He said the participation of Sarawak and also Sabah, in the formation of Malaysia in 1963 had brought much benefit to the two states in terms of peace and security.
“After becoming a part of Malaysia, we in Sarawak no longer harbour any fear of foreign threats.
“In fact, we feel safer and are able to better focus on development,” he told Bernama when approached at the Malaysia Day celebration in the Sri Aman.
Kanang, of the Dayak community, had joined the Sarawak Rangers as an Iban Tracker on April 21, 1962 and was absorbed into the Malaysian Rangers when Malaysia was proclaimed on Sept 16, 1963.
He retired from the service after 21 years as Warrant Officer 1.
He was awarded the Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa and the Panglima Gagah Berani awards by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 1981 and 1987, respectively.
The awards were for the bravery he showed when he attacked communist insurgents who numbered more than his own team of soldiers and killed five of the enemy and captured equipment as well in the Korbu Forest Reserve on June 1, 1979.
Kanang said Sarawak was fortunate to have joined Malaysia because the people lived in peace and were united regardless of race and religion.
He said the new generation of Malaysians should be made aware of the need to remain united in the spirit of 1Malaysia which transcended race and religion.
“In Sarawak, it is important to maintain unity among the people and ensure that they are not marginalised from development and progress,” he said.
The Sri Aman Division Malaysia Day celebration was launched by Deputy Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim. — Bernama
She said in her speech that in the 47 years following Sarawak’s independence through Malaysia, the state had enjoyed peace and intensive development and had achieved many successes not only at the national level but also in the global arena.
“Appreciate the peace and progress because they have not come easily but through the struggles of our past leaders whom we should remember on this 16th day of September,” she said.
Fifty-five contingents from various federal and state government agencies and non-governmental organisations participated in the Malaysia Day parade held at the Sri Aman sports field. — Bernama
September 17, 2010, Friday
An integrated master plan has been drawn up to develop Lawas and Limbang Districts, in tandem with the overall development of the State's northern region, says Second Minister of Planning and Resource Management Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah Ali Hasan.
To achieve this goal, he said the government had to look at the division from a different perspective...different from approaches used to develop other Divisions in Sarawak.
"Because of the peculiarity of Limbang and Lawas, they have to be developed differently," Tengah told 'ET in Travel' at his residence here during Hari Raya open house on Monday.
One of the approaches used, he said, was to provide better connectivity between Limbang and Lawas, through all the three modes of transportation, namely air, water and land.
"A new site has been identified for a new airport in Lawas so that it can cater to bigger aircraft, and provide better connectivity between Lawas and Kota Kinabalu, and between Lawas and Miri.
"The present one cannot be enlarged because of serious soil erosion. The government has identified a new site," he said.
Tengah, who is also Bukit Sari State Assemblyman, pointed out that the road between Lawas and Kota Kinabalu had been upgraded to allow a journey of within three hours.
"Lawas is also connected to Limbang through Brunei, and to Miri, and the rest of Sarawak," said Tengah.
He said that Lawas-Ba'Kelalan Road would be linked with better roads in the future with more allocation set aside by the government.
"The idea is open up large tract of land from here to Ba Kelalan, from there to Bario, and from Bario to Marudi," he said, adding that with road connectivity, the government would be able to open up oil palm plantations along the way," said Tengah.
Tengah said that his constituency was well supplied with electricity through Rural Electrification Scheme (RES).
"Works are underway to increase treated water supply to Lawas and Limbang.
In Lawas, the water treatment plant is still not big enough to cater for the needs of the increasing population. But with the Trusan Water Treatment Plant operational next year the water capacity here would be very much improved. It will be able to supply water to Lawas for the next 20 years."
He added that Lawas was also in dire need of a bigger and well-equipped hospital as the present one was lacking in facilities and personnel.
"If anyone gets sick now, they have to go Miri or Limbang, which is not practical because of the need to have a passport to go through Brunei."
"To avoid the hassle, most patients prefer to go to Kota Kinabalu instead, which is only a 3-hour drive away," he said.
Tengah also said that because of Lawas' peculiarity and physical isolation, the relevant authorities had to set up branch offices here.
"A case in point is the urgency to set up an Immigration Department office in Lawas so that those who need to go to and through Brunei can process their travel documents here.
"Otherwise, they have to go to Miri to do it, which is very expensive as it involves extra expenses," Tengah said.
He also appealed to the relevant authorities to set up technical or vocational schools to cater to the youth here.
"We also need a teachers' training college specifically for the northern region and Sabah," he added.
Eastern Times 23 Sept 2009
To achieve this goal, he said the government had to look at the division from a different perspective...different from approaches used to develop other Divisions in Sarawak.
"Because of the peculiarity of Limbang and Lawas, they have to be developed differently," Tengah told 'ET in Travel' at his residence here during Hari Raya open house on Monday.
One of the approaches used, he said, was to provide better connectivity between Limbang and Lawas, through all the three modes of transportation, namely air, water and land.
"A new site has been identified for a new airport in Lawas so that it can cater to bigger aircraft, and provide better connectivity between Lawas and Kota Kinabalu, and between Lawas and Miri.
"The present one cannot be enlarged because of serious soil erosion. The government has identified a new site," he said.
Tengah, who is also Bukit Sari State Assemblyman, pointed out that the road between Lawas and Kota Kinabalu had been upgraded to allow a journey of within three hours.
"Lawas is also connected to Limbang through Brunei, and to Miri, and the rest of Sarawak," said Tengah.
He said that Lawas-Ba'Kelalan Road would be linked with better roads in the future with more allocation set aside by the government.
"The idea is open up large tract of land from here to Ba Kelalan, from there to Bario, and from Bario to Marudi," he said, adding that with road connectivity, the government would be able to open up oil palm plantations along the way," said Tengah.
Tengah said that his constituency was well supplied with electricity through Rural Electrification Scheme (RES).
"Works are underway to increase treated water supply to Lawas and Limbang.
In Lawas, the water treatment plant is still not big enough to cater for the needs of the increasing population. But with the Trusan Water Treatment Plant operational next year the water capacity here would be very much improved. It will be able to supply water to Lawas for the next 20 years."
He added that Lawas was also in dire need of a bigger and well-equipped hospital as the present one was lacking in facilities and personnel.
"If anyone gets sick now, they have to go Miri or Limbang, which is not practical because of the need to have a passport to go through Brunei."
"To avoid the hassle, most patients prefer to go to Kota Kinabalu instead, which is only a 3-hour drive away," he said.
Tengah also said that because of Lawas' peculiarity and physical isolation, the relevant authorities had to set up branch offices here.
"A case in point is the urgency to set up an Immigration Department office in Lawas so that those who need to go to and through Brunei can process their travel documents here.
"Otherwise, they have to go to Miri to do it, which is very expensive as it involves extra expenses," Tengah said.
He also appealed to the relevant authorities to set up technical or vocational schools to cater to the youth here.
"We also need a teachers' training college specifically for the northern region and Sabah," he added.
Eastern Times 23 Sept 2009
TIBA-tiba nama JihadJane menggegarkan dunia. Dari segi beritanya seolah-olah digambarkan wanita yang nama asalnya Colleen LaRose ini terlalu bahaya sehingga mampu mengancam nyawa.
Pihak berkuasa Amerika Syarikat (AS) pada 9 Mac lepas telah telah mengeluarkan satu pertuduhan mendakwa wanita berusia 46 tahun itu terlibat dalam merekrut anggota militan menerusi Internet dan bersubahat untuk membunuh seorang kartunis di Sweden Lars Vilks.
LaRose ditangkap pada Oktober 2009, beberapa jam selepas polis Ireland menangkap tujuh suspek yang dituduh berkomplot untuk membunuh Vilks kerana menghina Nabi Muhammad SAW dengan melukis karikatur beliau dengan badan seekor anjing.
Wanita yang dilahirkan di Michigan dan kemudian menetap di Pennsylvania sering menggunakan nama-nama samaran seperti ‘Fatima LaRose’ dan ‘JihadJane’ turut berhadapan tuduhan bersubahat untuk memberi bantuan penting kepada pengganas, bersubahat untuk melakukan pembunuhan di sebuah negara asing, membuat kenyataan palsu kepada pegawai kerajaan, dan cuba mencuri identiti orang lain.
LaRose juga didakwa menggunakan Internet untuk merekrut lelaki di Asia Selatan, Eropah dan AS untuk melancarkan serangan dalam masa setahun selain merekrut wanita yang memiliki pasport dan keupayaan untuk bergerak di seluruh Eropah bagi membantu gerakan jihad.
Dia dikatakan memulakan tindakan merekrut ahli pada Jun 2008. Melalui laman sosial YouTube dan beberapa laman sosial lain dengan nama samaran Jihad Jane dan Fatima LaRose, dia pernah menyatakan dirinya “sudah bersedia untuk membantu orang Muslim”.
Dia juga dikatakan pernah bertukar-tukar e-mel dengan pihak yang merancang kegiatan pengganas di Asia Tenggara dan Eropah serta memberitahu sanggup berkorban nyawa demi Islam. LaRose juga dikatakan pernah melanggan dan memasuki laman sesawang berkaitan kegiatan militan seperti RevolutionMuslim.com
Dia juga dikatakan sedang bersiap sedia untuk berpindah ke Eropah dan bersedia untuk terlibat secara aktif dalam melancarkan serangan sebelum ditangkap.
Berdasarkan pertuduhan yang dikeluarkan, LaRose dikatakan bersetuju untuk pergi ke Eropah untuk membunuh Vilks di atas arahan pihak yang mempunyai kaitan dengan kegiatan pengganas yang masih belum tidak diketahui. Malah LaRose dikatakan bersetuju untuk berkahwin dengan anggota kumpulan pengganas berkenaan bagi memudahkan operasi berkenaan.
Sehingga kini masih belum dinyatakan kumpulan pengganas mana yang dikaitkan dengan LaRose namun pihak perisikan AS tetap mengaitkan dia sebagai tali barut kumpulan pengganas.
Tindakan
Bagaimanapun bekas kekasihnya, Kurt Gorman, ketika diwawancara oleh CNN menyatakan dia tidak percaya LaRose melakukan tindakan tersebut. Menurutnya, selama mereka tinggal serumah, LaRose lebih banyak menghabiskan waktunya di rumah dan bermain permainan komputer dan bukannya melayari laman sesawang atau laman sosial lain.
Selain LaRose seorang lagi wanita AS Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, turut ditahan kerana dikatakan mempunyai pertalian dalam perancangan tersebut. Ramirez adalah antara tujuh orang yang ditahan di Ireland kerana disyaki terlibat dalam komplot pengganas antarabangsa.
Polis Ireland berkata antara suspek yang ditahan di Ireland ialah seorang lelaki Algeria yang menjadi orang utama dihubungi oleh LaRose selain dua warga Algeria, seorang rakyat Croatia, seorang dari Palestin dan seorang warga Libya.
Ramirez telah mengumumkan dia memeluk agama Islam pada 11 September tahun lepas sebelum meninggalkan rumahnya di pekan Leadville, Colorado untuk mengahwini seorang lelaki Islam di New York yang dikenali melalui laman web.
Akhbar Wall Street Journal (WSJ) yang menemu bual ibu Ramirez, Christine Holcomb di Colorado melaporkan ibunya benar-benar terkejut dengan penglibatan anaknya itu.
“Saya marah dengan dia sekarang, saya rasa macam hendak mencekik dia. Namun saya juga risau mengenai dirinya, saya sayang dengan anak saya,” kata Holcomb.
Melihat kepada peristiwa ini pastinya ramai yang akan berpandangan bahawa pihak pengganas semakin bijak mengeksploitasi wanita Barat untuk tujuan keganasan. Dengan kelebihan wanita sebegini yang berambut perang, berwarna biru dan paling penting berasal dari Barat, mereka pasti dilihat memudahkan urusan yang sebelum ini terhalang seperti membekal bahan letupan mahupun membawa dokumen penting. Pastinya pergerakan mereka lebih bebas dan tidak terbatas seperti orang Islam lain yang kini berdepan dengan pelbagai halangan terutama ketika pemeriksaan di lapangan terbang.
Namun ia juga dilihat sebagai satu lagi usaha untuk memburuk-burukkan Islam apatah lagi di kalangan wanita Barat semakin ramai mereka mula tertarik dengan Islam. Jika benar JihadJane terlibat dalam komplot merancang keganasan pastinya ia satu kesilapan akibat dari dakyah songsang oleh mereka yang menyeleweng dari ajaran Islam. Ini kerana Islam tidak pernah mengajar dan menyuruh umatnya bertindak ganas. Tapi dalam soal lukisan kartun yang menghina Nabi Muhammad SAW oleh kartunis Sweden, pastinya provokasi sebegini mampu meningkatkan kemarahan di kalangan kita.
Peristiwa ini pastinya membuatkan kita semakin mual dengan tindak-tanduk Barat terhadap Islam. Apa saja mengenai Islam pastinya penilaian yang diberikan oleh Barat adalah sangat negatif. Itulah gambaran Barat terhadap Islam sejak sekian lama dan ia semakin memburuk selepas peristiwa 11 September 2001.
Apa sahaja yang berkaitan dengan Islam akan dikategorikan sebagai salah dan buruk. Mereka akan sentiasa melabel Islam sebagai agama yang radikal dan ketinggalan zaman hanya kerana kita tidak mahu mengikut kehendak perubahan dan kemajuan yang ditaja mereka.
Mengambil contoh pengharaman pemakaian purdah bagi wanita Islam oleh kerajaan Perancis ia akhirnya akan dilabel sebagai bertentangan dengan hak asasi manusia walaupun hakikatnya ia adalah hak bagi wanita berkenaan untuk memakainya.
Nampak sangat hak asasi yang diuar-uarkan Barat hanya umpama senjata kepada Barat untuk melarang sesuatu yang bertentangan dengan kehendak mereka. Tapi jika wanita itu mahu berpakaian menjolok mata atau pun sehingga ke tahap berbogel sekalipun semua itu dibenar malah akan dipertahankan semata-mata kerana ia selari dengan hak asasi manusia. Itulah double standart yang diamalkan oleh Barat setiap kali ia melibatkan Islam. Sampai bila perkara ini akan berterusan hanya mereka yang boleh menentukan itupun jika mereka mahu berubah. Namun ini tidak bermaksud kita perlu terpengaruh dengan provokasi mereka yang akhirnya jika terlalu terikut-ikut hanya akan memudaratkan dan merendahkan martabat diri.
Oleh HAFIZAHRIL HAMID- UM
WASHINGTON 16 Mac - Kutukan keras pentadbiran Presiden Amerika Syarikat (AS), Barack Obama ke atas Israel minggu lalu mencetuskan 'ribut api' di Kongres dan di kalangan kumpulan pro-Israel yang menyifatkan kritikan ke atas sekutu rapat AS di Asia Barat sebagai 'salah tempat'.
Sejak tercetusnya kontroversi, rasa tidak puas hati penggubal undang-undang berpengaruh dan kumpulan berkepentingan ditujukan terhadap keputusan pentadbiran Obama yang mengutuk Israel secara terbuka terhadap pengumuman perumahan baru Yahudi di timur Baitulmaqdis ketika Naib Presiden Joe Biden mengadakan lawatan Selasa lalu dan secara terbuka menyuarakan kekecewaan beliau Jumaat lalu.
Ketika diplomat kedua-dua negara menyifatkan situasi yang berlaku sebagai satu krisis, kemarahan yang timbul di AS, khususnya dari Capitol Hill, berlaku pada saat-saat sukar pentadbiran yang kini cuba mendapatkan sokongan dari penggubal undang-undang dalam pembaharuan penjagaan kesihatan dan beberapa isu domestik yang lain.
Mereka yang mengkritik maklum balas pentadbiran terhadap Israel menyuarakan kebimbangan ia mungkin mengalihkan tumpuan dan menjejaskan usaha melancarkan semula rundingan damai Israel-Palestin.
"Mungkin lebih baik jika rakan kita di pentadbiran dan beberapa tempat lain di AS mula menumpukan semula usaha proses damai.
"Apa yang ada kini adalah pertelingkahan. Cukuplah pergaduhan keluarga ini dan tiba masanya kita memberi tumpuan pada sasaran utama iaitu pelaksanaan rundingan damai Israel-Palestin," kata bekas calon Presiden yang juga senator dari Parti Republikan, John McCain semalam.
McCain dan senator bebas, Joe Lieberman mendesak pentadbiran meringankan perbalahan dengan Israel kerana ia menggambarkan perpecahan dan kelemahan kepada Iran.
"Hentikan pergeseran keluarga ini. Ia tidak diperlukan kerana memusnahkan kepentingan bersama. Tiba masa untuk merendahkan suara dan mengabaikan masalah keluarga antara AS dan Israel. Ia tidak memberi keuntungan kecuali kepada musuh kita," kata Lieberman.
Sekurang-kurangnya lapan penggubal undang-undang lain menyuarakan kebimbangan sama dan lebih ramai dijangka berbuat demikian selepas Setiausaha Negara, Hillary Clinton memarahi Perdana Menteri Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu berhubung pengumuman pembinaan penempatan tersebut dalam panggilan telefon yang tegang dan memakan masa lama pada Jumaat lalu.
Pegawai-pegawai White House turut mengulangi kritikan dalam rancangan wawancara Ahad lalu.
Ketegangan yang tinggi memaksa wakil khas Obama ke Asia Barat, George Mitchell menangguhkan lawatan ke rantau itu yang mana beliau sepatutnya mengadakan rundingan berasingan dengan pemimpin Israel dan Palestin. - AP
Sejak tercetusnya kontroversi, rasa tidak puas hati penggubal undang-undang berpengaruh dan kumpulan berkepentingan ditujukan terhadap keputusan pentadbiran Obama yang mengutuk Israel secara terbuka terhadap pengumuman perumahan baru Yahudi di timur Baitulmaqdis ketika Naib Presiden Joe Biden mengadakan lawatan Selasa lalu dan secara terbuka menyuarakan kekecewaan beliau Jumaat lalu.
Ketika diplomat kedua-dua negara menyifatkan situasi yang berlaku sebagai satu krisis, kemarahan yang timbul di AS, khususnya dari Capitol Hill, berlaku pada saat-saat sukar pentadbiran yang kini cuba mendapatkan sokongan dari penggubal undang-undang dalam pembaharuan penjagaan kesihatan dan beberapa isu domestik yang lain.
Mereka yang mengkritik maklum balas pentadbiran terhadap Israel menyuarakan kebimbangan ia mungkin mengalihkan tumpuan dan menjejaskan usaha melancarkan semula rundingan damai Israel-Palestin.
"Mungkin lebih baik jika rakan kita di pentadbiran dan beberapa tempat lain di AS mula menumpukan semula usaha proses damai.
"Apa yang ada kini adalah pertelingkahan. Cukuplah pergaduhan keluarga ini dan tiba masanya kita memberi tumpuan pada sasaran utama iaitu pelaksanaan rundingan damai Israel-Palestin," kata bekas calon Presiden yang juga senator dari Parti Republikan, John McCain semalam.
McCain dan senator bebas, Joe Lieberman mendesak pentadbiran meringankan perbalahan dengan Israel kerana ia menggambarkan perpecahan dan kelemahan kepada Iran.
"Hentikan pergeseran keluarga ini. Ia tidak diperlukan kerana memusnahkan kepentingan bersama. Tiba masa untuk merendahkan suara dan mengabaikan masalah keluarga antara AS dan Israel. Ia tidak memberi keuntungan kecuali kepada musuh kita," kata Lieberman.
Sekurang-kurangnya lapan penggubal undang-undang lain menyuarakan kebimbangan sama dan lebih ramai dijangka berbuat demikian selepas Setiausaha Negara, Hillary Clinton memarahi Perdana Menteri Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu berhubung pengumuman pembinaan penempatan tersebut dalam panggilan telefon yang tegang dan memakan masa lama pada Jumaat lalu.
Pegawai-pegawai White House turut mengulangi kritikan dalam rancangan wawancara Ahad lalu.
Ketegangan yang tinggi memaksa wakil khas Obama ke Asia Barat, George Mitchell menangguhkan lawatan ke rantau itu yang mana beliau sepatutnya mengadakan rundingan berasingan dengan pemimpin Israel dan Palestin. - AP
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Sekitar Laporan Polis Terhadap Artikel ‘Persuasion, Not Compulsion’ Oleh P. Gunasegaram Di Star Online Bertarikh 19 Februari 2010
At this moment in Jakarta, a group of Indonesians are putting the final touches to their plan to invade Malaysia and wage war. Benteng Demokrasi Rakyat has announced Oct. 8 as the date of this D-day, when it says it will avenge all the wrongs committed against Indonesia by its neighbor . (Reported by The Jakarta Globe)Established during this year’s presidential election, the group, also known as the People’s Democratic Defense, has attracted public attention with its protests calling on Indonesians to “kill Malaysians.” Earlier this month, the group set up roadblocks in Menteng, Central Jakarta, in an attempt to detain Malaysian citizens.
However, the roadblocks failed to net any Malaysians, according to Mustar Bona Ventura, the group’s coordinator. “If we had caught them, we would have sent them home,” the 32-year-old economics student said.
He said the group’s anti-Malaysian stance was not motivated solely by claims that the neighboring country has been busy stealing Indonesia’s culture.
“It’s the whole thing, including the claims on our islands and the abusive treatment of Indonesian migrant workers,” he said. “The breaking point was when they insulted us through our national anthem, ‘Indonesia Raya.’ ”
Tensions between the neighboring countries have reached a fever pitch this year due to unresolved sovereignty claims in the Ambalat waters; accusations that Malaysia has claimed Indonesian cultural heritage as its own, including the Balinese pendet dance, various dishes and batik; a recent offensive parody of Indonesia’s national anthem; and the abuse of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia.
Mustar said Bendera had already recruited more than 1,200 members and expects to sign up at least 300 more. The group said it recruited 600 volunteers in Greater Jakarta alone last week.
“People from all sorts of backgrounds came and registered,” he said. “We have students, farmers, lawyers, fishermen, teachers and many more. Disabled people also signed up.”
The group reportedly has 40 recruits who are deaf, 10 with limb deformities and 10 who are confined to wheelchairs.
Bendera’s seeming enthusiasm for conflict and claims that the planned invasion is going forward is contrary to government warnings: Teuku Faizasyah, a spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Ministry, has said the group’s members won’t get anywhere near Malaysia.
“If there are any Indonesian nationals who are intending to go to Malaysia for a confrontation, they will be arrested. It will be impossible for them to enter the country,” he said.
However, Mustar said that self-defense training and black magic spells designed to protect the troops had already been provided, with 150 members taking part in two sessions held at Bendera’s headquarters. The offices are located on Jalan Diponegoro in Menteng, Central Jakarta, an address that was formerly used as the headquarters for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).
“This [training] is to support our people, and we have also armed them with weapons that volunteers donated, such as samurai swords, ninja sticks and sharpened bamboo sticks,” Mustar said. “We really meant it when we said we were going to deploy [troops] to Malaysia to fight them on [Octoer 8].”
Asked how they intended to get their weapons through airport security, Mustar said, “It’s just a matter of technique. But of course we’re not telling you how.” He added that the cost of traveling to Malaysia was being covered by each individual.
He said the group had earlier sent letters to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta containing its list of demands.
“First, we asked the government to close the Malaysian Embassy here and send all the country’s citizens back home. Second, the government should close our embassy there and send home all the Indonesian migrant workers.
“And last of all, we demanded that the government declare war against Malaysia.”
Single mother Yuni said she felt it was her duty to help Indonesia protect its cultural heritage from Malaysia and to stand up for the rights of abused migrant workers. Just last month, she registered as a volunteer for Bendera and said she was ready to go to Malaysia to join the war, even if that meant leaving her three children behind in Pandeglang, West Java.
“Malaysia stole our islands and insulted our national anthem. As a citizen, I am called to participate [in the war],” she said.
She said that if the Indonesian government and military failed to take action, it was up to citizens to take over. “My will is strong for saving our beloved Indonesia,” the 40-year-old said. “I’m not afraid of anything.”
Another recruit, Endo Kosasih, echoed her sentiments, saying he was not afraid to die if he had to go to the battle zone.
“It will be the same if you die now or tomorrow,” the 26-year-old said. “I am brave.”
Like his fellow Bendera members, Endo took part in the self-defense training course. He also learned how to shoot a bow and arrow, and said his aim had become quite accurate.
Endo said he had the support of his family and was determined to join the troops going to Malaysia so he could defend the motherland.
“We don’t want our nation to be harassed, our culture to be stolen or [the lyrics of] our national anthem to be twisted,” Endo said.
Mustar said the group had already sent 10 people to Malaysia, to conduct reconnaissance and draw up battle plans. “You could say they are our spies,” he said.
And on Oct. 8, Mustar continued, 1,500 Bendera troops will leave for Malaysia by air, land and sea, although he refused to elaborate. The group also plans to deploy a second batch of troops at a later stage, he said, adding that Bendera would work with Indonesian migrant workers and students in Malaysia to help boost its numbers.
“And once we get there, we will fight furiously in an open war with the Malaysians. Just like the wars you’ve seen on TV,” he said. “For us, Malaysia has really crossed the line.
“And if our government has no courage, then [it is time] we start a war.”
Volunteer Sugeng Widodo plans to leave his wife, who is four months pregnant, should the group call upon him.
“I prioritize my country,” the father of two said. “My wife and children breathe the air of this country. That’s why [I prioritize it].”
Back home in Klaten, Central Java, 37-year-old Sugeng is a farmer but said he had been trained in Jakarta to use arrows and spears. He said Bendera members would also be trained in the use of guns.
He said he was determined to fight and would stay in Malaysia until the issue of Indonesian ownership in the Ambalat waters was resolved.
“We see how our migrant workers are treated and the government doesn’t do anything about it,” he said. “Every citizen has the right to be protected.
“I will fight until the last drop of my blood. That is what I will do to defend my country.”
Asked what the group would do if the planned invasion on Oct. 8 failed, Mustar said they would evaluate and then go back to the drawing board. The main priority, he said, would be to demand the Malaysian government publicly apologize to all Indonesians.
However, he said he was optimistic that nothing would stop the invasion, not even the Indonesian government, and that everything would go according to plan.
“Indonesia will win! Indonesia will win!” he said.
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Keadaan banjir seperti ini juga pernah melanda Lawas sekitar Tahun 1976. Sekiranya hujan terus turun berlarutan, keadaan akan lebih teruk lagi akibat air pasang tinggi. Sekitar tengahari air telah beransur surut dan para mangsa terjejas telah mula membersih kawasan masing-masing.
Dia melupuskan banyak harta dia untuk kebajikan , dia berjuang untuk persamaan taraf orang Afrika di Amerika, mangsa AIDS, membenteras penyalahgunaan dadah, penguguran bayi, dan secara diam-diam menyalurkan kebanyakan hartanya untuk budak-budak miskin diseluruh dunia. Dia membuat Neverland dimana semua kanak dari semua bangsa atau keturunan boleh datang. Michael telah diketahui umum sebagai manusia yang paling penyayang.
Tetapi hanya satu kesilapannya yang akibatnya terlau berat untuk ditanggung. Pada pada tahun 1989, Michael mengemparkan dunia terutama orang kristian Amerika , "I have seen the Islam in the life of my brother, I have read the books about Islam. And I'd love to someday feel the calmness and peace of Islam...."
Sejak itu, hidup MJ sudah mulai bergelodak. Propaganda memburukkan peribadinya mulai rancak ditakongtawakkan. Dia dituduh memperkosa kanak-kanak dan semua yang dia buat dianggap salah dimata media barat.Tujuan barat ialah supaya pengikut benci terhadapnya kerana dia sangat berpengaruh.
Dia berpindah dan beberapa tahun menatap di England kerana memerlukan motivasi dari kawan lamanya, Cats Steven (Yusuf Islam) dan bergaul dengan penulis lirik Zain Bhikha yang membantu pembuatan lirik lagu “GIVE THANKS TO ALLAH”
Akhirnya, dia balik ke Los Angeles dan pada November 2008 dia secara rasmi memeluk Islam dan sebulan kemudian dia menunaikan ibadah haji bersama Raja Bahrain.
Pada siding akhbar March 2009, MJ mengumumkan "Ini ada konsert saya yang terakhir… jumpa anda sekalian pada Julai...."
Sebenarnya MJ telah merancang untuk mengumumkan bahwa itu adalah pementasan terakhir baginya dan sekaligus akan mengumumkan dia akan hanya menyanyi bersama Yusuf Islam dan kawan dan pada penghujung pementasanya , MJ bercadang akan menyanyi "GIVE THANKS TO ALLAH" bersama Yusuf Islam. Itulah sebabnya mengapa beliau memilih London dan bukan USA untuk konsertnya yang terakhir. Dia sangkakan dia terlepas dari ancaman Amerika.
Pada 12.30am, 25 June 2009, selepas latihan konsert di rumahnya, dia memeluk pengurus nya dan berbisik, "After reherasing for 2 months, I am finally ready for the concert..." (setelah 2 bulan berlatih, saya ahkirnya amat bersedia untuk konsert ini..) Sebelum ke kamar tidurnya, beliau melambai kepada penari-penarinya, "Selamat malam semua dan jumpa lagi esok..." Dan pada 2.26 pagi itu dia didapati meniggal.
Apabila dihubungi pihak kecemasan banyak soalan yang sengaja ditanya untuk melalaikan masa dan seolah-oleh mereka tidak tahu di mana rumah Michael Jackson. Lebih memeranjatkan, pihak hospital mangambil masa 2 bulan untuk mengumumkan keputusan autopsi beliau. Menghairankan, sedangkan Malaysia yang tidak semaju dan semoden Amerika boleh mengetahui keputusan dalam 2 minggu.
Menyedari sesuatu yang tidak kena, keluarga MJ mengarahkan autopsi berasingan yang keputusannya boleh didapati dalam 4 hari. Keputusannya – MJ telah di beri dadah yang berdos tinggi yang boleh mematikan denyutan jantung seseorang.
Ironinya, perut Michael didapati tidak mengandungi dadah tetapi darah beliau penuh dengan dadah – serupa kes kematian Marilyn Monroe. Doktor persendirian menjumpai banyak kesan jarum yang seolah-olah MJ dipaksa.
Seminggu selepas itu, Presiden Barack Obama semasa ditemurah berkata. "I love MJ, I grew up listening to his songs. It is a great loss, but rest assured that there is no conspiracy in his death..."
Persoalannya mengapa harus Presiden Amerika menidakkan konspirasi sedangkan keputusan rasmi autopsy belum lagi dekeluarkan. Seolah-olah mereka takut kepada bayang-bayang sendiri.
MJ telah diketahui umum sebagai seoang yang kuat menentang penyalahgunaan dadah. Apa logiknya dia harus ketagih? Dan kalau dia mahu membunuh diri, mengapa dia berlatih bersungguh-sungguh pada malum itu?
Tidak semua manusia di dunia ini bodoh. Amerika boleh memperbodohkan kita tentang kematian Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King dan Puteri Diana. Tetapi dalam kematian MJ terlalu banyak persoalan yang belum terjawab.
Sehingga kematian beliaupun, keluarga mendapat ancaman dari laknat Amerika. Apabila keluarga Michael berniat acara pengkabumiannya dibuat secara Islam dengan bantuan Brotherhood of Islam, CIA mengancam Katherine, (emak MJ) akan kehilangan segala harta dan hak penjagaan cucu kepad Debbie Rowe.
Akhirnya CIA setuju MJ dikebumikan secara Islam dengan syarat dikebumikan secara senyap sehari sebelum pengkebumian rasmi dan pengkebumian rasmi ditunjukan kepada umum secara pengkebumian Kristian. Apa yang disiarkan secara langsung dari Staple Centre sebenarnya lakonan atau propaganda Amerika untuk menunjukan kepada dunia yang MJ dikebumikan secara kristian dan tidak pernah memeluk Islam. Itulah sebabnya mengapa keranda itu ditutup dan jenazah MJ tidak ditunjukkan. Keranada kosong!
Peristiwa ini berlaku sebab AS terlalu takut kepada bertambahnya penduduk muslim diseluruh dunia.Adakah AS akan gentar apabila rahsia konspirasi ini diketahui?
