Singapura Pun Boleh Dijual Inikan Pula Pulau Kukup

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1. Sejarah Kesultanan Johor berubah apabila Sultan Mahmood mati ditikam oleh Megat Seri Rama, Laksamana Bentan.

2. Peristiwa itu berlaku ekoran kezaliman Sultan membunuh Dang Anum , isteri Megat Seri Rama yang sedang hamil.

3. Makam ‘Sultan Mahmood Mangkat Di Julang’ itu kini terletak di atas sebuah bukit di bandar Kota Tinggi, Johor.

4. Oleh kerana beliau tidak mempunyai waris atau zuriat , orang kampung di situ telah memilih seorang dari mereka yang kebetulan berdarah Bugis bergelar Temenggong sebagai ketua mereka yang baru dan akhirnya telah menggunakan gelaran Raja.

5. Inilah tipu helah pertama sehingga rakyat biasa yang pernah memegang jawatan Temenggong dipilih sebagai Raja atau Sultan sehinggalah ke hari ini.

7. Dalam tahun 1819 Sultan Hussein Mua’zzam Shah dianggat sebagai Sultan Johor yang baru.

8. Bagi mendapatkan sokongan dan pengiktirafan British, Raja Hussein telah menjual Pulau Singapura kepunyaan Johor itu kepada mereka.

9. Peristiwa hitam ini tercatit dalam sejarah Johor dan Negara.

10. Jika ada mana – mana pihak yang menganjurkan rakyat atau ‘Bangsa’ Johor mengkaji sejarah Johor, maka peristiwa ini tidak boleh diketepikan.

11. Pesanan akhir Megat Seri Rama ‘ RAJA ADIL RAJA DI SEMBAH , RAJA ZALIM RAJA DISANGGAH’ harus dijadikan pengajaran.

12. Tindakan – tindakan liar dan buas Sultan Mahmmod Iskandar , bapa kepada Sultan Johor sekarang dengan mencedera, menzalimi malah membunuh rakyat sesuka hati itulah yang menyebabkan Tun Dr. Mahathir bertindak.

13. Kini Sultan Johor , anaknya dan beberapa Sultan yang lain cuba menutup pekong yang mereka lakukan dengan alasan Kerajaan PH hari ini akan menghapuskan Institusi Raja.

14. Menegur dan menasihatkan supaya Raja – Raja menghormati pemimpin dan rakyat dan menghormati Perlembagaan dan Undang – Undang dan Agama Islam tidak bermakna Kerajaan hendak menghapuskan Institusi Raja.

15. Jika sekiranya Raja – Raja menggangap diri mereka ‘perfect’ atau ‘maksum’ yang tak boleh di nasihat dan ditegur, maka inilah bermulanya kehancuran Instutusi Raja itu sendiri.


16. Sekali lagi saya anjurkan agar Majlis Raja – Raja yang bersidang setiap tahun membincangankan peranan dan tanggungjawab dan tingkah laku mereka sendiri.

17. Rakyat hari ini sedang memerahati segala tingkah laku Raja DAN keluarga mereka.

18. Penolakan rakyat kepada UMNO / BN terutamanya di Johor baru – baru ini adalah lampu isyarat kepada Sultan dan anaknya itu.

19. Jika itu pun mereka tak faham atau buat – buat tak faham maka ini membawa makna rakyat atau bangsa Johor mempunyai Sultan dan bakal Sultan yang tak berapa cerdik atau ALLAH SWT telah menutup mata dan hati mereka.

20. Baru – baru ini negara dikejutkan dengan pemindahan Taman Negara Pulau Kukup dari Hak Milik Kerajaan ke Tanah Kesultanan atau Sultanate Land.

21. Mengikut undang – undang seperti yang dinyatakan oleh Tan Sri Muhyiddin, bekas Menteri Besar yang bertanggungjawab mewartakan Pulau itu, apabila Hak Milik bertukar tangan maka Sultan boleh berbuat apa sahaja aktiviti dan mengenakan berbagai syarat atau akhirnya boleh menjual Pulau tersebut kepada pelabur Singapura atau China seperti yang pernah dilakukan oleh keturunan beliau apabila menjual Pulau Singapura, hak asal Johor kepada British dahulu. Lihat saja kepada projek raksasa Forest City, berapa ramai anak tempatan yang mampu membelinya.

22. Mengikut Enakmen status Pulau Kukup sebagai Taman Negara gugur apabila ia diwartakan sebagai Tanah Kesultanan atau Sultanate Land ; ini bercanggah dengan jaminan Sultan Johor sendiri apabila beliau mengatakan status Pulau itu dikekalkan walaupun berpindah milik.

23. Begitu juga alasan yang diberi oleh anaknya bahawa tujuan memindahkan Hak Milik Pulau tersebut bagi memelihara dan melindungi kedaulatan tanah berkenaan.

24. Jika itulah alasannya, bukankah baik diserahkan sahaja keseluruhan tanah Johor menjadi Sultanate Land?

25. Perkara ini telah saya bangkitkan dalam tulisan saya baru – baru ini bertajuk “ROMPAKAN DI SIANG HARI , SERAHKAN SAHAJA SETIAP INCI TANAH KEPADA SULTAN”.

26. Apakah tujuan dan muslihat sebenar Sultan dan anakya MEMAKSA Kerajaan Negeri MEMINDAHKAN Hak Milik dari Negeri kepada mereka?



27. Ada laporan yang menyatakan Pulau tersebut kaya dengan emas dan lain hasil maksul bumi.

28. Dalam perkara Pulau Kukup ini terbukti bukan sahaja Menteri Besar , EXCO , Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri , Pengarah Tanah dan Galian dan Pegawai Undang – Undang takut kepada Sultan dan anaknya malah mereka boleh dianggap BERSEKONGKOL dengan dua orang itu.

29. Walaupun sudah Pindah Milik dan dibatalkan Warta tersebut namun jika mereka yang diamanahkan rakyat masih sayangkan Negeri dan rakyat Johor, maka Kerajaan Negeri melalui MB dan EXCOnya dan Dewan MASIH BOLEH MEMBATALKAN kelulusan awal itu.

30. Yang membuang Kerajaan Negeri UMNO / BN ialah rakyat, dan yang memberi peluang Osman Sapian sebagai Menteri Besar , barisan EXCO dan ADUN yang lain ialah rakyat Johor juga.

31. Jangan jadi sepert “Kacang Lupakan Kulit ” , “Dah Menyeberang Tongkat Mahu Dibuang”.

32. MB dan EXCO berkhidmat untuk kepentingan negeri dan rakyat BUKAN nak bertindak apa sahaja kehendak Istana.

33. Perlu diingatkan sekali lagi kepada Osman Sapian , EXCO dan ADUN dan Pegawai – Pegawai Kerajaan, Sultan BUKAN Tuhan atau Malaikat atau keturunan Dewa – Dewa dan Jin yang kita perlu takuti.

34. Sultan dan anaknya juga TERTAKLUK kepada Perlembagaan dan Undang – Undang.

35. Jika sekiranya tidak ada tindakan membatalkan kelulusan tersebut dalam masa terdekat ini maka adalah lebih baik GANTIKAN SAHAJA beliau kepada sesiapa yang benar – benar berjiwa rakyat – atau rakyat buangkan sahaja Kerajaan Negeri ini yang sudah seperti kacang lupakan kulit.

36. Jika Sultan berjiwa besar dan mengamalkan sikap Mahmudiah dan sayangkan Negeri dan ‘Bangsa’ Johor PULANGKAN saja Pulau Kukup itu kepada Kerajaan Negeri TANPA MEMINTA sebarang pampasan dan gantian dengan tanah yang lain.

37. Harta kekayaan Sultan Johor dan keluarganya yang dianugerah ALLAH SWT jika dikumpulkan ia mungkin lebih tinggi dari Bukit Layang – Layang.

38. Semoga pandangan saya ini dapat berkongsi bersama oleh Sultan, MB, EXCO dan lain – lain. -Tamrin Tun Ghafar,SuaraTV

Kukup...
On the surface, Pulau Kukup appears to be just an environmental and ecological issue, but in reality it is a political issue (tussle between the government and royal family) that could possibly develop into a constitutional issue in future.

Kukup, the world's second largest mangrove island, was gazetted as a national park in 1997. The island is also one of the Ramsar Convention sites. The value of Kukup lies with the fact that it is untouched by human civilization, and remains the habitat of many rare waterfowls and wetland flora. It has the functions of preventing soil erosion and mitigating flood impact.

However, the island's national park status was revoked in October, the reason unclear. The Johor Palace subsequently wrote to the state land and mines department, highlighting that Kukup was already made a sultanate land and would continue to be a national park.

The Crown Prince claimed that being a sultanate land, Kukup's national park status would be further protected. The incident came to public attention after Crown Prince Tunku Ismail published the letter on his Twitter.

The issue was later brought to the cabinet for discussion, and minster Xavier Jayakumar said the federal government had decided to maintain Kukup's national park status in order to protect the island's natural environment.

TMJ responded by saying that outsiders should not meddle on matters related to Johor. And PM Mahathir rebutted by saying the federal government was not "outsider" and that the government's position was that Kukup should not be developed and he hoped the Johor Sultan would accept this.

TMJ replied that no one had wanted to develop Kukup in the first place and the Sultan's intention was to protect the natural environment of Kukup. Well, it is obvious here that both the Johor Palace and government have wanted to preserve the national park status of Kukup and to make sure the island will not be developed.

But there comes the questions:

1.Since both sides have wanted to keep the island's national park status, why did the state government de-gazette it in the first place?

2. How did Kukup become a sultanate land after its national park status was revoked? Is Kukup immune to development after becoming a sultanate land?

3. Now who has sovereignty over Pulau Kukup? The state government or the Sultan?

Home minister and former menteri besar Muhyiddin Yassin explained that once Kukup becomes a sultanate land, its status will be changed and it is no longer a national park.

4. Does this mean if Kukup were to be re-gazetted, it would no longer be a sultanate land?

From the viewpoint of the rakyat, is the preservation of Kukup's natural environment and ecosystem bound by the laws, or royal pledge? The Kukup controversy has brought on a bigger question: save for privately held properties, can a national park or government land be converted to sultanate land solely by the will of the Palace?

Who is the ultimate proprietor of the whole land mass in the state?

The Crown Prince said in a statement that Johor had its own constitution and own way of doing things long before Malaysia came into being. Does that mean the Sultan's power overrides all else?

The status of Johor royalty was one of its kind during the colonial times, and has remained very much so after independence. The jurisdiction of the Johor royalty goes way beyond what constitutional experts can expound, and will perhaps develop into a constitutional issue or a political battleground? - mysinchew

Year Of Living Dangerously...
The year is fast coming to a close. It is time once again to make conclusions about how the Year 2018 has impacted Malaysians, in general. The icing on the cake is, of course, the outcome of the 14th General Elections on Sunday, May 9 which saw the ouster of BarisanNasional (BN), the ruling coalition that had been calling the shots for 61 years. 

Fortunately, I am one of those who has been around since the party, then known as Alliance (PartiPerikatan) with its catchy symbol of a white sailing boat on a blue backdrop, won the trial local council elections in 1955 followed by the inaugural general elections after the country’s independence in 1957. 

Up until then, Malaysia was being constantly mocked by its rather condescending moniker, the country with the longest one-party rule in the world. Before BN the title was held by the Indian Congress Party which was in power in the Indian subcontinent for 49 years, from 1947 till its defeat by Indian right-wing party the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) in 1996. The defeat saw the end of Nehru’s legacy in India. 

Incidentally, BJP’s rule ended abruptly 13 days later because it lacked a majority in the lower house of Parliament. A similar scenario is evident in the current ruling coalition, PakatanHarapan (PH). The party lacks a two-thirds majority in parliament and thus is unable to enact or amend bills that run contrary to the federal constitution. Amending the contentious Sedition Act is a case in point and, perhaps, to further clip the wings of the royalty in view of the ongoing debate on the status of PulauKukup, a largely mangrove-infested islet off the coast of Johor.  



The end of BN rule ushered a new dawn to the political landscape of Malaysia. Nonagenarian and former Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir was elected to fill the post of the seventh premier. At 93 years of age, he is being acknowledged as the senior-most serving head of government in the world. An unenviable feat considering he was responsible for the introduction of “crony capitalism” making a small band of well-connected and “apple-polishing” businessmen super-duper rich. 

That was before “Najibnomics” (NajibRazak’s brand of economic ideas and concepts) resulted in the transformation of a widely-condemned kleptocratic regime which brought down BarisanNasional and a premature end to the wheeling and dealing of a corrupt couple who amassed billions via the manipulation of the country’s coffers. Today Najib, his wife and his henchmen are facing a plethora of criminal charges, ranging from money laundering to outright stealing. Their fate will be decided by the courts in 2019, hopefully. 

Events unfolding the last few months, beginning with the widely circulated video clip of a Malay guy haranguing a young Chinese lady over her beer-promoting effort within a non-halal section of a supermarket to the racially-charged Seafield Hindu Temple debacle and the recent Anti ICERD rally in Kuala Lumpur, the spectre of May 13 race riots of 1969 was becoming real. 

I was riled when some smart alecks went public with threats of rioting as a means to settle old scores. The duo warned of a return to that perilous period if the PH government continues with its reform agenda, especially one that impinges on Malays’ rights. AzwanddinHamzah of PertubuhanJaringanMelayu Malaysia and blogger Ragvinder Singh Jess made incendiary remarks to that effect. Being someone who had witnessed May 13 firsthand, I am definitely appalled by such careless remarks. 

In the early 1970s, Kuala Lumpur witnessed numerous clashes between Police and students over economic issues plaguing the nation then. My battalion was stationed at Wardieburn Camp in Setapak. We were tasked to assist the Police in Kuala Lumpur and Rawang. My company was assigned to police districts of Sentul and Campbell. Being the liaison officer I got to follow the police riot squads on their rounds. One nasty incident took place near Odeon Cinema along JalanTuanku Abdul Rahman. And this is very fearsome – once trouble starts it is difficult to diffuse, as it becomes very contagious and will spread like wildfire. 



In a civil strife, the army’s role is to assist the Police. Getting the army deployed on the ground is the last thing on any government’s mind. The downside is not only hideous but bad for publicity. It signifies a complete collapse of law and order. No government, worth its salt, would want the army to take over the Police’s roles. It is detrimental to a nation’s health. 

The past few weeks had been very touchy especially with the Anti-ICERD rally on Saturday, December 8 at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur. According to conservative estimates some 50 to 60 thousand people, from all over the country, attended. I concur with Mariam Mokhtar’s views that the real winners in the anti-ICERD rally “were the bullies and the racists who threatened violence simply to get their way”. 

The episode brings to mind what took place in Indonesia during the closing stages of President Sukarno’s communist-infiltrated regime. It is best illustrated in Christopher Koch’s 1978 novel “The Year of Living Dangerously” which was made into a movie soon after. Set primarily in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta, it also describes a partly fictionalised version of the events leading up to the coup attempt by the Communist Party of Indonesia on September 30, 1965. 

I can’t help feeling so, as events unfolding in the nation’s capital are akin to a tinderbox that could ignite with the slightest provocation. A potentially volatile situation will go haywire if it is not carefully managed. Fortunately, cool heads prevailed. 

But what I find disturbing today is the elegant silence by many fiery Malay-rights groups, individuals and political parties who have threatened to run amok if pushed to a corner when it was revealed that RM4.1 billion had gone missing from Tabung Haji, the Malaysian Hajj pilgrim fund that facilitates savings for a pilgrimage to Mecca.  - Fathol Zaman Bukhari.Ipoh Echo 


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