Blame It On The Rain II

Whatever you do, don't put the blame on you...

Musa Aman, Raymond Tan And Friends

You wanna blame it on something? Don't put the blame on yongteckleemelaniechiaericmajimbunchongpitfahSAPP...

Blame it on the rain... Yeah,Yeah!

Milli Vanilli

MalaysiaKini SMS 22/09/08 (4)

Wee Meng Chee, 25, the man who kicked up a storm over a 6-min Negarakuku rap video last Aug, is to be quizzed by cops noon tomorrow.

Let's Talk About Raymond Tan...

I couldn't believe it at first. Raymond Tan is the kind of guy who appears to be the least likely Sabahan politician to go corrupt. I've been to a function once where he was the guest of honour when he first became minister. I've found him to be a nice and considerate guy who's willing to be there for the people, though he sounded a bit like Mickey Mouse (Below) at first. 

Later on he has gotten over his pip-squeakiness and sounded rather butch. He started to develop the Mortimer Mouse, Mickey Mouse's rival, (Below) traits that is cunning, sleazy and greedy.

After I read Malaysiakini's "I Stopped PM From Ordering Yong's Arrest" (you can also refer to my last post), I am of the opinion that he should have relinquished everything and joined up with his friends who placed him there as a Sabah Deputy Chief Minister in the State Cabinet.

Now according to Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman, Raymond Tan will still remain as DCM until further notice. I suppose how can Musa sack him when Raymond has been performing his duties as State Cabinet member; didn't he after all told everybody that he was reluctant with the SAPP's majority decisions? By right, he should've followed suit. Where he will be endowed with real respect instead with respect of convenience that the prestige of the DCM position brings. (How can he have respect while being a party-less DCM? I wonder.)

To be frank, everybody loves Raymond now because he's now officially a joke. Now at least people have something talk about everyday at the kadai-kadai kopi .

Oh, by the way, if any of you thought that loving Raymond is about affection; think again.

What I meant was everybody would love to joke about Raymond Tan now!

Everybody Loves Raymond Tan...

I Stopped PM From Ordering Yong's Arrest

Tony Thien, MalaysiaKini

The war of attrition continues over the sudden withdrawal of Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp) from Barisan Nasional last week as a “shocking revelation” came to light.

Its disgruntled ex-deputy president Raymond Tan  claimed on Saturday that he had been instrumental in preventing the arrest of party president Yong Teck Lee in June in relation to allegations of corruption.

An English-language daily in Sabah quoted Tan as saying that Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had wanted Yong arrested by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA). This was after Yong spearheaded a no-confidence vote against Abdullah’s leadership.

In defending himself against claims of ingratitude by failing to support the Sapp pullout, Tan revealed that he had intervened on Yong’s behalf in June. 

He said he had pleaded with Abdullah not to arrest Yong as it would be a bad move, and had even gone on television with a plea to allow the latter to speak up.

Tan, who has since quit the party, claimed he had always been protective of Yong and that this has not changed in spite of their differences of opinion over the Sapp pullout.

In an immediate response, Sapp newly-appointed information chief Chong Pit Fah described this as a “a shocking revelation [...] that he can influence the prime minister to stop ACA action”.

“This is an admission by a BN deputy chief minister that the prime minister can interfere with ACA work,” Chong said in a statement issued yesterday.

He also wanted to know if the same influence could be used on other persons such as serving ministers, or similarly abused.

Chong explained that the Sapp boss had volunteered in June to give a statement to the ACA but that the agency had not contacted him.

Yong could not be reached for comment as he is abroad.

Sabah CM: Tan to stay in cabinet

Tan met with Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman this morning to discuss his position in the state cabinet since he is no longer in BN. He is required to resign his posts, but was reportedly reluctant to do so.

After the meeting, Musa announced that Tan would remain as his deputy for now.

A final decision on the matter will be made after Musa has met with top BN leaders.

Sapp, meanwhile, has cast doubt over the actual number of its Tanjung Papat division members who were said to have resigned on Saturday, in support of Tan. The figure was put at 2,000 members.

Tan is the elected representative for the Tanjung Papat state seat.

Assistant secretary-general Foo Fook Ming said the central committee has yet to receive resignation letters from the members and leaders concerned.

He said only Youth chief and Elopura state assemblyperson Au Kam Wah and supreme council member Jimmy Wong have submitted their resignation letters to date.

Foo also pointed out that there are only 1,791 registered members in the Tanjung Papat division.

“So, I wonder where the extra members have come from - are they phantom members?’ he asked rhetorically.

MalaysiaKini SMS 22/09/08 (3)

Ex-S'gor MB Mohd Khir Toyo has flatly denied any role in the recent 7-day detention of DAP MP Teresa Kok under the ISA.

Food Alert!...My SMS Today - 22/09/08

I've received the following SMS recently. I don't know whether its a hoax but there's no harm in being extra cautious...

"FYI the following items hv been recalled due 2 China's milk scandal. M&M's, Snickers, Mento's Yoghurt bottle, Dove choc, Oreo wafer sticks, Monmilk,Dutchlady sterilised milk, Wall's all natural mango, mini poppers ice cream, Magnum ice cream, Moosandwich ice cream, mini Cornetto n Youcan ice cream. Stores hv been asked by AVA Spore to remove them. If u hv any of these items @ home don't eat them."

MalaysiaKini SMS 22/09/08 (2)

Ex-SAPP Deputy President Raymond Tan claimed he had asked PM in June to stop an ACA probe against party boss Yong Teck Lee.

MalaysiaKini SMS 22/09/08 (1)

DPM and Finance Minister Najib Razak said the ringgit will not be re-pegged and the cabinet will decide on fuel price this week.