Hadhari and Terrorism

update 1.23am, Tuesday 3 April: According to Screenshots here, this Singapore-based Hadhari-cum-terror "expert" has joined TM as a senior vice president, effective yesterday.

Original post:
Terror or Hadhari expert? I tried to forget this piece that I read yesterday but it is impossible to shake off. Perhaps it is the rare analysis on terrorism and Islam that it provides. Or the desperation I sense in the attempt to help prop up Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's Hadhari concept. In any case, I decided that I have to share this with my readers and fellow bloggers - an example of how, in the minds of some people, Islam Hadhari must replace Islam because in these minds Islam is too closely associated with terrorism.
The "expert" here is a consultant with Microsoft's Legal and Corporate Affairs.

On the other hand, did anyone notice that our new Agong, in his first Maulidur Rasul address on Saturday, which was attended by the PM, made no mention at all of Islam Hadhari? Or did I miss it?

Read the Bernama story on Hadhari and Terror here; and here for the agency's take on the Agong's speech.

The NPC President and I

Mokhtar Hussain. My brother Mokh, 46, a seasoned journalist from the national news agency, Bernama, is President of the National Press Club. Some 50 delegates from all major newspapers attended the AGM on Friday and made me stay back as the club's Adviser. I am more than happy to help Mokh and his new exco go further than I, with his help and my exco, have pushed the club for the last four years as its President. [Jalan Sudin posted yesterday, Shanghai Fish's take is here, and the Bernama piece is here].

I am now putting together a plan to form a national alliance of bloggers. It is a grouping that aims to promote blogging and protect bloggers in Malaysia. More on the proposed alliance after my court case against NSTP and 4 others tomorrow. It's at Denmark House, 9 am.

Chick-bashing prince is from Johor?

The police report. The story that the m-Star broke Kerabat diraja disiasat kes pukol kekasih on March 24 is the kind of story you would expect the (mainstream) tabloids to go to town with but it hasn' t been the case. Fathi Aris, the editor of m-Star, posted it on his blog and Susan Loone did a two-parter - The prince, the lady and the policeman and The prince, the lady and the policeman (2) - but that was about it.

Last week a copy of the police report lodged by Mohd Yasin Bin Mohd Yusof, 52, the father of the young lady allegedly beaten up by a member of the royal family, came into my possession. Copies of the same report, I was told, were also given to the tabloids, so we can expect them to follow with the cops and update us on the police investigation. In the meantime, here's what the girl's father allegedly had to tell the Johor Bahru police on March 16 . The police report was typed out in upper case:

ADUAN SAYA YANG INGIN SAYA BUAT DI BUKIT AMAN SEMASA MEMBUAT REPOT ANAK SAYA TELAH DIBERITAHU OLEH C/INSP MARINA UNTUK MEMBUATNYA DI MANA-MANA BALAI ATAU DI JOHOR BAHRU. SELEPAS SELESAI SIASATAN DI BUKIT AMAN PADA 14/3/2007 SAYA MENINGGALKAN ISTERI DAN KELUARGA SAYA DI KUALA LUMPUR DAN SAYA PULANG KE JOHOR BAHRU UNTUK MEMBUAT ADUAN. PADA 15/3/2007 SAYA MEMBUAT PANGGILAN KEPADA ASP MAZLAN UNTUK MEMBUAT ADUAN TETAPI BELIAU MEMBERITAHU SAYA DIA BERADA DI LUAR KAWAWAN DAN AKAN MENGHUBUNGI SAYA SEMULA. PADA 15/3/2007 SAYA MASIH MENUNGGU DAN TELAH SMS BELIAU BAGI TUJUAN REPOT SAYA, DAN SAYA PERGI KE IPK JAM LEBIH KURANG 2.20 PETANG HINGGA 3.15 PETANG TETAPI TIDAK ADA DI PEJABAT DAN SAYA TERUS KE BALAI POLIS JOHOR BAHRU.

SAYA MOHD YASIN BIN MOHD YUSOF, BAPA KEPADA ANAK (P) SAYA NAMA YASMIN BINTI MOHD YASIN TIDAK TERIMA DAN KECEWA DIATAS TINDAKAN TENGKU MAHKOTA JOHOR MEMUKUL ANAK PEREMPUAN SAYA MENGIKUT LAPORAN KES ANAK SAYA DAN UGUTAN YANG DITERIMA OLEH ANAK SAYA DAN KELUARGA SAYA YANG TIDAK SEPATUTNYA BERLAKU. SEKIRANYA BERLAKU APA-APA TERHADAP SAYA DAN KELUARGA SAYA, TENGKU MAHKOTA JOHOR AKAN BERTANGGUNGJAWAB SEPENUHNYA. SEKIAN LAPORAN SAYA.