the police picked up four people under the Internal Security Act -- Tian Chua, Saari Sungib, Hishamuddin Rais and Ezam Mohd Nor. The police had been following me for three days and I knew I was also about to be picked up.

I got into my car and with my wife driving we went to our daughter’s apartment. My wife noticed we were being followed.

That evening, my wife went out to buy some ice cream and she saw a bunch of police officers loitering at the entrance. She knew they were waiting for me.

The next morning, we left the apartment, and about one kilometre down the road, they stopped our car and took me in. I could have sneaked out the back and would have been able to give them the slip, but it was crucial that we find out what their game plan was.

To cut a long 54-day story short, Anwar was facing nine criminal charges and was already convicted for the first and was facing trial for the second. He was eventually found guilty for both and his jail sentences were made to run consecutive rather than concurrent. The first conviction attracted a six-year jail sentence and the second nine years. Together with the seven months remand period during the trial, Anwar was given a 15 years and seven months jail sentence. And he still had seven more trials to go through.

Anwar was probably going to be in jail for at least 100 years, which meant he was going to die in jail.

My interrogation took 54 days and my signed ‘confession’ was more than 200 pages. There was a lot they asked me and a lot I told them. The most crucial piece of information they wanted was how did Anwar manage to run the Reformasi Movement from behind the high walls of the Sungai Buloh Prison? They knew the Reformasi Movement was being guided and run by Anwar. They just did not know how it was being done.

I was posed this question and I spilled the beans. I could not hold anything back. The information just flowed.

We meet Anwar in court during his many trials and that is when he dishes out his instructions. In fact, not only the Reformasi Movement, but also the party itself is run in this manner. We look forward to his trial dates because that is when we are able to meet Anwar and receive instructions from him.

Three days later, the Special Branch officers came to see me, bringing a copy of a newspaper. “Read this,” they told me.

It was the newspaper headline about the government dropping the balance seven charges against Anwar.

“So, now there are no more trials. Anwar will no longer be going to court. So how are you people going to meet him now?”

“Aiyah,” I said, with a very disappointed and dejected look on my face. “Now the link to Anwar has been severed. There would be no way we can continue meeting him to get further instructions from him.”

I sat back and looked my Special Branch officers in the face. They had this very pleased look, as it they had pulled off the coup of the century. These are five very happy Special Branch officers. They even offered me a cigarette and ordered some Kentucky Fried Chicken for my lunch. They had broken the link of communication between Anwar and the outside world. That is the end of Anwar’s communication network.

The Special Branch officers were probably made to sit for a course where they studied how Chin Peng communicated with his guerrillas in the Pahang, Perak and Kelantan jungles, plus those along the Malaysian-Thai border. I, in fact, discussed this with them and knew of the ‘dead letter boxes’ and all such primitive communication methods of 50 years or so ago.

The Special Branch knew that I knew. And I knew that the Special Branch knew that I knew. So they wanted to know how much of these tactics were being used to enable Anwar to communicate with the outside world and thereby organise his Reformasi Movement and other political activities.

Well, I could not hold anything back. I spilled my guts out and told them everything. And the result of that was they dropped the balance seven charges against Anwar so that he can be cut off from the outside world and can no longer direct things from behind the high walls of the Sungai Buloh Prison.

But that was not really how it was done. And of course I can’t tell you how it was done in case we need to do it again. But what matters is that they believed this was how it was done and they dropped the seven charges against Anwar to ‘plug the holes’.

They were one happy bunch of Special Branch officers the day they broke the news to me that they had dropped the balance seven charges against Anwar. And I had to pretend I was so disappointed and unhappy that they had outsmarted us.

Yes, I bet those Special Branch officers did not have to sit for IQ tests when they were 11 or 12 years old. If not they would have had to figure out how to cross the bridge after 7.00pm when the guard is sitting right in the middle of the bridge to stop anyone from crossing. And then they would have figured out you need to fool the guard by pretending that you are crossing from one direction whereas you are actually crossing from the opposite direction. Then they would have known that, if you can successfully fool the guard, he would actually assist you to cross to the side, where you actually wanted to go.

Yes, there is more I want to reveal. But let this suffice for today. In the next article we shall talk more about how to play cat and mouse games with the Malaysian police. No, nothing that has happened thus far is anything we did not want to happen. They think they have us on the run. They think they have sent us underground. Is that so? Lt Col George Armstrong Custer also thought he had the Indians on the run. By the time he realised it was the other way around, it was too late. Little Bighorn was Custer’s last stand and where the Seventh Calvary met its doom.

More later, and stay safe till then.

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Raja Petra: Kenapa saya terpaksa menghilangkan diri - TVAntara

Bloger Raja Petra Kamaruddin hari ini berkata beliau terpaksa “menghilangkan diri” buat sementara kerana percaya dirinya akan ditahan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri untuk kali ketiga.

Raja Petra juga berkata beliau bertelingkah dengan Sultan Selangor berhubung pendiriannya bersabit kemelut politik di Perak dan telah bertindak keluar dari negeri itu. .

Blogger popular itu berkata, sebagai seorang kerabat diraja Selangor, beliau memutuskan untuk keluar dari Selangor, selaras dengan hukuman ke atas kerabat negeri yang dianggap derhaka kepada Sultan.

Atas dua sebab itu, Raja Petra berkata beliau tidak dapat hadir di Mahkamah Sesyen Petaling Jaya hari ini untuk membolehkan kerajaan mendakwanya di bawah Akta Hasutan.

Blogger berusia 57 tahun itu dijadual dihadapkan ke mahkamah kerana artikelnya bersabit pembunuhan warga Mongolia, Altantuya Sharibuu.

Rencana itu mengaitkan pembunuhan Altantuya kepada isteri Perdana Menteri Rosmah Mansor dan dua pegawai tentera.

Mahkamah Sesyen seterusnya mengeluarkan waran tangkap ke atas Raja Petra kerana gagal hadir untuk kes berkenaan.

Raja Petra berkata sebelum ini beliau ditahan di bawah ISA bersabit artikel sama. Selain itu, beliau turut menghadapi pertuduhan jenayah di mahkamah Kuala Lumpur kerana menulis fakta-fakta sama berhubung pembunuhan Altantuya.

“Perkembangan masa kini tidak menyakinkan saya bahawa saya akan menerima pengadilan yang saksama,” kata Raja Petra dalam laman Malaysia Today.

Beliau juga berkata setelah ditahan dibawah ISA dua kali, “saya tidak akan memudahkan tugas mereka untuk menahan saya buat kali ketiga. Saya juga tidak mahu didakwa atas tuduhan derhaka yang boleh membawa kepada hukuman gantung,” sebagaimana yang berlaku kepada ahli Al Maunah, kata Raja Petra.


Berikut artikel penuh Raja Petra dalam blognya:

APRIL 23 — After two ISA detentions, I do not plan to allow them to get me so easily the third time around. I also refuse to face treason charges that will result in me being sent to the gallows. I love my life and wish to remain alive a few years longer if possible.

I wish to explain why I am not going to be present in court today, 23rd April 2009. Firstly, it involves my recent dispute with the Selangor Palace. This dispute was due to my open letter to the Perak Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin, which I wrote on 2nd March 2009 in response to the ongoing Perak Constitutional Crisis. My family said I had acted in a treasonous manner and they wanted me to issue a public apology to the Sultan of Perak.

I refused to comply with my family’s demand and instead wrote two articles condemning the Perak Palace for violating the Federal Constitution of Malaysia and for ignoring the wishes of the rakyat. My opinion is no different from that of N.H. Chan, the former Court of Appeal judge.

The Sultan of Selangor was very angry and that triggered a conflict between our two families. My family told me I had brought shame to the family name and they demanded that I attend a family meeting to discuss the matter. However, I did not attend that family meeting and this aggravated the situation.

My family then gave me an ultimatum. I was to either make that public apology or else my family would insert an advertisement in the mainstream newspapers practically distancing itself from me, which could be interpreted as disowning me. My response to that was, and in accordance with the normal action to be taken against a member of the kerabat who durhaka, I went into exile outside Selangor. As a matter of fact, I even missed two recent family funerals, as I could not and would not step foot in Selangor ever again.

It has to be noted that this has always been the punishment for any member of the Selangor Royal Family who is considered durhaka since the beginning of the Selangor Sultanate more than 250 years ago. My grandfather, Sultan Musa, was in fact subjected to that same punishment and it is the only punishment befitting a member of the Selangor Royal Family who has courted the displeasure of the Palace.

This means, in short, I can no longer attend the court hearing as the same is heard in Petaling Jaya, which is invariably within the state of Selangor.

The second reason is as follows:

In September 2008, I was detained under the Internal Security Act for what I was alleged to have written regarding the Altantuya murder and the alleged links to those who walk in the corridors of power. However, I am already facing trial on sedition and criminal defamation charges in this court as well as in the Kuala Lumpur court.

Now, my ISA detention in September 2008 was for the same crime as what I have been charged in this court (sedition) and in the Kuala Lumpur court (criminal defamation). This means I am being punished twice for the same crime and the law does not provide for one to be punished twice for the same crime.

No doubt, in November 2008, the Shah Alam court ruled my detention illegal and subsequently ordered my release. Nevertheless, the government is appealing this decision, giving a clear indication that it wants me back in Kamunting whereby I will face punishment without trial on top of the two trials I am being made to face — which, as I said, are for those same crimes.

The events of late do not give me any confidence that I will get a fair trial. Even if the Petaling Jaya court acquits me, they can still appeal the decision of the court like what they are doing with the Shah Alam court’s decision to free me from ISA detention. And the manner the Federal Court conducted itself during the recent ISA appeal hearing is very troubling indeed and borders on unprofessional conduct.

Finally, my open letter to Nizar Jamaluddin has been classified as treason and the government wants to charge me for treason. The fact that no such law exists will not stop them as they can use the "waging war against the King" law that they used against some of the Al Maunah members, which resulted in them being hanged in the Sungai Buloh Prison in October 2006.

Many of my friends have spotted police vehicles parked outside their house. Others have noticed police officers loitering in front of their residence while some have been summoned to Bukit Aman for interrogation. The police want them to reveal where I am currently residing.

Why are the police looking for me? Two months ago, the Federal Court was in a hurry to hear the appeal against my release from ISA detention. After impatiently rejecting all our applications and refusing to allow us time to file the necessary papers, the court suddenly went cold and nothing was heard from it since.

This got me very suspicious. I did some checking and have reason to believe that a new detention order has been issued and that is why the police are looking for me. If I were to turn up in court today I would never be allowed to leave. The police would immediately detain me and send me to Kamunting and this time I shall not be so fortunate as to see freedom in two months like in the last two occasions.

After two ISA detentions, I do not plan to allow them to get me so easily the third time around. I also refuse to face treason charges that will result in me being sent to the gallows. I love my life and wish to remain alive a few years longer if possible.

Those are the reasons I am not in court today. I shall, however, attend the court hearing when the situation permits, i.e., I am no longer to be charged for treason and I get an assurance from the powers-that-be that the government’s appeal against my ISA release is withdrawn forthwith and that no new detention order has been issued. After all, if the Razak Baginda acquittal was not appealed upon, why am I being treated differently? — Malaysia Today

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RPK: It was Najib who ordered my detention, I was also offered money to shut up

Raja Petra Kamaruddin said it was Deputy Premier Najib Abdul Razak who ordered his detention under ISA last year and that he was also offered money to shut up but he refused.

“Chances are, I have but 24 hours left as a free man and, if I do not write this article today, I never will,” Raja Petra or RPK wrote in his latest blog posting.

“I know for a fact that it was not Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who ordered my detention. He was not even aware I had been detained. The order came from Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and since I am bent on making sure he never becomes Prime Minister on 1 April 2009, I really do not blame him for wanting to get me out of the way.”

The federal court is due to announce its decision today on whether RPK should be detained under ISA, after the government appealed against last year’s High Court decision to free him.

Malaysia’s Umno-Barisan Nasional-led federal government wields enormous influence over the judiciary and former premier Mahathir Mohamad has been publicly accused of judge-rigging.

The rot in the country’s judiciary system was among the chief factors that led to voters denying the Umno-BN its long-held two-thirds majority in Parliament during the watershed March 2008 general election.

Said RPK: “I was given an option. Take the money and become rich or go to jail. I refused the money and instead chose jail. This is my choice and no one can convince me to do otherwise.”

Punished for linking Najib and his wife with Altantuya

The controversial blogger and editor of the Malaysia Today news portal is also facing criminal defamation charges for linking Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor to the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu, who allegedly was Najib’s mistress.

RPK said he was prepared to go to the Kamunting Detention Centre but vowed not to cooperate with authorities. He also said he would refuse medical treatment, visits, food and water in the detention centre.

“This action will mean I shall survive at the most seven to eight days. By the end of that period I shall be dead. I am prepared for that. They plan to imprison my body for the rest of my life.

“But I shall release my spirit from my body and will again be free. They can keep my body and they can do whatever they want with it. But they will never be able to keep my spirit. I shall separate my spirit from my body and deny them the pleasure of incarcerating me.”

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Peguam: Tidak sah kes RPK didengar di Mahkamah Sesyen

Peguam yang mewakili penulis blog Raja Petra Kamarudin berhujah di Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur hari ini bahawa adalah bercanggah dengan perlembagaan bagi kes saman fitnah didengar oleh mahkamah tersebut kerana ia sepatutnya didengar oleh Mahkamah Majistret, tempat beliau didakwa.

Manjeet Singh Dhillon, ketika mengemukakan bantahan awal sebelum perbicaraan bermula, berkata pemindahan kes tersebut adalah bercanggah dengan Perkara 8(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan berhubung dengan kesaksamaan.

Katanya, Mahkamah Majistret mempunyai bidangkuasa untuk mengenakan denda maksima RM10,000 berbanding dengan kuasa Mahkamah Sesyen.

Manjeet berkata, mengikut seksyen 78(1) Akta Mahkamah Rendah 1948, seseorang majistret boleh menjatuhkan sebarang hukuman tidak melebihi lima tahun penjara, denda maksima RM10,000 atau sebat sehingga 12 kali atau mana-mana gabungan hukuman yang dibenarkan dalam tiga pilihan tersebut.

Sebaliknya, kata beliau, Seksyen 64 Akta Mahkamah Rendah 1948 membenarkan Mahkamah Sesyen menjatuhkan sebarang hukuman selain daripada hukuman mati.

Menurutnya, tiada had bagi denda maksima yang boleh dijatuhkan oleh mahkamah sesyen, tidak seperti kuasa majistret.

Oleh itu, katanya, jika kes tersebut dipindahkan ke Mahkamah Sesyen, maka pelanggannya akan terdedah kepada hukuman denda yang lebih berat oleh Mahkamah Sesyen jika dibanding seandainya kes tersebut kekal didengar di Mahkamah Majistret.

Manjeet berkata, persoalannya sekarang ialah sama ada ia boleh menjatuhkan hukuman denda yang lebih berat terhadap mereka yang menghadapi tuduhan yang sama di Mahkamah Majistret.

Berikutan itu, hujahnya, Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen Mohamad Sekeri Mamat mempunyai dua pilihan, iaitu memindahkan balik kes tersebut ke Mahkamah Majistret atau menggantung prosiding mengikut Akta Mahkamah Kehakiman dan membawa kes itu ke Mahkamah Tinggi untuk diputuskan persoalan perlembagaan dan juga tentang kesahihan di segi undang-undang langkah pihak pendakwa memindahkannya di bawah seksyen 177 Kanun Prosedur Jenayah.

Sebelum itu, Manjeet berhujah bahawa perintah majistret untuk memindahkan kes tersebut pada 15 Ogos adalah batal dan tidak sah dan bercanggah dengan seksyen 177 kerana tidak ada alasan untuk memindahkan kes tersebut berdasarkan kepada kepentingan umum.

Beliau juga berkata, di bawah seksyen 417 Kanun Prosedur Jenayah, hanya hakim Mahkamah Tinggi boleh membuat perintah pemindahan kes dari mahkamah rendah.

Katanya, memandangkan kes tersebut didengar oleh Mahkamah Majistret di mana Raja Petra didakwa, maka ia mesti kekal didengar di situ.

Sumber: Malaysiakini

Mahkamah arah dua komputer Raja Petra dianalisis semula

PETALING JAYA: Pihak pendakwa berjaya dalam permohonan untuk mendapatkan perintah mahkamah supaya dua komputer yang dirampas daripada pengendali laman web Malaysia Today, Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin dianalisis semula.

Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen, Rozina Ayob membenarkan permohonan pendakwa yang dikemukakan di bawah Seksyen 425 Kanun Prosedur Jenayah bagi tujuan tersebut.

Rozina berkata, beliau membenarkan permohonan pendakwa raya untuk mendapatkan dokumen-dokumen yang tidak dibuka oleh saksi ketujuh, penyiasat forensik, ASP Wa’ie Isqal Kria Abdullah, 38, semasa membuat analisis.

"Ia perlu dilakukan dengan kehadiran kedua-dua pihak termasuk yang tertuduh," kata beliau.

Menurut Rozina, mahkamah perlu menilai kesemua bukti yang terdapat dalam kedua-dua komputer demi keadilan.

"Ia untuk mendapat keadilan," kata beliau pada hari kelapan kes hasutan dihadapi Raja Petra hari ini.

Permohonan itu dikemukakan oleh Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Ishak Mohd Yusof Semalam selepas ASP Wa'ie mengaku bahawa telah mengesan beberapa bahagian dalam kedua-dua komputer tetapi tidak membuka dan membawa fail-fail berkenaan kerana mematuhi arahan pegawai penyiasat DSP Mahfuz Abdul Majid.

Ho kemudian menetapkan sambungan perbicaraan mulai 16 Disember ini.

Semalam Rozina berkata, beliau akan memutuskan hari ini sama ada untuk membenarkan permohonan pendakwaan untuk Waie membuka dan menganalisis semula folder lain yang terdapat di dalam unit pemprosesan komputer dan komputer riba milik Raja Petra.

Ishak ketika mengemukakan permohonan itu berkata, perkara itu amat penting bagi mencapai keputusan mahkamah yang adil.

"Sebelum ini, beliau (Wa'ie) hanya mematuhi arahan yang dikeluarkan dengan membuka folder yang berkaitan dengan artikel "Let's Send Altantuya Murderers To The Hell".

"Wa'ie perlu membuat analisis kali kedua untuk mengeluarkan folder tersebut dan ia boleh dijadikan sebagai keterangan pihak pendakwaan dan pembelaan.

"Adalah wajar untuk saksi pendakwaan mendapatkan kandungan folder tersebut bagi membolehkan pihak pendakwaan mengemukakan bukti keseluruhan yang ada dalam komputer," katanya.

Semalam, Wa'ie berkata, Raja Petra telah melupuskan bahan bukti pengendalian melalui komputer riba miliknya dengan menggunakan program "clean it".

Wa'ie berkata, berdasarkan laporan analisis yang dilakukan terhadap komputer riba milik Raja Petra pada 11 sehingga 26 April lalu, tidak ada sebarang capaian ditemui.

Dengan itu, beliau berpendapat segala data yang terdapat di dalamnya telah dipadam menggunakan program "clean it",

"Apabila digunakan program tersebut, segala data tidak ditunjukkan dalam 'unallocated cluster' iaitu satu lagi program yang digunakan untuk menyimpan fail-fail aktif yang telah dipadamkan," katanya.

Raja Petra, 58, yang dituduh menerbitkan artikel berbaur hasutan di rumahnya di No. 5, Jalan BRP 5/5, Bukit Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh.

Artikel bertajuk "Let's Send the Altantuya Murderers to Hell" itu diterbitkan dalam www.malaysiatoday.net pada 25 April.

Pertuduhan mengikut Seksyen 4(1)(c) Akta Hasutan 1948 itu membawa hukuman denda maksimum RM5,000 atau penjara tiga tahun atau kedua-duanya jika sabit kesalahan.

Sumber: mSTAR

Bala Yang Hilang, Raja Petra Jadi Saksi Pembunuhan AlTan

P. Balasubramanim dan Raja Petra - kedua mereka ini menyatakan bahawa Najib Razak ada kena mengena dan terlibat sama dalam kes pembunuhan gadis Mongolia Altantuya. Mereka berdua ini sedang dicari untuk dijadikan saksi untuk dipihak tertuduh.

Kes pembunuhan Altantuya ini akan di mula kembali pada Januari tahun depan.

Kes ini pasti akan menghangatkan lagi susana politik negara kerana P. Balasubramaniam dan Raja Petra telah membuat beberapa tuduhan yang menggemparkan tentang Najib dan mangsa letupan C4, Altantuya Sharibu.

P. Balasubramaniam dalam Akuan Bersumpahnya telah menerangkan bagaimana Najib Razak telah melakukan persetubuhan dan perjuburan dengan Altantuya. Manakala Raja Petra Kamaruddin mengakui bahawa isteri Najib hadir sama ketika mayat Altantuya diletupkan.

Kes ini memperlihatkan politik, sex dan pembunuhan. Razak Baginda kawan baik Najib Razak telah dibebaskan baru-baru ini. Dua anggota polis – Sirul Azahar Umar dan Azikah Hadri akan membela diri atas tuduhan membunuh.

Selanjutnya..

Bala, Raja Petra bakal saksi, kes Altantuya ditunda Januari

SHAH ALAM: Dua komando polis, Cif Insp Azilah Hadri dan Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar, perlu menunggu sehingga 15 Januari tahun depan untuk membela diri di Mahkamah Tinggi di sini terhadap pertuduhan membunuh wanita Mongolia, Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Ini kerana peguam bela masing-masing, Datuk Hazman Ahmad dan Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin, tidak dapat menghubungi dan menemu bual saksi yang mereka rancang untuk dipanggil memberikan keterangan.

Hakim Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin membenarkan permohonan mereka dan memberi tempoh dua bulan untuk mereka membuat persediaan kes.

"Saya hendak kes ini dibicarakan berterusan bermula 15 Januari sehingga selesai," katanya.

Azilah, 32, dan Sirul Azhar, 36, keduaduanya anggota Unit Tindakan Khas(UTK), dijadual membela diri hari ini terhadap pertuduhan membunuh Altantuya, 28, di Mukim Bukit Raja antara 10 malam, 19 Oktober 2006 dan 1 pagi keesokkan harinya.

Penganalisis politik Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, 48, yang dituduh bersubahat dengan mereka di Wilayah Persekutuan antara 9.54 pagi, 18 Oktober 2006 dan 9.45 malam keesokkan harinya, dibebaskan dan dilepaskan daripada pertuduhan itu pada 31 Oktober tanpa dipanggil membela diri.

Dalam permohonannya hari ini, Hazman berkata, beliau tidak dapat memutuskan untuk memanggil siapa untuk memberikan keterangan kerana beliau tidak dapat menemu bual mereka kerana sesetengah daripada mereka tidak berada di Kuala Lumpur.

Katanya, beliau juga memohon diberikan masa untuk menyelesaikan semua kes yang dikendalikannya dari 2003 hingga 2006 yang masih menunggu perbicaraan, yang telah ditangguhkan untuk memberi laluan kepada perbicaraan kes Altantuya, kerana hakim yang mendengar kes berkenaan semakin hilang sabar dan tidak membenarkan penangguhan.

"Pendakwaan telah mengambil satu tahun setengah untuk pendakwaan kes ini. Kami juga perlu diberikan ruang dan masa untuk menyediakan pembelaan," katanya.

Kamarul Hisham juga memohon diberikan lebih banyak masa untuk menghubungi Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin dan penyiasat persendirian P. Balasubramaniam yang beliau bercadang untuk panggil sebagai saksi.

"Saya telah menulis surat kepada peguam belanya pada 21 Oktober, tetapi tiada jawapan daripada peguam yang mewakili Raja Petra. Kami juga telah menghantar pesanan kepada peguamnya dan firma guaman mereka, kami masih belum menerima jawapan," katanya.

Raja Petra, yang baru-baru ini dibebaskan daripada tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), telah membuat akuan bersumpah mengaitkan seorang ahli politik kanan dan isterinya dengan pembunuhan itu.

Balasubramaniam juga membuat akuan bersumpah serupa tetapi menarik balik akuan itu tiga hari kemudian dalam satu lagi akuan bersumpah.

Kamarul Hisham berkata beliau dimaklumkan oleh pihak pendakwaan yang pegawai penyiasat Tonny Anak Lunggan tidak dapat mengesan lokasi di mana Balasubramaniam berada dan perkara itu disahkan oleh Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah.

Tun Majid, sementara itu berkata, beliau tiada bantahan dengan penangguhan itu tetapi memaklumkan kepada mahkamah yang beliau akan mengemukakan bantahan mengikut 136 Akta Keterangan berhubung dengan hasrat pihak pembelaan untuk memanggil semula beberapa saksi pendakwaan termasuk Balasubramaniam.

Di luar mahkamah, Hazman memberitahu wakil media yang beliau merancang untuk memanggil sembilan saksi termasuk seorang pakar telekomunikasi dan teman wanita Azilah.

Kamarul Hisham, ketika ditanya mengenai kerelevanan akuan bersumpah Raja Petra itu, berkata, beliau tidak mahu membuat sebarang spekulasi buat masa ini.

"Kita perlu tunggu kerana akuan bersumpah Raja Petra jelas membayangkan yang beliau mempunyai sumber dan sehingga dan kecuali saya telah menemu bualnya, saya tidak tahu siapakan sumber itu, dan sama ada beliau bersedia mendedahkan mereka."

Katanya, beliau juga perlu mengesahkan sama ada Raja Petra bersedia untuk ditemu bual, jika tidak beliau perlu mencari jalan untuk sapina penulis blog itu. BERNAMA

Sumber: mSTAR

Mahkamah tolak pinda tuduhan hasutan terhadap Raja Petra

[DIKEMAS KINI] PETALING JAYA Mahkamah Sesyen di sini hari ini menolak permohonan pendakwa raya untuk meminda tuduhan hasutan yang dikenakan ke atas pengendali Malaysia Today, Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin.

Pendakwa raya memohon untuk memasukakn alamat laman web dan tajuk artikel yang didakwa berunsur hasutan dalam lampiran tuduhan yang dikenakan.

Hakim menolak permohonan selepas pasukan pembela membantah.

Pada 10 Oktober lalu, pihak pendakwaan memohon masa untuk mengkaji semula kertas pertuduhan terhadap Raja Petra yang dituduh menerbitkan artikel menghasut dalam sebuah laman web pada perbicaraan hari keempat kes itu.


Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Ishak Mohd Yusof membuat permohonan itu ekoran pertikaian berhubung lampiran yang didakwa oleh pihak pembelaan sebagai tidak asli.

Peguam Gobind Singh Deo membangkitkan perkara itu dengan menyatakan, lampiran 'A' yang disertakan bersama-sama dengan kertas pertuduhan adalah tidak sama dengan artikel asli yang diterbitkan oleh anak guamnya pada 25 April lalu.

Selain tidak mempunyai judul "Let's Send The Altantuya Murderes to Hell", isi kandungan lampiran itu didakwa pembelaan telah ditaip semula dan gambar Raja Petra dilampiran juga didakwa adalah hasil salinan semula ("cut and paste").

Sehubungan dengan pertikaian itu, Ishak memohon pihaknya diberi masa untuk meneliti dan mempertimbangkan semula kertas pertuduhan.

Terdahulu, pertuduhan ke atas Raja Petra menyebut, penulis blog itu didakwa telah menerbitkan satu penerbitan menghasut di laman web Malaysia Today yang mempunyai alamat web http://www.malaysia-today.net iaitu satu artikel bertajuk "Let's Send The Altantuya Murderes to Hell" seperti di Lampiran'.'A" yang mengandungi ayat-ayat menghasut seperti yang digariskan.

Tertuduh didakwa melakukan perbuatan itu pada 25 April lalu dalam sebuah rumah di alamat No; 5, Jalan BRP 5/5, Bukit Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh.

Kesalahan didakwa di bawah Seksyen 4(1)(c) Akta Hasutan 1948 yang boleh dihukum bawah Seksyen 4 (1) akta itu di mana hukuman memperuntukkan denda tidak lebih RM5,000 atau penjara tidak lebih tiga tahun atau kedua-duanya. Raja Petra, 58, dibicarakan selepas mengaku tidak bersalah terhadap tuduhan itu.

Pada Jumaat lalu, Raja Petra, 58, telah dibebaskan daripada tahanan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA).

Alasan penahanan Raja Petra di bawah ISA antara lain menyebut, beliau sejak 16 Januari lepas sehingga ditangkap pada 12 September lepas melalui Malaysia Today yang dimiliki dan dikendalikan beliau telah bertindak secara sedar, sengaja dan tidak bertanggungjawab menyiarkan artikelartikel tulisannya dan komen pembaca yang mempersenda dan menghina orang Islam, kesucian agama Islam serta peribadi Nabi Muhammmad s.a.w yang telah membangkitkan kegelisahan dan kemarahan masyarakat Islam di negara ini.

Sumber: mSTAR

Raja Petra: Kit Siang kemuka usul tergempar

Ahli Parlimen Ipoh Timur, Lim Kit Siang mengemukakan usul tergempar meminta kabinet supaya menghalang Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Syed Hamid Albar daripada membuat rayuan terhadap keputusan mahkamah membebaskan penulis blog, Raja Petra Kamaruddin daripada tahanan ISA.



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Sumber: Malaysiakini

PRESS STATEMENT - Release of Raja Petra Kamaruddin

---PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –-
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA; 7 NOVEMBER 2008

The release of Raja Petra Kamaruddin from ISA detention is a victory for the people of Malaysia. In its ruling against the Home Ministry, the High Court of Shah Alam has exposed yet another crack in the steadily eroding wall of justification surrounding the ISA.

I commend the courts which have come to the rescue, as they must do, when citizens are rendered helpless before arbitrary authority and its inclination to the abuse of power. It is through the judge's commitment to justice that Raja Petra will once again experience the freedom that is the birthright of all Malaysians.

This episode underscores the fact that the government of the day is unfit to lead. By the sheer arrogance of its perceived grip on power, it has failed to recognise and respond to the Malaysian people's desire for democracy, freedom and adherence to the rule of law.

Those BN leaders and particularly cabinet members who expressed staunch support of the ISA should feel remorse
over the hardship that has been foisted upon Raja Petra, his family and the many others still detained without hopes of trial.

To those members of Parliament who have been silent in response to Pakatan Rakyat's efforts to initiate a debate on abolishing the ISA, I urge you to reconsider your position. The Court's decision today offers a new opportunity to work together to rid Malaysia of this unjust law once and for all.

Many others still languish in prison under the draconian ISA, including members of Hindraf and individuals allegedly involved with radical groups such as Jemaa Islamiyah. They all deserve the right of judicial review.
I reiterate my call for their immediate release and that any credible charges against them should be made in a court of law.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

GMI anjur himpunan bantah ISA di Seremban malam ini

KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Nov (Hrkh) - Satu pertemuan terbuka dengan keluarga tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) akan diadakan di Padang majlis Daerah Seremban malam ini.

Pertemuan yang dijangka akan disertai antaranya isteri Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Marina Lee Abdullah; isteri Mat Sah Mat Satray, Norlaila Othman dan pimpinan PAS, KeADILan, DAP serta NGO akan bermula pada jam 8.00 malam.

Program ini dianjurkan Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) yang diwakili oleh gabungan NGO dan parti politik.

Orang ramai dijemput untuk hadir memberikan sokongan moral kepada keluarga mangsa tahanan ISA ini.

Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, blogger, Raja Petra dijangka akan dibebaskan dari ISA petang ini apabila Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam memerintahkan pembebasannya segera.

Ia berikutan permohonan 'habeas corpus' yang difailkan peguamnya sebelum ini. _

Sumber: HarakahDaily

Court frees Raja Petra

SHAH ALAM: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin is to be freed Friday.

He succeeded Friday in his bid to obtain a release order from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) via his habeas corpus application.

The judge ruled that the Home Minister had acted outside his jurisdiction when he issued the two-year detention order under Section 8(1) of the ISA.

The High Court here also allowed Raja Petra to be brought to court to be released today.

He was detained for a second time under the ISA on Sept 12.

On April 11, 2001, Raja Petra along with 10 other activists were detained under the ISA for allegedly plotting to overthrow former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Raja Petra was released 52 days later.

Sumber: The Star

Raja Petra fail habeas corpus

SHAH ALAM: Tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), Raja Petra Kamarudin hari ini memfailkan habeas corpus di Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam supaya dibebaskan daripada penahanan yang didakwa tidak mengikut undang-undang.

Keputusan permohonan tersebut akan diketahui pada 7 November ini.

Sumber: mSTAR