Monday, June 22, 2009

Melepak, Buang Masa Dibolehkan Untuk 5 Perkara


Gejala lepak di kalangan remaja dan warga tua adalah fenomena biasa dalam masyarakat hari ini. Jika remaja semakin ramai mengerumuni kawasan kompleks beli-belah, golongan dewasa pula melepak di kedai kopi,kedai makan atau masa kini kedai mamak.Keadaan itu secara tidak langsung menunjukkan kecacatan berlaku dalam masyarakat sekarang kerana remaja sepatutnya sedang sibuk menuntut ilmu, manakala golongan dewasa memenuhi tanggungjawab terhadap keluarga.

Rasulullah SAW pernah pada satu hari melewati jalan, akhirnya Baginda SAW terserempak dengan sahabat sedang asyik duduk berborak dan melepak di tepi jalan. Melihat kelakuan mereka itu, lalu Rasulullah berkata: "Jangan kamu sekalian berborak dan melepak di tepi jalan.

Tetapi sahabat menjawab: "Wahai Rasulullah! Bagaimana mungkin kami dapat meninggalkan amalan ini kerana hanya di situlah saja kami dapat bercakap-cakap dan berborak sesama sendiri. Kemudian, Baginda SAW memberi pilihan atau jalan keluar daripada amalan itu dengan berkata: "Jika kalian semua tidak dapat meninggalkan kebiasaan itu, maka hendaklah kamu tunaikan hak jalan ini. Mereka pun bertanya: "Apakah hak jalan itu wahai Rasulullah? Baginda SAW menjawab: 'Tundukkan pandanganmu, elakkan diri daripada mengganggu orang lain, menjawab salam dan menyeru kepada kebaikan serta mencegah kemungkaran." (Hadis riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)

Jelaslah amalan berborak dan melepak sudah menjadi satu kebiasaan di kalangan sahabat sehingga mereka mengakui sukar untuk membuang tabiat kebiasaan itu. Agenda utama perutusan Rasulullah SAW ialah untuk meluruskan akhlak yang buruk dan keji.

Diriwayatkan oleh Imam Ahmad yang bermaksud: "Aku diutuskan untuk menyempurnakan kemuliaan akhlak (yang terpuji), maka sudah tentu Rasulullah SAW bertindak untuk mengubah kebiasaan negatif itu supaya ia tidak membarah dalam masyarakat Islam pada ketika itu."

Pada masa sama, Rasulullah SAW tidak ketinggalan menawarkan beberapa langkah alternatif kepada sahabat supaya mereka dapat membebaskan diri daripada kebiasaan melepak dan berborak yang hanya membuang masa.

Perkara pertama dianjurkan Rasulullah SAW ialah menundukkan pandangan daripada perkara yang boleh membangkitkan nafsu syahwat, sekali gus mendatangkan dosa. Dengan kata lain, pandangan mata adalah dilarang sama sekali untuk melihat perkara dilarang seperti aurat atau memandang wanita ajnabi lama-lama.Rasulullah SAW pernah memberi peringatan sesiapa yang terpandang seseorang wanita secarakebetulan pada kali pertama,maka itu adalah nikmat dari Allah. Sebaliknya, jika dia memandang buat kali kedua disertai gejolak nafsu menyeru ke arah kejahatan, maka perbuatan itu mengundang dosa dan keseksaan api neraka.

Adab pergaulan kedua yang akan menjamin keharmonian sesebuah masyarakat ialah seseorang yang berborak di tepi jalan itu tidak boleh mengganggu orang lain daripada segi perasaannya serta fizikalnya.

Rasulullah SAW pernah menegaskan antara ciri Muslim sejati dalam sabda yang bermaksud: "Seorang Muslim yang sejati ialah orang Islam di sekelilingnya yang berasa selamat daripada lidahnya dan tangannya; seorang Mukmin sejati ialah orang Mukmin di sekelilingnya berasa aman terhadap diri mereka dan harta benda mereka sendiri; dan seorang yang berhijrah dengan sebenarnya ialah seorang yang meninggalkan perkara keji, lalu menjauhinya." (Hadis riwayat Ahmad)

Umat Islam dilarang sama sekali daripada melepak dan berborak di tepi jalan hingga menyebabkan gangguan kepada orang lain terutama apabila ia menyekat laluan orang ramai atau berlaku aksi menggoda atau mengurat golongan wanita melintas di kawasan itu.

Pendek kata, segala jenis gangguan sama ada secara zahir mahupun batin yang boleh menjejaskan keharmonian dan ketenteraman awam adalah ditegah sama sekali dalam Islam. Adab seterusnya yang diiktiraf Islam sebagai pengikat kasih sayang sesama manusia ialah menjawab salam. Menurut Islam,hukum mengucapkan salam adalah sunat, sementara menjawab salam pula hukumnya adalah wajib.

Justeru, apabila seseorang yang sedang berbicara di tepi jalan,tiba-tiba ada mendengar ucapan salam, maka wajib menjawab salam itu. Perintah ini selaras firman Allah yang bermaksud: "Dan apabila kamu diberikan penghormatan dengan sesuatu ucapan hormat (seperti memberi salam), maka balaslah penghormatan itu dengan yang lebih daripadanya atau balaslah dia (dengan cara yang sama). Sesungguhnya Allah sentiasa menghitung tiap-tiap sesuatu." (Surah al-Nisa, ayat 86)

Islam amat menganjurkan umatnya sentiasa mengucapkan dan menjawab salam antara satu sama lain. Sebenarnya ucapan salam itu sendiri mengungkapkan makna kedamaian dan keamanan sejagat untuk umat manusia.Dengan itu, barulah terjalin hubungan yang akrab sesama Muslim apabila saling bertanya khabar, bertukar pendapat dan berita di samping pertemuan seumpama itu menyisihkan jauh segala bentuk perbuatan membangkitkan perasaan yang boleh memecahbelahkan kesatuan ummah.

Akhirnya, adab pergaulan keempat yang menjadi tonggak utama Islam ialah menyeru ke arah kebaikan dan mencegah kemungkaran. Justeru, jika berlaku sebarang amalan negatif yang bercanggah dengan Islam dan etika masyarakat seperti amalan berjudi, menghisap dadah, minum arak dan sebagainya di tepi jalan, maka umat Islam dituntut mencegah kemungkaran itu.Begitu juga, amalan kebaikan hendaklah disampaikan juga kepada golongan yang berborak dan melepak seperti menasihat ke arah kebaikan, bersama menunaikan solat fardu berjemaah di masjid, membabitkan diri dalam aktiviti kemasyarakatan.

Rasulullah SAW bersabda yang bermaksud: "Sesiapa yang mengajak kepada kebenaran, maka dia sudah mendapat pahala seperti pahala orang yang mengerjakannya dengan tidak dikurangkan pahala sedikitpun juga. Sebaliknya, sesiapa yang menyeru ke arah kesesatan, maka dia menanggung dosa seperti orang yang mengerjakannya dengan tidak dikurangkan dosanya sedikitpun." (Hadis riwayat Muslim)

Konsep amar makruf nahi mungkar sewajarnya dihidupkan dalam penghayatan komuniti Islam kini supaya gejala sosial yang memudaratkan dihapuskan di samping masyarakat Islam dapat menikmati keharmonian dan kesejahteraan hidup di dunia mahupun akhirat.
-Sagasama-

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Police And Your Basic Rights




1. POLICE STOPS YOU


1.1 Not in uniform, ask for identification

Say: "Please, show me your Police authority card".

1.2 Police authority card

Red : Suspended Police Officer. He has no authority to do anything to you. Walk away.

Other colours:

• Blue : Rank of Inspector and above

• Yellow : Below the rank of Inspector

• White : Reserve police

Note his name and ID number


1.3 In uniform

Note his name and ID number on his uniform.

1.4 Police vehicle

Note the number plate of the patrol car or motorcycle.




2. POLICE QUESTION YOU WHEN STOPPED

2.1 Your identification

Only give your name, ID card number and address.

2.2 The police ask other questions

Politely ask "Am I under arrest?"


2.3 When you are under arrest

You are arrested if the police:

• tells you "yes";

• does not allow you to leave/want to take you to the Police Station; or

• handcuffs you

if you are not under arrest, you may walk away/refuse to follow him back to the Police station or anywhere else, if asked.


2.4 When you cannot be arrested

The police cannot arrest you just because you are a potential witness and want to take a statement from you (112 / Witness Statement).




3. QUESTIONING BY POLICE WITHOUT ARREST


3.1 112 Statement

When the police are investigating a case and think you have information / knowledge about the case, the police may examine you and take down your answers (112 Statement).


3.2 Informal/Formal Request

Most times, the police make an informal request that you give a 112 Statement. If the place and time is convenient to you, cooperate. If not, tell the police you will do so at a convenient place. If you refuse to cooperate, the police may issue a formal order in writing, signed by an investigating officer (Police Officer) to ask you to cooperate. If you disobey a Police Order, you cannot be arrested. However, it is an offence and the police may request the Magistrate to issue a warrant against you to compel you to cooperate.


3.3 Giving a 112 Statement

You have the right to ask a lawyer to accompany you. This is advisable. In giving a 112 Statement, you may refuse to answer any question / remain silent if the answer is likely to expose you to a criminal offence.

• Bring along a notebook or writing paper with you (Personal Notes).

• Write down every question asked in your Personal Notes.

• Make sure you understand every question asked.

• Take your time and think carefully before writing your answers in your Personal Notes.

• Read your answers to the Police Officer questioning you.

• Keep your Personal Notes for future reference.

3.4 Signing your 112 Statement

Before signing your Statement, read the questions and your answers written by the Police Officer carefully.

• Compare the Statement you are asked to sign with your Personal Notes.

• You have the right to make any corrections/changes to the Statement before signing.

• Sign your signature immediately below the last sentence of your Statement.




4. POLICE ARREST YOU

4.1 Ask: "Why am I under arrest?"

An arrest is unlawful if you are not informed of the reason.

4.2 Do not resist an arrest

The Police have the right to use reasonable force to arrest you if you resist.

4.3 Ask: "Which Police station are you taking me to?"

The arresting Police Officer must immediately take you to the nearest Police station and no other place.

4.4 What to do when arrested

You have the right to telephone call to:-

1. Your relative or friend; and

2. A lawyer. You may also call a nearby Legal Aid Centre (LAC). Inform them:

• you have been arrested;

• the time, place and reason of the arrest;

• the Police station you will be taken to.


4.5 What happens after arrest

You may be detained up to 24 hours:

• at the Police station, or

• in a lock-up to "assist" police investigation.




5. YOUR RIGHTS AFTER ARREST & DURING DETENTION

5.1 Right to consult a lawyer

Once you request for the presence of a lawyer, you have a right to consult the lawyer at the Police Station. The Police must accord you reasonable facilities and a reasonable time for you to meet and consult the lawyer. The Police may, however, deny you this right, if the delay in questioning you may cause the occurrence of another crime or cause danger to others.


5.2 Clothing

You are allowed to have one set of clothing with you in the lock-up.

5.3 Personal belongings

The Police must record and put all your personal belongings in safe custody. Your personal belongings must be returned to you upon your release.

5.4 Welfare

You are allowed to take a bath two times a day. If you are sick, you have the right to receive immediate medical attention. You are to be given proper and adequate food and water during detention.

5.5 How long may the Police detain you

The Police may only detain you up to 24 hours for investigation. The duty of the Police is to complete investigations within 24 hours and to release you as soon as possible. If the Police cannot complete investigations within 24 hours, the Police must bring you before a Magistrate for a remand order to extend your detention beyond 24 hours (Remand Order).




6. REMAND ORDER BY MAGISTRATE AFTER 24 HOURS

6.1 Who is a Magistrate

A Magistrate is a judicial officer. He/She has the power to make a Remand Order to detain you for more than 24 hours.

6.2 Purpose of a Remand Order

It is to give more time to the Police to complete their investigations and decide whether there is evidence to charge you for an offence. The Police cannot ask for a Remand Order only for the purpose of taking a Statement from you.

6.3 How long is a Remand Order

When the Police bring you before a Magistrate for a Remand Order, the Police must give reasons to the Magistrate why it is necessary to detain you for more than 24 hours. The Magistrate's duty is to

consider carefully the reasons given by the Police. The Magistrate has the discretion:

• not to make a Remand Order and release you; or

• make a Remand Order for a period shorter than that asked for by the Police.

In any event, the Magistrate has the power to make a Remand Order of not more than 4 days or 7 days depending on the offence being investigated. The Police may return at the expiration of this time period and apply for a 2nd Remand Order. The Magistrate may make a 2nd Remand Order of not more than 3 days or 7 days depending on the offence being investigated.

6.4 What to say when you are brought before a Magistrate for remand

Tell the Magistrate:

• you want legal representation and you want to contact your lawyer, the LAC and your family;

• you want medical treatment because you are sick or have been beaten;

• if the Police had threatened or beaten you during detention;

• if you had been denied proper and adequate food/water/clothing, the toilet or necessary medical attention during your detention;

• whether you have been detained previously immediately before your current detention;

• whether the Police had carried out any investigations during your detention.

6.5 Ask for a shorter Remand Order from the Magistrate

Before the Magistrate makes the Remand Order, ask for a shorter remand period asked by the Police. Give reasons (Example: "I will co¬operate with the Police in their investigation", "I will be available and will not run away" etc).




7. BODY SEARCH WITHOUT ARREST

7.1 When can this be done

If you are at a place (example: disco/karaoke/entertainment outlet) where the Police are conducting a raid to look for something there (example: drugs), the Police may detain and search you if they think you have or are hiding the thing being searched for. This may only be done in the presence of a Police Officer ranked Inspector and above.

7.2 What to do

• Do not allow the Police officer to put his hands into your clothes or pockets.

• If you are asked to take out your belongings one by one, each time, say "Purse", "keys", "ID card" etc.

• When your pockets/bags are empty, turn your pockets / bags inside out

7.3 Your rights

• All body searches must be carried out in a professional manner and with decency.

• A female can only be body searched by a female Police Officer.

• If you are forced/threatened to strip naked:

1. Protest

2. Remember the Police Officer's name.

3. Lodge a Police report after the incident.




8. BODY SEARCH UPON ARREST

8.1 When Police can do so

• The Police reasonably suspect that you have evidence relating to a suspected offence.

• You are arrested.

• The body search must be conducted in a confined place. It is your right to be bodily searched in private.

8.2 Types of Body search

The law allows the Police to conduct 4 types of body search:-

1. Pat down search - act of searching outer clothing.

2. Strip search - to search for concealed evidence, object, contraband or weapon. May only be conducted with the authorisation of an officer ranked Inspector and above.

3. Intimate search - to search beyond the mouth, nose and ears. May only be conducted with the authorisation of an officer ranked Assistant Superintendent (ASP) and above.

4. Intrusive search - to determine the existence of objects etc in the body. May only be conducted with the authorisation of the Officer in charge of the Police District (OCPD). Must be conducted by a overnment Medical Officer or Medical Officer.

8.3 Your rights

• All body searches must be carried out in a professional manner and with decency.

• It is advisable to request that you be accompanied by your lawyer for the search.

• A female can only be body searched by a female Police Officer.



9. QUESTIONING BY POLICE AFTER ARREST

9.1 Identity of the Police Officer questioning you

Note the name /rank of the Police Officer questioning you.

9.2 Right to remain silent

The Police Officer will first make friendly conversation/talk (example: ask you about your family and friends etc). You are only obliged to give your full name, age, address and occupation (Personal particulars). Other than giving your Personal Particulars, you have the right to remain silent. Be polite. Do not be afraid to remain silent. This is your right. If you choose the right to remain silent, say: "I would like to exercise my right to silence".

9.3 112 Statement by you during investigation

The Police Officer will ask you questions and then write down your answers. The Police cannot threaten or force you into making a Statement. If you have been threatened, beaten or forced, lodge a police report against the Police Officer at first opportunity. This is your right.

9.4 112 Statement is not to be used as evidence

Generally, any Statement you make to the Police during investigations cannot be used as evidence except if you being charged for offences under, for example, the Dangerous Drugs Act, the Kidnapping Act and the Internal Security Act. But you may use the Statement to support your defence during your trial.



PUSAT BANTUAN GUAMAN / LEGAL AID CENTRES (LAC)

• Kuala Lumpur : 03-2691 3005 / 03-2693 2072

• Selangor : 03-5510 7007

• Negeri Sembilan : 06-6013 844

• Melaka : 06-2845 519 / 06-2864 514

• Johor : 07-2235 698

• Perak : 05-2550 523

• Kedah & Perlis : 04-7333 467

• Kelantan : 04-7448 660

• Pahang : 09-5159 244 / 09-2969 410

• PulauPinang : 04-2617 451 / 04-3316 830

Source: Malaysian Bar Council

Friday, June 5, 2009

Do I owe you anything, Encik Awang? ( the respons for 'Melayu dikhianati' By Awang Selamat)

I do not know who Awang Selamat is, but he keeps haunting me, claiming that I've owed him something!Other than banks, I don't think I have owed anyone anything.All the things I've had, from the birth certificate when I was born, to the car I bought at the age of 22, and my house at 30... have all been acquired in a clean way, including my self respect.


Moreover, because I do not know Awang Selamat at all, as I said earlier, how could I possibly owe him anything?But in an article entitled The Malays are betrayed published on Utusan Malaysia recently, Awang Selamat said Chinese Malaysians were immigrants, and were indebted to the Malays.I am a Chinese Malaysian, one in the six million. He said the Chinese owed this and owed that, and as a Chinese, I can't help but ask: "What have I owed you?"

Some more, I am not an immigrant. My birth cert and IC, along with all the documents of my assets point to the fact that I am a rightful Malaysian citizen.The Constitution protects my status, my rights as well as my properties. If I've done anything against the laws, I will be bound by the Malaysian laws, like anyone else.Of course, I can say proudly that I have paid my income tax and owes not a cent.

Moreover, I have never betrayed my Malay friends. We treat one another sincerely and fairly.
When my old friend Ghaffar buys me teh tarik, I'll get him nasi lemak in return, even though nasi lemak is twenty cents more expensive than teh tarik.But that's not because I feel I'm indebted to him; neither do I think he's trying to take advantage of me!

Right, Awang said Chinese Malaysians were getting more and more demanding, and racist, after the general elections last March.What demands, or should I say what excessive demands, have the Chinese voiced up?Scholarships? Land titles? Chinese primary schools? Democracy? Equality?

All I know is that these are reasonable requests from each and every citizen. As long as they are eligible, they should possess them.It has nothing to do with race.If we are denied of these things because of skin colour, then we must fight for them. This is not racism either.

Although I have no idea who Awang is, I know he is hiding under the protective net of Utusan Malaysia.He may be an individual, or a group of individuals. And he may have his own hidden agendas for his displeasure with Chinese Malaysians.A lawyer friend told me, it was an act of sedition just to brand ethnic Chinese Malaysians as immigrants, and that the police should probe the incident.

Or perhaps there should be someone making a police report, in particular those who claim they represent the six million Chinese Malaysians. (By TAY TIAN YAN/Translated by DOMINIC LOH/Sin Chew Daily)

Source: http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/general_opinions/comments/do_i_owe_you_anything_encik_awang_.html

Melayu dikhianati? - Awang Selamat



MEI 31 - Hati Awang semakin hari semakin ditoreh-toreh oleh tuntutan pelbagai pihak bukan Melayu yang bersikap terlalu rasis selepas Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12. Kita boleh tafsir apa sebabnya.

Awang tidak mahu mengulas panjang kali ini, cukup sekadar disiarkan semula petikan kenyataan seorang pemimpin MCA, Tun Tan Siew Sin pada 30 April 1969 (dipetik daripada buku Khalid Awang Osman dan pernah diulas Ridhuan Tee Abdullah) untuk renungan kita semua.

“Orang Melayu menerusi Umno bermurah hati melonggarkan syarat-syarat dalam undang-undang negara ini sehinggakan dalam masa 12 bulan selepas kemerdekaan, 90 peratus penduduk bukan Melayu menjadi warganegara. Ini berbeza dengan keadaan sebelum merdeka di mana 90 peratus daripada mereka masih tidak diiktiraf sebagai rakyat Tanah Melayu walaupun hampir 100 tahun hidup di bawah pemerintahan penjajah.

Sebagai membalas kemurahan hati orang Melayu, MCA dan MIC bersetuju meneruskan dasar memelihara dan menghormati kedudukan istimewa orang Melayu dan dalam masa yang sama mempertahankan kepentingan-kepentingan sah kaum lain’’.

Sebelum itu, seorang pemimpin MIC Tun V.T Sambanthan pada 1 Jun 1965 pernah berkata: “Pada tahun 1955 kita telah memenangi pilihan raya dengan majoriti yang tinggi, selanjutnya mendapat kemerdekaan dalam masa dua tahun kemudian. Dalam jangka masa itu, kita terpaksa berbincang dan menangani pelbagai perkara termasuk soal kewarganegaraan. Persoalannya di sini, apakah yang dilakukan oleh orang Melayu memandangkan kita bercakap menyentuh perkauman? Apakah yang dilakukan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Melayu? Mereka mempunyai 88 peratus daripada pengundi menyokong mereka.

Apakah yang mereka putuskan mengenai isu kewarganegaraan?

“Jika kita lihat di serata negara Asia dan Asia Timur, kita akan mendapati kaum India tidak akan diterima di Ceylon dan juga tidak diterima di Burma. Sama halnya dengan kaum Cina, mereka tidak diterima di Thailand, Vietnam, Kemboja dan di negara-negara lain. Apakah bantuan berhubung kewarganegaraan yang mereka peroleh di semua wilayah tersebut?

“Di Burma, seperti yang kita semua sedia maklum, kaum India telah diusir keluar, di Ceylon mereka tidak diberikan taraf warganegara seperti juga di Burma. Saya tahu dan anda juga tahu. Apa yang sedang berlaku di Malaya?

Di sini kita mendapati pemimpin Melayu berkata, “Kita akan menerima mereka sebagai saudara, kita akan berikan mereka sepenuh peluang untuk meneruskan kehidupan di negara ini, kita akan beri mereka peluang untuk menjadi warganegara.”

Seterusnya pada tahun 1957, dengan tidak mengambil kira kebolehan berbahasa (Melayu) ribuan orang India, Cina dan Ceylon menjadi warganegara.

Seperti yang saya nyatakan, saya amat bernasib baik kerana dilahirkan di negara ini. Di manakah anda boleh berjumpa bangsa yang lebih prihatin, bersopan-santun dan tertib selain daripada bangsa Melayu.

Di manakah anda boleh mendapat layanan politik yang baik untuk kaum pendatang? Di manakah dalam sejarah dunia? Saya bertanya kepada anda. Ini adalah fakta. Siapakah anda untuk menjaga keselamatan kami? Saya adalah kalangan 10 peratus kaum minoriti di sini. Tetapi saya amat gembira di sini.”

Persoalannya, kini apakah pengorbanan Melayu dikhianati oleh kaum lain? – Mingguan Malaysia

Sumber: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/28105-melayu-dikhianati-awang-selamat-

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

STUDENT POWER



I found an interesting clips for all student's leaders, please visit:

This clip mentions an essay by Jerry Farber called "Student as Nigger." First published in 1967, this high-profile essay was controversial in its comparison of the relationship between a master and his black slave with the relationship between professors and students. Farber himself was a civil rights activist, so his use of the racist word "nigger" was not intended to denigrate black people; it was employed to add shock value to the article and underline the problems with the education system.