At least 41 websites hacked, no data compromised

At least 41 government websites were hacked into overnight but no personal or financial data were compromised, officials said today, as the South-East Asian nation becomes the latest target of a cyber-war waged by the activists. In the attacks, 51 websites were hit and at least 41 of these sites were disrupted, industry regulator Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said. The attacks, which began shortly before midnight yesterday, follow a warning by Internet vigilante group Anonymous, which said it would attack the government's official portal to punish it for censoring WikiLeaks, the website that aims to expose governments and corporations by leaking secret documents.

‘Form commission to oversee scholarships’

KUALA LUMPUR: Over 200 non-governmental organisations (NGO) have urged the government to set up a special commission to handle scholarships.Speaking on behalf of the NGOs, National Anti-Interlok Team (NIAT) council member A Rajaretnam said the government must form an independent commission to examine the scholarship issue.Over the years, the Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships have courted controversy due to top-scoring non-Malay students being overlooked.

Despite the government trying to find a solution by awarding 500 additional 1Malaysia Development Board (1MDB) scholarships, the issue is still far from being resolved.Rajaretnam said that every year thousands of scholarships are given by PSD, foreign countries, government-linked companies and corporate entities.
"As far I know, there are about 20,000 scholarships every year, but nobody knows where these scholarships have gone,” he added.

Use ‘Interlok’ as model for history textbooks, says historian

PETALING JAYA, June 8 — The controversial “Interlok” novel should be used as a model for history textbooks as it’s is quite “inclusive” in its narrative and depiction of non-Malays, a historian has suggested. Professor Anthony Milner, currently with the International Studies department of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), said that despite complaints against the Malay novel, he felt that the author of the book national laureate Datuk Abdullah Hussain attempted to provide an idea of the lives of the Chinese and Indian community and their relationship with the Malay community.

“I only had a chance to read ‘Interlok’ in English, so I would not know if the Malay version of it gave it a different meaning... (but) the actual story was wonderfully inclusive compared to the history curriculum.“The novel was sympathetic towards Malays, Chinese and Indians, in fact the novel was only unsympathetic towards the British,” he said during a forum organised by the Kairos Research Group here last night.

Of human bondage

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. - Frederick Douglass

NEW An estate in Hulu Selangor is caught in a time warp: it has not moved beyond the 19th century and life there is an unremitting cycle of misery, poverty, despair. The estate folk lived and worked like slaves for a company whose master is known for his fabulous wealth. The children's future is indeed bleak. They are malnourished and sick and have no or little hope of ever getting a decent education. While normal children elsewhere laugh and play games and enjoy their innocent childhood, the same children of God in the estate live their days in pain and despondency. The little ones and their equally famished parents have nowhere to go for help because the people who lord over them made sure the outside world does not have any inkling of the deplorable condition that exists behind the green cover. But the tycoon and all his minions have forgotten that this is the 21st century and there is no way slavery can escape the scrutiny of the ever vigilant online press.

DBKL ‘vandals’ damage estate property

PETALING JAYA: The residents of Bukit Jalil estate claimed another “official vandalism” took place yesterday when nearly 30 Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officers tore their banners. It all took place in the presence of nearly 20 police officers.The estate action committee treasurer K Balakrishnan said that DBKL officers arrived at the estate at about 10am and started tearing down their banners placed at the estate entrance.“When I enquired one of officers, known as Abdullah, he told me that he was instructed by the minister to do so,” said Balakrishnan. The estate comes under the jurisdiction of the Federal Territories and Urban Well-Being Ministry.

The Indian vote and where will it go in GE-13

Written by P Dinesh, Malaysia Chronicle


The Indian Vote, for decades, has belonged to the MIC. Not to be mistaken with the urban Indian vote, of course, which would not touch the MIC with a ten foot pole.The urban Indian voter has little respect for the MIC and generally considers them to be a collection of bandits out for themselves. There is also peer pressure. Announce to your friends that you have joined the MIC, and you will be greeted with disbelief, derision and laughter. You will also become the butt of joke everytime that politics comes up during your teh-tarik session. And nowadays, politics is always part of the discussion. Where Samy Velu was feared by his MIC syncophants and some of the poor, he was treated as a clown by the urban Indian voter. Palanivel fares no better, he has been dismissed as a silent fool.

The MIC knows it; they waste no time on the urban Indian voter. They are, in any event, a minority. The MIC focuses on the estates and the rural poor. There they have the upper hand. The less educated Indian voters, with no access to information, and who live from hand-to-mouth are the MIC’s target. They are easier to convince, to frighten and too often, to outright buy during elections. And so the MIC survived, delivering the Indian vote to Barisan at every election, and reaping the benefits, mostly for themselves.

TNB chiefs see surge in salary

PETALING JAYA: Wages have increased dramatically for national power company Tenaga Nasional Bhd's (TNB) bosses, according to its 2010 Annual Report.By August 2010, its executive director Che Khalib Mohamad Noh received an annual basic salary of RM1.2 million, double the amount he was given in 2009.
Throw in EPF contributions, a RM302,500 bonus and other allowances, his 2010 wage would come to RM1,806,664.The report said: "During financial year 2009/2010, Che Khalib also received RM400,000 and RM600,000 in respect of arrears for new salary and special ex-gratia, approved by MoF (the Ministry of Finance) and TNB's board of directors."

TNB's second executive director Azwan Mohd, who was appointed on April 15, 2010, received a total remuneration of RM755,320.22, including a basic salary of RM457,440.The power company also saw slight wage increases for many of its non-executive directors.Former Sarawakian politican Leo Moggie received RM313,791.15 in 2010 compared with his 2009 wage of RM299,190.20.His colleague, Mohammad Zainal Shaari, took home RM134,056.95 this year compared with RM127,797.85 in 2009.Other non-executive directors, including Puteh Rukiah Abd Majid and Hari Narayanan Govindasamy, saw smaller wages in 2010.

Borrowings and liabilities

As a whole, the power company also enjoyed much larger revenues and a steady operating profit, according to a five-year group financial summary.In 2010, TNB Group gained RM30,320.1 million in revenue; nearly RM10 billion more than the 2006 numbers, and RM1.5 billion more than it got in 2009.It also received RM4,182.7 million in operating profits, second only to 2007's RM5,542.7 million.TNB Group also saw RM4,022.1 million in profit before taxation and zakat, more than double that of 2009 (RM1,543.1 million).

Its 2010 net profit attributable to company equity holders were also three times (RM3,201.9 million) higher than that of 2009 figures (RM917.9 million).TNB Group's total assets in 2010 increased to RM74,081.1 million, with a decrease (compared with 2009) of total borrowings and liabilities of RM21,263.6 million and RM45,266.6 million respectively.

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 







Source  : http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/06/02/tnb-chiefs-see-surge-in-salary/