Switzerland beku aset Mubarak

Switzerland sudah membekukan aset yang menjadi milik Hosni Mubarak yang semalam meletakkan jawatan sebagai Presiden Mesir selepas 30 tahun memerintah Mesir, kata Kementerian Luar Switzerland, hari ini.

"Saya boleh mengesahkan bahawa Switzerland sudah membekukan harta yang menjadi milik bekas presiden itu berkuatkuasa serta-merta," kata jurucakap kementerian itu, Lars Knuchel sebaik Mubarak mengumumkan pengundurannya bagi mengakhiri tunjuk perasaan besar-besaran rakyat selama 18 hari.

"Berikutan tindakan ini, setiap aset akan dibekukan selama tiga tahun," katanya.Beliau bagaimanapun tidak menyatakan jumlah wang yang terbabit atau di mana ia disimpan.

Aset yang dimiliki pemimpin yang menyokong Mubarak juga dibekukan iaitu dilarang daripada dijual atau dilupuskan sebarang hartanah atau aset kekal lain.

Malaysiakini

Jihad Islam: Rakyat Mesir Harus Lawan "Firaun" Mubarak

Seorang anggota pendiri gerakan Jihad Islam Mesir telah mendesak pengunjuk rasa untuk terus berjuang melawan Firaun (Mubarak) dan parti busuknya.

"Tanda-tanda kemenangan telah muncul di kejauhan, jadi kita harus melanjutkan perjalanan untuk mencabut Firaun dan pendukungnya," kata Sarwat Salah Shehata.

"Dan hal itu harus dilakukan untuk membersihkan Mesir kita yang berharga dari kotoran mereka setelah mereka bertahun-tahun duduk di atas di kemiskinan kita, penghinaan, malu, darurat ... penjara, penyiksaan, dan kelaparan," tambahnya.

Dia juga meminta personel tentara Mesir untuk bersandar kepada harapan bangsa dan untuk berbaris di samping rakyat, mengatakan bahwa tanda-tanda kemenangan telah muncul untuk revolusi.

Para pengunjuk rasa bersikeras menentang jam malam dan menginap di Tahrir Square menjelang demonstrasi besar yang mereka sebut sebagai "Jumat Keberangkatan" untuk menandai seminggu demo berdarah pada Jumat pekan lalu.

Para demonstran telah bersumpah untuk tetap berdiri teguh meskipun bentrokan mematikan yang menewaskan beberapa orang dan sedikitnya 1.500 orang lain terluka di Kairo pada hari Rabu dan dini hari Kamis kemarin.

Menurut PBB, setidaknya 300 orang sejauh ini telah tewas dan ribuan lainnya terluka dalam aksi protes nasional di Mesir yang bermasalah tersebut.(fq/prtv)

Ereamuslim.com

Sejuta Rakyat Mesir Akan Turun Ke Jalanan Usir Hosni Mubarak

CAIRO – A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak, the clearest sign yet that a unified leadership was emerging for Egypt's powerful but disparate protest movement. In an apparent attempt to show change, Mubarak named a new government Monday. But the lineup dominated by regime stalwarts was greeted with scorn by protesters camped out for the fourth day in the capital's central Tahrir, of Liberation, Square.

"We don't want life to go back to normal until Mubarak leaves," Israa Abdel-Fattah, a founder of the April 6 Group, a movement of young people pushing for democratic reform. If Egypt's opposition groups are able to truly coalesce — far from a certainty for movements that include students, online activists, old-school opposition politicians and the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood — it could sustain and amplify the momentum of the week-old protests.

A unified front could also provide a focal point for American and other world leaders who are issuing demands for an orderly transition to a democratic system, saying Mubarak's limited concessions are insufficient. Banks, schools and the stock market in Cairo were shut for the second working day. Long lines formed outside bakeries as people tried to replenish their stores of bread, the main source of sustenance for most Egyptians.

Barbed wire sealed off the main road to Tahrir Square but thousands of people gathered. Cairo's international airport was a scene of chaos and confusion as thousands of foreigners sought to flee the unrest in Egypt and countries around the world scrambled to send in planes to fly their citizens out.

Reuters/Yannis Behrakis

The official death toll from the crisis stood at 97, with thousands injured, but reports from witnesses across the country indicated the actual toll was far higher. The White House said President Barack Obama called Britain, Turkey, Israel and Saudi Arabia over the weekend in the U.S. to convey his administration's desire for restraint and an orderly transition to a more responsive government. European Union foreign ministers urged a peaceful transition to democracy and warned against a takeover by religious militants.

In Cairo, the coalition of groups, dominated by youth movements but including the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, were discussing the possibility of making prominent reform advocate Mohamed ElBaradei spokesman for the protesters, members said. Spokesmen for several of the groups said some 30 to 40 representatives were meeting to discuss the future of Egypt after Mubarak, whom they blame for widespread poverty, inflation and official indifference and brutality during his 30 years in power.

They said the coalition wants the march from Tahrir Square to force Mubarak, 82, to step down by Friday.

The Muslim Brotherhood, which wants to form an Islamist state in the Arab world's largest nation, said it would not take a leadership role in the opposition coalition. Western governments and many secular Egyptians have expressed fears about a significant Brotherhood role in Egyptian politics. "We don't want to harm this revolution," Mohamed Mahdi Akef, a former leader of the group, said.

ElBaradei, a pro-democracy advocate and former head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, invigorated anti-Mubarak feeling with his return to Egypt last year, but the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood remains Egypt's largest opposition movement. Its support base comes in large part from its elaborate network of social, medical and education services. It made a suprisingly strong showing in parliamentary elections in 2005, winning 20 percent of the legislature's seats, but it failed to win a single seat in elections held late last year and are widely throught to have been rigged in favor of Mubarak's ruling party.

Mubarak, a former air force commander in office since 1981, is known to have zero tolerance for Islamists in politics, whether they are militants or moderates, and it remains highly unlikely that he would allow his government to engage in any dialogue with the Brotherhood. Rashad al-Bayoumi, the Brotherhood's deputy leader, said that, "What we hope to reach in today's meeting is formulating a united strategy to remove Mubarak ... "What we have here is the Egyptian people's biggest chance to affect regime change."

Al-Bayoumi told The Associated Press that a joint committee would issue demands that, besides Mubarak's ouster, include the release of political prisoners, setting up a transitional government to run the country until free and fair elections are held and prosecuting individuals thought to be responsible for the killing of protesters. A leading Muslim Brotherhood official, Saad el-Katatni, told The Associated Press that "we didn't deputize anybody because we don't want anybody to be solely in charge," but if the coalition agrees on naming ElBaradei, "this is fine."

The meeting of opposition groups excluded the legal opposition parties that had been allowed to operate under Mubarak, said Abouel Elaa Maadi, a representative of al-Wasat, a moderate breakaway faction of the Muslim Brotherhood. Meanwhile, Mubarak swore in a new Cabinet whose most significant change was the replacement of the interior minister, Habib el-Adly, who heads internal security forces and is widely despised by protesters for the brutality some officers have shown. A retired police general, Mahmoud Wagdi, will replace him.

The new line-up of Cabinet ministers announced on state television included stalwarts of Mubarak's regime but purged several of the prominent businessmen who held economic posts and have engineered the country's economic liberalization policies the past decades. Many Egyptians resented to influence of millionaire politician-moguls, who were close allies of the president's son, Gamal Mubarak, long thought to be the heir apparent. In the new Cabinet, Mubarak retained his long-serving defense minister, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.

The longest-serving Cabinet minister, Culture Minister Farouq Hosni, was replaced by Gaber Asfour, a widely respected literary figure. Egypt's most famous archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, was named state minister for antiquities, a new post. State newspapers on Monday published a sternly worded letter from Mubarak to his new prime minister, Shafiq, ordering him to move swiftly to introduce political, legislative and constitutional reforms. Mostafa el-Naggar, a member of the ELBaradei-backing Association for Change, said he recognized no decision Mubarak took after Jan. 25, the first day of Egyptian protests emboldened by Tunisians' expulsion of their longtime president earlier in the month.

"This is a failed attempt," said el-Naggar. "He is done with." The coalition also called for a general strike Monday, although much of Cairo remained shut down anyway, with government officers and private businesses closed. Police and garbage collectors appeared on the streets of Cairo and subway stations reopened after soldiers and neighborhood watch groups armed with clubs and machetes kept the peace in many districts overnight.

One group fended off a band of robbers who tried to break in and steal antiquities from the warehouse of the famed Karnak Temple on the east bank of the Nile in the ancient southern city of Luxor. The locals clashed with the attackers who arrived at the temple carrying guns and knives in two cars around 3 a.m, and arrested five of them, said neighborhood protection committee member Ezz el-Shafei. The locals handed the five men to the army, which has posted a handful of soldiers at the vast temple's entrance. In Cairo, soldiers detained about 50 men trying to break into the Egyptian National Museum in a fresh attempt to loot some of the country's archaeological treasures, the military said.

Mohamadazhan HjDesa:

Pelajar mahu kerajaan bawa keluar dari Mesir

KUALA LUMPUR, 31 Jan: Seramai 11,319 pelajar Malaysia yang sedang melanjutkan pelajaran di Mesir mahu kerajaan segera membawa mereka keluar dari negara itu ekoran suasana tidak selamat akibat demonstrasi besar-besaran sejak Selasa lepas.

Difahamkan, keadaan huru-hara hampir semua tempat berlaku ekoran rusuhan melibatkan pertempuran rakyat negara itu dengan pihak polis dan tentera.

Lebih menyulitkan keadaan, apabila semua jaringan komunikasi diputuskan termasuk internet dan menyebabkan rakyat negara itu terputus hubungan bukan sahaja di kalangan mereka malah dengan negara luar.

Keadaan itu juga mengakibatkan status pelajar Malaysia di negara itu sukar dipastikan biarpun kerajaan Malaysia mendakwa kesemua mereka kini selamat.

Kebimbangan tersebut juga turut dirasai ibu bapa dan ahli keluarga yang sedang menanti khabar dari negara yang sedang bergolak itu.

Lebih membimbangkan mereka, ekoran terdapat dakwaan seorang pelajar Malaysia di Iskandariah menjadi mangsa rogol selepas tempat tinggal mereka dipecah masuk perompak.

Namun sehingga kini belum ada pihak yang boleh membuat pengesahan tepat berhubung dakwaan tersebut.

Bagi sekumpulan pelajar yang masih boleh menembusi Internet khususnya mereka yang telah berada di Lapangan Terbang Kaherah setakat ini, beberapa perkembangan terbaru turut dimaklumkan.

Perkembangan semasa keadaan mereka di Mesir boleh diikuti melalui laman blog http://krisismesirnasibrakyatkita.blogspot.com dan laman Facebook Selamatkan pelajar dan rakyat Malaysia di Mesir.

Mereka memaklumkan berada dalam keadaan ketakutan lebih-lebih lagi 6 ribu banduan dilaporkan telah terlepas dari penjara.

Selain rusuhan, jenayah rompakan turut berlaku ekoran hampir keseluruhan kemudahan negara itu kini lumpuh dan mengakibatkan krisis tempat tinggal dan makanan.

Di Mansurah, mereka mendakwa akan berlaku rusuhan besar jam 11 pagi Mesir iaitu jam 5 petang di Malaysia dan kawasan itu kini telah diisytihar 'kod oren'.

Balai polis di sana pula difahamkan telah dikuasai orang jahat yang telah merampas dan senjata dan pakaian polis dan sekarang menyamar sebagai anggota polis.

Namun mengikut maklumat mereka, tiada sebarang insiden membabitkan pelajar Malaysia di Mansurah, namun seorang pelajar Indonesia didakwa telah ditembak.

Di Tanta pula, penduduk dikenakan catuan bekalan air dan elektrik.

Turut difahamkan, seorang pelajar Malaysia terkena tembakan di kaki akibat peluru sesat, namun tiada sebarang pengesahan dari pihak berkuasa Malaysia setakat ini.

Berbeza di Kaherah, suasana kini dilaporkan semakin pulih selepas pihak tentera mengambil alih.

Lapangan terbang juga kini dilaporkan mula dibuka selepas dikatakan ditutup semalam namun berdepan beberapa masalah lain.

Suasana sama turut berlaku di Alexandria di mana keadaan semakin dan bertambah baik untuk pelajar Malaysia.

Namun mereka kini berdepan kenaikan harga barang, ekoran banyak kedai ditutup.

Sejak Selasa lepas beberapa demonstrasi jalanan dilaporkan di bandar-bandar besar Mesir termasuk di Kaherah, Dumyat, Suez, Tanta, Iskandariah dan Mansura bagi mendesak Presiden Hosni Mubarak meletakkan jawatan.

Masyarakat Arab hari ini trut memberi amaran sekiranya Husni Mubarak tidak meletak jawatan dalam tempoh empat hari dari hari ini, mereka akan melancarakan peperangan (civil war).

Sehubungan itu, mereka menasihatkan agar rakyat asing termasuk pelajar malaysia meninggalkan mesir dalam tempoh tersebut.

Daripada 11,319 pelajar Malaysia di negara itu, 6,135 orang sedang mengikuti pengajian Islam dan selebihnya dalam bidang perubatan.

Menangani krisis ini, Jabatan Penuntut Malaysia (JPM) Mesir bekerjasama rapat dengan Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di Kaherah (KBMK) untuk mengaktifkan pasukan teras bagi menangani sebarang kemungkinan risiko keselamatan, dan sebuah bilik operasi krisis dibuka sejak Rabu lepas di kedutaan.

JPM Mesir akan menyediakan nasihat keselamatan yang bersesuaian dengan situasi dan masa untuk dimaklumkan kepada mahasiswa serta pegawai Hal Ehwal Pelajar negeri-negeri.

Berikut antara laporan dari kedua-dua sumber tersebut:

1- "Assalaamu'alaikum..azizi, tadi baru dpt call seorang kakak thn 4, dia kata skg mmg 24 hrs xblh keluar rumah. Kalau nk beli brg2 or mknn kene mintak tlg ikhwah/mushrif yg telah ditetapkan utk setiap rumah belikan and mana2 akhawat yg duk sorg2 kene pegi duk rumah org lain. And pasal banduan and rompakan tu, polis pesan kat diorg supaya xbnyk guna lighting sgt.supaya nmpk mcm rumah tu xde org.sbb polis suspek perompak akan target rumah student malaysia."

Reported by: Teem Fauzi, Semester 6 MMPME Mansoura University..

2- Berita terbaru..

"Ada beberapa org pelajar perubatan dari Iskandariah berjaya sampai dengan selamat ke airport Cairo (kaherah).. Keadaan kat airport Cairo terlalu sibuk, penuh dengan penumpang yang ingin meninggalkan mesir dengan segera..

"Pelajar melaporkan bahawa untuk sampai ke Airport Cairo dengan selamat, jangan gunakan jalan utama, gunakan jalan alternatif, jalan dalam (pada hemat dan pengalaman saya, mungkin jalan dari highway suez, jalan tu mmg sunyi dan tak ramai org kita tahu jalan tu boleh hubungkan ke Airport Cairo dari pintu belakang (terminal 3)..

Sumber: Yaacob Hassan Ghani melalui adik beliau mahasiswi perubatan Iskandariah, Akmal Aziz (Mansurah)

3- Maaf kerana lambat update, ada masalah sedikit..

Dapat update dari kawan2 kat airport, mereka semua terkandas, semua airlines delayed and refuse utk terbang buat masa ini. Difahamkan juga bahawa saya adalah trip terakhir pelajar malaysia yang berjaya klua dari mesir, ketika keadaan masih aman.. sama2 kita mendoakan agar airport kembali pulih dan berfungsi, agar semua rakyat kita dapat pulang ke tanah air

Sumber: Tengku Afiq Silahudeen (MMPME sem6, terkandas di airport), dilaporkan oleh Azizi Al Fahri

4- Laporan dari Lapangan Tebang Kaherah:

Semua fligh ke luar mesir telah dibatalkan, semua flight masuk ke mesir tidak dapat dipastikan, harga ticket melambung sehingga 7 kali ganda, huru hara kat airport, dibanjiri manusia, dalam masa 24 jam, sekiranya tidak ada perubahan terhadap jadual penerbangan, pelajar malaysia yg berada di airport akan bergerak pulang ke negeri masing2..

sumber: Tg Afiq Silahudeen, dilaporkan oleh: Azizi Al Fahri

harakahdaily

Anwar : Bawa Balik Rakyat Malaysia Di Mesir Segera

KUALA LUMPUR 31 JAN : Kerajaan Malaysia digesa untuk merencana membawa balik rakyatnya di Mesir yang kini terdedah kepada situasi merbahaya ekoran protes besar-besaran di negara itu, kata Ketua Umum Parti Keadilan Rakyat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

"Perkembangan ini sewajarnya menyedarkan Kerajaan Malaysia bahawa mereka perlu segera merencana kepulangan rakyat kita dari Mesir.

Adalah tidak munasabah membiarkan rakyat kita terdedah kepada bahaya dan tersepit di celah-celah keributan menuntut Perubahan. Saya menggesa kerajaan segera membawa pulang rakyat kita di sana. Jangan tunggu sehingga nasi menjadi bubur," tegas Anwar dalam satu kenyataan.

Anwar berkata lagi ketegangan di Mesir tidak akan mengendur dalam beberapa ketika ini. Protes menuntut Perubahan disertai puluhan jika tidak ratusan ribu rakyat setiap hari di beberapa kota utama negara tersebut.

Keadaan semakin tidak menentu, keselamatan orang awam tidak lagi terjamin. Lebih membimbangkan adanya laporan bahawa wujudnya kumpulang samseng yang melakukan jenayah sewenang-wenangnya.

"Saya difahamkan rakyat Malaysia yang kini tinggal di Mesir hampir mencecah 11 ribu orang, 10,328 dari jumlah tersebut merupakan pelajar yang mendaftar dengan kedutaan Malaysia di sana. Saya khuatir kedutaan kita menghadapi kesukaran untuk mengawasi serta menjamin keselamatan para pelajar dan rakyat Malaysia," katanya.

Tambah Anwar lagi,beberapa hari ini regim Hosni Mubarak telah mengambil tindakan untuk merencat penggunaan internet terutamanya jaringan media sosial seumpama Facebook dan Twitter. Malah, perkhidmatan telefon mudah alih juga sukar diperolehi.

"Adalah mustahil buat kedutaan Malaysia mengawasi serta menjamin keselamatan seluruh rakyat kita di sana kerana sistem telekomunikasi sudah lumpuh dan tidak lagi berkesan," ujar Anwar lagi.

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