The Indian Muslim conundrum

The Indian Muslim conundrum

NO HOLDS BARRED

Monday, 14 May 2012

Do we Muslims have no shame? We do not know how to treat people the same way we demand that people treat us. We do not know how to respect the rights of others the way we demand that people respect our rights. And when Muslims offer Ambiga a beef burger, the rest of the Muslims keep quiet. They are not in the least outraged. Try offering Ibrahim Ali a hamburger and see what will happen. We will see May 13 Version 2 erupt in Malaysia.


NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Samy – who is also works minister – said that Anwar had even threatened the Hindus to accept the government’s stand in the 1998 Kg Rawa temple issue in Penang.

“He (Anwar) threatened the Hindus there to accept whatever he said, otherwise he said no temple bells will be sounded in Penang. This is what he is,” Samy asserted.


In March 27, 1998, there was a tense stand-off when Muslims emerged from Friday prayers in an adjacent mosque and marched in numbers to the Sri Raja Raja Madurai Veeran temple in Kampung Rawa.


Muslims in the area had complained that the temple – which was planned for expansion – rang their prayer bells too loudly and the antagonism resulted in a clash between hundreds of Hindus and Muslims.


Following this, four people were injured, other Hindu temples and Muslim mosques were attacked and nearly 200 rioters were arrested.

The dispute was later settled when the state government provided an alternative site for the temple in Jalan SP Chelliah. -- (Malaysiakini)

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When this matter first exploded back in 1998, I went to Pusat Islam to meet the Pengarah. I wanted to find out what the problem was and what I could do about it -- meaning, write something about the matter in the English section of Harakah, the PAS party organ.

I initially thought that this was a Malay-versus-Indian matter, meaning more racial than religious. The Pengarah told me that in the beginning the Malays were not involved. It was a conflict between the Indian Hindus and the Indian Muslims. After that, because the impression given was that the Hindus were cabaring (challenging) Islam, the Malays got dragged in.



The Pengarah then lamented that this is the trouble with the Indians. In India, the Muslims and Hindus fight, explained the Pengarah. Hence they have ‘imported’ their hatred into Malaysia and now they are dragging the Malays into this whereas the Malays for hundreds of years have never had any problems with those from the other religions, sighed the Pengarah.


I did not know whether the Pengarah was making a statement of fact or whether this was his prejudiced view about the Indians (although the partition of India and the 1 million deaths plus the many incidences since then can lie testimony to his statement). Nevertheless, I wrote my article and Harakah published it. A few Indian Muslims, however, were quite upset and felt that my article painted a most unfavourable picture of the Indian Muslims.


Then we had the anti-Guan Eng demonstration in front of the Komtar building soon after the 2008 general election, and the recent anti-anti-Lynas demonstration in Penang, and the beef burger incident in front of Ambiga’s home, and the funeral rites in front of Guan Eng’s house, and the many Perkasa incidences, and so on. And whom do we see there causing havoc? Yes, again, the Indian Muslims.


I have been the one person who gets very upset when readers post comments whacking Mamaks. Some of you are very unhappy that I have been deleting your comments for this ‘crime’. Whack the person if you want to, I always said, but don’t whack his race. I have many Indian Muslim friends and they are very nice people.


But it is becoming harder and harder for me to defend the Indian Muslims. The problem is, the act of a few is seen as the act of the entire race. Malaysia Today readers seem to have this view and they express this in their comments in a most racial manner.

I personally have had many unpleasant experiences with Indian Muslims. One chap in a mosque shouted at me when he asked me whether it was time to pray and I replied, “I think so.”

“You must be sure!” he shouted at me, with both his arms flinging in the air, and he continued to grumble until I walked away.

In another incident in the Grand Mosque in Mekah where the Ka’bah is, an Indian sitting behind me kicked me. When I turned to look at him he told me that he wanted to stretch his legs and he asked me to move. I got up and walked away.


While circumambulating the Ka’bah, the Indians appear to be the most misbehaved. They lock arms and shove aside those people in front of them. And if you were to tell them not to push they would scream at you at the top of their voices. I have seen this happen so many times (the Africans are equally guilty of this).

They are so quarrelsome and antagonistic. And whether it is in the Grand Mosque or in front of the Ka’bah they still act like this. Why in heaven’s name do they act like this?

Muslims do not seem to realise how selfish, inconsiderate and unreasonable they sometimes can be, whether Indians, Arabs, Malaysians or whatever. For example, there are only about 2.8 million Muslims in the UK. At only about 4% of the population that makes the Muslims a minority by far.



However, in spite of this, they demand that the rights of Muslims be ‘respected’. They buy over old churches and turn them into mosques or Islamic cultural centres. They have religious schools for Muslim children. During the month of Ramadhan, Quran recitals would be blasting away from the giant speakers they place outside their shops. They demand and are given Shariah courts. They demand that their women be allowed to wear purdahs and are given permission.


Muslims are free to preach Islam to all and sundry, Jews and Christians included. They can even stand on a soapbox in Hyde Park Corner to scream about Islam. They can publish the Quran in the English language and stand on the street corner to hand them out free to passers-by if they wish to do so.


Muslims are so proud when famous people like Cassius Clay or Cat Stevens converts to Islam. They will shout about it from the highest mountain. They will also use this as ‘evidence’ that Islam is the true religion and will preach Islam to the non-Muslims to try to get more non-Muslims, especially famous Christians, to become Muslims.


However, if Christians preach Christianity to the Muslims they will scream and threaten to kill those Christian ‘enemies’. They will also arrest any Muslim who converts to Christianity and send them for rehabilitation (meaning brainwashing) so that they ‘return’ to Islam.



Furthermore, if Christians print the Bible in Bahasa Malaysia the Muslims will protest like hell. If Christians build a church the Muslims will protest like hell. And so on. Only Muslims have rights and they will demand these rights even if they are only 4% of the population. Others do not have rights and Muslims will never allow the other religions the same rights that they demand.




Muslims think that only they have rights and all others do not have rights. When the Muslims are the majority they will deny the non-Muslims their rights. This is banned. That is banned. This cannot. That cannot. If you talk I will attack you. If you cabar I will kill you. Then, when the Muslims live in a non-Muslim country where the Muslims are a mere 4% or less of the population, they will demand all sorts of rights and the non-Muslims would, of course, give in to the demands of the Muslims.


Do we Muslims have no shame? We do not know how to treat people the same way we demand that people treat us. We do not know how to respect the rights of others the way we demand that people respect our rights. And when Muslims offer Ambiga a beef burger, the rest of the Muslims keep quiet. They are not in the least outraged. Try offering Ibrahim Ali a hamburger and see what will happen. We will see May 13 Version 2 erupt in Malaysia.

‘Don’t beat up journalists’ petition to govt today

‘Don’t beat up journalists’ petition to govt today


Tue 2012-May-15 @ MYT 02:07:51 am
http://uppercaise.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/dont-beat-up-journalists-petition-today/
 
“Don’t Beat Up Journalists” is the title of a petition that will be handed to the government today by journalists protesting against the assaults, manhandling and acts of intimidation suffered by reporters and photographers on duty at the Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28.




The team comprises reporter Radzi Razak, editor Chen Shaua Fui, photojournalist Wong Kin Onn, photographer P Nathan and videographer Shufiyan Shukur.



They are expected to call at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya to hand in the petition, which calls on the government to make a public apology to journalists, carry out an impartial and independent public inquiry, return or make restitution of equipment confiscated, damaged or lost, and adequate compensation for injuries and distress suffered while on duty.



More than a dozen reporters, photographers and videographers have made reports about being assaulted by police and manhandled or intimidated. Equipment was also confiscation, lost or damaged and images erased from photographic data storage cards under intimidation or threat of violence.



The petition has been signed by journalists, friends and supporters and endorsed by the National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia. It has the support of more than 4,000 people.



An officer of the PM’s Office is expected to receive the petition, which is addressed to the prime minister, the home minister and the inspector-general of police.

Anwar Ibrahim: This Is Our Land, We Must Protect Our People & Their Rights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXH6MWb5b6o

Burger Stall in Private House - Lim Guan Eng

By Failing To Act Against The “Burger Protest” Set Up Illegally Outside Bersih Co-Chair Datuk Ambiga’s House, BN And Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) Is Subjecting Her To Undue Harrassment, Intimidation And Invasion Of Privacy.(en/bm/cn)

Published on May 11, 2012 , 12:47 pm in Democracy. 0 Comments

 

DAP condemns the “burger protest” by pro-BN and anti-Bersih supporters, which set up an illegal burger stall outside Bersih co-chairperson Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan’s house to protest against their claims of purported loss of income suffered due to the Bersih 3.0 rally on 28 April 2012. Is rule of law in Malaysia now replaced by rule of the jungle?

 

I fail to understand how DBKL can allow a burger stall to be set up outside a private residence with impunity in Kuala Lumpur? By failing to act against the “burger protest” set up illegally outside Datuk Ambiga’s house, BN and DBKL is subjecting her to undue harrassment, intimidation and invasion of privacy. Will DBKL allow a similar protest outside the private home of Ministers or the DBKL’s Mayor residence?

 

Such an act of harrassment, intimidation and invasion of privacy has no place in our peaceful country, where Malaysians live together in mutual harmony and respect. Moreover, the symbolic act of setting up burger stalls and cooking meat as a protest outside Ambiga’s home is extremely disrespectful considering that the former Bar Council president is a vegetarian.

 

As Ambiga herself noted yesterday, such acts have “never happened in Malaysia, except to Lim Guan Eng. Now (he) and I have had our homes violated.” Yesterday, my own family’s privacy was invaded by a group of Perkasa members who performed a “funeral rite” intruding on my private space, by placing on my gate a garland of flowers over a framed photo of me to signify my “death”.

Clearly this is the first time that such a death “wish” or death “threat” is made against a Chief Minister. What is equally clear is that the police present were indifferent and did not stop the Perkasa members from violating my private space.

 

It is the right of every Malaysian to be able to protest his or her own issues, but to do so by intruding into personal space and invading the privacy of family homes or wishing for the death of anyone is utterly vile, completely disrespectful and contrary to the basic tenets of democracy.

DAP calls on BN and DBKL to immediately remove the stall outside Datuk Ambiga’s home as a mark of respect towards not only to democracy and rule of law but to establish and uphold civil society.

Lim Guan Eng

 

—BM Version—

Kenyataan Akhbar Setiausaha Agung DAP dan Ahli Parlimen Bagan Lim Guan Eng di Kuala Lumpur pada 11.5.2012

Dengan kegagalan bertindak terhadap “protes burger” yang dilakukan secara haram di luar rumah Pengerusi Bersama Bersih Datuk Ambiga, BN dan Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) telah merelakan Ambiga diganggu-gugat, diintimidasi dan dicabul ruang peribadi beliau

DAP mengutuk keras “protes burger” oleh penyokong-penyokong pro-BN dan anti-Bersih, yang telah mendirikan gerai burger secara haram di luar rumah Pengerusi Bersama Bersih Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan untuk membantah apa yang mereka dakwa sebagai kononnya kehilangan pendapatan akibat perhimpunan Bersih 3.0 pada 28 April 2012.

Apakah keluruhan undang-undang di Malaysia telah digantikan dengan undang-undang rimba?

Saya tidak faham bagaimana DBKL boleh membenarkan sebuah gerai burger didirikan secara haram di luar rumah hak milik peribadi seorang di Kuala Lumpur tanpa sebarang tindakan dikenakan? Dengan kegagalan bertindak terhadap “protes burger” yang dilakukan secara haram di luar rumah Pengerusi Bersama Bersih Datuk Ambiga, BN dan DBKL telah merelakan Ambiga diganggu-gugat, diintimidasi dan dicabul ruang peribadi beliau.

Adakah DBKL akan membenarkan protes yang sama dilakukan di luar rumah Menteri-Menteri atau Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur?

Perbuatan mengganggu-gugat, intimidasi dan pencabulan ruang peribadi tidak ada tempat di negara kita yang aman damai ini di mana rakyat Malaysia hidup bersama dalam keadaan harmoni dan saling hormat-menghormati. Lagi pun, tindakan simbolk mendirikan gerai burger dan memasak daging di luar rumah Ambiga sebagai satu bantahan adalah bersifat kurang ajar kerana bekas Presiden Majlis Peguam itu adalah seorang yang tidak memakan daging (vegetarian).

Sebagaimana yang dinyatakan oleh Ambiga sendiri semalam, perbuatan keji itu “tidak pernah berlaku di Malaysia, kecuali terhadap Lim Guan Eng. Kini rumah (beliau) dan saya telah dicabul dan diceroboh”.

Semalam, ruang peribadi keluarga saya sendiri telah dicabul oleh sekumpulan ahli Perkasa yang meletakkan kalungan bunga di atas bingkai gambar saya yang diletakkan di pintu pagar rumah saya, untuk memberi amaran tentang “kematian” saya.

Jelas ini adalah kali pertama “ugutan bunuh” dilakukan terhadap seorang Ketua Menteri. Apa yang turut jelas ialah kehadiran pihak polis yang tidak berbuat apa-apa dan tidak menghalang ahli-ahli Perkasa daripada menceroboh dan mencabul ruang peirbadi keluarga saya.

Adalah menjadi hak setiap rakyat Malaysia untuk membantah atau protes sebarang isu tetapi melakukannya dengan menceroboh ruang peribadi seseorang dan mencabul hak peribadi rumah keluarga, atau menuntut kematian seseorang adalah amat keji, kurang ajar dan bertentangan dengan rukun-rukun asas demokrasi.

DAP mendesak supaya BN dan DBKL memindahkan serta-merta gerai burger haram yang dibina di luar rumah Datuk Ambiga sebagai tanda menghormati, bukan sahaja demokrasi dan kedaulatan undang-undnag, tetapi juga untuk mewujudkan dan mempertahankan masyarakat madani.

LIM GUAN ENG

—–Mandarin Version—

民主行动党秘书长兼峇眼区国会议员林冠英于2012年5月11日在吉隆坡发表声明：

国阵及吉隆坡市政局（DBKL）没有对付在净选盟联合主席安美嘉家门前的“汉堡示威”，如同眼巴巴让她承受不必要的骚扰、恐吓及隐私侵犯。

民主行动党谴责亲国阵及反净选盟支持者所进行的“汉堡示威”，他们在净选盟联合主席拿督安美嘉屋前设立非法的汉堡摊子，抗议2012年4月28日的净选盟3.0大集会导致他们损失收入。马来西亚的法制什么时候变成丛林法则、弱肉强食？

我不明白为何吉隆坡市政局可以允许汉堡摊子在吉隆坡的住宅区内非法摆卖？国阵及吉隆坡市政局（DBKL）没有对付在净选盟联合主席安美嘉家门前的 “汉堡示威”，如同眼巴巴让她承受不必要的骚扰、恐吓及隐私侵犯。吉隆坡市政局会不会允许类似的示威在部长们的私宅或吉隆坡市政局主席的家门前发生？

我们不应该让如此的骚扰、恐吓及隐私的侵犯发生在马来西亚人和谐共处、互相尊重的和平国家。再说，像这种在安美嘉家门前摆摊卖汉堡、煮肉，只一种完全无礼的做法，因为律师公会主席是一名素食者。

安美嘉昨天说，这种行为“在马来西亚从未发生过，除了林冠英的家。现在他的家和我的家都被侵犯了。”昨天，我家人的隐私也被一群土著权威组织的人侵犯，他们入侵我的私邸，设立“灵堂”，用我的肖像挂上死人花圈，挂在我家大门前，以示我的“死亡”。

很明显地，这是第一次对首长所做出的“希望你去死”或死亡恐吓。更明显的地，在场的警察竟然无动于衷，完全没有阻止土权成员侵犯我的私邸。

每一名马来西亚都有权利为自己的事情表达抗议、示威，但是，侵入私人空间 、闯入别人的家庭隐私，希望一个人死去，是彻底卑鄙、无礼、与民主基本原则背道而驰的。

行动党促请国阵和吉隆坡市政局马上移开安美嘉屋外的摊子，这不只是表示对民主和法治的尊重，也是维护和捍卫公民社会。

林冠英

http://limguaneng.com/index.php/2012/05/11/by-failing-to-act-against-the-burger-protest-set-up-illegally-outside-bersih-co-chair-datuk-ambigas-house-bn-and-dewan-bandaraya-kuala-lumpur-dbkl-is-subjecting-her-to-un/

Excerpt from one of the readers of Bersih 3.0

I was there, and proudly so in spite of all the lies that the MSM is spewing out to the public. So far the government's argument is that the Bersih 3.0 people breached the barrier and thus the PDRM responded with tear gas and water canon (and a whole lot of beating). 

The 1st question to be asked is: Which barrier was breached? Seems like it was the outer perimeter barrier which is not included in the court order. The PDRM had 'illegally' blocked the roads outside the perimeter of Dataran Merdeka not covered by the court order. And one of this "illegal" barriers was breached. If this is true then did the people break the court order. 

The 2nd question: Since only ONE barrier was broken through, why did the police fire tear gas and water canons on all fronts, including the rest of the fronts where the "duduk-bantah" were really peaceful and law abiding? Was firing on all fronts part of a preconceived plan?

The 3rd question: Why did the police suddenly desert that front which the crowds broke through, before the crowds did what they did? Was that action on purpose? Earlier in Brickfields, they had given us the impression that they will allow us through their cordon without retaliation. They had blocked the entire road leading from Brickfields to Central Market. But when we march on and faced off with them, they just opened up the cordon and allowed us through peacefully. We thanked them, and there was happiness that this time the PDRM is different, that they will not hurt their own people; people they are supposed to protect. So when they withdrew from the cordon near Dataran Merdeka were they were purposely "inviting" the crowds (having given that impression earlier) in to give them an excuse to attack?

The 4th question: If there was a breach of one front by some people, wouldn't the police be competent enough to just arrest the few who had broken through, and if necessary to fire tear gas there only? Then they can restore the barrier there. It seems all so deliberate that the PDRM was planning to lure the crowd into making this mistake and to give them an excuse.

The 5th questions: If they were not intending to use excessive violence, why were the police name tags all removed? What is there to hide? Why did they trap the crowd instead of dispersing them? Why did they stop the LRT which the people can use to disperse? Why did they block all the dispersal routes that the crowd will use to disperse? Why did they fire into the crowd and from both sides? Was it to create a stampede so that easily hundreds could have been killed by their own fellow Bersih supporters in the ensuring panic, and then blame the deaths on Bersih? (It was so easy under the circumstances for this to have occurred if not for the relative calm, discipline and tolerance of the crowd: a great credit to them). If they had acted professionally, why confiscate the cameras, and beat up the journalists recording the event?

The 6th question: Why did the authorities jam all the phones within the vicinity knowing that the crowd needed to communicate through this. When Ambiga and Anwar declared the end to the rally at 2.30pm (which I read about the day after the rally), most people did not know about it because the communications were down. Was it a deliberate act to keep the crowd unaware and disorganized? Only at 5.00pm on that day did I see the sms declaring the rally over (but I had decided that it was over by 4.00pm in keeping with the original Bersih plan). So many people were just waiting till the earlier declared time of 4.00pm to disperse since we did not get any other instructions. It was just another 1 hour or less, and the crowd would have happily dispersed at 4.00pm even without instructions.

I will not even talk about Agent Saboteurs that were possibly planted. Look at some of the video clips of the Bersih people being beaten by the police. Amongst those beating the helpless, unarmed, unresisting, non-retaliating arrested Bersih supporters were police in uniform and those in plain clothes (who had earlier mingled with the crowd, probably to instigate them).

The most important thing now is that we should not be distracted by this governments evil intention of using the "small", instigated breach of the cordon as justification for using excessive and disproportionate violence on innocent rakyat who had just come out that day to demand for Free and Fair Elections (and for some, to Stop the Lynas project). And all that finger pointing as to who is at fault for the violence (which by now is obvious to people who still have some objectivity left) is the governments devious plan to distract us from the central issue of a clean and fair elections.

Let us forgive the PDRM rank and file who acted the way they did. They were starved because most of them have not eaten since breakfast (a hungry man is an angry man), tired, and were told that one of their compatriots have been killed by the "rioters" (actually a policeman dies of heart attack away from the scene of the rally, and someone up there used this to create anger amongst the police rank and file), and they were under orders from the upper echelons of power (who were not at the front doing the dirty job of injuring our own people.)

Let us focus on the issue: That over 100,000 people stood up courageously on 428 (indeed something alien to our culture, but the question that begs to be answered is why so many ordinary people are doing something to alien to themselves?) to tell the government that they are tired of the cheating and corruption during elections. They are telling the government clearly and bravely that they DEMAND their right to have a Free and Fair Election. Is this so unreasonable?

If the government is sincere and has nothing to hide about conducting a free and fair election, why did they not even allow a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) for the Sabah renown illegal voters, let alone a RCI on the EC and its process. What is there to hide? And why should we allow ourselves to be cheated of our democratic right for a free and fair election?

I am a member of the FAILED GENERATION: a generation of people who have failed the younger generation of this beloved nation by ALLOWING (by our indifference and apathy) the situation to come to this. This happened over the years, and we were aware of what the government was doing to destroy a system of Free and fair elections. But we chose to be silent (grumbling and complaining amongst ourselves, and nothing beyond that). The young people are standing up to take back their rights that we have allowed ourselves to be forfeited. They are the ones who will inherit this nation from us. What are we leaving them, and for their children, and grand children? Can we continue to stand idly by and allow them to work towards regaining that fundamental right? We have failed them in the past, let us not fail them again now when there is a chance that we can make this right for Malaysia.

Bersih 4.0 will come, even though none of us hope for it, if this government proceed to dissolve Parliament and call for the 13th GE without meaningful electoral reforms, the most important of which is to clean up the electoral rolls. Open the rolls to an independent audit group. Then there are the issues of the postal voters, and the poll booth observers. This can be done before the next GE if this government is sincere about winning fairly. But is it their intention to have a Free and Fair election? I think Bersih 4.0 is inevitable, and nothing can stop it, if this government continues to avoid the issue and continues this blame game. The people are not easily hoodwinked and deceived anymore. They are not afraid anymore to stand up for their rights. This is a new culture pervading the society.

Those who have missed out the earlier Bersih rallies, I want you to think about this: Why are most of the people who have come for the Bersih Rally so keen to come back again if there is need for another? I don't need to explain, because I can't even begin. Its a strange feeling,of patriotism, a sense of unity and national pride, a revelation of what racial and religious harmony is all about and intrinsic sense of purpose that make these people want to come back to stand up for a noble cause.

If this government does not do what it must, Bersih WILL grow from strength to strength. This is not a prophecy, it is an inevitable and irreversible fact. Bersih will simply die a natural death if this government undertake meaningful reforms for a free and fair election. The ball is at the BN government's feet. Take heed my dear government but we are ready to stand up again, but please let Bersih die a natural death.....

Jammers - The Malaysian Government used it in Bersih 2.0 and again in Bersih 3.0

Jammers are banned in many countries except for military or police uses. .... Malaysia Boleh...  The Malaysian Government used it in Bersih 2.0 and again in Bersih 3.0 Malaysia is the ONLY country in the world to use the Mobile Jammers in a Rally / Protest...


http://jammer.at-communication.com/en/secure/saj_2000m.html

Air laut merah

Air laut merah

Ketika ini, Jabatan Perikanan Sabah memaklumkan kejadian Air Merah /Red Tiede di perairan laut Pulau Gaya, Pulau Sepanggar, Persisiran Pantai Likas, Yayasan Sabah dan lokaliti berhampiran.




Semua jenis kerang (tiram, dalus, remis dll) serta ikan palagik (tamban, basung, dll) adalah tidak selamat dimakan buat semantara waktu. Namun ikan laut dalam, udang, ketam dan sotong selamat dimakan tetapi insang dan organ dalam perlu dibuang serta dicuci sebelum di masak.



Red tide yang berlaku di pantai barat Sabah ini berpunca daripada kehadiran sejenis organisma satu sel yang dinamakan phytoplankton dinoflagellate di dalam air laut.

Orang ramai juga perlu berhati-hati ketika memakan makanan laut lain dalam tempoh terdekat ini kerana dikhuatiri hidupan laut itu turut tercemar.



Kajian yang dijalankan mendapati kandungan toksin pada kerang seperti kupang, tiram dan lain-lain makanan siput laut meningkat.



"Kandungan toksin ini boleh menyebabkan keracunan makanan laut itu akan menyebabkan cirit-birit dan muntah yang membahayakan kepada kesihatan.,

Kesan awal akibat memakan makanan laut yang tercemar ini termasuklah rasa loya, kebas, pening dan sakit kepala. sesiapa yang mempunyai tanda-tanda seperti yang dinyatakan itu perlu mendapatkan rawatan secepat mungkin di pusat kesihatan berhampiran.



Phytoplankton atau alga ialah sejenis tumbuhan laut satu sel yang sangat halus.

Ia menjadi makanan kepada pelbagai jenis hidupan laut seperti ikan dan kerang-kerangan.Walaupun terdapat beribu-ribu spesies phytoplankton, hanya lebih kurang 100 spesies boleh mendatangkan keracunan.



Perubahan cuaca, pertukaran arus, peningkatan aliran sungai ke laut, penggunaan baja berlebihan dan peningkatan aliran kumbahan boleh menyebabkan harmful algal bloom (HAB) atau pertumbuhan pesat phytoplankton yang mengandungi toksin berlaku.



Faktor-faktor ini akan menyebabkan peningkatan nutrien dalam air. Pertukaran suhu juga dikesan dapat menggalakkan pertumbuhan phytoplankton. HAB berlaku apabila jumlah phytoplankton meningkat melebihi 10,000 sel setiap liter air laut. Kadangkala fenomena HAB menyebabkan air laut bertukar warna menjadi merah-coklat.

Bersih 3.0 song