War IS a Crime

Dr Mahathir Mohamad: The Criminalisation of War

War, as we know, is devastating, horror, killed millions of humans and brought down many civilisations throughout history.

Dr Mahathir, our former number One, are making a call to us Malaysian to support the campaign against war and the criminalisation of war.

I would like to quote from his blog:

"I pointed out that it is ridiculous to regard murder as a crime punishable with the most extreme penalty yet the deliberate killings of thousands of people, mostly innocent men, women and children are regarded as proper and legal.".

For me, war crimes should be punished to whom that invading other territories and killing the innocents. War is a crime for Dr. Mahathir and I have a simple formula to conclude what Dr. Mahathir wants us to agree and struggle to achieve it:

Crime / Criminal = Subjected to trial and execution in law.
War = Crime / Criminal
And,
War = Subjected to trial and execution in law.

Lets support "War is a Crime".

Malaysian, be alert!

I'm shocked. Another victim of drug syndicate, a disabled woman, are now being held in Pakistan jail. Reports in Utusan Online said she has been fooled by the new tactics applied by the syndicate by using SMS to the victim said she was the winner of a travelling package to Singapore. Instead, she has been brought to Pakistan and the local authority there nailed her after "trying" to smuggle drugs out from Pakistan to Malaysia.

I thought that the previous cases where two Malay girls being trapped by the drug syndicate will be a milestone for Malaysia to be more alert. But instead of fooling the woman by using "boyfriend" like the previous cases, the drug syndicate were using a simple old tactics used by money burglar to get credits from mobile phone users, the SMS!

Woow, woo...easy there. I'm not blaming either the victim or her husband that cause the event to be happen. Both of them are having a hard time right now, and I'm praying that this time she can escape any kind of execution from Pakistan's jail. But things happened, people. In other "dirty" words, sh!t happened. But my point is, we should be wary of anything that we didn't see with our eyes wide open. Think first before taking any action or stop being happy for anything we got or received without any reason.

As a Malaysian who fight drugs and its syndicate, we should remind each other to be wary of this syndicate and not falling into any kind of traps deployed by them. And pray this kind of cases will not happened upon us.

Malaysia's Government to the cyberspace

News from The Star Online here.

My take on the government action to "meet" the bloggers in cyberspace is appropriate. They admitted that they're "lost" in the race of utilizing the new media during the 12th general election to reach the Malaysians. Their time has come (already CAME but take it for granted) to dive in and engaged bloggers in the blogosphere.

Our Deputy Prime Minister said that the government will not remain silent anymore in the cyberspace. IMO, actions will be taken to bloggers who posting baseless and wild allegations in their blogs that can cause severe wound to Malaysia's mulltiracial community and Malaysia's security. For example the Raja Petra case which Najib said he was charged with breaking the laws of the country by making baseless allegations and seditious remarks.

Now I'm waiting the reaction from other bloggers. I think the "taking action on daring bloggers" part could spark certain bloggers to raise the "freedom of speech" fight.

Technorati Tags: Malaysia,freedom of speech,politics,bloggers

Malaysia have sovereignty over Pulau Pisang

From my previous post "Pulau Pisang to cure the scar of Batu Putih?" I have stated that another "Batu Putih" case could happen if the Malaysia government do not take any action to "secure" it first by developing the island and commercialize it.

But now I think it will not happen.

Pulau Pisang is owned by Malaysia with a proof from a treaty between Sultan Johor (Sultan Ibrahim) and the British in 1900. The treaty clearly stated that Malaysia had sovereignty over Pulau Pisang.

More details can be read in The Star Online and Utusan Malaysia.

Pulau Pisang to cure the scar of Batu Putih?

I as a Malaysian felt the sadness of losing the rights of Batu Putih to Singapore. I didn't meant to argue the results given by the ICJ but somehow I feel it is a little bit odd to lose Batu Putih instead of Middle Rocks. On the map we can see Batu Putih is located above Middle Rocks and much more near to Malaysia, to be precise, Johor.

But the question arose from my mind, were Singapore really wants to have the rights on Batu Putih because of the lighthouse or actually they wanted to expand their border? As the location of both Batu Putih and Middle Rock as aforementioned above, it is possible for Singapore to expand their border by claiming the rights of Middle Rock against Malaysia in the future. But when it will or can happen is beyond my thoughts. But I hope it will never happen. The results for the rights of Batu Putih is a scar to Malaysia's sovereignty.

Malaysia is now are focusing in Pulau Pisang, another island with a lighthouse near Pontian, Johor. But unfortunately the lighthouse is also being managed by Singapore. And the jetty on the island is also owned by Singapore. Malaysia government should and must do something on that island to secure it before another "Batu Putih" case happen. The plan to develop the island and commercialize it should be used as a scapegoat to get the total control and rights of Pulau Pisang from Singapore.

Don't let "pisang berbuah dua kali".

Below are satellite images of Pulau Pisang and its lighthouse. Click to zoom (from Google Maps):

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