Now that a short clip of the sex video of a man who looks like Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim about to have sex with a China Doll has been posted on YouTube, the floodgates have been opened and for the next few days, people will talk of nothing else but the sex video.
It is likely that those who have viewed the video will say two things: "Ya-lah, it's him" or "No-lah, it's not him."
So, he's either finished politically or enough people could still believe it's a Barisan Nasional plot to smear him to enable him to survive.
Either way, Anwar will be viewed differently or awkwardly from now onwards by the people.
The 1-minute 47-second clip is obviously a teaser. It ends just as the man who looks like Anwar (despite his paunch) clad in a towel hugs the China Doll, who is also clad in a towel.
Everyone will be waiting with bated breath for the next episode.
Presumably, the next episode will start with the man who looks like Anwar undressing the woman...
Stay tuned...
Monday, April 4, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Nobody can stop the Word of God
Kingdoms come and kingdoms go, emperors come and emperors go, sultans come and sultans go, emirs come and emirs go, politicians come and politicians go, presidents come and presidents go, prime ministers come and prime ministers go, home affairs ministers come and home affairs ministers go, political parties come and political parties go.
The only entity that is eternal is God, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. That has always been the case from the beginning of time and will be the case till the end of time.
Nobody in this world - the Roman emperors, the dictators, the racists, the bigots, the despots, the Communists - can stop the Word of God.
The Government of Malaysia has learnt that the hard way, unfortunately.
It was only when the Malaysian government was faced with a strong challenge by the Malaysian Christians who were motivated possibly by a divine force that the government finally caved in and ended the Malay Bible issue in an amicable way.
That the Opposition coalition had quickly backed the Christian cause perhaps for their own political ends helped push the Barisan Nasional government to reverse its own foolhardy decisions.
Of course, the prospect of the Barisan Nasional coalition losing the Christian vote in the coming Sarawak state election and the next general election was taken into consideration by the Barisan leaders when they made their decision.
Actually the entire Malay Bible episode has worked against the Barisan Nasional government because the perception of the people is that it is inconsistent and weak even though Barisan leaders may try to portray themselves as accommodating, moderate and "of the people".
Anyone who followed the developments of the Malay Bible controversy would know that Barisan leaders had given conflicting, confusing and inconsistent statements on the issue.
Meanwhile, the Pakatan Rakyat leaders have been consistent in their moderate and accommodating stance that they have no issues with Malay Bibles and that followers of Abrahamaic faiths - Muslims, Christians and Judaists - can use 'Allah', the Arabic word for 'God'.
PAS leaders have even said that Christians are "People of the Book" and should be treated with respect.
So even though the Barisan Nasional government has finally decided to be moderate and allowed Bibles in all languages including Malay and Bahasa Indonesia to be imported into Malaysia without any official Ministerial stamping or serial numbering in Sabah and Sarawak - while Malay/Indonesian Bibles must have the words 'Christian publication' and a crucifix sign on the front cover in peninsular Malaysia - it is viewed as a victory for Pakatan Rakyat.
Barisan Nasional leaders could have avoided shooting themselves in the foot by shunning the racists and bigots in their midst from the outset.
The only entity that is eternal is God, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. That has always been the case from the beginning of time and will be the case till the end of time.
Nobody in this world - the Roman emperors, the dictators, the racists, the bigots, the despots, the Communists - can stop the Word of God.
The Government of Malaysia has learnt that the hard way, unfortunately.
It was only when the Malaysian government was faced with a strong challenge by the Malaysian Christians who were motivated possibly by a divine force that the government finally caved in and ended the Malay Bible issue in an amicable way.
That the Opposition coalition had quickly backed the Christian cause perhaps for their own political ends helped push the Barisan Nasional government to reverse its own foolhardy decisions.
Of course, the prospect of the Barisan Nasional coalition losing the Christian vote in the coming Sarawak state election and the next general election was taken into consideration by the Barisan leaders when they made their decision.
Actually the entire Malay Bible episode has worked against the Barisan Nasional government because the perception of the people is that it is inconsistent and weak even though Barisan leaders may try to portray themselves as accommodating, moderate and "of the people".
Anyone who followed the developments of the Malay Bible controversy would know that Barisan leaders had given conflicting, confusing and inconsistent statements on the issue.
Meanwhile, the Pakatan Rakyat leaders have been consistent in their moderate and accommodating stance that they have no issues with Malay Bibles and that followers of Abrahamaic faiths - Muslims, Christians and Judaists - can use 'Allah', the Arabic word for 'God'.
PAS leaders have even said that Christians are "People of the Book" and should be treated with respect.
So even though the Barisan Nasional government has finally decided to be moderate and allowed Bibles in all languages including Malay and Bahasa Indonesia to be imported into Malaysia without any official Ministerial stamping or serial numbering in Sabah and Sarawak - while Malay/Indonesian Bibles must have the words 'Christian publication' and a crucifix sign on the front cover in peninsular Malaysia - it is viewed as a victory for Pakatan Rakyat.
Barisan Nasional leaders could have avoided shooting themselves in the foot by shunning the racists and bigots in their midst from the outset.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Who did it?
Everybody seems to be fixated on two things - whether the man in the sex video is in fact de facto Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and whether Datuk 'T' comprising former Malacca Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuib Lazim should be arrested for possession and distribution of pornography.
Everybody seems to have forgotten to focus on the most important element - who actually filmed the man who looks like Anwar having sex with a China Doll?
Somebody must have set up the cameras and recording system. Who did it?
The Datuk 'T' group merely admitted to having organised the screening of the video to a select group of traditional and new media editors at Carcosa hotel recently.
They did not admit to having organised the filming of the sex act.
If Datuk Eskay's story is to be believed, Anwar told him by SMS to return to the hotel room and look for his Omega watch which he had left behind.
While Eskay was looking for the watch in the room, he saw a bunch of wires connected to the back of a TV cabinet. The drawer was locked and when he prised it open, he found a disk recorder and a disk inside.
The Omega watch was retrieved from the China Doll who had apparently taken it.
The recording on the disk is now the subject of the hottest gossip in town and much has been said and written about it.
The latest development is that the IGP said local experts have confirmed that the video was not doctored, but he did not identify the man who looked like Anwar in the video.
Datuk Eskay claimed that on a recent trip to Mecca, he received some kind of divine enlightenment which had somehow affected his conscience and moved him to expose Anwar's weaknesses and failings.
And that led him to link up with Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik and Datuk Shuib Lazim to screen the video to a small segment of the public and later hand the disk to the police.
Datuk Eskay never claimed to have filmed the sex act; he merely found the sex video in the disk recorder.
Which leads to the question that nobody - blogger, journalist, politician or police - has bothered to answer: Who set up the video system?
According to a source, the hotel-spa is frequented by Tan Sris and Datuks, captains of industry and politicians.
And China Dolls and prostitutes from other parts of the world are known to frequent the place too perhaps not to use the spa.
Could it be possible that the video system was set up by some criminal syndicate to film these VIPs having sex with prostitutes for blackmailing purposes?
Could it be possible that the man who looked like Anwar was filmed by common criminals not for political purposes but for straightforward blackmailing purposes, but unfortunately for him the disk ended up with his 'friend' who used it for a political purpose?
If indeed a blackmail syndicate is behind the filming, how many sex videos involving Tan Sris and Datuks and top businessmen are in the possession of the syndicate? How many of the VIPs paid up to keep things quiet?
This is something that the police should investigate too and not just get some local experts to testify that the sex video was not doctored.
Everybody seems to have forgotten to focus on the most important element - who actually filmed the man who looks like Anwar having sex with a China Doll?
Somebody must have set up the cameras and recording system. Who did it?
The Datuk 'T' group merely admitted to having organised the screening of the video to a select group of traditional and new media editors at Carcosa hotel recently.
They did not admit to having organised the filming of the sex act.
If Datuk Eskay's story is to be believed, Anwar told him by SMS to return to the hotel room and look for his Omega watch which he had left behind.
While Eskay was looking for the watch in the room, he saw a bunch of wires connected to the back of a TV cabinet. The drawer was locked and when he prised it open, he found a disk recorder and a disk inside.
The Omega watch was retrieved from the China Doll who had apparently taken it.
The recording on the disk is now the subject of the hottest gossip in town and much has been said and written about it.
The latest development is that the IGP said local experts have confirmed that the video was not doctored, but he did not identify the man who looked like Anwar in the video.
Datuk Eskay claimed that on a recent trip to Mecca, he received some kind of divine enlightenment which had somehow affected his conscience and moved him to expose Anwar's weaknesses and failings.
And that led him to link up with Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik and Datuk Shuib Lazim to screen the video to a small segment of the public and later hand the disk to the police.
Datuk Eskay never claimed to have filmed the sex act; he merely found the sex video in the disk recorder.
Which leads to the question that nobody - blogger, journalist, politician or police - has bothered to answer: Who set up the video system?
According to a source, the hotel-spa is frequented by Tan Sris and Datuks, captains of industry and politicians.
And China Dolls and prostitutes from other parts of the world are known to frequent the place too perhaps not to use the spa.
Could it be possible that the video system was set up by some criminal syndicate to film these VIPs having sex with prostitutes for blackmailing purposes?
Could it be possible that the man who looked like Anwar was filmed by common criminals not for political purposes but for straightforward blackmailing purposes, but unfortunately for him the disk ended up with his 'friend' who used it for a political purpose?
If indeed a blackmail syndicate is behind the filming, how many sex videos involving Tan Sris and Datuks and top businessmen are in the possession of the syndicate? How many of the VIPs paid up to keep things quiet?
This is something that the police should investigate too and not just get some local experts to testify that the sex video was not doctored.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Everybody's talking about....Anwar
Everybody seems to be talking about sex, lies and video these days. I was in a taxi the other day and the cabbie asked about the so-called Anwar sex tape after I told him that I work in the newspaper publishing industry.
"Did you watch the tape?" he asked in Malay.
"No, but my boss did," I replied.
"Is it Anwar?" he asked.
"Yes, that's what the boss said."
"Is it really him? It wasn't a camera trick?"
"Don't think so."
At the office, a group of reporters was spotted in one corner of the newsroom and they were talking about - you guessed it - the Anwar sex tape.
So far I know of two people who have watched the tape and both have said it was Anwar who had sex with a mainland Chinese prostitute.
Anwar has denied that he was the man in the video and said his stomach is smaller than that of the man in the video.
He also claimed he was tweeting with his family during the time when the sexcapade took place and his aides have come up with a list of tweets that he sent out on that night - Feb 21 - to back up his claim that he was busy tweeting instead of busy having sex at that material time.
However, many reporters and bloggers have pointed out that there was a gap of about 20 minutes when there was no tweet from him that night. And the sexcapade lasted 21 minutes.
So far, the video has not been posted on YouTube yet.
I think it’s only a question of time.
When that happens, then Anwar will be judged by the jury of the people and it could end up like the V.K. Lingam tape episode when the lawyer said: “It looks like me, it sounds like me...”
Two things can happen - Anwar may become something like a bad joke or people may sympathise with him and for some peculiar reason his star may shine brighter.
Whatever the case may be, the people’s greatest desire right now is to have the chance to watch the video.
Everybody I know has asked me two questions: “Is it really Anwar in the video?” and “Where can I get a copy of the video?”
Winning the Christian votes
It looks pretty obvious that Pakatan Rakyat is milking the Malay Bible issue to the maximum in order to sway the Christians in Sarawak to vote against Barisan Nasional.
It is not as if Barisan Nasional did not expect Pakatan to embark on such a strategy and if Barisan leaders themselves added fuel to the situation by imposing all sorts of conditions on the release of the impounded Malay Bibles, then they have themselves to blame.
Barisan leaders were fully aware that the situation would not only be inflammatory, but could work against them by angering and instilling fear in the Malaysian Christian community who would then vote against Barisan.
After all, the moderate and accommodating stance of Pakatan - "We have no issues with Malay Bibles" and "It's okay for followers of Abrahamaic faiths to use the Arabic word 'Allah' for 'God'" - sounds very attractive to Christian voters in Sarawak, Sabah and peninsular Malaysia.
Barisan leaders should start listening to the people and pay heed to their fears, anger and frustrations. Seldom do Christians make their feelings and fears known to the authorities publicly. Thus when they do, it can only mean that things have reached the stage when they have no choice but speak up in one strong voice.
The recent prayer meeting in Sarawak which attracted an unexpectedly large number of Christians is an indication of the mood of the people, especially Christians who feel that their right to freedom of worship has been trampled on by a Barisan government that is sticking to rules and regulations of its own making, and its own brand of chauvinistic and divisive politicking.
The Christians in Sarawak feel that the situation in Sarawak had always been peaceful and harmonious - and Malay Bibles had been used by them for decades without any issues - but it is the racist, chauvinistic and divisive politics championed by 'Semenanjung' politicians, especially those from Umno, that has been encroaching into the 'safe haven' of Sarawak and causing racial and religious disunity.
The point is this - if Christians in Sarawak can be swayed to vote against Barisan, what about the Christians in peninsular Malaysia?
Barisan leaders have themselves to blame if they lose the Christian voters due to their own chauvinistic and racist attitudes.
It is not as if Barisan Nasional did not expect Pakatan to embark on such a strategy and if Barisan leaders themselves added fuel to the situation by imposing all sorts of conditions on the release of the impounded Malay Bibles, then they have themselves to blame.
Barisan leaders were fully aware that the situation would not only be inflammatory, but could work against them by angering and instilling fear in the Malaysian Christian community who would then vote against Barisan.
After all, the moderate and accommodating stance of Pakatan - "We have no issues with Malay Bibles" and "It's okay for followers of Abrahamaic faiths to use the Arabic word 'Allah' for 'God'" - sounds very attractive to Christian voters in Sarawak, Sabah and peninsular Malaysia.
Barisan leaders should start listening to the people and pay heed to their fears, anger and frustrations. Seldom do Christians make their feelings and fears known to the authorities publicly. Thus when they do, it can only mean that things have reached the stage when they have no choice but speak up in one strong voice.
The recent prayer meeting in Sarawak which attracted an unexpectedly large number of Christians is an indication of the mood of the people, especially Christians who feel that their right to freedom of worship has been trampled on by a Barisan government that is sticking to rules and regulations of its own making, and its own brand of chauvinistic and divisive politicking.
The Christians in Sarawak feel that the situation in Sarawak had always been peaceful and harmonious - and Malay Bibles had been used by them for decades without any issues - but it is the racist, chauvinistic and divisive politics championed by 'Semenanjung' politicians, especially those from Umno, that has been encroaching into the 'safe haven' of Sarawak and causing racial and religious disunity.
The point is this - if Christians in Sarawak can be swayed to vote against Barisan, what about the Christians in peninsular Malaysia?
Barisan leaders have themselves to blame if they lose the Christian voters due to their own chauvinistic and racist attitudes.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
More sex, lies and videotape
The people who are in the business of setting up hidden cameras in hotel rooms to film politicians having some steamy sex with their mistresses or prostitutes must be doing a roaring business.
When I heard about the latest video tape allegedly of adhoc Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim having sex with a Chinese prostitute in a Kuala Lumpur hotel room, I mentioned that whoever was responsible must have hired the same team that filmed a certain MCA leader in action some years back.
"No, the video quality is much better this time," a colleague said. So it must have been a different team using latest-generation and higher-definition cameras.
Obviously, the viewing session organised by Datuk T at Carcosa Sri Negara on Monday for a select group of top editors from print and online media has a political purpose - to kill the political career of Anwar and to sabotage the chances of Pakatan Rakyat doing better in the coming Sarawak state election.
Everyone is pointing the finger at the Barisan Government for the dirty trick, but the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has denied the involvement of the police (or, presumably, the Special Branch).
I have actually heard two versions of the story - one story has it that it was another trap set up by the people in power and Anwar unwittingly or wittingly walked into it; the other story is that he was set up by his enemies within his own party with the aim of getting rid of him and his wife and taking over control of PKR.
Whatever the case may be, Malaysians from both sides of the political divide are frankly not that bothered about who the plotters are but are more eager to know when the tape would be uploaded on YouTube.
When I heard about the latest video tape allegedly of adhoc Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim having sex with a Chinese prostitute in a Kuala Lumpur hotel room, I mentioned that whoever was responsible must have hired the same team that filmed a certain MCA leader in action some years back.
"No, the video quality is much better this time," a colleague said. So it must have been a different team using latest-generation and higher-definition cameras.
Obviously, the viewing session organised by Datuk T at Carcosa Sri Negara on Monday for a select group of top editors from print and online media has a political purpose - to kill the political career of Anwar and to sabotage the chances of Pakatan Rakyat doing better in the coming Sarawak state election.
Everyone is pointing the finger at the Barisan Government for the dirty trick, but the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has denied the involvement of the police (or, presumably, the Special Branch).
I have actually heard two versions of the story - one story has it that it was another trap set up by the people in power and Anwar unwittingly or wittingly walked into it; the other story is that he was set up by his enemies within his own party with the aim of getting rid of him and his wife and taking over control of PKR.
Whatever the case may be, Malaysians from both sides of the political divide are frankly not that bothered about who the plotters are but are more eager to know when the tape would be uploaded on YouTube.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Najib makes wise decision
The administration of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should be praised for making this decision (read story below).
This way, Pakatan Rakyat will be deprived of ammunition to shoot the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition with.
And non-Muslim Malaysians will feel assured that their rights as enshrined in the Constitution are protected.
It also proves that no government or political party or radical people can stand in the way of the Word of God and that no Prime Minister or President is more powerful than Almighty God.
From www.themalaysianinsider.com
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — The Najib administration ordered the release of 35,000 Malay-language Bibles which were seized at the ports of Kuching and Klang, bowing to pressure from Christian churches and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) politicians.
“This is a reasonable compromise in managing the polarities of views between Christians and Muslims in the country,” said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala in a statement this evening.
The Cabinet was set to discuss the issue on Friday with one eye on the Sarawak polls set to take place next month.
But with the seizure of the bibles drawing protests from Christians nationwide, a majority of whom live in Sabah and Sarawak, the federal government was forced to act today.
The Christian Federation of Malaysia, which represents 90 per cent of churches in Malaysia, has said that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak made a decision to release the Alkitabs but so far, the home ministry, which controls customs, has refused to hand over the bibles.
Christians, who make up close to 10 per cent of Malaysia’s 28 million population, use Bahasa Malaysia in Sabah and Sarawak churches to preach to the multi-ethnic congregation who each have a distinctive tribal language.
But evangelist churches there, such as Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB), have crossed the South China Sea to preach to the growing number of Sarawakians and Sabahans who are settling down in the peninsula after furthering their studies or finding work here.
Jala, who is a Sarawakian Christian, said that the government had decided on the release of the Alkitab in line with a 1982 gazette under the Internal Security Act which allows its limited and controlled importation and circulation on condition that the books are stamped: “For Christians Only.”
“Since 1982, with this gazette, there have been no problems in its implementation. As such, taking into account this fact, the government has decided to apply the 1982 gazette and release the bibles accordingly,” the statement said.
Jala said that after a careful and thorough review, the Attorney-General confirmed that the release of the bibles did not prejudice the ongoing court case of the Kalimah Allah issue.
The minister also noted that the Sarawak government categorically expressed its view that the impounded bibles should be released.
This way, Pakatan Rakyat will be deprived of ammunition to shoot the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition with.
And non-Muslim Malaysians will feel assured that their rights as enshrined in the Constitution are protected.
It also proves that no government or political party or radical people can stand in the way of the Word of God and that no Prime Minister or President is more powerful than Almighty God.
From www.themalaysianinsider.com
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — The Najib administration ordered the release of 35,000 Malay-language Bibles which were seized at the ports of Kuching and Klang, bowing to pressure from Christian churches and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) politicians.
“This is a reasonable compromise in managing the polarities of views between Christians and Muslims in the country,” said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala in a statement this evening.
The Cabinet was set to discuss the issue on Friday with one eye on the Sarawak polls set to take place next month.
But with the seizure of the bibles drawing protests from Christians nationwide, a majority of whom live in Sabah and Sarawak, the federal government was forced to act today.
The Christian Federation of Malaysia, which represents 90 per cent of churches in Malaysia, has said that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak made a decision to release the Alkitabs but so far, the home ministry, which controls customs, has refused to hand over the bibles.
Christians, who make up close to 10 per cent of Malaysia’s 28 million population, use Bahasa Malaysia in Sabah and Sarawak churches to preach to the multi-ethnic congregation who each have a distinctive tribal language.
But evangelist churches there, such as Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB), have crossed the South China Sea to preach to the growing number of Sarawakians and Sabahans who are settling down in the peninsula after furthering their studies or finding work here.
Jala, who is a Sarawakian Christian, said that the government had decided on the release of the Alkitab in line with a 1982 gazette under the Internal Security Act which allows its limited and controlled importation and circulation on condition that the books are stamped: “For Christians Only.”
“Since 1982, with this gazette, there have been no problems in its implementation. As such, taking into account this fact, the government has decided to apply the 1982 gazette and release the bibles accordingly,” the statement said.
Jala said that after a careful and thorough review, the Attorney-General confirmed that the release of the bibles did not prejudice the ongoing court case of the Kalimah Allah issue.
The minister also noted that the Sarawak government categorically expressed its view that the impounded bibles should be released.
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