Legacy of a society that believes in nothing

Raw with grief, in a voice steady but tight with emotion, his appeal for calm on Wednesday was a beacon of hope amid the tumult and carnage of a horribly dark week for Britain.

Hours before he spoke, Tariq Jahan had lost his 21-year-old son Haroon, murdered in the Winson Green area of Birmingham by thugs who drove at him in their car in what appears to have been a racist attack.

No one could be more aware of the simmering racial tensions between Asians in his neighbourhood and those of Caribbean ancestry.
Faith: Tariq Jahan is embraced by members of his community after Friday prayers at the Dudley Road mosque in Birmingham

Faith: Tariq Jahan is embraced by members of his community after Friday prayers at the Dudley Road mosque in Birmingham

Yet Mr Jahan had the dignity, the compassion and the common sense to demand an end to the violence that had shattered his life. ‘Blacks, Asians, whites — we all live in the same community,’ he said. ‘Why do we have to kill one another? Why are we doing this? Step forward if you want to lose your sons. Otherwise, calm down and go home — please.’

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Owh Come on! Another US Intervention? Kehkeh

The Prime Minister uses an interview with The Sunday Telegraph to promise a series of tough measures, to be unveiled in the coming months, to fight crime and reclaim the streets from rioters, looters and gangs.

He pledges to support “zero tolerance” — a tough system of policing first popularised in the US which sees even minor offences prosecuted vigorously to send out the message that no form of law-breaking will be tolerated.

“I will be saying much more about that because I think it is true,” Mr Cameron says. “We haven’t talked the language of zero tolerance enough but the message is getting through.”

Mr Cameron has recruited Bill Bratton, the former US “supercop”, to advise him as he plans his autumn enforcement drive.

The Prime Minister is expected to give details of the new strategy in a major speech in the next few weeks.

He has already approved the use of water cannon if needed to quell violence, signalled that police will be allowed to order rioters to remove face coverings and threatened the possible disruption of social messaging networks if used to instigate trouble. In other developments yesterday:

The number of arrests connected to last week’s disturbances soared, with the Metropolitan Police saying it had held 1,276 people. Of those, 748 have been charged.

West Midlands Police said they had made 509 arrests, while 208 people have been arrested by Greater Manchester Police. All three forces released more pictures of suspects.

- The Acting Metropolitan Police Commissioner said he expected to see a total of 3,000 arrests in London. His force said it had arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of arson with intent to endanger life over the fire which destroyed a Croydon furniture store.

- The courts were flooded with more cases of alleged rioters, including Reece Donovan, 20, accused at City of Westminster magistrates’ of robbing Ashraf Rossli, an injured Malaysian student.

- The uncle of two brothers killed by a car while guarding shops from looters in Birmingham said: “This was not about race, this was not about religion — this was about a pure criminal act.”

An analysis by this newspaper showed that one in five of the cases of alleged rioters to appear in front of the courts involves children.

In his first newspaper interview since the disturbances, Mr Cameron pledges more action to help “strengthen families”. He claims there are around 100,000 “deeply broken and troubled” families in Britain and bemoans the lack of male role models for many boys and young men.

However, he rules out any climbdown over plans to cut police budgets, despite coming under fire over the issue both from Labour and his own party, including Boris Johnson, the mayor of London.

The Prime Minister says: “I think there is a danger sometimes of people seeking very, very complicated answers when there are quite simple [explanations] … these people who were nicking televisions were not complaining about the reform of the education maintenance allowance or tuition fees.

“They were nicking televisions because they wanted a television and they weren’t prepared to save up and get it like normal people.”

He pledges no retreat over plans to introduce directly elected police commissioners or to cut police budgets by six per cent over four years, which force chiefs say will lead to thousands fewer officers.

The aftermath of four consecutive nights of rioting around England has embroiled the Prime Minister in a major row with police after he criticised their tactics in failing to deal adequately with the most serious disturbances in London on Monday.

Mr Cameron has been attacked for being too late to return from his holiday in Italy to take charge of the fightback against the rioters.

He has said a full public inquiry into the rioting, called for by Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is not needed.

But yesterday Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, disclosed that the Government would commission “independent research” into the collapse of public order.

The study is likely to cost millions of pounds and will effectively be “owned” by the Government.

The research was necessary to provide “evidence”, Mr Clegg told Liberal Democrat activists in speeches in Liverpool and Manchester.

He said: “Why did some areas and people explode and others not?

“What can we learn from those neighbourhoods and young people who remained peaceful? We need to know what kind of people the rioters were, and why they did it.

“That is also why we are looking into gang culture, so that we can combat it more effectively. In policy-making, as in war, it is important to know your enemy.”

Mr Miliband, on a visit to Hackney, in east London, yesterday said if the Government did not conduct a full public inquiry into the riots then Labour would.

It was imperative for Britain to hold a “national discussion”, he added.

“After all other major disturbances in Britain there has been a proper public commission of inquiry — that is why the Government needs to get on with it,” he said.


Meanwhile on August 5th 2011 :

...But Mrs May was uncomfortable with the idea, which would have ripped up the centuries-old tradition of British citizens serving in the police. Any immediate move was effectively blocked when an advert isement for the post was issued by the Home Office that specified that “applicants must be British citizens”.

The Association of Chief Police Officers also described the notion of foreign officers heading up British forces as “stupid”.


p/s : Den ingek kek Malaysia ja sukakan talent luo. hehehe

Betul ka ni Kak Mismah??

Aku bimbang ini adalah satu lakonan oleh organ kerajaan untuk menutup silap. Pohon pengadu yang berleluasa di dalam dunia net ini untuk bangkit menafikan bahawa wanita ini Mismah. Ayoh bangkit!!! Pendedehan sudah well organized, takkan yang ni tak boleh nak buktikan satu lagi rekayasa kerajaan.

Kemon kemon. Apa guna batu di tangan kalau tidak dilempar sambil kekal berdiri di posisi.

IMF Munafik

KOMPAS.com - Ingat saat krisis moneter menimpa Indonesia tahun 1997? Masih terkenang bagaimana Michel Camdessus, saat itu Direktur Pelaksana Dana Moneter Internasional, sembari berlipat tangan mengawasi almarhum Presiden Soeharto meneken surat berisi janji mereformasi ekonomi atas desakan IMF.

Kemudian, muncul berita, Bill Clinton, saat itu Presiden AS, sampai menelepon Soeharto agar memenuhi desakan IMF, yang dianggap sebagai alat kekuasaan Konsensus Washington.

Masih ingat juga keberangan Bob (Mohamad) Hasan, saat itu menjabat Menteri Perindustrian, yang dengan jengkel mengatakan, Indonesia bukanlah republiknya IMF. Ini merujuk kepada kejengkelannya atas desakan-desakan IMF agar Indonesia melakukan deregulasi, termasuk membubarkan Bulog, yang kemudian mengakibatkan kehancuran sistem pengadaan dan harga-harga bahan pokok.

Teringat juga Ginandjar Kartasasmita, saat itu Menko Perekonomian, bolak-balik memimpin rapat karena IMF selalu memantau setiap langkah dan janji soal reformasi ekonomi.

Janji ini selalu dikaitkan dengan pengucuran dana. Jika janji reformasi terlambat, kucuran dana pun terancam. Maka, saat itu istilah letter of intent (LOI) terkenal di kalangan wartawan peliput krisis. LOI ini berisi langkah-langkah dan realisasi reformasi yang didiktekan IMF terhadap RI.

Hal ini seiring dengan pelarian modal dari Indonesia yang membuat Indonesia menghadap ke IMF untuk mendapatkan dana talangan 43 miliar dollar AS.

Setelah itu, masih jelas dalam ingatan, Direktur IMF untuk Urusan Asia Pasifik Hubert Neiss bolak-balik mengawasi perkembangan reformasi ekonomi Indonesia.

Semua itu memang merupakan buah dari keteledoran pebisnis Indonesia yang meminjam dana murah dari luar negeri, tetapi ditanamkan di sektor properti yang tidak laku.

Hal itu juga sehubungan dengan penumpukan utang negara Indonesia, padahal di sisi lain wabah korupsi marak dan bumper untuk menghadapi tidak disiapkan. Maka, muncul sejarah ”penghinaan” oleh IMF terhadap RI, yang mungkin tak akan pernah dilupakan sebagian kalangan Indonesia.

”Tak berani”

Kini, krisis lebih-kurang serupa menghadang zona euro, julukan bagi 17 negara pengguna mata uang tunggal euro. Krisis utang juga menimpa markas dan ikon utama ekonomi pasar serta markasnya Konsensus Washington, yakni AS.

Namun, di mana IMF sekarang? Apa perintah Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Direktur Pelaksana IMF, yang kini digantikan oleh Christine Lagarde?

Adakah IMF memaksa negara-negara itu menyusun LOI? Adakah IMF menghardik AS dan zona euro agar menyehatkan perekonomian sejak dini? Jika iya, apakah IMF berani memublikasikan keburukan dan kebijakan ekonomi AS dan zona euro sebagaimana pernah dilakukan kepada RI dan sejumlah negara berkembang lainnya?

Dr Rizal Ramli, pengamat ekonomi, dulu sudah mengingatkan akan bahaya tekanan IMF soal deregulasi. Demikian juga Kwik Kian Gie sangat kritis terhadap IMF karena dianggap tidak bisa memahami keadaan di Indonesia dan hanya memaksakan resep-resep ekonomi tanpa memperhatikan dampaknya terhadap kaum papa Indonesia.

Masih ingat pula sebuah gerobak mi ayam dibiarkan telantar di pinggir jalan di Kali Malang, Jakarta Timur. Pemiliknya meninggalkan tulisan tangan. Ini isinya, ”terkena krisis moneter”. Krisis justru memburuk setelah resep IMF, dengan fokus liberalisasi, yang membuat mahal harga terigu saat itu. Ah, munafiknya IMF. (MON)



Sejak bila IMF tidak munafik? Atau negara-neagra yang mengambil dana IMF tidak pandai mengatur duit yang telah diberi oleh IMF? Siapa yang munafik di sini sebenarnya? IMF hanya menjalankan tugasnya. Kalau dipaksa sekalipun, jika tidak menurut tidak menjadi hal. Yang terbaik adalah negara aku tidak terlibat dengan tuduhan munafik di sana sini atas tiket krisis matawang dan kemeruduman ekonomi.

Selamat Hari Kebangsaan ke 54. Mari kita memikirkan hal-hal lain selain merasa terjebak dengan krisis ini yang telah belaku 12 tahun yang lalu. Eloknya kita memikirkan apa kaedah yang lebih baik untuk berhemat dalam membelanjakan wang Perbendaharaan. Setakat menutup lampu antara jam 1300-1400 dan arahan berpusat menutup lampu selepas 1900 serta menetapkan pendingin hawa pada aras 24c, hanya bersifat pendalaman atau hulu sahaja. Sekarang ni trend menyebut pokok dan hutan.Tapi setakat sebut sahaja tak guna, pokok tu semakin besar dan besar. Awat nak bela buat pokok balak ka??

Kurangkan perkara-perkara yak yea yang membazir serta dianggap hebat dari segi pelaksanaan tetapi kesan langsung dan tidak langsung kepada rakyat entah ke laut perginya. Biar berpatutan tapi impak berleluasa.