Wajah bekas MB Selangor, Tan Sri Datuk Dr Abu Hassan Omar dan pengasas KFC Colonel Sander, serupa tapi tak sama

Colonel Harald Sanders, pengasas Kentucky Fried Chicken, franchise makanan segera K.F.C yang amat popular di dunia.


Wajah Colonel Sanders kini diabadikan dalam produk jenama KFC dan ada produk Colonel Burgers.


Ini pula wajah Tan Sri Datuk Dr Abu Hassan Omar, yang pernah menjadi Menteri Besar Selangor pada 1997 hingga 2000. Beliau juga pernah menjadi Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna Malaysia.


Hmmmmmmm............. Sama tapi tak serupa.

Itu yang boleh kita rumuskan mengenai wajah bekas Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Datuk Dr Abu Hassan Omar dan pengasas Kentucky Fried Chicken, Colonel Harland Sanders.

Kedua duanya berambut putih, susuk tubuh agak sama dan yang paling pentingnya wajah mereka seiras....

Hmmmm.. Adakah Datuk Abu Hassan juga meminati resepi KFC??

Controversies over the raid on the Methodist Church in Selangor, Malaysia

Malaysia is a multi religious country with 28.3 million population.

Islam is the official religion in Malaysia where majority of the populations are Moslems.

Issues pertaining to race and religions are still sensitive in Malaysia even after more than 5 decades of independent and even tough the government introduces many programmes to enhance peace, harmony and unity among the multi ethnic populations.

Therefore when an Islamic religious body conducted a raid on a church in Selangor, Malaysia on the night of Wednesday the 3rd of August 2011, that event surely attracted attention and controversies as well.

Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) enforcement officers raided the “1 Malaysia Muhibbah Fundraising Dinner” at the Damansara Utama Methodist Church, reportedly without a warrant after receiving an unspecified complaint, bringing with them a team of policemen.

Between 100 and 120 people, including several Muslims, attended the non-religious event to celebrate an NGO called Harapan Komuniti’s success in helping women, children, HIV/AIDS sufferers and victims of natural disasters.



Immediately after, Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim called on Jais to furnish the state government with a full report on the purpose of the raid while giving an assurance that the state government fully respects freedom of religion and rights of religious groups.

But state executive councillor Datuk Hasan Ali defended Jais’s actions, alleging that the words “Quran” and “pray” were used in the presence of the 12 Muslims at the dinner, claiming that this was proof Christians had been proselytising to Muslims there.

In this latest case, the Selangor state government will seek the advice of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah to resolve the issue.

Tan Sri Khalid said action on Jais will be determined after he has presented a report detailing the incident to the Sultan.

He has also ordered a gag on the issue on all state exco members.

"As soon as Jais gives (me) the report, I will seek an audience with the Sultan to obtain the advice of His Royal Highness to resolve this issue and to ensure that similar incidents do not reoccur.

"Until a decision has been made and the issue resolved, all state exco members are prohibited from making any statements relating to this incident," Khalid said in a statement issued by his press secretariat Friday.

He also reiterated the state government's regret over the incident.

"We are convinced that the people of Selangor felt their rights were not defended.

"Good intention and purpose do not justify actions that fail to exhibit justice and wisdom when leading the community," said Khalid.

Meanwhile, Former Federal CID chief Tan Sri Zaman Khan has come to the defence of the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC), expressing “disheartenment” over the late-night raid carried out there this week by Selangor religious authorities together with the police.

Speaking in his capacity as Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) president, he stressed that the dinner raided on Wednesday 3rd August 2011 had been organised for a “good cause” — raising funds to support Harapan Komuniti, whose primary aim is to help Malaysians with HIV regardless of race or religion.

He added that the authorities should take precautionary steps and seek the co-operation from all parties involved in matters that could potentially compromise the integrity of Islam to avoid interracial and religious conflict.

Meanwhile, the Malaysian Bar has slammed the raid as “disrespectful” of the right to association, pointing out that there is no law against Muslims entering church premises.



The surprise raid on that church in Selangor, Malaysia happened barely 16 days after Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak met Pope Benedict XVI at the Pope's summer residence at the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome, on 18th July 2011.

The Pope is the ruler of both Vatican City State and Holy See.

The Holy See is the universal government of the Catholic Church.

As a result of the visit, Malaysia and Vatican agreed to establish diplomatic ties.

The visit by Najib is the second by a Malaysian leader to the Vatican. In 2002 then Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad met then Pope John Paul II.

Teoh Inquest: It’s not suicide, it's not homicide, Coroner says - The Star Online 5 Jan 2011

As reported by The Star Online on 5th January 2011 - the much awaited verdict of the Teo Beng Hock inquest to determine the cause of death.



Teoh, 30, political secretary to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on July 16 2009 on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia after he had given a statement at the office of the Selangor branch of the commission on the 14th floor of the same building.


Teoh Inquest: It’s not suicide, it's not homicide, Coroner says


KUALA LUMPUR 5th January 2011 : The death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock was not a suicide and it was not a homicide, Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas ruled on Wednesday, 5th January 2011.

It is, therefore, an open verdict.

"The neck injury and the suicide note are the crucial evidence.

"Two theories of cause of death were advanced - death by homicide and death by suidide," he said.

"The handwriting of the suicide note was only similar to the deceased's. I'm not qiualified to say it's a suicide note.

"I rule out death of the deceased by suicide as there are unsettled issues in the question of suicide," he said.

He then ruled out suicide as the cause of Teoh's death.

He also ruled out homicide, saying that the inquest had established that Teoh had sustained pre-fall injuries but there was no evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the injuries constributed to death.

He gave out the much-awaited verdict on Wednesday, 5th January 2011, as a huge crowd gathered inside and outside the second floor of the annex building of the court complex.

Teoh's family were in tears and refused to comment until they spoke to their counsel.

The situation was chaotic as pressmen jostled to take photos and get comments.

A large group of supporters held up banners outside court complex demanding a Commission of Inquiry.

The Attorney-general's office directed the inquest to be held since Teoh's death raised questions of whether it was suicide or homicide.

It was widely reported that he had died hours after being questioned by the commission on alleged misuse of Selangor government allocations.

The inquest, scheduled to be completed within a month, dragged on until Nov 4 last year.

Thirty-seven witnesses testified, including well-known Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand.


Dr Pornthip, who was invited by the Selangor government, raised controversy when she claimed that Teoh could have been murdered, leading to his body being exhumed for a second post-mortem.

However, when the court was expected to hear her expert view after the second autopsy, Pornthip caused further uproar when she alleged that she had been warned been threatened and warned not to attend the inquest.

Appearing in court again on Aug 18, she said the second post-mortem indicated that Teoh was not assaulted or tortured, but maintained that his death was not a suicide.

British forensics expert Professor Dr Peter Vanezis, engaged by the anti-corruption commission, testified that Teoh was not unconscious when he plunged to his death.

Dr Vanezis said the distribution of injuries indicated that Teoh was fully conscious and orientated at the time.

He also had testified that the second post-mortem, which was supervised by him, revealed that none of the injuries showed that he was killed by other means or thrown out of the window.

Source - The Star Online - January 5th, 2011