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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Sunday Lite : Poo Kanan Poo Kiri, Prepaid Hiway Apa Sudah Jadi ?

Does anyone remember this little caper? In May 2012 the pas-pis-pus announced that they were going to build their own toll-free four lane highway from Kota Bharu to Kuala Krai.  

(Before I go any further I think the Federal Gomen should and MUST build a four lane highway not just to Kota Bharu but all the way to the Thai border and also across Kelantan from Kota Bharu to Jeli and hook up with the East - West Highway. This is our country - lets set politics aside and build the infrastructure that is so necessary to move the people of Kelantan to the same level as everyone else.)

Back to pas-pis-pus, they then asked people to make donations to build this "toll free" highway. So, siapa nak dapat kunci plastik masuk syurga boleh lah derma banyak-banyak.  This meant that it was a "pre-paid highway". The people paid for it upfront. The pas-pis-pus even came out with this huge poster of tin sadin asking for the money :

First of all the poster says that a 'pecah tanah' ceremony for the prepaid highway would be held on Monday 28th May, 2012. That was eight months ago. So what has happened to the prepaid highway? If there was a "pecah tanah" already, how far has the prepaid highway progressed since then? They have collected money from people. What happened to all that money? Penyokong pas-pis-pus tak peduli lagi ke? 

Now please note this part carefully.  Tin sadin says in the poster : 'Sumbangan rakyat jelata sebagai wakaf amat dialu-alukan.'  Here it is again. 


Now please also note the bank account number that has been provided for people to channel their money. Its a Bank Islam account number. 

Here is an old blogpost by one Ibrahim Baba's Blog titled :   Ke Mana Pergi Derma Untuk Tabung Lebuhraya Rakyat KB-KK?.  You can click on the title to read the full post.  The Blog post points out that the bank account holder's name that had been advertised on the poster (Baldah Toyyibah Kelantan Sdn Bhd) was not the same as the bank account holder's name that appeared on the ATM Machines. The bank account holder that appeared on the ATM was Tetuan Rowstead Systems Sdn Bhd. (Rowstead sounds like a Jewish name as well?) Here is a picture of the ATM Machine screen from Ibrahim Baba's Blog :


So what is going on here? Tin sadin advertised an Islamic sounding name (Baldah Toyyibah etc) in their poster but on the ATM screen it is a Jewish type name Rowstead (I know lah - I am just having my fun saying the name sounds Jewish. It is Sunday ok - an off day. Boleh lah joking sikit. No offence meant to any Jews ok).

The blogpost ends by asking is this going to be another Tabung Memali situation - you know where the Jin Toyol made off with the money collected under the Tabung Memali.   "Adakah peristiwa Tabung Memali akan berulang ?"

My questions are these :
  • how much money has been collected by pas-pis-pus for this 'pre-paid' highway project? 
  • since the "pecah tanah" was held on 28 May, 2012, how far has the highway project progressed?
  • if the project has been stopped, then when are they going to refund the money to the donors?
  • if they dont want to refund the money, what has happened to the money?
  • what is the total cost of Package 1 (43 km Machang to Kuala Krai)?
  • is there enough money to complete the project?
  • who is the contractor?
  • ini ikut sistem open tender ke atau sistem open pintu belakang ke macam mana?
Someone in Kelantan should be raising all these questions. Poo kanan poo kiri, prepaid highway apa sudah jadi?

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

This will be another Memali like fund.
The misled donors as usual are Melayu mudah lupa type.
PAS as usual is up to its old trick of conning the poor malay population.

Anonymous said...

Ostat cakap kalau dah buat sumbangan tak boleh tanya duit tu kemana sebab pahala dah dapat. Dah gerenti dapat kunci besi.

Shuk said...

The project is ongoing albeit on a slow moderate pace.....you know lah,government orang kampung.....with regards to the discrimination by the federal gov to Kelantan,they have been practicing this backwards policy ever since Kelantan fall to the pas pis pus gov....this old style politic very much contribute to the failure of umno to take back Kelantan from pas......I ve been supporting this so called pas pis pus gov for the past 20 years or so,if the fed gov is clever than what they are right now...I'm quite sure they would have taken back Kelantan a long time ago but sad to say syed....your umno dungus is too idiotic to realize it.....so there you have it syed,it's not so much pas that we support,it's the corrupt idiotic BN gov that we kelantanese hate.

Anonymous said...

sound like another dubious scheme!!!building hiway 'can go heaven style'...

abe ja said...

i think various NGOs, or media like tv3 when they launch a donation campaign, usually they opened an account specifically for that campaign.such as Tabung bersamamu, tabung bantuan palestine,tabung this and tabung that.they just not simply gave "sila salurkan derma anda kepada akaun tv3" atau "ini nombor akaun farid redzuan".by using a bank account specifically for the campaign, one can ensure every amount debited into the account is meant for the cause or the campaign.easy to audit.easy to track.

in this rowstead/baldah thoyyibaah case; correct me if i'm wrong, but this means they are using the same account for their own operation (pay salaries,pay vendors,receive payments from vendors etc) and also for donations. is this not going to lead into an audting nightmare?i mean how do they separate the donation money from public for their prepaid highway to heaven and also the money for the company's operation?they did manually everyday?

what can prevent them from using the public donated fund to cover the operation of the company?maybe buy a new director's car.and who's the director of this company?bet we would see the usual suspects in it.someone who's name resembling a fox in malay (musang).

maybe tin sadin can later declare a fatwa, "any donation to baldah can also entitled you to the same one way trip ticket to 7th heaven"

Anonymous said...

maybe they want to try out their own version of 'islamic' infrastructure building.

btw, Don (Syed Farid alatas)- say islamic state is not even good for the muslims,the greater danger is the rise of extremism..wahabbism and salafism -malaysiakini

Anonymous said...

Husam buat pc bagitau dah jumpa telaga minyak bawah bandar Kota Bharu pulak dah...nak lantik con-setan tu lagi nak bat kajian....tahun 2006 dulu pun kata nak lantik, apa dah jadi consultant, con-setan?


Tak pe lah, boleh le siap highway poo kanan poo kiri tu bia dapat duit telaga minyak tu....minyak angin

belang said...

The constitution clearly spelled out that investment made by the government should be funded from the debt and only operational activities of the government will be covered by income from the economic activities of this country.

Due to this, what is the ROI for the government to built the highway in Kelantan? The state government for all the reason failed in all their projects including the basic infrastructures. Is there any big investment in Kelantan that the federal would able to reap the economic benefits of its existences? Is there any new strategic development recently proposed by state government i.e. free trade area that able to woo in manufacturing companies to start their business there? Remember, the Federal still have to service the debt although no probable income could be derived from the investment.

In short, the state government has to change, attaining efficient production of their resources. Government is not all about giving ceramah etc.

Anonymous said...

Shuk, your point does not jive with the federal gov contribution . Kelantan received among the highest . It is the state government that is incapable. Water issue, which is state matters not being addressed. Those lebais have no clue on how to run the state, attract foreign investment or funds. They only know how to collect donation funds in tin milo to build 1.9b highway. Thats real nuts and bangang!

anom k said...

Poo situ, poo sini
Tipu situ,kelentong sini
Guna agama, undi mari
Dari dulu,hingga kini
Org dungu,sakit hati
Jgn peduli, biaq pi
Negara aman,meka pun tumpang sekaki

Anonymous said...

"The project is ongoing albeit on a slow moderate pace..."


Wat kind og lousy dumby gomen is this? Wanna build big project but dunno how to schedule, admin, manage it!

Small wonders so many of their so called project that project this were abandoned or never kicked off after batu asas.

Just like the fella shuk describe, its the pas pis pus...you are spot on shuk sendiri.

Shuk said...

Come to Kelantan,I ll show you what kind of tin Milo are we.........

Anonymous said...

Tin sadin shuk, tin sadin. Bukan tin milo. Tin milo is too high a standard for you. Show what? Tibai bini tua empat puluh kali sebulan, kalau bini tua tak kasi bantai dia sampai lebam, lepas tu pi cari bini muda. kalau cakap lebih cerai saja pakai sms. highway wakaf pun tak jadi, sbb 'kerajaan style kampong?' air jernih tak ada, air lumpur banyak ada. rezeki kelate datang dari gerai tomyam di kuala lumpur. niaga bas ekspres KL-KB boleh maju sampai listing di Bursa. Sbb begitu ramai budak kelate cari ulang alik dari KL cari rezeki BN. Skrg bas ekspres KB - Melaka pun maju, ramai sekali budak kelate kerja waiter, kerja supermarket di Melaka, kerajaan BN juga. Apa yg ada di kelate? Melayu pun tak ada. konon melayu tapi melayu sie. bukan original pun.

anom k said...

Shuk u r entitled to ur opinion.Tis is democracy-they'll b ppl like u. So long as ppl like u r in d minority - we dont really care. U can continue to dream of heaven on earth whch u may hv found in Ktan.

Anonymous said...

i am surprise that PAS can think 'out of the box', come to new way of financing infra construction but when money in the BOX, dont know where the money goes to!!!(not v islamic)?? now the hiway did not take off

Anonymous said...

Anom 9.40
Correct..Correct..Correct.

shuk said...

anom 9 40....i dont have time to argue with an emotional freak like you....you are too dunggu for me

Anonymous said...

Shuk 5:44,

Sure u dun hv time 2argue man...ur services r needed 24 hrs a day day in Kltan, to help mr husam build the hiway man. Now go get a changkul, and start changkuling now, stop wasting ur dunggu time here blogging...

Hehe dun angry2 5:44, freedom of sepeach wat

Anonymous said...

Shuk, kalau kita dah 20 tahun jadi bodoh, apa salahnya jadi bodoh for another 20 years kan. Sibuk betul la depa org ni.

tsyhll said...

Nowadays there's lots of this so called arabic branding for lots of products. We have islamic highway, islamic goat milk cappucino 3 in 1, islamic cuka kurma, islamic tongkat ali, islamic prepaid phone card and bla2.

You could literally make a good business nowadays just by applying arabic name to your product like islamic underwear, islamic car, islamic motorcycle, islamic tudung, islamic kopiah, islamic mineral water etc. It will add that extra value of blessings and pahala.