Arkib Utusan Malaysia ARKIB : 02/10/2004 SESEORANG anggota tentera yang pernah bertempur dengan komunis pastinya tidak melupakan detik tersebut. Ketika itu, nyawa menjadi pertaruhan demi kedaulatan tanah air tercinta. Perumpamaan `biar putih tulang, jangan putih mata' menjadi azimat setiap anggota tentera. Perjuangan menentang komunis juga menjadi kenangan cukup bermakna buat Kapten (B) Shahruddin Omar, 45, semasa berkhidmat dalam tentera. Baginya, bertempur dengan komunis memberikan kepuasan kepada diri beliau. ``Saya merasa puas apabila dapat bertempur dengan komunis. ``Cita-cita saya adalah ingin mati dalam askar. Saya mahu dikenang sebagai seorang perwira yang gugur di medan peperangan kerana mempertahankan negara,'' katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di pejabatnya di Banting, Selangor baru-baru ini. Menceritakan pengalamannya berkhidmat di dalam tentera, Shahruddin memberitahu, beliau pernah terlibat dalam beberapa pertempuran dengan komunis. Antara operasi ketenter...
MP SPEAKS | Contrary to popular belief, three-cornered fights between BN, Pakatan Harapan and PAS in the coming general election may affect BN more negatively than anyone else. PAS may even suffer a worse fate. The outcome of the next general election will be stark. It is either another 10 years of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's kleptocratic rule or a fresh start with a new Pakatan Harapan. When the 2013 general election concluded, Najib knew that he would not win if it were a direct fight between BN and Pakatan Rakyat, and a fight between Najib and PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim. Therefore, Najib had tried to reshape the scene so that he could win by default through a) Removing Anwar Ibrahim as the common leader for the opposition coalition; b) Luring PAS into Umno-BN’s fold; c) Painting the opposition as DAP-led and with only Chinese supporters. But what Najib did not realise that he himself was and still is the source of the problem. Najib and the 1MDB scandal have caused...