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75,000 Kelantanese and More Gathered for Oil Royalty

Naked-Malaysian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:49:43 +0000

Gua Musang MP and UMNO chief Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said last night that Kelantan is entitled for RM2 Billion worth of royalty from the oil extracted off its waters. He who is also of Kelantan royalty bloodlines (uncle to Sultan of Kelantan) and ex-chairman for Petronas, also argued why Kelantan’s royalty was not paid whereas Sabah and Sarawak got their shares. Earlier, Ku Li said that it is also the intention and with the blessing of Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku Al-Sultan Ismail Petra ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan Yahya Petra and the Crown Prince that he shall be fully transparent and speak only the truth about the state rights to get the 5% royalty.

The PAS government had demanded the oil royalty payment from Petronas last year, after the Statistics Department revealed that Kelantan, together with Sabah and Terengganu, had contributed 62.5 per cent of the oil extracted in Malaysia.

The Barisan Nasional-ruled federal government has insisted oil from the joint development area with Thailand was not from part of Kelantan’s waters and has only offered RM20 million as “compassionate payment”.

But Razaleigh, the founding chairman of Petronas, disagreed with the government’s move, saying the formula for oil royalty was first agreed with Sarawak and later extended to all states.

An estimated 75,000 Kelantanese gathered at Stadium Sultan Mohamad IV last night to show solidarity against PM Najib Tun Razak refusal to let the Kelantan PAS state government manage the royalty money on its own. The UMNO led federal government has instead converted the owed petroleum royalty into compassionate money (Wang Ehsan) that will be handled unlawfully by Kelantan’s opposition UMNO and federal entity Jabatan Pentadbiran Persekutuan. In recent 2008 state election, PAS won 38 seats in contrast to UMNO only winning 6 seats. Allowing the minority electives the control of the royalty money is not only unconstitutional but also against the mandate of the Kelantanese.

A memorandum concerning Kelantan’s demand for the petroleum royalty was circulated for the crowd’s signatures and will be submitted to acting Sultan of Kelantan, the Crown Prince Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

Last night congregation began with the dusk prayer (Maghrib) led by Kelantan Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Ahmad Yakob, followed by Night prayer (Isya’) by Ustaz Mohamed Mustafa as imam and lastly a wish prayer led by Chief Minister Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

Editor’s note: All the nice pictures belong to TopengPerak Unmasked. All rights reserves.

Technorati Tags: federal government, JPP, Kelantan, Ku Li, Malaysia News, oil royalty, PAS, PM Najib Tun Razak, Sabah, Sarawak, UMNO, wang ehsan

Pig Heads and Mosque, the epitome of insult?

Naked-Malaysian — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:03:19 +0000

*Warning Contains Graphic Images*

Pig heads were found thrown into the compound of 2 mosque ini Jalan Klang Lama yesterday. The pig heads were found in the proximity of Masjid Jumhuriyah, Taman Datuk Harun at Petaling Jaya and Masjid Al-Imam Al-Tirmizi, Taman Seri Sentosa, Jalan Klang Lama, Selangor.

It is no secret that pigs and dogs are considered very unclean in Islam. Mosque on the other hand is undoubtly the most holy a place can be for a Muslim. But what happened when the most unholy is purposely placed to desecrate what is most holy? An epitome of insult that wil hurt all creed of Muslims? One can only assumes a dire consequence will follow suit.

Idiots and morons engulfed with such hatred towards Islam will find this act as most effective that will most definitely guarantee success to stir religious tension.

Muslims must remain with cool head, to retaliate would only escalate the already serious matter. All Malaysian must stay united, collectively protest without causing further tension and must follow how Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. reacted on similar situation.

IMPORTANT READ

When the Prophet migrated to Medina he built the first mosque known as Masjid al-Nabi (Mosque of the Prophet), considered to be the second most sacred mosque in Islam.

One day the Prophet was sitting in the mosque along with his companions. A Bedouin entered the mosque and started urinating. The Companions rushed to catch him and give him a good beating. But the Prophet did not allow them to do so. After the Bedouin had urinated, he asked his companions to bring a bucket of water and wash the place. Afterwards the Prophet called the man and with gentleness and affection explained to him that this was a place of worship and that it should be kept clean. It is told that after seeing such kindness, the said Bedouin had eventually embraced Islam.

RELATED WORLD AND LOCAL EVENTS HOW PIG HEADS ARE USED TO STIR TENSION INTO MUSLIM POPULATION

Imam Nuh Iman, right, with Hussein Ahmed, showed where a pig head rolled into his mosque in Lewiston, Maine, USA, 3 July 2006. The culprit, Brent Matthews, 34, later committed suicide after been arrested and charged with desecrating a place of worship.

A four-year-old girl found a severed pig's head bearing a slur against Muslims on the front steps of her family's home in Ottawa, Canada

34-year-old Shimon Ben-Chaim, and his 31-year-old wife Victoria Shteinman, a Tel Aviv couple, were arrested and charged with desecrating a holy site, incitement, mutiny, insulting religious feelings, planning to commit a crime and illegal assembly after they threw a pigs head into the Hassan Bek mosque in Jaffa August 2005.

Pig head in University Malaya's surau January 2009

Slightly unrelated, but no less offending. Do recently unfolded events interrelated with each others thus justifying the call for Royal Commission?

Technorati Tags: Islam, Klang Lama, Malaysia, Malaysia News, mosque, Muslim, PAS, Petaling Jaya, pig heads, PKR, Prophet Muhammad SAW, Selangor, Shah Alam, UMNO

AdukaTaruna, The Death Seeking Blogger

Naked-Malaysian — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:03:55 +0000

AdukaTaruna obtained celebrity blogger status almost overnight with his infamous remarks to the late Sultan of Johore recently. He wrote “Dah mampos buat buat cara mampos la. Boleh plak simpan mayat tunggu Datuk Bendahara balik dari shopping. Boleh meeting isytihar sedang terlentang. Pada hal dah mampos pagi tadi. Pergi mampos sama lu. Bodoh punya kerajaan spesis stupid.” (Translation; “If he’s dead, make do like he’s dead. Why keep his body unburied waiting for Datuk Bendahara (head of palace officials) to come back from shopping. Why meeting to declare he’s still lying, when actually he’s already dead this morning. Go die with you. Dumb government species stupid”).

The most offending word here is when AdukaTaruna used the word ‘mampos’ which is commonly used to describe dead animal and is regarded as very rude and demeaning in Malay language. The Malay vocabulary has different set of words to use when referring to or describing the Malay royalties compared to the commoners. The alleged insult has hurt majority of Malaysia Malay population especially the people of Johore who are still mourn the demise of Almarhum Tuanku Sultan Johor Darul Takzim Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail late Friday evening.

Johorian who are known to love their late Sultan are furious over this matter and unanimously condemn the act of AdukaTaruna. Johor police chief Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said police received over 25 reports from various parties throughout the state.

“We will find and drag them to court,” he said, asserted that the offense is very serious and can not be forgiven.

AdukaTaruna can be prosecuted under Section 233 (1) (a) Multimedia Communications Act 1998 (Act 588) and can be punished according to Section 233 (3) which carries a penalty of a minimum one year imprisonment and/or maximum fine of RM50, 000. He may also be charged under the Sedition Act 1948 and other acts relating to royal institution.

The then Regent of Johore addressing the late Sultan. Tuanku Ibrahim Ismail was coronated as the 5th. Sultan of Johore last Saturday morning.

Aduka Taruna is a just pen name, this unknown blogger actual name is Khairul Nizam. Many have mistaken Aduka Taruna as political blogger championing PAS idealogy. AdukaTaruna blog tagline is ‘Pemerhati Bebas’ (Free Observer) showing that he’s unattached to any political faction. He is known to undiscriminately attack leaders from both political factions in Malaysia, including many of UMNO leadership, DAP, MCA, PKR and also 2 key leaders of PAS, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat and Dato’ Seri Abdul Hadi Awang that can be found here, here and here.

To date, the blog posting that contain the alleged insult has already been deleted. Click link for AdukaTaruna public apology and his declaration not having any association with PAS.

Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim will be requesting the Attorney-General to pay particular note on the blogger who posted disparaging remarks on the late Johor Sultan.

“It is very unusual to find Asians blasting former heads of States, especially the late Johor Sultan, Sultan Iskandar ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail, who was also our former Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

“Whatever has been said and done, no one should be creating calamity and criticism after one dies.”

Rais said he looks at what blogger AdukaTaruna had posted very seriously as “it doesn’t reflect well on us at all”.

“It is as if we’re coming from another planet.”

Meanwhile some angry public are making life threats to AdukaTaruna in Facebook Group Menentang Tindakan Blogger AdukaTaruna Menghina Almarhum Sultan Johor that has multipled its members to 10,000 in 2 days.

Blog Update
Malaysiakini reported blogger AdukaTaruna has surrender himself at IPD Kota Bharu police station at 4.40 this evening.

Technorati Tags: Aduka Teruna, AdukaTeruna, Blogger, DAP, Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia News, MCA, PAS, PKR, Sultan of Johor, Tengku Mahkota Johor, UMNO

‘Allah’ issue; 4 More Churches Attacked and RM600,000 Relief

Naked-Malaysian — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:43:38 +0000

The Malaysian vandals have now sporadically expanded their cowardly attempts to stir religious tension outward of Kuala Lumpur region. Churches in the state of Seremban, Perak, Sarawak and Malacca have now became the latest victims of recent church vandalisme spree adding the numbers to total 8 within the last 3 days.

Police Forensics Investigating the Black Paint Incident in Malacca

A primarily East Malaysian Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) Church in Seremban was attacked today with a firebomb, leaving scorch marks on its front doors. The attack did not affect the church interior and was believed to have occurred early this morning. This incident marks the eight attack on Malaysian churches.

Yesterday in Taiping, Perak 2 cases of church attack were reported. The All Saints’ Church at Jalan Taming Sari and the SMK Convent along Jalan Convent became targets of arson attempts. Both suffered no damage. In Miri, Sarawak it was reported that the Good Shepherd Church had its glass windows shattered after being thrown with bricks, while the Malacca Baptist Church in Durian Daun was with splashed black paint.

“So far the attacks have involved stone throwing and arson attempts. There is no serious damage,” said the Home Minister, referring to the latest report on the surveillance on places of worship. He further added, ““Situation is under control and not as exaggerated by the foreign media, SMSes and the Internet,”

The government reiterates that all incidents were isolated and not coordinated. No casualties or injuries were reported.

Scorch marks on SIB Church, Seremban

All of the 8 victimized churches suffered only minor scorch marks or no damage, excluding the Metro Tabernacle Church in Desa Melawati, that left the whole ground in charred. Latest updates shows that the RM500,000 fund from the government to the Metro Tabernacle Church is actually for building a new RM1.5 million church in Batu Caves. Yesterday, Datuk Nazir Tun Razak, the younger brother of Malaysia premier cum the CEO for CIMB Group announced a RM100,000 donation to the same church.

“What happened was only caused by a small segment of the people. It was great to see people of all communities, faiths and social levels reaching out to help. It really reflects what Malaysians are about,” said Metro Tabernacle church senior pastor, Rev Ong Sek Leang.

Six Muslim NGOs — Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM), Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association, Badan Amal Tarbiah Sejagat Malaysia, Pewaris, Islamic Information and Services Foundation, Perkasa — yesterday offered their assistance and support to their “Christian brothers and sisters”.

PPIM executive secretary Datuk Nadzim Johan said the NGOs, which have 60 volunteers, and Rela are prepared to give a hand to their Christian counterparts should they need assistance.

Naked-Malaysian: The cowardly acts of vandalism towards the Malaysian churches did not discriminate whether the concerned churches were from Roman Catholic division or not, showing a high level of ignorance towards Christian faith and church bodies in Malaysia. Although all forms of attack to places of worship should be condemned, it was obvious these vandals are barking at the wrong tree.

Technorati Tags: Allah, Christian, Church, Islam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia News, Malaysian, Miri, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Roman Chatolic, Sarawak, Seremban, Taiping

Post 4 Attacks on Malaysian Churches; “Everything Going To be All Right”

Naked-Malaysian — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:36:04 +0000

Last Friday 3 churches around Kuala Lumpur were attacked only days after the Malaysia high court suspended recent ruling to allow Roman Catholic publication to use the term Allah to refer to God in their Herald Weekly Bahasa Melayu section.

The first incident struck the three-storey Metro Tabernacle church, part of the Assemblies of God movement, destroying its ground floor to a charred and twisted wreck.

The second and third attack involved the Catholic Church of the Assumption in Kuala Lumpur’s southwest and the nearby Protestant Life Chapel church, both escape with minor damages as the Molotov cocktail failed to explode.

Coincidentally, the Malaysia judiciary website was also hacked and defaced on the same night, leaving a short threat to drop the ‘Allah’ case.

The latest attack that happened on Saturday morning was to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Petaling Jaya, but the firebomb missed the glass windows, hitting the building wall instead, leaving a minor burn marks on its outer paint job.

No human injury or casualty was reported in any of the four incidents. Islamic teachings prohibit destroying place of worship even in the event of war.

“Those who have been driven from their homes unjustly only because they said: Our Lord is Allah – For had it not been for Allah’s repelling some men by means of others, cloisters and churches and oratories and mosques, wherein the name of Allah is oft mentioned, would assuredly have been pulled down. Verily Allah helpeth one who helpeth Him. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty” – Al-Hajj Ayaat 40.

PM Najib Tun Razak announced last night that the government will fund RM500,000 to repair the Metro Tabernacle church in Desa Melawati.

A group of youth handing out flowers to passer-by at Bukit Bintang. Image source- The Star

Malaysian public, the majority Malay Moslems and other religion adherents remain divided over the ‘Allah’ issue, but all unanimously mourn and condemn any attack to houses of worship or any other acts that will jeopardize the delicate racial harmony in Malaysia.

Yesterday a public rally was held at Bukit Bintang to show Malaysian solidarity over recent religious distruption. A group of youths – of various races and professions – got together at the city centre and handed out flowers to passers-by in a gesture of goodwill in the wake of the arson attacks on four churches in the Klang Valley. The youths stood in the hustle and bustle of the Golden Triangle of Jalan Bukit Bintang carrying placards and banners with the message “Everything’s gonna be alright”.

Technorati Tags: Allah, Christian, Herald Weekly, Kuala Lumpur, Lutheran, Malaysia, Malaysia News, Petaling Jaya, Protestant, Roman Catholic

Protestor Hacked Malaysia Court Website

Naked-Malaysian — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:40:48 +0000

Mess with the best, die like the rest

The religious polemic about who has the right to use the name Allah in Malaysia just added a new twist. The government website for Malaysia judiciary court was cracked by an unknown hacker going by the name Brainwash for a brief moment last night. The hacker then defaced the (http://www.mahkamah.gov.my) website with a short remarks threatening the Malaysia judiciary system to drop the recent ‘Allah’ judgment. The said website however has been duly restored at the time of this posting.

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TakeDown by Brainwash!

Allah only restricted to muslim only. Dont touch us as we dont touch you. Unless…..

“Mess with the best, die like the rest”

p/s: To the court, Brain know you postponed it but if you wise enough then you should drop it

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Naked-Malaysian: Mess with the best, die like the rest? Come on man! You are joking ‘rite? What’s about all the other serious words? An appropriate Surah relating to the issue maybe? Your skill for hacking doesn’t match up with the requirement not to be cheesy at the wrong time. Next time draft a good statement prior to hacking will you?

Technorati Tags: Allah, hacked, mahkamah, Malaysia, Malaysia Court, Malaysia News, Malaysian, polemic, Roman Catholic

Malaysia ‘Allah’ Ban Overturned

Naked-Malaysian — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:21:01 +0000

A Malaysian court has overturned a government ban on non-Muslim publications using the word “Allah”.

Ruling on a lawsuit filed by a Malaysian Roman Catholic church publication, the Kuala Lumpur High Court said on Thursday that the home ministry’s ban on the use of the word “Allah” was “illegal, null and void”.

Judge Lau Bee Lan said the term was not exclusive to Islam, adding that all Malaysians had the right to use the word under the constitution which guarantees freedom of expression and religion.

The Herald had filed for a judicial review after it was temporarily ordered to stop publishing in 2007 for using the word “Allah”.

The government had argued that the word was exclusive to Islam and that its use by other religions could mislead Muslims and harm national security.

The church disputed this and argued that the word predates Islam as a term for God and is used in many places in a non-Muslim context.

It added that in Malaysia, the term is widely used among indigenous Christian tribes in Sabah and Sarawak.

No threat to security

The church also argued that the ban goes against the principle of freedom of religion and religious practice enshrined in the federal constitution.

Lau ruled on Thursday that the home ministry had failed to show how the Herald’s use of “Allah” could threaten national security.

Lawrence Andrew, the editor of the Catholic weekly, said outside the courtroom that he was “very happy” with the decision.

“We called out for justice and we got it,” he said, adding: “It is a victory for all Malaysians.”

Thursday’s ruling could open the door for other non-Muslim publications to use the word “Allah” as a translation for the word God in Malay language publications.

Hishammuddin Hussein, the home minister, said the government would appeal against the decision.

Source: AlJazeera

Technorati Tags: Allah, Islam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia News, Malaysian, Roman Catholic, Weird

Identical Twins Escape Death Penalty

Naked-Malaysian — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:42:10 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR: A pair of identical twins was acquitted and discharged by the High Court here Friday of drug trafficking because of difficulty in identifying which of the two was in possession of the drugs five years ago. Justice Zaharah Ibrahim, who described the case as unique, said that although R. Sathis Raj and R. Sabarish Raj, 27, looked alike and had identical DNA, which made it difficult to differentiate between them, there was no doubt that one of them was the culprit.

”My job, as required by the law, is to determine whether the prosecution has succeeded in establishing a prima facie against the two accused. In this case, both are identical twins.

”Arresting officer Chief Inspector N. Sekaran, when identifying the first twin, was sceptical, but when asked by counsel, said that he needed some time and yet was still not so sure when identifying the first twin.

”A member in the arresting team, Kpl Mohamad Sidek Paiman, at first could not identify, but later asked for both the twins to stand and said there was a difference in their height. However, he identified the first twin as the one wearing spectacles.

”The question is, which of the twins was arrested first. Is it the one wearing the spectacles because at the time of arrest both were not wearing spectacles.

”Mohamad Sidek said he only identified them from the shirts they wore on that day,” she added.

Sathis Raj and Sabarish Raj were charged with their brother, R. Deva Raj, 43, now deceased, with two counts of trafficking in 166,336gm of canabis and 1,762gm of raw opium at a house in Jalan SS 2/19, Petaling Jaya, at about 4.05pm on Aug 5, 2003. Justice Zaharah said that based on the testimonies by the two policemen, there were doubts and the prosecution had failed to determine which of the twins was in possession of the drugs.

“One of the accused should be called to enter his defence but the question is which twin, because even the DNA cannot be used to determine the identity. On the day of the incident, both were not wearing spectacles. Otherwise, that could have been used as a basis for Mohamad Sidek to identify the first twin.

She said that although one of them was indeed in possession of the drugs, she was acquitting both because she could not afford to send the wrong person to the gallows.

After Justice Zaharah delivered her judgment, the twins, both clad in white shirts, cried and hugged each other.

Deputy public prosecutor Rosidah Abu Bakar prosecuted while counsel Gurbachan Singh appeared for the twins. – Bernama

Source: Star Online

Technorati Tags: Death Penalty, Drug Trafficking, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia News, Malaysian, Petaling Jaya

2010, the End is Near

Naked-Malaysian — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:34:08 +0000

Tomorrow is the last day of 2009. Very soon the tenth year of the 21st. century will dawn upon us. ‘Happy New Year’ wishes are cordially exchanged among friends and strangers since Christmas day as the whole world getting into celebration mode to welcome the new Gregorian year.

Who will survive 2010?

Every coming of new year we set out new resolution we hope to accomplish, but with each passing year, we never really achieved anything. Even though each year we promised to be a better person, we are never that serious to change ourselves, or the people surrounding us, and far away from changing the world. Everyday we are still polluting the earth, ignoring our neighbors, turning a blind eyes to people in need, etcera etcetera. We easily forget our promises because that’s what human do, …and then we came to another coming of new year. For a short while we paused to reflect at what we have been doing all year long and then started out new promises while our past ones are left unfulfilled. Every year we stayed in that infinite loop and managed ourselves to going nowhere.

The term ‘Happy New Year’ has become such a cliche that it is now merely a tradition to signify the presence of hope. What is so ‘happy’ and hopeful about the coming 2010? One can senses a dark aura of doom lurking around the corner. The world is in hopeless state. Nations are still in conflicts, innocent lives are being killed on daily basis to justify unholy wars and the ‘leader of change’ is just another western rethoric that promise only false hope. No concrete solution has been achieved to previous and current crises in the world, and yet we are heading to a direction where more crises will arise while the current ones will escalate further.

Religion is getting less relevant and the world population is getting more corrupted with lust, selfishness and greed. Ironically, the more human forget about religion and about God, the more God will make aware of His presence. That will simply translates to more disasters and tragedies. How else can human perceive God without being subjected to losing control to his delicate life and forced to accept that there is higher force at play.

In Malaysia, politicians are painting the country’s future black. Desperation and clinching for power has left the country in embarassing state. Personal gains sacrifice the good of many and the people are left to fend for themselves. 2010 will bring inflation and higher cost of living with the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST).

So as the citizens of earth are being jovial and about to partying all night on December 31, as some of us are getting drunk and forgetting ourselves and everything else, please try to remember we are a step closer to, and are celebrating our own destruction.

The world and our biological body are destabilizing every second, minute and hour, politically, environmentally and in every other aspects known to man. We will eventually reach a saturated point where our total destruction is inevitable and shall meet our ultimate doom.

So (smirk) to all friends and strangers, Happy New Year!

Technorati Tags: 2009, 2010, Christmas, GST, Happy New Year, Malaysia, Malaysia News, Malaysian, New year resolution

The 2010 Budget Narrow 66-63 Pass, the Update

Where are the RMAF Missing F-5E Tiger Power Plants?

Naked-Malaysian — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:27:33 +0000

The latest embarassing scandal in Malaysia involves the ‘missing’ of 2 General Electric J85-21A turbojet engines along other equipments worth millions of Malaysia Ringgit.

Not one but two jet-fighter engines, each worth RM50 million, were stolen from the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base in Sungai Besi. Both engines served as powerplants to the F-5E Tiger II fighter and RF-5E Tigereye reconnaissance jets. Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail said the two engines were discovered stolen in May last year. RMAF had lodged a report with the police on Aug 4 last year.

He said the first engine was transported out of RMAF’s Butterworth base to the Sungai Besi base in June 2007 while the second engine was moved out five months later in November. Both engines were to be kept in a warehouse at the Sungai Besi base before being taken out for maintenance. The engines were taken out of the Butterworth base by the same private defence contractor handling its maintenance.

Both engines were only discovered stolen along with their maintenance records when RMAF officers wanted to service them in May last year. RMAF lodged a report with the police after searching for the engines at all its airbases.The case was later handled by the PDRM Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department in Bukit Aman. It was learnt that the engines were sold to arms dealers on the black market.

Armed Forces chief Gen Tan Sri Azizan Ariffin said although the jet was discovered missing in 2007, the case could not be made public as several actions, as well as internal investigations which also involved the police, had to be conducted. “Investigations are still being carried out by the police and the outcome will be announced soon. We are leaving the investigation to the police and will not interfere,” he added. (Resource: NST Online)

RMAF Northrop F-5E Tiger hawks over Malaysia air space

F-5A/B Freedom Fighter and F-5E/F Tiger II is widely used as a “light supersonic fighter aircraft”, designed and built by Northrop in the United States, starting in the 1960s. There are hundred of units that are still serving in the air force around the world in the early 21st century. Production stopped in 1972 for the type of F-5A and 1987 for the upgraded version of F-5E.

In 1975 Malaysia received 14 of F-5E units and 2 units of F-5F (training version) for Royal Malaysian Air Force to replace the F86 Saber Avon that had served since 1969. Malaysia F-5E/RF-5F’s are among the most advance jet fighters in Asean region during its era and has served in the Royal Malaysian Air Force successfully as the main fighter craft for more than 20 years. Its roles in the air was then taken over by the A4 Skyhawk in the 1980s.

Originally served as a jet interceptor, it was later also used for ground attack, to bomb PKM camps and hideouts during insurgency era. RMAF F-5E’s were operated by 11th. and 12th. Squadron in Butterworth, Penang. Among its most memorable tasks was intercepting unauthorized entrance of Vietnamese MiG’s into Malaysia air space. The 11th. Squadron was later disbanded and absorbed into the 12th. Scorpion Squadron. Current operational status of F-5E is somewhat vague but it was reported that 7 aircraft have been restored with enhanced capabilities. Other report suggest that it now serves mainly for tactical reconnaissance.

Later on, in an effort to minimize the number of unoperated military assets, the Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Malaysian government have agreed to reactivate 7 nos. F-5E units as second line fighter starting late 2006/07. Although not the best in terms of capacity compared with Mikoyan MIG-29N Fulcrum, Sukhoi SU-30MKM Flanker, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet or the BAE Hawk Mk108/208 but it’s still a significant threat to whoever tried to provoke the country air space.

NEWS UPDATE
A brigadier-general and 40 armed forces personnel were sacked over their alleged involvement in a fighter engine missing case, a local newspaper said here on Monday. An internal inquiry has found the brigadier-general and the 40 personnel were involved in several other logistic irregularities amounting for several million ringgit, the newspaper quoted a source as saying. RMAF spokesman however denies this news is related to the missing jet engines case. (Resource: NST Online)

The RMAF F-5E fighter jet missing engines was found sold to an international company based in South America, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said the company was believed to have hired an agent to bring the engine out of the country because the price was cheap, as it was a spare part categorised as faulty and would be repaired. The Defence Minister said his ministry will take legal action at the international level to charge the company involved. (Resource: Bernama)

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