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RAJA PETRA - Silence is NOT golden! PDF Print E-mail
Written by asm   
Thursday, 16 October 2008 09:49
Raja Petra Kamarudin fought for the  people of Malaysia. He placed his life
at risk to do his part that all of us may have a better future run by a
newly redefined sense of democracy. And he lies incarcerated in jail,
knowing, as much he as we, that he will suffer at the hands of the prison
administration. It doesn't take much to guess how he will  suffer.

Raja Petra's wife - Marina Lee - rarely  contributes, if ever, articles. So
this (below) might come as a surprise but  it isn't. It is written by a woman
who is the wife of Malaysia's modern hero. She doesn't seek the limelight.

She writes from the heart so wrought in pain and hurt and agonising over
when she will get to see her husband again, knowing that there is always
that remote possibility that he may be brutalised.

I don't know about you but it certainly hurt deeply in my heart when I
read what she had to write. And I think the least all of us can do is to
spread her article as far and wide as you believe it can go. Search
through your Contact List and send. If you have the chance, talk and
discuss it with your friends. Make sure people know what is  happening. Get
their support to spread the word out.

No, don't get violent with the government. Just forwarding the mail is one
thing you can do peaceably. If you believe in God as I do, please find the
time to pray and pray with a strong sense of renewed effort and purpose.
Pray boldly in other words.

We know God rewards those who do His work and answer His calling. Raja
Petra, in my humble opinion, is one of them. And you can be another by
doing your part.

It is not an obligation but it is our collective consciousness to realise
that Raja Petra is counting on us to help. He might not be saying much now
but if you have been a reader of his articles, you will know that People
Power is instrumental. And in this case, instrumental in freeing him.

Please do your part.

On behalf of all those who struggle to see a better Malaysia , I thank you
for your cooperation.
Marina Lee: Is  Parliament Still Relevant?

Posted by Eri
Wednesday, 07  May 2008

'...when freedom of speech is being brutally subverted by the present
regime and false charges can be instituted against anyone, who dares to
demand for justice and truth?'

As a wife and mother, I want to know from my fellow citizens whether a
government that has incarcerated my  husband at the Sungai Buloh Prison on
trumped-up charges and brought untold suffering on my family, especially
when one of my daughters is  sitting for her final examinations, is a
legitimate government.

No wife, mother or child should have to go through this horrible
experience when  all her beloved husband did was to uphold justice and
truth.

On May 2 2008, the 'Armed Might' of the regime was unleashed on my family
when they came to my house in search of evidence for some alleged crime
that my husband was supposed to have committed.

I thought that this can only happen in a Gestapo state but not in my
beloved Malaysia. You'd be the judge of  this.

The police came in the morning and desecrated the sanctity of my home for
the fourth time. The fact that this had occurred previously does not make
it any easier for my daughter and I.

I wish that such nightmares can be forgotten, but let me tell you,
especially mothers and wives, that the pain will  never go away and that it
is only our family's self esteem and strength  and our faith in God that
has enabled us to withstand and overcome the trauma and pain that we have
suffered together.

I pray that no mother and wife will have to suffer and experience what I
had with my beloved husband and my  family.

Before we had time to recover our composure, the  police handed us a
summons to appear before the CCID the following day. However at 3:15pm, we
received a call to appear at 4:00pm on the same day. My suspicion for this
sudden change in the time for my husband to be interrogated was to prevent
publicity and the exposure of their dastardly deeds.

Can anyone of you imagine what I, as a wife and mother, had to go through
emotionally and psychologically when accompanying my husband to be
interrogated by the police when on a previous occasion in 2000, he was
brutally assaulted in my presence?

I could not express my anxiety to my husband on the way to the CCID, as I
know that my strength and resoluteness would be critical to enable my
husband to face his interrogators. He must have also felt the same for me
and so both of us, thinking alike kept our silence. But we were determined
to see this through together come hell or high water.

The Petras' are not some tofus!! We have enough strength and dignity to
overcome such adversity.  My daughter suffered in silence and despite her
age, she held up magnificently and no mother can be prouder than I to have
such a daughter.

As we approached the CCID, tears welled in my eyes, but they were not
tears of fear, sadness or trepidation, but the expression of my
determination and faith that my husband's struggle will ensure a better
future for my daughter and the children of a better Malaysia .

I am proud to say that my husband overcame the intrigues and schemes and
came out unscathed. But we knew that this was a mere prelude to more
brutality that will be inflicted on my family.

The events of yesterday's circus are known to all. But what was most
telling the deafening  silence of the judiciary and the Bar Council,
which supposedly are the  guardians of justice and equality.

The dinner that was orchestrated by Pak Lah, his  Law Minister and other
cronies that allegedly ushered 'a new era' for an independent and fearless
judiciary in upholding justice and human rights, makes me wonder if such
an institution that was promised was a fantasy in light of my experience.
Today, my daughter and I went to the Sungai Buloh Prison to visit my
husband but we were told that he had no wish to see anyone, not even any
member of the family or lawyers.

I was shocked and disturbed by this turn of events as it can only mean
that my husband is determined to endure the pain of incarceration and
humiliation of being subjected to and treated like a common criminal for
upholding the freedom of speech and justice.

Being married to him for 35 years, I know only  too well that he is capable
of making sacrifices for truth, justice and freedom. I suspect that when I
was told that he did not want to see me, that he would be taking the
ultimate step - to go on a hunger strike to demonstrate his determination
to uphold the cause of truth and justice.
I have nothing more to say, as I am thoroughly exhausted by the turn of
events and can only hope and pray that my fellow citizens, especially
wives and mothers out there, that you would all come together to protest
and to demand for my beloved husband's freedom and that you will call upon
your Member of Parliament to boycott Parliament as a gesture of support
for my husband's struggle.

His struggle must not be in vain. We as a family will see this through but
we will only be able to cope if we know that  good and God-fearing people
like you will be there and standing together with us shoulder to shoulder
to strike a fatal blow against tyranny and for justice and truth and for
my husband's freedom.

Marina  Lee

'To sin by silence  when we should protest makes cowards of people'
- Emily
Cox
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written by arlies4u , September 12, 2009
'MIRACLE FLASK' - Produk Ajaib !!

Keajaiban Dalam Dunia Perubatan Moden !!

http://ajaib2009.blogspot.com
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written by The Man from the Liquid World , February 07, 2010
Thank you Marina for this article. You indeed wrote it with your heart and like every mother or wife. I can understand your feelings and what you went through. Malaysians here lack compassion and humanity. Some bloggers will give you crab about their view but leave them be. When you are down, they just want to put you down even lower. These are the people who has never been born through their mother's pussy but through Satan's arse. They talk with the arse in their mouth. If these bloggers had gone through what you had gone through. They would be shitting their pants crying for their mother. Thats why I call them "kurang ajar". Like it or not this is what they are. Is this their culture.?? their parental guidance??? or their religion that has taught them to be like that.
What your hubby has done will never be achieved by any normal human being. I for one am not committed to this. Putting food on the table is already a burden and we have to think of our children's future and their's. I have to be very patient and very tolerant.
He, RPK is committed for a change of government. He has sacrifice so much for this country and yet we have bloggers who talk crab.
Marina, let sympathize with their parents if they have any, for not able to teach them well nor guide them how not to be a "kurang ajar". Time is the only essence for them, for you and for me.!! Leave it to God Marina, to take care of RPK. He will come out fine and well and of course he will be back by your side to give you and your daughter back the warmth and love that you have been missing.
I have been following up on RPK's blog and I read and saw the picture of your home been ransacked and knives and whatever placed all over the house. Whether it is bomoh or not.! It is obviously a scare tactic.
One day Marina, when all wells that ends well. I would like to take the pleasure of shaking your husband's hand and congratulate him for his bravery to stand up and "fight" like a man unless others who talk crab. He will go down in history and for our next gen to stand up and be counted. He IS the voice of the people. He deserves my respect.!!!! Thank you.
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I am glad to know that somewhere there are Malaysians willing to do the Checks and Balance.
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written by ABDULLAH HASSAN , March 01, 2010
For my opinion Raja Petra should not being hiding himself for so long.He must come out and face not only Malaysian but the entire world like what Mr Anwar Ibrahim did If he (Raja Petra) think what he has done and spoke are the truth. Why he with all the evidences and information that he had gathered must scared with Najib so call goverment. If he keep on hiding it the same as he have been imprison for life by Najib. So please come out and have a gut like Mr Anwar,that what we call people hero and the true leader.
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written by Pengulas Masakini , March 09, 2010
RPK satu-satunya orang yang berani di Malaysia. Kerana ketidakadilan dalam perbicaraan terhadapnya oleh Mahkamah Malaysia. Skrip telah tersedia untuk mensabitkan tuduhan terhadapnya. Tuduhan boleh dibuat samada secara jahat atau palsu oleh ejen-ejen seperti sprm, polis dan pendakwa raya. Elok RPK ke luar negara, pergi cari ketenangan dan mencari jalan macamana nak ubah sistem di Malaysia yang makin teruk dan bercelaru. Seperti sistem piliharaya, pencegahan rasuah, keganasan polis dan macam-macam korupsi kerajaan pimpinan umno/bn. Thanks marina.
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