Wowowo, since when did Syariah Court became jackasses themselves?

Proposal to Prosecute Non-Muslims for Khalwat

KUALA LUMPUR: A seminar on Syariah Law review wants non-Muslims found committing khalwat (close proximity) with Muslims to also be held liable.

This was among the proposals made at the two-day seminar organised by the Islamic Institute of Understanding Malaysia (Ikim) and the Syariah Judiciary Department Malaysia.

Syariah Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mohd Asri Abdullah said the seminar had proposed that non-Muslims committing khalwat with Muslims should also be sentenced accordingly, but in the civil courts.

“We don’t have the jurisdiction to sentence non-Muslims committing khalwat with Muslims,” he told reporters after closing the seminar on behalf of department director-general Datuk Ibrahim Lembut at Ikim here today.

“The Muslims can be sentenced in Syariah courts, and the non-Muslim partners can probably be sentenced in the civil courts, to be fair to both parties.”

He said the proposal, contained in a draft resolution at the seminar, would be forwarded to the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

“It is up to the Attorney-General’s Chambers or the relevant authorities to decide how to create such a law,” he said.

However, he declined to elaborate when the proposal would be forwarded to the Government.

Another proposal is to impose heftier penalties – of up to four times the current penalties – on Muslims caught for khalwat, prostitution, consuming alcohol and involvement in gambling activities.

Mohd Asri said Ikim and the department were proposing that the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Amendment) 1984 be amended to impose stiffer penalties of RM1,000 fine, or five years’ jail or 12 strokes of the rotan for Syariah Lower Courts and RM20,000 fine, or 10 years’ jail or 24 strokes of rotan for Syariah High Courts.

Current limits are a maximum of three years’ jail, or RM5,000 fine, or up to six lashes or any combination of these, and different states provide different penalties for these offences.

“This has not been reviewed since 1984. It has been more than 20 years,” said Mohd Asri.

There was also a proposal for Syariah judges to enforce whipping for these offences.

Another proposal calls for the establishment of a rehabilitation centre for those convicted of offences related to morals and faith such as prostitution and effeminate men, and enforcement of Section 54 of the Syariah Criminal Offences Act (Act 559) to set up such centres.

The seminar also agreed to a suggestion that a new provision be created for apostates.

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I'm so scared for my non-Muslim friends. Like Marina Mahathir said:

Wasn't all this interference in people's private lives one of the things that Malaysians were rejecting, as well as any attempt to impose Syariah or Syariah-like laws onto non-Muslims?

And how are they to identify 'effeminate' men? By their voices? By their demeanour? By their handsomeness? I can think of many prominent men doomed for the rehab centres already.

Read Farish A. Noor's take on this issue here.

So Let Me Get This Straight: You Listen To Music...because the performers are hot?

Okay. As a man with (some) knowledge of good music, I have to say the following to Jonas Brothers' fans: Get a copy of Playgirl, and stop promoting sold-out Disney crap until you get sick of it while you wait for some other bandwagon to join.

If you listen to music because you think the performers are "hot", and only listen to the music for the looks, I suggest you listen to more music produced by ugly musicians and/or get laid. I'm talking about Rush, Motorhead, The Rolling Stones, etc. You want "affectionate songs" that speak about crushes and stuff, listen to, I don't know, The Beatles? The Beach Boys? Happy Mondays? Sonic Youth? Hmmm...

I talked to someone who is a diehard Jonas Brothers fan, and mentioned that I would rather scrape a chalkboard with a rusty nail than listen to them. She told me that "They had more talent than me and are soooooo hot." I usually try to be humble, but I could be a retarded naked molerat with multiple sclerosis and would STILL have more talent than the Jonas Brothers. Disney could come out with a Jonas Brothers-brand bucket of shit and you would buy it.

Walt Disney is rolling around in his grave.

2 Important Events Tomorrow!

Tomorrow, on April Fools' Day, there will be two events held:

1.Boycott Malaysian Media Day

The Malaysian Mainstream Media has always been biased and it's getting worse. Since the 2008 General Elections the Malaysian Mainstream Media has become more apparent with its biases towards a certain political party! Especially recent reports by BERNAMA who apparently misquoted Penang CM Mr. Lim Guan Eng on the May 13 issue (http://www.jeffooi.com/2008/03/utusan_and_bernama.php) and not to mention making mountains out of mole-hills!

So I say let's switch off EVERY single Malaysian Mainstream Media for a day and let that be April 1st 2008!

Don't buy newspapers (or go to their websites): Say NO! to theStar, NST, Utusan, Berita Harian, etc.

Don't watch local channels: Say NO! to RTM1, RTM2, TV3, etc.

Make this known and make April 1st, a day where we demand the Malaysian Media truth in their reporting!

SHOW OUR COLLECTIVE POWER AND DEMAND OUR RIGHT TO TRUTH!

POWER TO THE RAKYAT!

2.UMNO Pasca Pilihanraya ke-12: Satu Penilaian

The website Mykmu.net is organizing a public forum entitled:

UMNO Pasca Pilihan Raya Ke-12: Satu Penilaian

Keynote Speaker: YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

Forum Panellists:
1. YB Dato Mukhriz Tun Mahathir
2.YBhg Dato Seri Mohd Khir Toyo (Bekas MB Selangor)
3.YBhg Dr. Fuad Zarkashi

Moderator: Dato Ahmad Talib

Date: 1 April, 2008

Time: 9.00 a.m.

Venue: Singgahsana Hotel, P.J.

Places are EXTREMELY LIMITED so thoe interested, please register by sending your FULL name, telephone number and e-mail to either of the following numbers: 019-3082667, 019-2198800, 0192210430, or you can e-mail directly to editor@mykmu.net

Register today and we'll see you there!!

Well, new law has come. But will the law speaks for itself?

I hate Mat Rempits, and this has cheer up my day:

Jail For 'Mat Rempit' Spectators Under Amended Road Transport Act


KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (Bernama) -- Illegal motorcycle racing spectators will face up to six months' jail under a proposed amendment to the Road Transport Act 1987.

Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Muhamad Sabtu Osman said the amendment, which was already tabled in parliament, was now awaiting its second reading and subsequent approval.

Under the amendment, illegal racing spectators and those who provoked and cheered at illegal racers could face up to six months' imprisonment or up to RM2,000 in fine, or both, on conviction.

"The amendment is important and relevant to curtail illegal racing. Spectators normally get off the hook but under the new amendment, they too will be rounded up," he told a news conference Friday.

Under the new amendment, Mat Rempit(illegal motorcycle racers) can be jailed up to five years or fined up to RM5,000 and their license be suspended for three years.

For the second offence, the illegal racers can be jailed up to 10 years and fined not less than RM10,000 with their license suspended for at least five years.

Their vehicles might also be confiscated, he said.

Muhamad Sabtu said spectators who cheered at Mat Rempits were provoking them to display acts that could endanger the public and disturb public order.

"Last year 769 youths were arrested and charged. This figure is alarming and the police will no longer tolerate this," he said.

For the first two months of this year, a total of 98 youth, mostly aged 18 years and below, were arrested and charged with participating in illegal racing, he said.

-- BERNAMA

Well this is good news. We'll see how much successful this will turn out to be.

Soulja Boy: A disgrace to musicians and human beings everywhere

When I first listened to Crank That, I thought, okay, he's just a terrible rapper and a one-hit wonder that became popular with the mainstream music crowd. But when it comes to listening to artists I believe "give me bad music once, shame on you, give me bad music twice, shame on me", so I decided to give him another chance. Then I listen to Report Card, and now whatever respect I had for him before has just sunk, and I need to vent about it because it is not just bad music. Vanilla Ice made bad music, but Soulja Boy's crap is also destructive to society.


First of all, it is clear that he is fed up with all of the wannabe's that follow him around, asking for his autograph etc. when he wants to be treated like a regular human being. I don't interact with too many celebs but I'd guess that those people are more annoying to them than the haters. While I'd never be one of those people in front of the celebs I love (for basketball fans out there, I actually saw former head coach Larry Brown in a CVS and didn't say a word to him because I know that they want their private life), I cannot sympathize with the celebs who complain about it because they either know or should know that annoying fans come with the territory for the career path that they choose. Nobody put a gun to Soulja Boy's head and told him to sell music and become famous or else. He is right, everybody should leave him alone and stop buying his music altogether. Then we'll see how he feels about his fan club. Give him peace!!!


Second (and most importantly), in the song he is telling kids that it is okay to fail all of ur classes, not go to school, and ignore the people who are trying to be positive influences (like the guy in the beginning who calls him up and tells him and his friend to put the video game down and go to school). I know rappers send negative images all the time and mostly is meant to be seen as entertainment, but this one hit me particularly hard because I am going to college after SPM and my dream is to study in the UK. I spent countless hours after school doing homework, trying to be a positive influence by helping to get good grades and graduate and go to college, and my fear is that these same kids go home and listen to the exact opposite message from Soulja Boy. I'm not going to give a whole "education is important" lecture here, but I will say that he'd never be able to play that video game he was playing at the beginning of the music video if the people who designed the video game concept (and the TV for that matter) didn't know a thing or two about technology, and wanted their teachers in high school to "throw some D's on that *beep*

This is all I have to say for now. If you're going to respond to my comments in disagreement, please don't respond with either of the following:
-"If you don't like his music then don't listen to it and stop hating" well, 1. How am I supposed to know how I feel about it if I don't listen to it first, and 2. Hating in that context means dissent out of jealousy (usually by picking on little irrelevant matters, an example being those people who say "yeah swizz beatz makes good songs but he has a big nose"). I'm not dissenting out of jealousy, I'm dissenting out of the negative image the music portrays for society.

-"Well if you saw the whole video you'd see he tells kids to stay in school at the end" Yeah, with an arrogant smirk on his face. Come on, I know hip-hop portrays negative images of what goes on in the ghetto quite frequently, but to make a mockery of the education system is outrageous. To those of you who think I just don't appreciate hip hop, rap/hip-hop is one of my favorite types of music. I grew up listening to 2pac, Biggie, Mobb Deep etc. rap about their struggles. A lot of times rappers will talk about pimpin' and drug dealing which is already seen as having a negative effect on society by some. However, NONE of those rappers would ever advise children that if someone is telling you to get off ur ass and get to school, that you should just tellem "YAAAAAHHHH". That is a new low.

Postponing the UMNO elections? Are you mad?!

Read Bernama's story, quoting Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad Taib, below. He failed to explain, however, what havoc and disaster would befall us if Umno holds its general assembly and election this August.

Umno state committees want party elections postponed to 2009

By SIM LEOI LEOI

PUTRAJAYA: All state liaison committees who have met with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi over the weekend have unanimously agreed to call for the postponement of party elections until next year.

Umno information chief Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib said all the state liaison committees were unanimous in their proposal.

"They asked for party elections to be held next year because the period to postpone party polls will only run out by June 2009.

"So, there is still time. They feel that if elections are held now, it could prove disastrous for the party.

"However, the final decision will still have to be made by the Supreme Council, which will meet on Thursday," he told reporters Tuesday after accepting his duties at the Rural and Regional Development Ministry here.

Many of the state liaison committees, added Muhammad, also thought that efforts should be focused on reviving the party at the moment.

"However, the Umno general assembly will go on as planned this August," he said.

Muhammad, who is also the Selangor Umno liaison chief and the new Rural and Regional Development Minister, said Abdullah was also expected to go to Sabah soon to obtain the opinions of the state committees there.

"He wants to listen to their views himself," he said.

The Star

Finally, this new government has stay contact with reality, after all these years!

Remember teh time we're sick of the government slamming bloggers? And not just bloggers, but also Singaporeans, AirAsia stewardess, leaking parliaments, Al Jazeera, Brad Pitt, MTV, party-goers and tudung-less women? Yeah, the last 4 to 8 years before March 8th has shown that the government & the MPs has lost contact with reality. But hey, it's normal since many conservative governments like Thatcher's conservative UK government and Bush Republican government suffered the same.

But all hope has come since the new cabinet has been formed. Recently Info Minister Datuk Seri Sabry Cheek has been meeting bloggers, and the new Sports Minister Ismail Sabri Yaacob has a surprise for all Malaysian bloggers:



Finally, the government has realised how important alternative media is. Anot just that, this may also be a big "FUCK YOU!" to Datuk Zam, Rafidah Aziz and Azalina Othman.

I think i had to thank Rocky Bru, Marina Mahathir, jeff Ooi and UMNO's very own Shahrir Samad for convincing the government to be blogger-friendly. They took the words right out of my mouth, bro.

I think shall monitor the minister's sincerity.

PS: I've read Amir Muhammad's new book "Malaysian Politicians Say the Darnest Things". A very hilarious book filled with quotes of BN & opposition politicians saying...the darnest things!