While heads are still reeling in shock, Malaysiakini reported HERE :
British forensic pathologist Prof Peter Vanezis has begun testifying at the Teoh Beng Hock inquest, saying that the DAP political aide was fully conscious when he fell to his death.
He tendered his post-mortem report, dated Dec 16 last year, also saying that the DAP political aide's injuries were consistent with a fall from height.
Vanezis said there is no doubt in his mind that Teoh was conscious when falling.
“The injuries show he tried to break his fall by landing on his feet first with the hands out...It is a primeval form of protecting oneself from the fall. The injuries to the body are consistent with falling from a high place,” he said.
Asked if Teoh's death was consistent with suicide, Venezis said studies have shown that suicide cases tend to have same injuries as those consistent with a fall from a high place.
However, he stopped short towards agreeing that the cause of death was suicide in Teoh's case.
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Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand (right), hired by the Selangor government, had earlier suggested the possibility that Teoh had been strangled before falling, in her analysis suggesting an “80 percent chance” that the cause of death was homicide. CLICK HERE for more.
This report is a reminder of reality for many Malaysians that we have to wake up to the fact that we have a huge battle ahead of us.
The heart of the matter is that while many may be lobbying against corruption, injustice, discrimination, rising costs of living, deterioration in education standards, poor health-care services, safety and security issues, GST, inflation, economic woes and so on, we have a very long way to go before we can convince the rest of the rakyat that change is not a choice but an imperative!
The towering personality of Datuk Zaid was simply not enough to win. What then caused the result?
The demography of the place shows that majority are older folks who would not have net access or information about the current state of affairs. They would more likely be voting based on emotions, conscience and for financial security and stability in their area.
The spate between who should represent BN worked to their advantage and the negative response towards Kamalanathan worked to his advantage and he won.
The fact is many do not see the bigger picture of how their choices affect the whole country. They compromise for immediate gratification and do not realize the long term suffering and humiliation we have to endure.
Who is the one paying for the goodies and freebies? Whose money is it? Who worked and shed blood, sweat and tears for their salaries to pay taxes to pay for this by-election and other submarines, tanks, helicopters, roofs of buildings that collapsed, court buildings that got flooded, shoes for the some running into millions and the endless list of ridiculous facts and figures?
When will people be told, be taught and be awakened?
I believe that the leaders must think seriously and come out with a long term plan and blue-print to finish the journey to Putrajaya instead of finding fault with BN. That alone is NOT enough. The rakyat have to be convinced. The campaigning has to go beyond words, blogs, news etc. They need more footsoldiers and foolproof strategy and there is so much work to be done.
Those with the know-how must offer their skills and expertise to the leaders for them to explore options. The current methodology is working, but is obviously, just not enough....There is hope for we can see cracks within the BN coalition despite this hollow victory.
THE MCA FACTOR
In Malaysiakini, MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek said:
MCA needed a paradigm shift in its approach towards the Chinese community as the community was not very concerned with basic needs and amenities.While he expressed that MCA would be more vocal, the heart of the matter is that MCA has become irrelevant. The statement from TDM is clear evidence of this fact. As long as they sing to the tune of their puppet masters and do nothing to win the support of the Chinese community, they can never fulfil the original objectives of MCA so please get real.
"This paradigm shift must come from MCA leaders. Apart from that Hulu Selangor also has got its own internal problems. For me and other party leaders, there is a lot of work to do.
"This is another wake-up call. If they do not know how to put aside their differences then MCA would become a political dustbin or a political dinosaur.
"We have to re-look at ourselves, whether after 50 years concentrating at local community level, we have to look for more. You can be assured that we would be more vocal," he said.
THE GERAKAN FACTOR
Gerakan president Koh Tsu Koon said HERE that while BN won, there were various issues that needed to be addressed (but what are they???) and solved including the lack of improvement in Chinese support. He said that at the start of the campaign, the level of support was just about 12 to 15 percent but improved to about 25 percent when the PM went to the ground.
Now such a statement also shows that Gerakan has outlived its usefulness and is living on borrowed life having passed its expiry date like MCA. Gerakan is not a Chinese party per se but is supposed to be a multi-racial political party. But is it?
THE MIC FACTOR
MIC president S Samy Vellu said the party would need to double its effort to win back the Indian community totally. His deputy G Palanivel, who was former Hulu Selangor MP before his loss in the 2008 polls, said while the win was a good motivational boost for the BN, it needs to re-evaluate and remedy its weakness.
At the same time, THIS LINK reported:
The MIC information chief arrived at the former Felda settlement in Sungai Buaya here shortly before 1pm this afternoon to distribute the cash arrears of RM13.15 million owed to the remaining 263 settlers.
Each settler was to receive RM50,000 in bank draft as advance payment of arrears in compensation for land acquired from them over 15 years ago.
One hundred settlers had earlier received their payments from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak last Friday, during the last leg of the campaign trail before yesterday’s polls.
THE HINDRAF FACTOR
Please read G. Krishnan's article HERE and also N. Ganesan's article HERE.
THE PERKASA FACTOR
Malaysian Insider reported:
Malay rights group Perkasa wants the Barisan Nasional (BN) government to review election pledges made in Chinese areas in Hulu Selangor because of the community’s poor support for the coalition.And MCA and Gerakan still want to win Chinese support? They must be hallucinating!
Its president Datuk Ibrahim Ali said despite BN’s success in winning the semi-rural seat from PKR, the Chinese voters had largely chosen to back the federal opposition.
“It is necessary for the government to delay any allocation and approval of projects for the Chinese community,” said Ibrahim in a statement responding to the by-election result.
Ibrahim added that the government should also ignore all the demands made by BN members, MCA and Gerakan, as the Chinese of Hulu Selangor had rejected the ruling coalition.
“They show no appreciation to BN government’s efforts, even though the BN government had to hurt the feelings of the Malays and the natives,” said Ibrahim.
“All their demands are fulfilled by the government but they do not know how to be grateful,” he added.
Ibrahim, an independent MP, had actively campaigned for BN during the campaign.
THE UMNO VIEW
Wanita Umno chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil deemed the victory as a win for the prime minister and the people of Malaysia who prefer stability, peace and harmony.
Datuk Zaid's response can be read HERE.
So where do we go from here? Simple. Explore and come to terms with the heart of the matter and really work to achieve the aim. Finish the journey to Putrajaya, PR. You can do it.
In the mean time, we have to pray and hope that more will be awakened and that none will fall by the way side just when the battle is beginning to intensify. We cannot afford to lose any soldier. Not at this point of time.
Will you walk with them? Will you support them and try to reach out to as many? I hope so.
Take care and as always, please leave a comment to share your thoughts and views. Thanks! Have a pleasant evening.
Wan Sharif With most of politically related "death" remain unexplained, we are a long way from true democracy if there is one..
A small by-election that has been openly converted into "buy-election".. the bolehlah sink deeper into "corrupt" democracy.. a huge battle ahead for anyone who wish to make a necessary change..