Mubarak Kedah hairan tindakan Nazri aziz

ALOR SETAR 19 Sept. - Tindakan Menteri di Jabatan Menteri, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz menuduh Utusan Malaysia mempunyai agenda berhubung isu Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa (Perkasa) termasuk cuba membawa balik Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad sebagai Perdana Menteri disangkal oleh Majlis Bekas Wakil Rakyat (Mubarak) Kedah.

Ketua Penerangannya, Datuk Badri Yunus berkata, tuduhan tersebut adalah tidak berasas sama sekali dan tingkah laku menteri itu yang cuba mengaitkan Dr. Mahathir dalam perkara itu disifatkan sebagai amat menghairankan.

Beliau berkata, semua orang dapat melihat dengan jelas bahawa jika tidak kerana Perkasa dan Dr. Mahathir, perbuatan sesetengah pihak di negara ini yang cuba mempertikaikan orang Melayu termasuk hak-hak mereka yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan akan menjadi semakin dahsyat.

"Ketika orang Melayu dipertikaikan hak-hak mereka, siapakah yang lantang bangkit mempertahankannya? Bukankah Perkasa dan orang seperti Ibrahim Ali serta Dr. Mahathir yang dilihat ke depan tanpa mengira mereka dihentam semula oleh mereka yang berkenaan.

"Yang paling orang hendak tahu ialah di manakah para pemimpin Melayu seperti Nazri ketika itu?

"Yang kita tahu ialah Nazri tidak berhenti-henti menghentam Dr. Mahathir sejak beliau bersara hingga tampak seolah-olah dia mempunyai dendam peribadi terhadap bekas Perdana Menteri itu," katanya ketika menghubungi Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Beliau mengulas laporan ruangan Bisik-Bisik Mingguan oleh Awang Selamat dalam Mingguan Malaysia hari ini mengenai Nazri.

Tulisan Awang itu menjawab tindakan terbaru Nazri yang lantang mempersoalkan Utusan Malaysia berhubung isu Perkasa.

Malah, Nazri seperti yang dilaporkan oleh portal The Malaysian Insider menuduh Utusan mempunyai agenda untuk membawa balik Dr. Mahathir Mohamad sebagai Perdana Menteri.

Secara peribadi, Badri memberitahu, beliau amat marah dengan tindak tanduk Nazri selama ini terhadap Dr. Mahathir dalam beberapa siri kecaman termasuk mencabar untuk berlawan.

"Siapakah Nazri jika hendak dibandingkan dengan Dr. Mahathir? Bukan saya saja tapi semua orang tahu peranan dan jasa Dr. Mahathir terhadap negara ini.

"Sedarlah diri dan cermin diri sendiri. Janganlah kerana ada sedikit jawatan, kita jadi sombong dan angkuh hingga mencerca dan mencaci orang yang pernah memberi kita peluang naik hingga ke jawatan hari ini," ujar Badri yang pernah menjadi wakil rakyat selama tiga penggal.

Badri turut sependapat dengan Awang bahawa Nazri perlu menyatakan pendiriannya mengenai siapa ketuanya sekarang memandangkan menteri itu kini dilihat banyak berlembut dengan pembangkang.

Katanya, di sebalik bertindak mengkritik pembangkang, Nazri nampaknya lebih berminat menghentam 'orang sendiri' dan perbuatan itu perlu dijelaskan oleh beliau.

Beliau berkata, penjelasan itu penting bagi memastikan Nazri tidak pula bertukar menjadi beban kepada parti dan kerajaan kerana terlalu asyik dan ghairah menghentam pihak yang diwakilinya sendiri.

comment : menteri di jabatan perdana menteri yang tak kenang budi. tak sedar diri.

Malaysia Gay-themed film - Tahniah la 'Datok'.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia's first gay-themed movie could hit cinemas within months, its producer said, after government censors eased restrictions that have stifled the film industry here for decades.

Although the Malay-language movie won't have explicit sex or even kissing, its screening would be a huge step forward for freedom of popular media in this Muslim-majority country that many fear is coming under the influence of Islamic conservatism.

"Dalam Botol," or "In A Bottle," centers on a man whose relationship with his male partner crumbles after he undergoes sex change surgery, said Raja Azmi Raja Sulaiman, who produced the film and wrote the screenplay based on the experiences of her friend.

"We are taking a risk," Raja Azmi, a longtime movie producer, said in an interview this week. "I'm very nervous. We still don't know if the censors will allow our movie to be shown in the end."

Raja Azmi submitted a preliminary script last year to the Home Ministry's Film Censorship Board, which verbally approved it after advising her not to shoot scenes of men kissing or being in bed together.

Censors also told her to change the original title: "Anu Dalam Botol," or "Penis in a Bottle."

The film's two leads had trouble "getting loose and comfortable in the first few days," but they adjusted to their roles before filming ended earlier this year, Raja Azmi said.

"We still shot scenes of skin-

to-skin intimacy, with them hugging passionately," she said. "Without that, we wouldn't be able to show how much the characters really love each other."

Censors are unlikely to permit such scenes for Malaysian audiences, who are accustomed to bland, generic comedies and romances. Censorship board officials declined to comment until Raja Azmi submits the film to them.

But Raja Azmi _ who spent about 700,000 ringgit ($200,000) to make the film _ said she hopes to show an uncut version at film festivals abroad.

Malaysian censors have faced criticism for trimming or banning racy movies. Banned Hollywood films include Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno," which the board said promoted homosexuality because it focused on a flamboyant gay fashion journalist.

The board recently revamped its rules, saying themes such as homosexuality would no longer be forbidden. However, the guidelines suggest filmmakers should rebuke behavior that is considered immoral, including gambling, consuming alcohol and being sexually promiscuous.

Raja Azmi _ who counts the Oscar-winning gay-themed "Brokeback Mountain" as a favorite movie _ declined to speculate on whether censors approved her script only because it depicts bad consequences for its characters.

She stressed the movie was "a nonfiction tragedy about my friend."

It is possible that even a sanitized version of "Dalam Botol" may not placate some of Malaysia's conservative Islamic religious figures, who have pushed in recent years for yoga to be banned and people to be caned for drinking alcohol.

Sodomy _ even consensual _ is punishable by 20 years in prison; prosecutions are rare, though the country's top opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, is currently on trial for allegedly sodomizing a male former aide in what he calls a fabricated, politically motivated charge.

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