OutSyed The Box

OutSyed The Box

The "I" Files ??

Posted: 18 May 2012 11:34 PM PDT





Late last nite I received an e mail from a friend which directed me to this site called "The "I" Files".  Do check it out. It is really quite interesting. The site is about the Rear Admiral. The writer is writing some serious exposes about the Rear Admiral. 

The writer who goes by the name Jonathan Smith (perhaps a play on Jonathan Swift) is definitely not a local - his writing style is too mat salleh-ish  (sikit macam OutSyed The Box juga tapi grammar dia lagi teruk). 

His storyline most definitely gives the impression that he is a mat salleh and not a local.  I suspect he is an American because he uses very American terms like "blinds" (curtains) and mentions Nebraska with familiarity (Nebraska is a state in the US, capital is Omaha where Warren Buffet lives). 

So far only four chapters have been published on this site. The first two chapters are quite explosive but things appear to be tapering off in Chapter 4 (published just this morning).

Let me give you some quick quotes from the Prologue until Chapter 4.  

The first posting the Prologue (click here)  was posted on April 24, 2012.  Among other things it says :

  • "..a Trojan Horse for the worst impulses of the Saudis, a man who would play with the minds of a generation of Malaysian youth and instill them with thoughts of racial supremacy and extremism, a man who hated the Chinese and their schools and saw them as a threat to his project. He was the Caliphate in a Zegna suit, the man the Wahhabis would fund and guide for decades in their drive to make over Malaysia in their image – and they chose well. Not even Hasan Ali could imagine achieving so much in his wildest dreams."
  • It would record his management of his wife's, and his own, wealth into not merely a source of luxury, but as a lever to climb Umno's ranks. It would note the way he developed more and more funds to buy his way into political power, to enjoy the office of Deputy President of Umno, and to use that money and that power to prepare to take down Dr M.
  • secret Western and Saudi attempts to free him, and the warm welcome they gave him when he was freed. They would pick him back up and bring him back to money and power, always wanting him for their own ends. And he would oblige them
  • This is the story of the greatest, most nimble, most articulate, and ultimately the most flawed opportunist of our times. A chameleon. A charmer. .. ultimately tragic persona. 
  • the man who put in motion a decades-old plan to radicalise this tolerant and easy-going nation
  • the story of a man so shrewd, so cynical, and so self-absorbed, that he would say anything, do anything, if it helped him to squash his enemies and get ahead
  • The psych profile told that at *** core were only two things: A love of himself so great as to be clinical narcissism, and opportunistic ambition unrivaled 
  • If there was a single theme to *** zig-zagging life and career, a single motivation, it was indeed opportunism

  • admiration for Abul Ala Maududi and Sayyid Qutb – the radicals who founded Jamaat-e- Islami in Pakistan and inspired al Qaeda, respectively – show a face he never showed Westerners when they were looking

  • He knew the rumours (discussed earlier) of *** father's infidelity, something that clearly stung *** badly.

  • These ideas only sharpened in the wake of the 13 May riots. The terrible violence of those times drove *** to preach a belief in Malay supremacy, a vision of Malays as imperfect vessels of Islam being oppressed by a wider world. The protest marches, the heated debates, the clashes with the Federal Reserve Unit in the streets – all necessary steps to a perfected world, purified of inequality, made beautiful by sharia and hudud. …

  • The Wahhabis lifted their protégé from the wreckage of his career, made him the Southeast Asian representative to the World Assembly of Muslim Youth.  Wahhabi and others, greased the way – through chairs, introductions, and donations – for opportunities and teaching posts for him at places of learning that had benefited from Saudi largesse. They're saying St Antony's College in Oxford and Georgetown University in Washington.

  • Thus the numerous documented meetings between *** and Ahmad al-Haj Totonji, an Iraqi-born and Saudi-bred operator whose ties to his country's government we have not yet been able to document: It is clear that *** is and must be a vital element of the Wahhabi expansion in Southeast Asia, a matter in which the Iraqis have a vested interest as well. Totonji was assigned to cultivate *** and to help propel his rise in Malaysia. Files even indicate how he worked behind the scenes to get  *** infiltrated into Mahathir's establishment.

  • Whatever the source, *** wealth grew appreciably during this time, as did his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood (in the open) and the Wahhabis (in the background). He learned that working closely with banks tied to those groups could be decidedly lucrative, and he began to develop the taste for international travel that is perhaps his best-known feature today.
  • He clearly also understood the importance of a large war chest when challenging for leadership spots in Umno; from his first day in the party, he began courting wealthy Malay and Chinese interests with an eye to the future.

  • He's trying to force them all to use Bahasa for instruction, he's coming down hard on the Christian schools, and he's threatening to close a lot of them or at least make their lives miserable
  • Mahathir ...feels his people were done wrong, but he has nothing personal against the Chinese. ***  is different, *** actively hates them (the Chinese).
  • *** has worked to advance the spread of Wahhabi Islamic doctrine in the schools. First and foremost has been the matter of the teachers. Traditionally, Islamic studies teachers in this country were trained here, in Singapore, or infrequently in Indonesia. Now, they are sent off for instruction to Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq, and especially to schools set up, funded, and directed by the Wahhabis. There are now – and will before the foreseeable future – hundreds and thousands of these teachers importing an alien strain of Islam directly into the minds of the young.
  • The faculty of IIU is almost entirely foreign-born, and under ***  has been vetted for conformity to the Wahhabi strain of Islam. It is thus that *** appointed IIU's second Rector, Abdul Hamid A. Sulayman, an academic from Saudi Arabia and an influential part of the most violent faction in the Muslim Brotherhood. With this lineup of characters, *** has worked to create radical cells among the students, both local and foreign-born. He is involved in a dark and subtle plan to change Malaysia, to make it a more Islamist and conservative society


CHAPTER FOUR: THE FAMILY FIRM IS LAUNCHED; OR *** BHD



  • Aside from *** continued ideological war on the Chinese and Christians – he had banned the singing of Christmas carols at shopping malls and public places, and rearranged the school holidays so Christmas did not fall during the long vacation period – his day-to-day doings did not significantly register for most of us.

  • One name recurred again and again, one I'd not to that point seen connected to ***: Saleh Abdullah Kamel, one of the wealthiest men in Saudi Arabia. The Americans were some of the least trustful allies the Saudis had – quite the statement, to be sure – and they were diligent trackers of the wealthiest of the wealthy. Saleh Kamel had founded Al Baraka Bank, the largest source of Islamic finance in the world, and had generously spread his wealth around – with a catch. His money went exclusively to Saudi proxies and their causes..

  • *** understood the importance of maintaining a good relationship, and so worked to keep his patron happy. In 1994, while Finance Minister, *** privatised Bank Islam , selling 2.89 million shares to Joint Arab Malaysian Investment, which already controlled 5.27 million shares. JAMI's largest shareholders were Al Baraka and Saleh Kamel 



There is also mention of Petronas and Hassan Merican  and why Hassan Merican was removed as President of Petronas by Najib.  You can read more for yourself.

MOE Roundtable : 25% Dropout Rate In Chinese School Grads

Posted: 18 May 2012 08:53 PM PDT


On the 15th of May 2012 I was invited to attend the  Round Table Discussion conducted by the Ministry Of Education in Putrajaya.  The MOE has been (and will be) having a series of Townhall meetings around the country to talk to all and sundry about the future of the Malaysian education system.

These townhall meetings have taken place or will be taking place in Putrajaya, Perak, Perlis, Kedah, and all other states in the country.  Up to 800 people have attended some of these townhall meetings (in Taiping).

Unfortunately when you have hundreds of people all sorts of folks turn up and do the 'gila mikrofon' thing. There have been shouting matches as well. (Are we ready yet to conduct Townhall meetings? We still throw garbage out the car window, leave soiled baby pampers at riverside campsites and other such uncaring behaviour).

The meeting I attended on the 15th May was smaller in number ( "informed group meeting") and we had a very useful three hours exchanging views about the future of our education system.  I wish to thank the Minister Tan Sri Muhyuddin Yassin for having his officers invite me. I have written many times about the Education System and I believe it was an acknowledgement of my interest and concern in the matter. 

The meeting was ably chaired by   Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Wan Mohd. Zahid Mohd. Noordin who has had a very long and distinguished career including as the Director General of Education, MInistry of Education. 



Many things were discussed over almost three hours.  I spoke about the following :

1. Transparency by the Ministry in sharing statistical information about grading SPM, PMR examination papers (minimum scores for passing, scores for obtaining A, A+ etc). Also racial breakdown of students passing / failing the various subjects. My argument was that without knowing the racial and statistical details we will not be able to craft the appropriate policy response. 

Bajaus in Sabah may have problems specific to their community which prevents them from achieving educational objectives. Or Muslims versus non Muslims. We must know the details.  We cannot paint everyone with the same brush.

2. We also need proper surveys covering students, parents and also teachers about the PPSMI. No survey was done to cover students, teachers or parents about the PPSMI.  There was much concurence around the table about this.

3.  Accelerating divergences between the employability of graduates of IPTA (public university) and IPTS (swasta university).  Another panelist (a senior media man) concurred that he prefers to hire IPTS graduates. They have more marketable skills.  I suggested that our IPTA offer courses and course subjects that are more market oriented, more tuned in to the needs of industry. I also suggested that our IPTA introduce greater flexibility and follow the Liberal Arts programs of the American universities.  And also that the leadership (vice chancellors, academics etc) of the IPTAs and IPTS meet regularly to exchange views and exchange notes. Someone like Sheikh Faleigh should organise a seminar to bring the two together to exchange ideas.

4. There are about 5000 schools in the country meaning that there are also about 5000 school heads. School heads should be continuously trained, sent for further education, attachment etc because it is the school head (guru besar, pengetua) who can make or break a school.  School teachers should also be university graduates - we are manufacturing enough graduates.

5. The hiring of local English teachers to teach English versus hiring very expensive and highly paid Mat Salleh English teachers from overseas.

5. I also did suggest that we revert to the fantastic Government education system that we had in this country up to the late 70s. It was strongly English based but with subjects also taught in Malay.

6. Another panelist (the senior media man - Malay) said that there was too much religion in schools. There was a concurrence about this. I added that if you fixed a dome on top of all the sekolah kebangsaan (Government schools) then it would be no different from Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband (where the Taliban are trained). The Government schools have been completely hijacked by the Taliban types. 

My suggestion was to reduce drastically the influence of religion in our school system. If parents wanted to, they can send their children for religious classes on their own expense - after school.

7. History  -  Another panelist said that even the teaching of History was very Islam oriented. Out of 12 chapters, a secondary school history book had seven chapters about Islamic history.

My concern was that much of that Islamic history could be easily disputed. No one has the final say what really happened in Islamic history. There is plenty of mythology involved in Islamic history. The danger is, when we teach Islamic history as "historical fact" in school - it has two effects. For the non Muslims, it is just a subject in school. But for the Muslims, it also becomes part of religious indoctrination. Then  20 years down the road, the Muslim students grow up and join radical religious parties or religious cults and go off on a tangent of their own into the land of fanatic religious mythology. If we question them, they will say 'this is what you taught us in school'.  So it is our fault.

8.  I also spoke about the need to remove "illogical subjects" in school. Again my emphasis was about religion. The religious people teach our young pupils that 'kita tidak boleh menggunakan akal dalam agama'. You cannot use your intelligence or logic when it comes to religion. This is what the religious people keep repeating again and again. Kita tidak boleh menggunakan akal dalam hal agama.

My view is this confuses a lot of Muslim students in school and university. This is also why Muslims (all over the world) are very weak in Science and Mathematics - subjects that require logic. From young the Muslims are told that they cannot use logic for everything. I quoted an example.

From very young Muslim students are taught that the prophet rode a hybrid half man - half horse creature called the buraq and went up to heaven. The Muslims do not realise that this creature already has a name - its called a Pegassus in Greek mythology. This story cannot be explained logically. It is an illogical story. 

Biologically it is impossible for a half man, half horse Pegassus to exist at all.  Thats why it is called Greek mythology.  Anyway, the Muslim kids are taught that the buraq was able to fly thru the heavens (without oxygen, without rockets, propellants, without re-entry heat shields etc) and reached heaven.

Then later when the Muslim kids reach 14 or 15 years of age they are taught Physics where they learn Newtons Laws of Motion, that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, energy cannot be created or destroyed, the universe is a closed system, an object will move only when a force is applied to it, acceleration is a function of velocity etc.  

But how can this be so? The prophet reached heaven riding on a half man half horse hybrid creature without worrying about any of Newtons Laws or the Laws of Motion or the Laws of Physics. So many Muslim students may get confused between using logic to study Physics and Science and believeing in illogical statements as true facts. They can get thoroughly confused.

I also told the Roundtable about a Pakistani scientist who wrote a paper trying to mathematically explain the prophet's journey to heaven on the half man half horse hybrid creature. The Pakistani scientist did not make much sense. The scientist also forgot to explain the half man, half horse creature's biological processes.  I also told the Rountable discussion that even among the Muslims there is debate if the prophet's journey was real, spiritual or inspired - all three being different.  

Too many of these "illogical" religious things are still work in progress.  And we will never know the real story either. So all these "illogical" things will only confuse budding Muslim science students and make it harder for them to understand logical Islamic subjects like  Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics.  

My suggestion to the Roundtable was that from the age of 7 to 17 (ie 10 years of schooling) Muslim students be exempted from having to come into contact with "illogical thinking" or "illogical subjects".  Just leave them alone to learn real Islamic subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. 

9.  Discussing administrative issues, I also discussed the Ministry's effeciency.  My view was that after 55 years of Independence there should be no more problems with processing student entry into universities. Every year parents and students are still complaining about university entry.

The Minister and the PM have said that all students who are high scorers in the SPM will be given scholarships / loans / aid etc. If so, has this been properly written down as policy and implemented. If so, can the details be made know to the public. How many of such high scorers were admitted into universities last year, their racial breakdowns etc.

Also the issue of teachers' transfers. After 55 years of Independence this is still a sore point. There must be clearly defined, simple policies about teachers transfers. If a teacher has served in another State, then after x number of years there must be a mechanism for the teacher to opt to return to his or her home state. Or when teachers request to follow or remain with their husbands / wife.  

10. Chinese school grads drop out.   The Roundtable was also informed by Chinese panelists that after attending Chinese primary school (SRJK China) Chinese students then join the sekolah kebangsaan for secondary school. Unfortunately up to 25% of these Chinese students drop out of school after PMR. They fail the PMR.

This is because they do not understand Malay and cannot cope with the Malay Language curriculum in the sekolah kebangsaan. To me this is a very great tragedy and a huge waste of our human resources.

It was suggested that the Government intervene and do something for these kids. The easiest thing would be to stream these "failed PMR" kids to vocational schools and trade schools so that they can obtain at least 11 years of schooling.  It is a terrible waste to ignore so much human resources just because of language. 

That was among the many things that were discussed. The Ministry has recorded all these suggestions. I hope real action is taken. 

As s first step,  please reinstate the PPSMI. That is so important. 

Over Crowded Democracy

Posted: 18 May 2012 05:59 PM PDT


According to the ROS there are now 33 political parties in Malaysia.  There could be some double mentions here (considering the names in Malay and English) but I got 47 political parties. Some of them may not be active. N'theless you can get the idea. 

There are plenty of registered political parties in Malaysia. 


  1. State Reform Party Sabah
  2. Sabah Progressive Party
  3. Parti Sejahtera Angkatan Perpaduan Sabah
  4. Usno Baru
  5. Parti Kerjasama Rakyat Sabah
  6. Parti Perpaduan Rakyat Sabah
  7. Parti Bugis Sabah
  8. Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sabah
  9. Perpaduan Party (?)
  10. Parti Kebenaran Sabah
  11. Parti Cinta Sabah
  12. Parti Kebangsaan Sabah
  13. Peace Party
  14. Parti Bumi Kenyalan Sarawak
  15. Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak
  16. Parti Tenaga Rakyat
  17. Green Party (Perak)
  18. Parti Keadilan India Malaysia (Selangor)
  19. Malaysian National Party (Johor)
  20. Parti Kongress Ceylonese Malaysia
  21. Parti Punjabi Malaysia
  22. Barisan Jemaah Islamiyah Se-Malaysia
  23. Parti Cinta Malaysia
  24. Parti Makkal Sakti Malaysia
  25. Malaysian Chinese Association
  26. Malaysian Indian Congress
  27. People's Progressive Party
  28. Sarawak United People's Party
  29. Sabah United Party (PBS)
  30. Liberal Democratic Party
  31. United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation
  32. Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party
  33. Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
  34. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
  35. Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak
  36. Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Bersatu
  37. Parti Demokratik Progresif Sarawak
  38. Parti Rakyat Sarawak
  39. Democratic Action Party
  40. Parti Keadilan Rakyat
  41. Parti Islam Se-Malaysia
  42. Parti Rakyat Malaysia
  43. Sarawak National Party 
  44. Parti Sosialis Malaysia
  45. Malaysian Democratic Party
  46. Barisan Nasional  
  47. UMNO 

I have included the Barisan Nasional because the BN is a registered political party.  According to Prof. Datuk Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin  of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia the Barisan Nasional is like a bus station. 

All sorts of buses come to the BN. From time to time, some buses (who are in a hurry) may leave and go off to other places but in the end they all come back to the same bus station again.  

The reason is very simple - the BN has embraced a power sharing formula that seems to work for our country (to a large extent - it is not a perfect system).  

You can have a 100 different political parties in Malaysia. It does not matter. What matters most is the intention, the niat, the philosophy behind any grouping of political parties.   

If you want to unseat the BN, it is quite simple really. You have to adopt the BN formula - and then try to do it better than the BN.  Much easier said than done.

And please dont forget the basic rule of democracy - the majority rules.   

Good News At Last

Posted: 18 May 2012 07:01 AM PDT



Sunway accepts RM1.17b contract from MRT Corp

KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Bhd has accepted the letter of award totaling RM1.17bil from Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) for part of the proposed Sugai Buloh-Kajang MRT line.

It said on Friday its unit Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd had received and accepted the letter of award for the Package V4 which involved the construction and completion of viaduct guideway and other associated works from Section 17 in Petaling Jaya to the Semantan portal.

"The construction period of the proposed project is 45 months. It is expected to contribute positively to the earnings of Sunway Group for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2012 onwards," it said.

Congratulations to Sunway Bhd.  Lets wish them godspeed and a speedy delivery of Package V4.

Well,  in my reckoning this is the third mega project (since Tun Dr Mahathir retired in 2003) that will have a great impact on our country. 

The other two projects are the RM62.0 Billion Pengerang Integrated Petrochemical Project and the RM3.0 billion second bridge in Penang, which is progressing at super speed, thanks to  China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd (CHEC).

Lets not waste time folks. We have a country to build and a great future ahead. Stop bickering and get to work. Less talk, more work. 
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