PETALING JAYA: Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan (pic) has challenged Lim Guan Eng to sue him for defamation after the Penang Chief Minister claimed that he “chickened out” of his debate challenge.

The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister alleged that Lim was talking like an “uncivilised street hustler” rather than observing the decorum of a chief minister.

“If you think what I exposed about you was a bluff, just sue me for defamation. I will gladly see you in court!

“As a street hustler, you cleverly used my deference to the office of the IGP and MACC as a sign of a cowardice,” Abdul Rahman, who is also Kota Belud MP, said in a series of tweets on Sunday.

This followed after the Penang Chief Minister claimed Abdul Rahman should admit that he failed miserably to live up to expectations of a minister after “chickening out” of his own debate challenge with Lim.

The duo were due to debate live on the Taman Manggis land issue last week but an advisory panel of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Inspector-General of Police had asked for the debate to be cancelled.

Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/04/24/sue-me-rahman-dahlan-challenges-guan-eng/

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Childish. Best description of Bersih's joke on wrong address. -->> https://t.co/gFfZjCN9Sp

Childish. That's at best to describe Bersih's attitude when it comes to its reluctance to pay the clean up bill and their subsequent mocking about the wrong address for service.

Bersih insisted they would clean up their mess before leaving the venue of demonstration. That's a lie. I have photos showing Bersih's heaps of rubbish and the clean up job done by Alam Flora's personnel.

Not only Bersih failed to clean up after their mess, they also failed to prevent their supporters from urinating everywhere, showing their disregard for public cleanliness and decency. I had to instruct Alam Flora to double up their effort to clean up the urine stench to avoid ruining the comfort of Malaysians who went to Merdeka parade the next day.

To add to their childish and imbecilic antic, Bersih now made fun of the wrong address incident when my officer tried to deliver the clean up bill.

The address of Bersih 2.0 as stated in the official Facebook is 13, Lorong 4/48e, Petaling Jaya.

My officers went to the right location, but unfortunately since Bersih 2.0 did not put up any signage indicating which house was their office, my officers mistakenly took the house which was immediately next to Bersih 2.0 office as the address (refer to the attached photo).

The mistake could have happened to anyone. It was an honest and simple mistake and my officer had explained the error in his twitter account on the day it happened. The wrong house is not on different road or other part of Petaling Jaya. It is the house immediately to the right of Bersih's office.

After realizing the mistake, my officers went again and this time they went to the correct house. To their dismay, even the correct house looked deserted! No one was around to receive the bill.

Rest assured that I won't be intimated by Bersih 2.0's antic and jokes. The clean up bill must and will be delivered to them. And they must pay up especially when Maria Chin said they collected RM2.4 million of public money to help organize and manage the illegal demonstration. I am very sure the RM65,000 bill won't cause a dent to Bersih's massive and millions of funding and their continued refusal to pay only shows they have taken the donors for a ride.

So what's next then?

If Bersih refuses to pay, next time Bersih holds another illegal demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, perhaps I should dump the rubbish in front of their office. That time, I can guarantee Bersih that I will send the rubbish to the correct address!

Source: https://www.facebook.com/rahmandahlan.my/posts/718389918292621

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 25, 2015:

The Edge media group was slammed over its past reports revolving around 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

“It is unbecoming for The Edge as a leading business newspaper to be involved in excessive speculation on 1MDB issue on a daily basis!

“The Edge has gone beyond the limit of professional conduct by heavily speculating on mere rumours on 1MDB and made them the front headlines,” Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan tweeted.

The Sabahan lawmaker had become the latest politician to take the business publication to task after Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo was arrested by Thai authorities for alleged extortion and blackmail activities.
In the days following the former PetroSaudi executive’s arrest, it had been revealed confidential documents had been stolen and tampered before being sold to unscrupulous individuals.

These tampered documents, according to UK-based cyber security firm PGI, were used by the Sarawak Report in their postings which cast aspersions on former Sarawak Chief Minister, 1MDB and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Abdul Rahman wondered why The Edge was “so obsessed” with 1MDB, especially with quoting the Sarawak Report.

“Am I missing something?” he tweeted, labelling the publication’s actions as “unscrupulous and unethical” in spreading rumours and speculations on the matter.

The Kota Belud Member of Parliament also hit out at The Star for their coverage of Justo’s arrest, saying given the relentless and incessant attacks on 1MDB, the least the English daily could do was to balance that with a headline on Justo today.

Yesterday, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said media magnate Datuk Tong Kooi Ong of the Edge Media group should take responsibility for publishing incorrect news.

The Rakyat Post

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