Sebuah akhbar berbahasa Inggeris Isnin lepas memaparkan berita eksklusif di muka hadapan mengenai tindakan SPRM menyoal beberapa pegawai kanan Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia yang ditadbir oleh Rais Yatim.

Siasatan tersebut berkaitan tindakan Kementerian yang dipimpin Rais menggunakan wang tabung USP di bawah Suruhanjaya tersebut sebanyak RM4.53 bilion untuk tujuan-tujuan tertentu termasuk program Netbook yang menimbulkan kontroversi.

RM4.53 bilion satu jumlah yang cukup besar dan sudah tentu keputusan untuk menggunakan sejumlah wang sebesar ini perlu mendapat restu Rais.

Yang menariknya, apakah berita muka hadapan ini merupakan paku terakhir kepada keranda Rais sebagai Menteri Kabinet ketika rombakan Kabinet hangat diperkatakan sekarang ini?

Berita seumpama ini sudah pasti memburukkan lagi imej Rais dan menyukarkan Najib Razak mengekalkan Rais di dalam Kabinet beliau.

Atau mungkinkah pendedahan di dalam media ini merupakan strategi untuk memudahkan Perdana Menteri menggugurkan Rais?

Apa pun, tiada siapa akan menyalahkan Najib sekiranya Rais digugurkan. Malahan mungkin pujian mengiringi keputusan Najib ini.

http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Quizzedovernetbooks/Article/

AGAK lama juga Rais Yatim menyepi. Semalam dia bercakap tentang DS Anwar setelah boss Rais, Najib memberi komen tentang kenyataan DS Anwar terhadap Malaysia sebuah Negara Islam Moden. Aku pun tidak tahu samada Umno selama ini menganggap Islam itu ada yang kunu, moden atau Islam yang sentiasa sesuai sepanjang zaman.

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Kerajaan Turki di zaman Kamal Antartuk juga pernah digelar sebuah kerajaan Islam Moden. Jadi, tidak hairan juga Malaysia di bawah kerajaan Umno/Bn mendapat gelaran yang lebih kurang sama. Jika di zaman Kamal Antartuk, wanita Islam tidak dibenarkan bertudung atau menutup aurat, di zaman sekarang di negara kita isteri pemimpin pun bersepah yang tidak menutup aurat. Jadi, pelik apanya kita dengan pengiktirafan yang datangnya pula dari negara-negara `penyembah barat' itu?

Rais Yatim memberi perumpamaan kepada Anwar iaitu sebagai `ikan sembilang di dalam air yang keruh/berlumpur', di mana ikan ini akan menyengat kiri dan kanannya. Jika begitu perumpamaan Rais Yatim, saya rasa hebat sungguh Anwar Ibrahim. Buktinya, Umno kerap kali terkena `sengatan' dari Anwar. Bisanya sampai sekarang masih terasa. Oleh kerana `bisa'nya Anwar ini, maka tidak hairanlah ada usaha-usaha jahat untuk menghapuskannya. Jika Umno bernasib baik, tiadalah kena sengat tetapi apa yang selalu terjadi Umno kerap kali terkena sengat `ikan sembilang' ini.

Jika Anwar umpama `ikan sembilang bersengat', maka tentulah Rais Yatim layak menjadi `ikan emas di dalam akuarium'. Mana lebih hebat ? Ikan Sembilang ini jika mati pun, beliau akan melawan habis-habisan dan bukan mudah untuk menangkap ikan sembilang berbisa ini. `Ikan Emas' di dalam akuarium pula, sentiasa diberi makan dan kalau tidak diberi makan sekejap sahaja maka mati terapung lah ia di dalam akuarium dengan keadaan perut yang kembung. Maknanya, ikan emas ini mesti diberi makan. Rais Yatim pun begitu keadaannya. Sebab itulah beliau tidak boleh bertahan di luar Umno, beliau tinggalkan Parti Melayu Semangat 46 dan sanggup menjadi ikan emas di dalam akuarium.

Kesimpulannya, Rais Yatim secara tidak langsung mengiktiraf kehebatan DS Anwar. 

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Rais refuses to answer questions on USP fund

KUALA LUMPUR: Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim this morning refused to entertain questions posed by The Malay Mail.

This reporter was brushed off when she approached Rais after the ministry and its agencies' Korban ceremony at the Muhammadu Mosque, Angkasapuri, to ask about the Universal Services Provision (USP) fund issue which is currently being investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Rais, who was approached at the end of his Press conference, turned away the reporter after learning she was from The Paper That Cares. After asking where this reporter is from, Rais said: "I will speak to you after I have my lunch."

When approached again, after he had had his lunch, Rais merely said: "No, I don't want to talk to you."

Azli Noh, Rais' Press secretary who was approached after the minister left, told The Malay Mail the ministry can't comment on the USP fund issue.

"This matter should be dealt directly with MACC which is in the midst of investigating the issue," said Azli.

He said the ministry was not able to comment on this further.

Last week, MACC investigation director Mustafar Ali confirmed they had launched investigations into the possible misappropriation of the USP fund.

MACC, however, is keeping mum on the progress of their investigations.

“We are investigating the allegation and that is all I can comment,” Mustafar told The Malay Mail.

An MACC source, however, revealed in an English daily that the probe would also be looking at the alleged discrepancies in the netbook initiative financed by the USP fund.

''They want to know the process, mechanism and criteria surrounding the netbook initiative,'' the source said.

The source, according to the newspaper report, also said MACC was looking into the possibility of individuals from the Information, Communications and Culture Ministry abusing their powers.

It was also reported the MACC probe was initiated after Wangsa Maju Member of Parliament Wee Choo Keong and several prominent bloggers raised issues over the utilisation of money from the USP Fund.

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The Malay Mail today reported Rais son, Dino is involved in a telco civil lawsuit. Read the full report below:

KUALA LUMPUR: The Civil High Court here this morning was the setting for a case involving a telecommunications company, where the son of a minister in charge of the industry, was mentioned.

Dino Rais, son of Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, was named in an affidavit filed by businessman Abdul Razak Mohd Nor and Nor Aishah Harun against respondents Magic Telecom Sdn Bhd, Sejahtera Saluran Sdn Bhd and Looh Siong Chee.

The affidavit had stated that in January this year, Looh, a shareholder and director with Magic Telecom, had proposed to Abdul Razak that Dino be given a five per cent shareholding in Magic Telecom to ease the obtaining of the spectrum approval and other necessary licences.

The affidavit also stated that they both allowed the involvement of Dino to assist other employees in Magic Telecom from Jan to July.

In the petition filed, Abdul Razak and Aishah had enclosed a copy of the EGM dated Oct 11, signed by Looh.

Abdul Razak, in the petition, also stated he believed the EGM was being called with ill-intentions.

He said despite him giving a notice on Oct 4 to Looh and the other directors of Sejahtera to refrain from requisiting any EGM because Sejahtera was not a valid shareholder of Magic Telecom but just a temporary loan borrower, he did not get a reply from Looh.

Abdul Razak said he believed Looh’s action to call for the EGM was to extend his intention to take over Magic Telecom via Sejahtera.

An originating petition was filed by Numix Engineering Sdn Bhd, Abdul Razak and Aishah against respondents Magic Telecom, Sejahtera Saluran and Looh on Oct 8.

The prayers in the petition included an injuction restraining or preventing Sejahtera Saluran and Looh from exercising any powers and rights as directors or shareholders of Magic Telecom and also to declare the additional issuance of RM4 million, which was allotted on July 21, 2010 as ordinary shares in Magic Telecom as null and void.

He also pleaded for an order of rectification of the share register of Magic Telecom to delete the shareholdings of Sejahtera Saluran of RM4m shares in Magic Telecom.

He is also claiming for an order of damages against Sejahtera Saluran and Looh or in alternative, an order to buy out Magic Telecoms shareholdings at a fair value to be determined by the court.

He is also seeking an order that the petitioners buy out at the total of RM350,350 shares of Looh at a fair value to be determined by the court.

In the alternative, an order to wind up Magic Telecom under the provisions of the Companies Act 1965 and that the official receiver be appointed as liquidator.

The injunction hearing of the petition will be heard on Nov 18.

In an SMS response to The Malay Mail this morning regarding the mention of his name in the afidavit Dino said: “I don’t have anything to do with Razak. I was merely invited by Desmond (Looh) to advise him in terms of Malay write up and Malay social ethic since his Bahasa vocabulary is not that generous.

“Furthermore his partner (Abdul Razak) is Malay and I was only giving personal views regarding simple matters. I never touched on business dealings and I’ve never owned a telecommunications company as mentioned lately.

“Perhaps Razak is not happy with certain things hence he is claiming ‘names’ as a stepping stone to wrestle things his way.”

That should confirm there is such a rumour on Rais's son, Dino.

On Rais's denial that his son's involvement in any contracts,hmmm ... will have to wait till this court case is over to believe that.

Any chance anyone with access to the affidavits to share it on the Internet?

Make sure to upload it at a cybercafe. Rais could be on the prowl.

http://anotherbrickinwall.blogspot.com/2010/10/rais-masak.html