Interesting answers...

i read that Alan is giving out ideas on how to raise the security issue, but can problems such as snatch thieves and road robberies be reduced or solved? it scares the hell out of me, as an oversea student going back to my own country. I'm always having second thoughts of my own safety in my own home.

Interesting responses and viewpoints! Awesome job, Kenny. Can't wait for the next interview.

well done Kenny! I have never been interested in Politics until now :) !

Having read this article, I'll still vote for DAP! Probably that is why the election commision did not allow overseas citizen like me to vote coz they know people like us normally go for the opposition.

My stand is, you don't want a government without any opposition, otherwise there is not enough check and balances. A good number of opposition is always good. Otherwise, might as well call our constitution autocratic rather than democratic.

I still feel that there is an extreme need for ideology based parties. Although it might warrant fighting and disagreements, it is necessary as then they would be fighting for ideas that people want to see happen, rather than fighting for one particular race. Overall, it would mainly be played on an even platform.

They might argue whoever gets elected will vouch for their own race more. But look at Obama & Hillary for the democrats. They fight, not for blacks or womens rights in particular, but rather the important issues which are at hand which needs change and needs to be tackled, whereas Malaysian politics is still extremely biased because of the current economic policy.

I would still like to know the comments on corruption however, which was censored out. I feel it is unfair that in a land where now there is open communication and freedom, and where the government promotes honesty and trust within the people, they are absolutely not being transparent whatsoever when it comes to these issues. Honestly, DAP seem to have better things going for them, and true while BN will be around, at least they now have to take note that if they screw up, their days will be numbered.

I still feel that there is an extreme need for ideology based parties. Although it might warrant fighting and disagreements, it is necessary as then they would be fighting for ideas that people want to see happen, rather than fighting for one particular race. Overall, it would mainly be played on an even platform.

They might argue whoever gets elected will vouch for their own race more. But look at Obama & Hillary for the democrats. They fight, not for blacks or womens rights in particular, but rather the important issues which are at hand which needs change and needs to be tackled, whereas Malaysian politics is still extremely biased because of the current economic policy.

I would still like to know the comments on corruption however, which was censored out. I feel it is unfair that in a land where now there is open communication and freedom, and where the government promotes honesty and trust within the people, they are absolutely not being transparent whatsoever when it comes to these issues. Honestly, DAP seem to have better things going for them, and true while BN will be around, at least they now have to take note that if they screw up, their days will be numbered.

hhmm....did BN pay for this entry?

After reading this ....my vote will definitely goes to DAP.

Pak Lah is a good leader? Pui ...

It's such a shame that a well-articulated interview by the BN candidate has this as a lasting impression: why did he not want his opinions on 'under-table contracts' published? Definitely it could cause a furor, and fan some bad sentiment, and are we insulting everyone's intelligence by saying 'you don't want a repeat of May 13, do you?' Not that I really need to know what was said, but it seems quite sad to conclude that he is trying to avoid party backlash, ie. I speak for BN, but BN controls my words'. And this is what many Malaysians are getting cynical about.

Other than that though, he seems like a sound man. Definitely not a stuffed shirt. Looking forward to the DAP interview!

Ok la looking through that again, I have a question: Why do you align yourself with BN? What is it with the BN ideology that you identify with and are passionate about? Because with the interview I get the distinct sense that you're speaking as a group, not as an individual.

'I think Malaysia is a multi-racial country, there is no better formula. Unless somebody can tell me that there's a better formula. I think if you compare Malaysia with other multiracial countries, it has done very, very, very well. '

-- your answer IS a formula. Besides being very formulaic, it also glosses over many very unhappy undercurrents, multiracial-wise.

'... look at Barisan Nasional, it's not formed on that basis. There are 14 parties inside, MCA representing only Chinese, MIC representing Indians, UMNO representing Malay, PBB representing Dayaks, whereas smaller parties like us may be representing majority Chinese but ours is a multiracial party also. We have a lot of Dayak comrades also. But it doesn't mean we are just racial based party lah. It's more looking at the overall. When we fight the election, we fight under Barisan Nasional. We don't fight as SUPP. If you notice that, that means Barisan Nasional is the party for all races because we are composed of small little units that represent different interest groups. So I think this formula probably works better in the Malaysian context.'

-- that doesn't address many opinions that all the little parties are cowed by UMNO (cf Penang Gerakan)

Right that's enough for today. Racial-based politics give me the shivers.

DAP ARISE!!!

haha...well said in the interview!
cheers!

hey kenny, are you a traitor? how could you give your firt interview to BN but not DAP? did BN bribe you to do that?

Kenny: Last but not least, why should people vote for you or for the Barisan Nasional in general?

Here is what Alan should have said,"so that I could join the corrupted UMNO memebers in the parliament, and make myself rich from corruption. This is the easiest way to get rich"

I dont know how is Alan's knowledge about other Countries, but went i'm overseas, i tend to undertand from Economy to culture on the why and what. But my point is, does Alan knows that in China, an AUDI is about half the price we buy in Malaysia??!! Now gentlemen, why are all AUDIs and BMWs here are two times more expensive than China??!! Because of BN in the helm my friend......

I find his answers somewhat vague. Honestly, he claims he will speak up but ultimately, he uses the "teamwork" concept to justify not speaking up. Just to cite an example, how about PKFTZ? As you all should know, this scandal in West Malaysia involves an elected MP of SUPP. Will he speak up? Will he move a motion to censure and ask for a royal commission to investigate this issue?

If by speaking up he is referring to cleaning drains, fixing lamp posts and clearing garbage, please just apply for work as city councillor. The parliament is meant for enacting laws.

Ultimately, we need real opposition, not token ones that claim will do but eventually come back 3.5,4 or 5 years with nothing to show.

The typical answer given to the question of rising prices of goods. "Malaysia goods are still cheaper if you compare with other countries such as bla bla bla, and because we are bla bla bla, subsidy shits and thats make us our economic more developed and thats the reason we are the right candidate to rule the country."

Anyone can counter this argument using the issue of AP, how much under table money the so call minister made by issuing AP?The percentage of markups for imported vehicles is consider ridiculous when you see other countries are selling it at half of our prices.Please, just face the facts that Malaysia is a corrupted country.

Instead of arguing in Parliament and ask for proofs, go check the international corruption index and see Malaysia ranking. Not too suprising for me though.

after reading the interview. i still go 4 DAP as we all know, we need opposition in the parliament

DO NOT WANT!!

Good articulation, but definitely the ideas are out of the window.

He avoids most of the important questions and does not convince.
Those personal opinions he has, in the end, is impotent, because those are not his projected party wills, just his personal thoughts.

Kenny, you should are not a conventional press,
so you should grill the candidates during the interview.

(
If we want pro-BN feel good interviews, we can read the MSM, if we want pro-opposition interview, there's many on the internet.
)

For BN candidates, you should grill them about the stuff that opposition doubts them about. Don't let them just get away with simple general statements like economy is doing good. use statistics against them, ask them to defend with statistics. grill them until they give an answer that convinces and satistfy, or until you see it is clear that he has no good answer.

The same thing should go for opposition candidate interview. Grill them about why we should support them, what are their concrete plans for the goverment, and allegations from BN.
Don't let them get away with just "cause BN is the suX0r".
We want the best, not just the least worst.

Those who say that party affiliation is not important have obviously not learnt from history. Remember the Penang MPs from BN who dared to speak up for their constituents and openly disagree with their party leaders? Suspended. Remember MPs from Wilayah Persekutuan KL who were unceremoniously dropped from candidacy this time round probably because they showed themselves in the past too inclined to choose voter sentiments over party rules?

Friends, two equally good men may be standing for election in Kuching this time around. I don't deny the BN candidate may be articulate, intelligent, sound, honest etc. BUT the very nature of his affiliation with an oppressive ruling coalition means he cannot speak up for constituents without fear or favour. If he does do that, it may mean opposing his leaders. The most important question in this is: Will he do it? When push comes to shove, will Alan defend Kuching's voters rights or will he, like countless other honest men before him, stay silent purely out of self-preservation instinct?

Yes, candidate matters, but party also matters. Don't be fooled by what anyone else says.

Unless Alan can give the voters the undertaking to speak for them come what may, I for one would suggest that to give him our vote would be too much of a gamble. He may be a good man, I agree. However, being in the party he is, he sometimes has no other choice but to toe the line, or risk political suicide.

Unless, of course, Kuching-ites feel that the government's wishes will never contradict their wishes, which is a possibility I don't deny.

Thanks for your time.

There are some 10-year-olds here accusing kenny of being bribed for writing and siding with BN.

Read the last line. Kenny is giving both individuals fair chances of being exposed on this blog.

"My next interview is with DAP's Chong Chieng Jen, Alan Sim's opponent and the defending champion for the seat of Bandar Kuching."

Guess we'll wait and see how it goes.

forget about Alan for the time being. What the hell is George Chan (SUPP) doing with DAP at the MBKS there?!!! Main kobek-kobek kah? Being a SUPP boss, he should set a good example. These 2 groups are just like hooligans. What a laughing stock. Everybody is laughing at George Chan. Is he senile?? Want me to vote BN, I have to think twice.

Typical BN candidate answer. Vague, no real solutions proposed, no undertakings to do anything, dodging the issues and far too careful toe-ing the party line.

"And in fact, it would be my top priorities to get the security matter sorted out."
--- Sure, it's a priority. Pray, tell us HOW you propose to do it. Give us an undertaking that you WILL do something and not shut up and keep quiet everytime UMNO starts yelling.

"That is my personal view."
--- What's the point of having a personal view when it's always overrided by UMNO views?

"It is a very sensitive issue."
--- Just a convenient excuse to avoid the issue forever. Plus a veiled May 13 threat.

As long as BN = UMNO, no BN candidate will be able to come up with a proper answer, no BN candidate will be effective.

without having to read the content, it's already a clever step to approach you, since last year.. and got this post now..

If I'm a Malaysian I'll vote for this guy after the interview liao.

ask Alam sim Break down the GDP growth, I would say most of the growth is come from our natural resource and not much growth form our industrial and trading.The growth is from our oil and palm oil. He is mocking in front of voters like us. Voters opposition to save our country.

ALAN, do you have guts to say no to White hair or Georgie??? IF not you are wasting our vote. We don't want waste our 5 years on you....
GO DAP GO~~~!!!

Alan, im sorry, you might deliver but your party and your boss, your boss's boss, CANNOT!

No vote for you because i care about Malaysia!

its just an interview... dun need to get so serious. the choice is till in your hand. y make such a big fuss out of it?

well done, kenny..

i agree we need oppositions in our government so that they don't become complacent but are we going to base our votes solely on that even though a certain BN candidate is better than the opposition? i personally think we should vote for the candidate that we think will do a better job in that constituency... if both are equally good then the party comes in...

and i think he doesn't want to publish some things because certain close-minded individuals won't be able to take in what he says... if he says something then ppl will misinterpret and go "haha see see? division within party.." and happily diss BN some more... if he doesn't, ppl will go "wah keep everything under the table.."... lose-lose situation right... i think even politically ignorant ppl will know that corruption exists... politics is dirty no matter who rules...

and about the sensitive issue... he acknowledges it... we just need more ppl who think like that in our government to amplify the thoughts in our minds, opposition or not... though yeah, UMNO's voice is pretty loud... a voice spoken from the heart can be louder... yeah why am i so idealistic i dunno..

i think we shouldn't be blinded by our dissatisfaction with our current government till we can't think rationally anymore.. and i will shut up now coz ppl will say BN bribed me wtf -_-

(ey, he giving DAP the last say lah... -_- traitor what traitor... if it was me i'd rather speak the last lor, then can shoot down all my opponents words.. having the last say and last words...)

and we shall wait for the DAP interview..

'The guy really does across as a true leader'

Kenny I'm actually quite surprised that you find qualities such as these define a true leader. It is actually quite sad if the people do not see how helpless this guy will be in parliament regardless of his personal views.

1.)'The freedom of expression in Malaysia has improved a lot over the past decade.'

Not true. Recent incidents and the continued existence of the ISA proves that.

2.) '..the law is always there. Lodge a report.'

And end up like the Lingam tape issue. Or Altantuya's forgotten murder.

3.) '..you may be asked to toe certain party lines. But that doesn't mean that you personally agree with them.'

What is amusing here is an individual's personal opinion does not make policies. It is his vote that carries the power. Why should the public bother about your personal opinion when we are forced to accept any discriminatory motions that you had a part in passing?

4.) ..I will be able to bring the people's voices into parliament as well.'

Obviously a contradictory statement The Chinese communities' grievances often do not go well with the government policies. So how do you toe the line and still air our views?

5.) ..They are only contesting in how many seats? There are 222 seats, how do you even form a government?'

A clearly naive view. By contesting less than enough to form a government, the public can vote for them at ease without fearing any adverse effects of a possible government change. The point is not to overthrow the government, but to provide the public a platform to address their concerns.

This interview i think is a total waste of time.

articulate yes..."COOL" he can spaik English and Mandarin well which is what thousands of others out there can do. just show he is educated FULL STOP. as for content, eeeiiii sound so much like the look like me sound like me and not me guy. he is just another one of them. no vision. no stand. no guts. nothing. just someone who want to make himself more powerful and richer through politics.

But thanks anyway, helps to decide that this guy is off. Before this already bad impression. first time open his mouth, wants to do drains already. Vote DAP no drain! Alan Sim. dont try threatening the voters. Now is 100% off. And kenny, you have NOT grill him enough. too polite!

Voters, if we let this fellow win, we are really demeaning ourselves, our intelligence and our integrity.

how easy to tell us to lodge reports. dont think pek mou will come for our asses ka if we did?

if so easy, why is he still in power and sucking all the resources!

"At this point, I raised a point made by the Opposition about how most government projects were given to 'The Family' without an open tender. At Alan's suggestion, I think it'll be wise not to include this part of the interview on the blog."

See..... He didn't even have guts to speak out. He was pissed. Well.... I understand... he stands by his man, rain or shine...

Hmmm, you are on treading on dangerous grounds Kenny. But I enjoy your work, doing your bit for the country. Keep it up. As for my vote, I am leaning more towards DAP. Sometimes it is good to have strong oppositions to deliver the greater good for the people.

Or better yet.....I rather sleep with my Sprite...

Nice effort Kenny! Some may agree or disagree with your style and "lack of grilling", but most do not have the kind of initiative that you've shown. So kudos again.(thinking of joining "umbrella" party next time, K?)

I think Alan Sim is a well-meaning, sincere guy. But as a politician, I'm afraid he will have to do a lot of compartmentalization... certain things that he believe in will not match what he will say (and probably do) in public.

From the interview, it seems that he has his own ideas of developing the country and state. At the same time, he also shared some of the sentiments shown by the Opposition. But I think he is a practical guy. He wants to improve things for us, and he thinks by being a BN candidate is the best way to achieve it. Smart?

In fact most young politicians think like that: "If I want to better society, I will have to join the biggest force (i.e. BN) to achieve that. They have the money and influence. And then I will slowly change certain things I disagree in BN from within."

It's almost like pretending to be satan to influence the other satans to do good. Hmm... ok satan is a strong word. I just couldn't find another substitute for now.

Again, good job Kenny.

very thorough interview, kenny, it's good that nobody is wearing any mask(being fake).

at this point i feel that voting for BN has a greater prospect n development, being positive abt the future, having an ally in the parliament. As for voting for DAP will only waste another 5 years of waiting for the impossible to happen, i already waste 5 years, i'm not gonna sacrifice the future of my kids. i feel matured after the 5 years given to DAP with no solid results, only focusing on negative side n personal attacks, it's endless quarrel, nobody can move forward while holding back the grudge of yesteryears. i noticed some ppl comment on being in another country and wish to vote for DAP, u shud come back here to see the real situation before reaching to a conclusion, u dont even love ur country, what to say a vote, it's almost certain u will vote any opposition, and this is very childish, and this country doesn't need childish politics!

i look forward to ur interview with DAP's Chong, election is near, so make it fast! TQ very much!

You're fat

i donno about this guy, but i know i hate George Chan... He is so childish!!

just look at how much is wasted in the so call 'indelible ink' that the Election COmmision not decide to use it at last minute. WHos fault is this??? dammnnn!! our money there larrrr!!!!!

Our BN MPs too many YES man. All afraid to do and say the right thing... but follow what the BOSS decides for them to say. Notice all the personal opinion and guarded positions so that he won't get into trouble for saying anything wrong, at the same time trying to emphatize with the people's issues and problems.

What is the different between 1000 YES man and 1 YES man. Practically nothing.

"Kenny: So eventhough you may not agree with what they are doing, you will still follow the party's principles?

Alan: I think we are often put in very difficult situation. If you don't toe the party line, you may face certain penalty. But of course it depends what is the issue. If it is something so serious you might have to really..."

And that my friends, is why we vote for the opposition. Thank you very much!

i agree with Nemesis though

Thanks Kenny. I'm going to go back to the Kuching to vote, and having a better idea of the candidates I am going to vote for is simply fantastic.

I can't wait to catch your interview with the DAP Candidate.

ermm.. kenny, that Alan Sim link you gave leads to http://ww.alansim.net leh. 1 w is missing....

dude - so proud of you for tackling political issues. your questions, while not the toughest is definitely better than what those lapdogs at The Star and NST would have asked. Go Kenny! Hope to see you run for parliament one day aka Jeff Ooi!

I RECKON HIS STATEMENTS WERE MISLEADING...

Something like Pak Lah!

Got problem? Lodge a police report? But police work for BN.

Voice our grievience? Later bomba shoot us with acid water and put us in ISA lokap for 2 freaking yrs. Then be labelled as Terrorist!

Contracts gone to "THE FAMILY" .. WHY SENSITIVE. MEANS HE"S AFRAID TO VOICE OUT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. Corruption is corruption. Small potatoes and Big potatoes who does corruptions still must face the consequences. WHY PAK LAH more SPECIAL? Alan Sim = Potential Yes Man. We have too many in BN already.

CHina economy good...Good point. Msian economy already like shiet under Pak Lah's rule. Still vote BN?

I rather bet on opposition for a term. Let BN scared that if they slack.. they will not get our votes

i don't want a "YA / BETUL" politician. Alan said: report to ACA or police if got evidence on corruption. What the use!!!!! Take Zakaria's case for example. He is a free man now. Althought he cannot contest for this coming parlimentary election but his daughter-in-law can. So what's the difference. It's a case of "Orang Malaysia mudah lupa". Always hangat-hangat tahi ayam. I might as well dont come out to vote. Wasting my time only. The one who win will benefit everything. Well, who cares.

Very simple questions to unfairness -

Why POSTAL VOTE only apply to government staffs e.g. army????

Why not apply to all Malaysian citizen resides outside Malaysia (working oversea)?

Dear kenny, first of all, thanks for the political insight u have put on your blog. Indeed your efforts are much appreciated, and just taking some time off to do the interview has benefited the younger ones who have no clue as to the political situation in our country. at least now they have something to start off with.

A lot has been discussed in the above comments,and i do see alot of good points being voiced.

i personally think that sometimes as voters, we need to look at the big picture. Alan clearly comes across as an educated and enlightened individual with a clear understanding of democracy and politics. however, is that all we voters should base our vote upon?

there have been issues far more fundamental than rising prices and corruption - such as freedom of religion (remember Lina Joy?), a warped system of democracy, corruption in the judiciary and no free/independent press. All these are the MOST fundamental in a democracy, and yet, we don't have that.

How do we even embark on the discussion of this topic without even having a free press??!! columnists dont even show a beacon of independent opinion and we're supposed to decide who to run our country based on biased opinions? dear govt: are u insulting our intelligence?

oh i could go on and on and prob kenny's page would be full of comments from me. But its sad - the focus of the narrow-minded people basing their votes on last-minute increments in their pensions by the government. Its also sad, the false impressions about scholarships given to non-bumiputeras. *shakes head*

Lets hope the people vote wisely this time, and for once, have the greater good of malaysia in mind when voting.

Disclaimer: im not from any political party, just airing my views. heck, im not even 21 yet, not eligible to vote.

To be frank with all of you, Alan Sim statements and views were quite one sided. Its pretty obvious that he was urged to stand on his own misleading points simply because he's a member of BN. I hope he fully understands that even if BN wins this upcoming election... there still wouldn't be equal rights given to all malaysians (which includes him as well)

Hie Kenny, 2nd comment...awaiting the DAP interview with great interest....

Kenny,

Could you kindly consider blogging about this -
a Bidayuh kampung being named Kampung TUN RAZAK(as per Borneo Post newspaper)?

I think this is absolute rubbish!

Thanks!

"Why don't they just lodge a report with the police if they think there's any corruption?"

this could possibly be the funniest line of the interview. tell me he's just kidding right? and as if no one has ever tried to report over the years -_- Hah.

BN candidates are all BONEKA! If the head say SHit is sweet then all of them would say the same.

Did any BN candidates raise concern about body snatching incidents?

Why put a representative who cant even represent himself in the parliment. Better to elect someone who can speak out the truth in parliment.

Most of the people join BN because of money! POLITICS GOOD MONEY!

Vote for BN for waht? All diam diam in parlaiment. SO many corruption cases agianst leaders of Sabah and Sarawak leaders but all masuk cold storage. Polcie and ACA all in cohorts rite up to the PUtrajaya. Go vote more BN fellas = asking us to die younger.

"The proper thing to do is lodge a report. Get some of them charged."

Obviously he hasn't been to Raja Petra Kamaruddin's www.malaysia-today.net

I think its bollocks to go against your conscience just to toe the party's lines and not voice out against the majority just because of your party's policy. You're being put into parliament to serve the Rakyat, not your party, mister.

The point he put up about the Opposition being too divided to form a proper government is old story. What we need is not the Opposition for government but the RIGHT people in government and obviously the past few years has shown what bad choices the Rakyat has made.

I am not living in Kuching and I am not even old enough to vote yet but I really have doubts about this person's capability and sincerity in helping out the denizens of Kuching. His statements don't really pack a punch for me.

Its silly to say that they are resorting to being more 'aggressive' just because the Opposition has been fielding personal attacks at them. Actions speak louder than words, the best way to stump your Opposition is to show hard results and not just plain talk (e.g. record of services or contributions to Kuching from 2004 til 2008 before elections were announced?)

It irks me to only be able to see the MPs faces on posters all over the place when election is around the corner when at other times, they hardly show up. What about that amendment that Parliament passed that enabled the extension of the retirement age to 66 for the head of the Election Committee? Where's the spirit of democracy in that? And NONE of the BN MPs stood up against that amendment. The opposition walked out in protest on that day and no one else were present to vote against that amendment. So coming back to Alan, is he saying that he will toe the party line like the others as well? Or if he were asked this question in the interview, that its a sensitive topic, better not to put it up on this blog?

I look forward to your interview with the DAP representative.

Mostly politically correct answers not to offend his bosses / party & somewhat seems pleasing to others. I would expect such answers from any BN candidates. Ever heard any BN candidates said rising price is not global problem? Its a pre-formulated & easy-way-out kind of statement to cover all the corruptions. An oil exporter facing even more problem in the event of oil price hike? What the heck ! Where are all the RM80 billons of profits of Petronas gone to? The oil subsidy is only RM16 billion...where is the rest?

Well, I don know how clean he is....no fair to go into that since I don know him well...he may be a nice polite guy...but this wont make him to be elected. We want some1 to deliver our voices. He is of no power to deliver our concerns as he is the political secretary of Almighty Lord of Swak-CM, & he belongs to a party who has failed the people - mainly because of comical internal power/money/kangtao struggle which we are well aware of & a party that has no voice because no one dare to challenge the CM & UMNO.

Things has gone too far. When it affects the common people (may it be chinese, indians, malays & all other malaysian) & we have suffer because of the abuse of power, funds, corruptions, injustice....We will fight back....& we will vote for opposition. The people may not be able to deny the BN majority but we will hell make sure our displeasures be heard - LOUD & CLEAR !!

Alan Sim does sound very much like a good man. A man who every Sarawakian wants to call a friend or maybe a patriortic one. But as our malaysian politic goes a good man (be him a John Rambo or Superman)can do nothing in the face of those high ranking MPs who speak without going through their head. Come on people... think of the level of intelligent of the Party where the representative speaks on lady's period as a joke and critised some air stewardess on their dressing being too revealing. Not to mention using the whole Federal Meeting to discuss on how to get back on some kid for writing a song on the national anthem. It's kinda sad to think that our country top men are these group of bozos. I wouldn't even entrust even my car to them, let alone now that they are running our country (some more with the main- driver being dozed off all so occassionally).

We want to ask Alan this one question. If he is elected then, what would he do ? BN representative have not done anything before, I am very sure they wont do anything in the future. With Alan in it or not.

BN has been saying there is DAP has not manage to graps any fund for development. What the nuts. Shouldn't development be equal to all states be it DAP or BN control. Mind you that DAP representative is also the decision of the people. By not giving funds to this states the govenment is intimating the people on the very basis of the democratic policy the country is build upon..Oh hang on.. this is Malaysia..there is no democracy..just authocratic hidden in the skin of that call itself democracy.

Election is all about making promises. We have to know WHO kept the promises.. n who didnt. N those that didnt , need to go. Simple. But not as simple to many... as they keep voting the incumbent.

Now we all know what BN candidates are capable of .

They are good in giving vage answers.
They tends to push problems to other dept like the police dept or Anti Corruption Dept.
They agree that there is corruption in the country but hack they cant do much and wont speak about it so no point raising it up.
They like to compare our country to other country may it be comparing a apple with an kiwi fruit. As long as it justify their decision they can even comparing our country to Mars.
There are reckless spending in the government, they know about it but cant do anything to stop it.

So tell me people. Why do we need them anyway.

I'm not interested in the elections until I read your blog. Seriously, I used to think that whatever that has been mentioned or done by the government, we have got no rights to anything else.

Thanks so much to Kenny for the exclusive interview. I mean, we won't know so much about BN/Alan if we didn't read your blog. Newspaper won't display such detailed interview.

Good luck to Alan Sim for the coming election.

Can't wait for the next interview to be posted. Hiak hiak..

Kenny

I suggest you attend a DAP ceramah and understnad the real people's problems...

WHY SUPP DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED

I am writing this from outside Sarawak as I migrated with my family to Australia last year. I spent most of my working life in Miri and Kuching and as a businessmen, was forced to socialise with SUPP and other political leaders. I got to be quite close to them, and became one of their “supporters” who was “required” to “help” during elections.

I would like to appeal to all the voters, especially the Chinese voters, to vote for the opposition and not the SUPP. Let give just relate some of the home truths about SUPP

1. SUPP under George Chan is not working for the Chinese but Taib Mahmud. Forget the words but look at the action. TM took away the Kuching Mayor’s post and gave it to a civil servant (died) without consulting SUPP. Before the announcement I was at a dinner with George Chan, Lee Kim Shim and Alan Sim and GC hinted that AS would make an excellent mayor for Kuching. AS was smiling so hard that you would have guessed that he was 100% sure that he would be the mayor. But TM simply gave it to someone else and GC could not do anything about it.

2. When the 2006 state elections came about, I was asked to “donate” to SUPP campaign in Kuching. My Miri branch manager told me that the SUPP Miri people (Andy Chia, Datuk Wee and gang) “asked” for my company vehicles to be “loan” them for the campaign. When the issue of land lease came up, GC told us in a dinner function that he will “speak” to CM and CM would make an announcement at a unity dinner in Kuching. I was forced to buy 3 tables at this dinner at Crowne Plaza. I was sitting a metre table away from the VIP table and I saw GC begging the CM to announce that he would renew the lease. CM just told GC, in front of everyone, I will announce in my own time. Can you image the SUPP president’s shame? In front of the Chinese community, he cannot even get the CM to make a “hint” about the land lease.

After the elections, I was having dinner with GC’s supporters in Miri and he told in a serious tone that CM refused to make the announcement because he wanted to “punish” the Chinese/SUPP for making “too much noise”. This meant that TM had already destroyed Iban unity by splitting PRS/PBDS into two factions and he wanted the Chinese to be the same while he prepared his children to come in and take over. This man even hinted that TM only dared to do this because GC was the SUPP president. GC cannot stand up to TM on any issue. He just gives in on every crucial issue. Why?- I will tell you later.

3. During the 2006 state elections, one of SUPP’s biggest financial contributors, Ting Chek Si, a tycoon from Sibu, was not selected to defend his Meradong seat. His crime? TCS was in a business dispute with TM’s brother over the Sanyan group of companies. TCS has sued TM’s brother for “oppression” and revealed that he gave TM’s brother 51% of the shares in the company in return for TM’s timber concessions. TM told George Chan to dump TCS and GC, like a good running dog, did as he was told. This is despite the fact that Meradong people wanted TCS because he was using his won money to provide help to Meradong. The SUPP Central working committee even endorsed TCS’s name as candidate. What kind of party leader is George if he dumped his own men and listen to PBB”s leader? Is SUPP a sub-branch of PBB?

What is worse- when TCS protested to GC, GC lied to his face straight and told him to keep quiet and TCS will be given another chance as senator. Of course GC did not keep his promise, he gave the senatorship to Sim Kheng Hui.

4. This is not the first time GC lied openly to his colleagues. In 2004 General Elections, he promised Law Heing Ding that he will be nominated as the Minister but for the last term. George even put this in writing. After the elections, George nominated Datuk Peter Chin. Is it any wonder that LHD called George Chan a liar in the Chinese press and GC did not dare to sue him? If George Chan is a man of honour as he says he is, why does he not sue LHD for defamation?. LHD even went to the extent of writing a complaint letter to all the SUPP CWC members and gave a copy to the PM and TM. He has documents to prove that GC is lying and backstabbed him.

5. You do not need to look at GC’s political games to know he is a fake. Just look at the way he behaves towards his first wife, Judy. He cheated on for some many years that she ran away. He had an open affair with Christina Foo of Priority One and gave the company a lot of state government consultancies.

During the search and rescue mission for Dr Judson in the Kelabit highlands, he visited the place often to “direct” the search. The real reason was that he was chasing a Kelabit girl and took her to KL to be his mistress. Just ask anyone in the highlands and they will confirm this story. This girl is now driving a BMW and living in a semi-D in KL.

What kind of man would use a moment of anguish over a helicopter crash to think about sex and chasing girls. Is this a “leader” of tahe Sarawak Chinese community?

Even worse, he allowed his daughter (the most beautiful one with white skin) to marry TM’s son. When Sulaiman turned out to be playboy and started to hit the daughter, GC actually told the daughter to “bear it” as Sulaiman could ensure that she has a luxurious life. When Sulaiman heard this, he hit the poor daughter even harder and send her off to live in the states leaving him free to chase all sorts of girls in KL and Manila. As a father, how could GC do all these things?

The question is why? Why does GC do all these underhanded things?
The answer is simple. The love of power and wealth. He can only get power and wealth by being a running dog to TM and this is exactly what he has done. He has made SUPP weak because TM wants SUPP to be weak while the Melanau dynasty rules forever.

George Chan wants to enjoy the good things in life like fine wine (he has one of the finest wine collections in Malaysia) and women. He can only do this as deputy CM.

With a leader like George Chan, who lies to his own senior party members, and reports to PBB and TM- can we elect SUPP? If SUPP were to come out and say that it is a sub-branch of PBB, at least I will consider it as they will be telling the truth for the first time.

After all these nonsense I decided that I had better migrate. I do not want my children to deal with this sort of “leaders” and live in a country where the Chinese leaders are forever kowtowing to someone else.

I am not writing this out of spite. I encourage readers in Sarawak and elsewhere to investigate if what I say here is true. Even if 50% is true, don’t you think SUPP deserves to be punished?

The only way to get rid of George Chan and his group of “PBB” SUPP members is to vote out SUPP until George Chan loses power. There is no other way. I took the easy way out by migrating but that does not mean I do not love Sarawak or care for the future of Sarawak. It simply means I am too old. I am telling his story so that the younger generation will know the truth.

[Disclaimer: kennysia.com holds no responsibility and does not vouch for the accuracy of this comment.]

Good points. "Nemesis at 05 March 2008 9:29 AM" http://www.kennysia.com/archives/2008/03/interview_with.php#c393318

A little vague on (5).

But, it is true that we need a leaders that provide the public a platform to address their concerns. Even the slightest issue, there is right or wrong."I think.." - is not a leader...It should be "The public wants..the people think..we think.." - is the leader we want.

This BN candidate might be intelligent and helpful but the point is do he able to stand up for rakyat to reject those non-sense suggested by UMNO?

Don't give me crap like "teamwork" or "toe the party line". When u not able to speak up a wrong doing by UMNO gangs such as BOCOR, u are not much different that those UMNO goons. When a statement is wrong, it is wrong and u need to speak it out, whether the statement is from your allies or enemies.

And regarding the media being controlled by BN, what the hell is "Come on lah, if you don't allow me to publish it I can always go on the Net."? Do u think every citizen is able to access internet or knowledgeable enough to access the Internet?

There are still a lot uncles and aunties reading newspaper and when u blackout all the opposition news, means the election itself is unfair.

Unless u are contesting independently or under opposition OR condemn all the gay policies by BN, then only i'll pay my full respect for u. Pui, so much for an MP

Alan Sim should the facts that George Chan put him up just to get rid of him out of SUPP. Alan Sim has been a fool (cheated by George to be the next mayor). Alan, remember this, you lose Kuching, you lose everything in the goverment, Secretary to Chief Minister as well as Counsel for MBKS. Being a Youth leader in SUPP means nothing.

Anywhere, you took the risk.

Maybe we will see you sitting in your Law firm begging for business after this.

Why did Sarawak join the Federation of Malaysia in the first place? We could be so much better off without the West. Our natural resources are all taken from us and use for the development in the West - what do we get in the end? A state with little noticeable development over the last few decades. Until this is addressed, I'll vote against the present government. You guys aren't doing enough - period.

If you can't deliver results, why shouldn't I vote for the opposition? We've given the government more than enough time (30 plus years) to make changes and I'm not going to wait for another 3 decades. De facto, both sides are making tonnes of promises with no guaranteed results. Actions speak louder than words! If so, why not put an opposition representative in the parliament to "bark" - check & balance - simple as that.

Personally, I do think Alan Sim is a pretty nice guy but to vote for him would be a terrible waste. The problems that we need to address in Malaysia (Sarawak in particular) should be the lack of development and the poor distribution of wealth. If we want to remain relevant and competitive, the focus should be on raising the standards of thinking among the locals. Addressing petty traffic jam issues won't get us the attention that we need.

When we joined Malaysia in 1969, the main reason was to curtail the expanding power of the communists. We did eradicate communism from ruining the state but on a second thought - look at China - maybe communism isn't that bad afterall.

It is true that most of time, suggestion voiced out by DAP are unfulfilled but then at least they state something that's true and make other people aware of the real situation in this case, as a BN representative, although implementation of plans would be much easier but somehow there are policies where BN have stated which even as the MP can't really do much or change

Alan Sim is just echoing whatever his bosses (read: UMNO) tell him to say. Same old talking points. Same old answers. "Got a problem with corruption? Why just lodge a report la. We're democratic country what." Which school of brainwashing did this guy come out of? Does he actually think that making reports work? He obviously hasn't lodged any reports that's unfavourable to the powers that be. Go ahead try that and see what happens.

Well say "Why SUPP Deserves To Be Punished"

How good is a good man under a bad stupid leader (or shd we refer him as Puppet hereafter)? I dun think any of them could do any good under the puppet even that they might genuinely mean to do good for the people.

Vote for opposition is of utmost important now because of the failure of the ultimate leader of the current regime.

Just take corruption and racial discrimination and inequity is enuf to cast the vote on opposition. To create a warning and to REMIND the government that whatever they do, people are watching and listening.

And people know how to think and vote without being fooled.

It is so important because BN will still win, simply because they are many especially those knowledgeable and educated urban folks choose NOT TO VOTE. These are people who know how to think and analyse.

Many from rural areas and with less analytical skill would most likely vote for BN as they are either easily influenced or they can only recognise the BN logo! Regardless of the fact that their houses will be flooded everytime it rains; They only know that once they vote for BN, they will receive tangible rewards even that it only happened once very 4 to 5 years!!!!

Look at our education! we have been robbed! The education system was designed with intention to make us less smart and easier to controlled. Those who cant effort will be victimised. Look at those MPs and VIPs, where are their children having their education?? How many are here in local Us? and how many are overseas?? Why are they not trusting the system which suppose was designed to make our next generation better!!!!! Every Uni breaks (summer break overseas) why are we seeing MPs, VIPs and WPs (wealthy people) going overseas to see their children?

Because they cant trust the system! Because they KNOW the fault in the system!!!

Dun trust me? Why we have so many 11As, 12As (getting more and more As) and these students cant even qualify for Singapore U and many failed for Australia, Canada and others!!!???

Be awake and be smart, dun let them think u are a fool. Vote with a purpose, to deny the majority!

SUPP under Puppet George will not improve and deserves to be punished (again!)

nice job. waiting for the DAP interview.And perhaps you should have ask more questions regarding all the sensitive issues. hehe!

"At this point, I raised a point made by the Opposition about how most government projects were given to 'The Family' without an open tender. At Alan's suggestion, I think it'll be wise not to include this part of the interview on the blog."

y? tis is the most important part in tis blog...y cencored it? where is democracy?

I find Alan as a very careful person.And i mean it nicely. I doubt he will speak out to the Menteris if he does not want to be clear on many issues to insignificant bloggers like us.

As a lawyer, he knows the the constitution ( in which Sarawak should even be more watchful) defines Malaysia as a secular state.

He sidestep that twice when you ask him. You are too nice to him.

"And Sarawak I think is quite special in that freedom of religion is really felt here."

The silent movement in Semenanjung is a memorandum from Islamic NGOs.And since they are physically closer to hearts and ears, should Sarawakians not be concerned about:-

• Defend and strengthen the position and jurisdiction of Syariah Courts under Article 121(1A) of the Federal Constitution. ( means sarawak will be one)

• Legislate laws controlling the propagation of non-Muslim religions among the Muslims in Sabah, Sarawak, Perlis, Pulau Pinang and Federal Territories as provided by Article 11(4) of the Federal Constitution. ( ditto )

• Increase the learning period of Islamic subjects in national primary and secondary schools.

• The Ministry of Education to continue encouraging Islamic practices in schools.

• Provide special allocation to Islamic NGOs to carry out Islamic educational activities.('educational' does mean Daawah)

• Prosecute those who cause religious disharmony, especially by making offensive remarks against Islam, under Section 298A of the Penal Code.( under criminal law )

http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/2008/02/taliban-demands.html

Alan should change his statement to ""And Sarawak I think is quite special in that freedom of religion is CURRENTLY really felt here." Not sure about the future esp. if we have leaders like this who is short sighted.

no surprises here. textbook answers which distracts you for a while into thnkin that a real answer has been given when it's just goin round in circles. also dodge hard questions. alan, you're the best politician for hollywood- not for the people.

Hey dude, line me up with a Rocket shirt, can or not ?

talking business? u have any idea wat is PPP?
purchasing power parity?

what case to case thing? what is it tat brought up in parliment is UNimportant thing ? so bocor is UNimportant thing?

"more important thing is that we still have freedom of religion. You can still be a Christian, I can still be a Buddhist. We should not be too bothered about the argument about whether Malaysia is still a secular or an Islamic state"

aiyoyo, U can still b xxx for how long? do u know the concept of process / evolution / transformation? which road u think we r heading when dis thing is declared? again, constitution is so vunerable tat it can change any minute bcoz of u holding 2/3 (66.666%) of the power

"Whatever they said is not being censored. I mean, nowadays it's also difficult to censor anything. Come on lah, if you don't allow me to publish it I can always go on the Net."

oh ya, u mean all MM having maths problem when few 10 thousand miscalculated as few thousand in the bersih? juz conduct a test lar, an ahma who read only ur papers vs ahlian who read internet news, see how polar different the answer u gonna get.

in short, he's juz another longkang mp,

hey, your drains, paved roads etc, don't mean a thing if even the constitution can be changed anytime to 'unguarantee' and 'unprotect' it lar

ppl....dun vote according to person at least in this election...bcoz how outstanding he is, he wont b able to fight for ur right as the rule of the game now is small muz kowtow to the big

n we need candidate who c all as malaysian not malai hantu cina babi kelingkia so tat nobody is kowtow to anybody

understand!?

I LOVE MALAYSIA.

But, that doesn't mean I need to LOVE BN or whatever tail wagging component parties under it.

I WILL NEVER vote for BN or whosoever monkey candidates they are sending.

But, that doesn't mean I am an anti-government.

well...like a white sheet...when u dip into a pail of black dye it will become black....the goverment is doin it best to cover everything even if we noe everything that they are doin we also cannot do anything...goverment is everthing..if goverment is not corrupt then everything will not be in normal state...

Nowonder u r so famous. :)

Some very good comments here (WHY SUPP DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED, Harry, etc).

Any true Sarawakian who loves Sarawak will not allow BN to divide the rakyat, continue stealing from the State's wealth, and let BN practice corruption & cronyism openly without any consequences - just like what they have already done in West Malaysia. Do you want Sarawak to turn into the sh!thole that is Semenanjung? Delete me, I don't care.

Alan, sorry but you sound just like every other Chinese puppet to me. Do you have the spine to stand up for what is wrong or will you just slink into the background in hopes that the white-haired man will still give you the scraps off his plate?

"In general, I think Malaysian economy is not doing too badly, if you look at our GDP and all that."

What an alarming generalization. The problem is, the GDP is the total - a few companies or individuals make damn a lot of money that they stash somewhere. But the vast majority like you and me don't see much of it, maybe only a trickling.

And how come his answers are non-committal. Yes, he agrees there's corruption, that it's stupid to send a space tourist. But, WHAT IS HE, AND WHAT CAN HE DO ABOUT IT?

The answer is nothing, except spout answers to make you feel happy, is there.

Lodging a police report..? How, when the evidence is so easily destroyed? But it's an open secret to everyone that this BN is extremely corrupted. Hell lah, even with VIDEO evidence, also cannot convict a judge-fixer. Thousands of reports have been lodged. Hell lah, my mom's snatch theft report also kena mangled. Check out Patrick Teoh's account about lodging a police report at niamah.blogspot.com. Who the hell trusts the police?

No matter how good the BN candidates are, they are just going to be puppets of UMNO to rip the people's wealth.

Kenny,

You are going to interview the DAP candidate right, for the sake of being impartial (as you have claimed)?

Poor Chinese ...

Why you people like to fight against your own race so much ? (Which was my intention).

Georgie, I only give you 7 chairs out of my 33 seating, What do you expect ! It doesn't matter even DAP got all the 7 seats. We PBB still rules Sarawak.

Do you expect me to give you new seats ? Look at Kota Sentosa, the new seat that i gave you. You see what happened ? You Chinese just keep fighting.. The bottom line is, we Melanau still rules Sarawak and that is the fact cannot be change for a few generation. We PBB are the undisputed Party in Malaysia. Even UMNO does not dare to step into my land. Do you see that George or you DAP Nerds.

Whatever happens, an UMNO will be the Prime Minister and a PBB will be the Chief in Sarawak. That is a fact.

So what you Chinese are thinking ? Come and try

Think about it !

another thing is... only say all these things during election time is a bit too late la. the 20++ years in power still canot even have proper police force. sorry la!

why they alw gelabah only during "campaigning" (even my student council campaigning need to debate properly, not personal attacks)

who wants to vote for the kind of govt which is arrogant and never really cares about the people?
only need our vote but never really work for it. only know how to take bribes and kiss CM and PM's asses

sao pei la!!

I do not vote in Kuching but this is what I have to say to Alan:

If you truly represent the RAKYAT, you vote how we tell you to vote. Even if it is against your party line.

You may lose your party post by doing so but you will gain our RAKYAT's vote in the end.

Which is more important to you? Voter's will or Party's will?

Lodge report ?

Alan, you out of your mind ?

Police are not different with you politicians

We are corrupted too !

DAP is GOD, heaven.
BN is BS, hell.

Together we shall create utopia, an eden, a heaven for all mankind! 100% no corruption, no crime, no liars, no tax, no inflation, no natural disaster, no pollution, no nothing bad, and everything good. we will have 100% free gas and oil, free food, free houses, free medical benefit, free cars, free education, free schools, free everything, so u dont need to work, to hell with schools and businesses, if we already have free everything.

plz have your fingers cross and pray hard that it will happen! peace out!

Alan may be a terrific person, but unfortunately the party that he's serving is not. One can tell how much wealth BN has gathered just by seeing the amount of ads (newspaper, tv, radio, banners)they have this election. And those are just small investments, considering the gains they'll reap if BN has another 2/3 win. And corruption? Its always the same. The lie is so blatantly in your face but they always ask you for evidance! After awhile, the whole thing gets swept under the carpet....AS USUAL.

Long and winding..sien laaa

WEATHER BREEDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DEADLY EVE BEFORE COMES TO A KILLING STORM!!!!

talk for wad????people know all you say are lies alan.........

Lodge police report? LOL. what good of lodging police report when the country judiciary as good as non existent with all the "looks like me" and "duta mongolia" still playing around with our court.

To fakeDAP,
No one said DAP or Anwar is saint but we need check and balance in parliament. Do u want BN to amend any gay policies as much as they want without any resistance?

We have enough with those extending 1 more year for the head of EC to retire and see what we get now? Inedible ink plan crushed, yeah...expect more hantu to the polling station...

Ppl always saying that opposition no experience in running the country and will screw it up...wait....do u even give them a chance?

Nobody gonna 100% guarantee that the oppostion will not screw up our country but at least there is a chance they will doing good. I rather try this than let BN rotting our country.

Ppl keep on saying that 5yrs is long enough for opposition to screw up our country if they take over...hell yeah...50yrs for BN is not too long!!

Thanks for the great coverage of the election. I think I get most of my election news from you rather than the normal media.

Its a pity that so many things 'can't be said' in a malaysian blog.

To those GULLIBLE PPL THERE... READ THIS PLS>..

IF U think there's no pt to vote. Pls go to other country. As a citizen, we have the rights to vote for the better of the country

BN has not done their job properly. We ought to give opposition at least a term to try.

So many issues, 99% bad since Pak Lah took over. Are u guys all blind or simply ignorant?

Do not believe The Star newspaper too much. PPL will a lil bit of brain will know they only promote BN and pijak opposition like shiet. Its so obvious that its Government control

I Feel that Msia is actually a communist hiding under a democratic banner.

Wise up people. Only the rich cronies at the top gets rich. We malay chinese indians with no political afflictions can only hope to strike 4D one day

we only trust what we faced & what we saw.

Do you realize that after Malaysia promoted Abdullah as our Prime Minister, everything keep increase?? Petrol, sundries, and a lot!
And one thing, please don't always give priorities to Malay. Chine