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Lim Guan Eng

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 01:21 AM PDT

Lim Guan Eng


BN Should Stop Destroying Malaysia’s Financial Reputation With Irresponsible Statements Like Freezing The Assets Of Those Participating In Bersih Rallies And Receiving Funding From Non-Profit Foreign NGOs.

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:25 PM PDT

BN should stop destroying Malaysia's financial reputation with irresponsible statements like freezing the assets of those deemed risky to the nation's security because they participate in Bersih rallies calling for clean and fair elections as well as receive funding from non-profit foreign NGOs. Bersih had clarified that money the group received from two US organisations — the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Open Society Institute (OSI) — were for other projects unrelated to the July 9 march.

DAP strongly condemns Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Awang Adek Hussin's irresponsible statement that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) can freeze the assets of those believed to be participating in activities if the police recommend so. Such actions are detrimental to Malaysia's efforts to establish itself as a safe haven for capital and investments.

Datuk Awang is the same person who announced that the Federal government had approved sports betting licenses in time for the 2010 World Cup. BN was embarrassed and forced to withdraw the sports betting licenses after the Penang state government announced the ban on sports betting, thereby destroying UMNO's arguments that of gambling is part of Chinese culture.

If assets can be frozen just for participating in a peaceful assembly or for receiving funds from non-profit foreign NGOs, then many innocent Malaysians and organisations will be unfairly victimised. Using this as a political weapon against opponents of BN would be a gross abuse of the provisions within the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act allowed for the central bank to not only bar access to such funds but also trace both deposits and withdrawals of the offending accounts.

Would others involved in "illegal assemblies" like UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin have their assets frozen? Why then were these provisions not applied against those suspected of corruption of accumulating extraordinary wealth beyond their means? For instance no such action was taken against those suspected of secretly taking out RM 888 billion in illicit money over a 9 year period.

BN government only has itself to blame for the negative image overseas, portrayed by the international news media for its harsh crackdown on the peaceful protest Bersih. So ridiculous was the crackdown that wearing yellow was sufficient cause for arrest. And yet Queen Elizabeth received the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in a bright yellow dress two days ago in London.

The Bersih protest calling for clean and fair elections descended into chaos when the police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protestors. The documented beatings and recorded brutal treatment on video tape was completely unprovoked and put Malaysia on the same international platform as the repressive Arab regimes in the Middle-East.

The BN government should clean up Malaysia's image by owning up its mistakes such as firing tear gas into Tung Shin Hospitals, insulting the Hindus and the Indian community by calling the revocation of Bersih Datuk S. Ambiga's citizenship, detaining Datuk A. Samad Said because his poems is considered a weapon and apologising for the brutal crackdown.

It is good that Najib has admitted that the rally attracted 15,000 demonstrators and not the 5-6,000 demonstrators claimed by police. However this is not enough as more needs to be done such as withdrawing charges and releasing immediately all those arrested such as the PSM 6 including MP of Sungai Siput Dr Jeyakumar, for Bersih related activities.

The Bersih rally was a paradigm shift or a transformational event that attracted all Malaysians. In many of the Bersih stories told by ordinary Malaysians marching on 9 July, many amongst the 30,000 crowd was so outraged by the repression of the police as well as moved by the solidarity and support shown by other Malaysians that they felt part of the nation called Malaysia. Finally every one felt 1Malaysia regardless of race or religion or even political affiliation, whether one is rich or poor, male or female, old or young.

Even Marina Mahathir defiantly marched. Everyone marched because they wanted to be "Bersih!".

The 13th General Elections Will Be Decided By The Economy, The Choice Between The Economy For People Vs The Cronies.

The 13th General Elections will be decided by the economy, the choice between the economy for the people Vs the cronies. The Malaysian economy is not even as Tony Pua puts it, a tiger that has lost its roar. It is more like a cat that has even lost its meow.

The next elections will be fought by who can best deliver policies and solutions to those who suffer most. The bottom 60 per cent of the rakyat has an average household income of less than RM3,000 a month, while the bottom 40 percent lives on less than RM1,500 a month.

While commodity and food prices have increased alarmingly in recent times, real income, especially for the lower strata, has stagnated. This has resulted in a dire situation whereby the bottom 40 per cent of our population earns only 14.3 per cent of the total income while the top 20 per cent shares 50 per cent of the total income. In addition, household debts in Malaysia are now 77% of our GDP, which makes us the second highest in Asia after Japan.

What is sorely required are policies and actions that will directly affect those in the bottom 60 per cent especially those living on less with average household income than RM1,500 per month. These are the Malaysians who really need help. DAP remains strongly committed to minimum wage and to economic solutions that are sustainable, especially environmental friendly. We must ensure that resources utilised today must be available tomorrow.

Keynote Speech By DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng During The DAP National Leadership Retreat In Seremban On 16 July 2011.

—- Mandarin Translation —–

民主行动党秘书长林冠英于2011年7月16日在芙蓉的"民主行动党全国领袖干训营"发表演讲:

国阵应该停止破坏马来西亚的经济名誉,勿再发表"冻结净选盟集会者与接受外国非政府组织捐款的人士的资产"这种言论。

国阵应该停止破坏马来西亚的经济名誉,勿再发表"任何人因参与净选盟集会,以及接受外国非政府组织捐款的人士,若被证实涉及威胁国家安全的活动,国家银行可冻结有关人士的银行户头"这种言论。净选盟已经澄清,他们从两个美国组织即国民民主研究院(National Democratic Institute)及开发社会研究院(Open Society Institute)接受的捐款,是用在其它活动,与709集会游行毫无关系。

民主行动党强烈谴责财政部副部长拿督阿旺阿迪发表不负责任的言论,他说,一旦证明有关人士参与上述活动而警方劝告,国家银行可以冻结他们的资产。这种言论对于标榜本身为"资本与投资天堂"的马来西亚是具破坏性的。

拿督阿旺就是在2010年世界杯期间,宣布联邦政府已经批准赌球执照的那位部长。在槟州政府宣布禁止赌球活动后,当时国阵被迫尴尬地撤回赌球执照,因此,这也反驳了巫统指"赌博是华人文化"的言论。

如果纯粹因为参与和平集会或接受外国非政府组织的捐款就被冻结资产,很多无辜的马来西亚人与组织将不公平地受牵连。国阵利用这种政治武器来对付异己,将严重滥用反洗黑钱及反恐怖主义资助法令,它不只允许国家银行阻止这类资金流入,也可以追踪有关账户的存款人与提款人。

其它像巫青团团长凯里那样涉及"非法集会"的人士是不是也会遭冻结财产?为什么有关当局不用这个法令对付那些累积财富多于应得收入、涉及贪污的人士?例如:当局至今还没有针对过去9年流出国外的8880亿令吉非法资金采取任何行动。

对于我们国际形象受损、被国际媒体描述为粗暴镇压净选盟和平集会者,国阵政府只能怪自己。镇压行动最离谱的一点是,穿黄衣也足以成为被逮捕的理由。最讽刺的是,两天前,英女皇还在伦敦身穿黄衣接待首相纳吉。

净选盟集会旨在争取干净及公平的选举,它在警方开始以催泪弹及水炮解散示威者时,升级变成混乱。录像记录皆证明警方是无缘无故殴打群众及发动暴力攻击,它令马来西亚登上与中东阿拉伯极政国家同等级的国际平台。

国阵政府应该勇于认错,承认自己发射摧泪弹进入同善医院、通过要求褫夺拿督安美嘉的公民权污辱印度社群、扣留诗人沙末沙益视其诗歌为武器,针对本身的镇压行动道歉,挽回马来西亚的形象。

纳吉承认约有1万5000名人士参与示威,而不是警方所说的5、6千人,这是一件好事。但是,这还不足够,他还必须马止释放那些还被扣留的人士、并撤销对他们的控状,例如社会主义党六人包括和丰区国会议员再也古玛,以及与净选盟活动有关的人士。

净选盟集会是一项范例的转型或是具变革意义的活动,它吸引了全体马来西亚人。这场3万人集会的参与者所述说的"709净选盟小故事"中,很多人都对警方的暴行感到非常生气,他们也对其他马来西亚人的互助互爱感到非常感动,也感觉到自己是马来西亚的一分子。最后,每个人都终于感觉到"一个马来西亚",不分种族、宗教、政治背景,也不管它他们贫富与否、也不论男女老幼。

就连玛丽娜马哈迪都毅然走上街头,每个人都走上街游行,因为他们都想要成为"干净"的一群。

经济是第13届全国大选的决定性因素,这是一场人民经济与朋党经济的抉择。

经济是第13届全国大选的决定性因素,这是一场人民经济与朋党经济的抉择。马来西亚经济甚至不如潘俭伟所说的,即一只无法吼叫的老虎,现在更像是失声的小猫。

下届大选,谁能为贫苦大众落实政策与方案,谁将胜出。我国底层60%人民的平均月收入不过3000令吉,最底层40%的每月收入更低於1500令吉。

当各种原料与食品价格节节高涨之际,底层人民的实际收入却原封不动,导致我国人口中的底层40%人民的收入比例只占总收入14.3%,但顶层的20%人民的收入却战占总收入的50%。此外,马来西亚的家计负债已经高达国内生产总值的77%,在全亚洲仅次日本,位居第二位。

我们现在需要的是可以直接影响底层60%人民的政策与行动,特别是针对那些每月家计收入少於1500令吉者,他们才是真正需要援助的人民。民主行动党坚持推动最低薪金政策,以及可以永续经营、友善环境的经济方案,我们必须确保今日所使用之资源,仍然能为下一代所用。

林冠英

Charles Santiago

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:47 PM PDT

Charles Santiago


Online Petition To Release PSM EO6! Show Your Support!

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:13 PM PDT

Dear Friends,

Please spread the message around! We need to keep up the pressure and momentum till our 6 friends are released from this draconian law! An online petition has been started and we need your support to sign & spread it around… 


We can make a different! Please sign the petition here!


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MTUC, MEF bantah akta gaji minimum baru dilulus Parlimen

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:10 PM PDT

Source: The Malaysia Insider

Oleh G Manimaran
July 15, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Julai — Meskipun sudah terlewat, Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC) dan Persekutuan Majikan-majikan Malaysia (MEF) bersatu suara menggesa Putrajaya mengkaji semula rang undang-undang berkaitan gaji minimum yang baru diluluskan oleh Parlimen.

Rang Undang-Undang Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara 2011 — yang akan membuka laluan kepada pelaksanaan gaji minimum dan Putrajaya memberi jaminan akan dilaksanakan akhir tahun ini, telah diluluskan oleh kedua-dua Dewan Rakyat dan Dewan Negara pada sesi Parlimen yang baru shaja berakhir.

Perkembangan ini dilihat kemungkinan akan melewatkan pelaksanaan gaji minimum, malah ada suara ia kemungkinan tidak akan menjadi kenyataan.

MTUC melahirkan rasa tidak puas hati ekoran tiga perkara manakala MEF pula menggariskan dua aspek penting.

"Ini kali pertama nampaknya MTUC dan MEF melahirkan pendirian yang sama mengenai pelaksanaan gaji minimum," kata Pengarah Eksekutif MEF, Shamsuddin Bardan kepada The Malaysian Insider.

Sementara kedua-dua badan itu berpandangan Menteri Sumber Manusia mempunyai kuasa yang luas dalam melaksanakan undang-undang ini, MEF berkata pihaknya tidak berpuas hati kerana menteri boleh meminda atau membatalkan mana-mana perintah mengenai gaji minimum dengan arahan kerajaan bila-bila masa.

MTUC dan MEF juga tidak bersetuju dengan jumlah keanggotaan dalam Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara yang menampakkan seolah-olah wakil pekerja dan majikan adalah "golongan minoriti" dalam membuat keputusan sedangkan ia berkaitan dengan majikan-pekerja.

Daripada 29 anggota majlis wakil pekerja dan majikan masing-masing mempunyai lima orang, malah mereka tidak semestinya mewakili MTUC dan MEF.

Sebaliknya mereka boleh dilantik daripada kalangan mana-mana kumpulan pekerja dan majikan, bukannya suara entiti seperti MEF, kata Shamsuddin.

MTUC pula berkata pihaknya dimaklumkan bahawa kongres itu hanya boleh mengesyorkan dua nama wakil mereka sedangkan ada lima wakil pekerja dalam majlis tersebut.

Seorang wakil datang dari Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Perladangan Kebangsaan manakala wakil pekerja Sabah dan Sarawak akan diputuskan oleh kerajaan, bukannya MTUC, kata Setiausaha Agung MTUC Abdul Halim Mansor.

Selain itu, MTUC juga tidak bersetuju dengan tarikh pelaksanaan gaji minimum yang akan dilaksanakan berdasarkan budi bicara kerajaan mengikut sektor, wilayah dan pekerjaan.

Sedangkan MTUC mahu dasar gaji minimum kebangsaan yang akan dilaksanakan serentak di seluruh negara.

Ketikan mengulas lanjut Shamusuddin berkata, "kami mahu kerajaan mengkaji balik atau meminda rang undang-undang yang sudah pun diluluskan."

"Rang undang-undang ini baru diluluskan dan belum diberi perkenan oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong untuk diwartakan… jadi, kami rasa masih ada masa bagi kerajaan memperbetulkan peruntukan-peruntukan yang tidak adil ini," kata Shamsuddin lagi.

Ketika ditanya sama ada MEF menolak rang undang-undang itu, Shamsuddin memberitahu: "Kami tiada kuasa untuk menolak."

"Tetapi kami mahu kerajaan mengkaji balik, meminda akta ini," katanya lagi sambil menegaskan, MEF dan MTUC tidak diajak berbincang secara formal apabila rang undang-undang ini digubal.

Katanya, MEF pernah menyertai sesi perbincangan makmal dan bengkel mengenai gaji minimum tetapi tidak selepas itu.

"Sepatutnya apa-apa undang-undang berkaitan dengan pekerja dan menyentuh kepentingan majikan perlu dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat tiga pihak iaitu di NLAC (Majlis Penasihat Buruh Kebangsaan), tetapi ini tidak dilakukan," katanya.

Perkara itu turut diakui oleh Halim sambil berkata, NLAC tidak bersidang sejak Mei 2010.

NLAC merupakan badan tiga pihak membincangkan isu-isu perburuhan.

"Kami mengambil keputusan tidak bersetuju dengan sebahagian besar peruntukan… peruntukan-peruntukan yang memberi kuasa yang terlalu besar kepada menteri dan mengecilkan peranan MTUC dalam soal perundingan," kata Halim kepada The Malaysian Insider.

Kepimpinan MTUC terkejut apabila rang undang-undang itu dibaca kali kedua dan ketiga di Dewan Rakyat.

MEF pula menyedari keseluruhan kandungan rang undang-undang itu selepas ia dibaca kali pertama di Dewan Rakyat.

Dalam nada yang kecewa, Halim berkata, "kami sebagai badan kesatuan sekerja, mewakili pekerja telah diketepikan."

"Kami merasakan kerajaan telah mengetepikan peranan MTUC," kata beliau.

MTUC mengambil pendirian itu pada mesyuarat khas majlis amnya Rabu lalu, kira-kira seminggu selepas Dewan Rakyat meluluskan rang undang-undang itu yang sudah lama dinantikan.

The Malaysian Insider difahamkan rata-rata kebanyakan pemimpin MTUC terkejut dengan keputusan pentadbiran Najib membahaskan rang undang-undang itu di Dewan Rakyat.

"Mengikut rekod yang ada pada MTUC, kami tidak pernah dipanggil berbincang mengenai rang undang-undang ini… itu yang kami rasa terkilan, seolah-olah kami dibelakangkan," kata Halim lagi.

Ketika ditanya sama ada MTUC menolak, Halim memberitahu: "Kami tidak mengatakan kami menolak, tapi kami tidak puas hati dengan rang undang-undang ini."

Sejurus selepas Dewan Rakyat membahas dan meluluskan rang undang-undang itu, kata beliau, MTUC dan MEF telah menghantar surat kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak agar meminda rang undang-undang itu.

Rang Undang-Undang Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara 2011 membolehkan sebuah badan bebas Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara ditubuhkan.

Ketika menggulung perbahasan rang undang-undang itu, Menteri Sumber Manusia, Datuk Dr S Subramaniam berkata, majlis itu berfungsi untuk mengkaji dan menetapkan gaji minimum berteraskan prinsip tripartisme antara kerajaan, pekerja dan majikan.

"Majlis ini akan dibantu oleh kumpulan profesional dalam Jawatankuasa Teknikal terdiri daripada pakar ekonomi, statistik dan sosial," katanya.

Beliau berkata, menurut rang undang-undang itu, majikan yang tidak membayar gaji pokok sebagaimana dinyatakan dalam perintah gaji minimum kepada pekerjanya boleh didenda tidak melebihi RM10,000 bagi setiap pekerja, jika sabit kesalahan.


Lim Kit Siang

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:38 PM PDT

Lim Kit Siang


Yes Mr PM, it’s ‘all about politics’

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:07 PM PDT

By Jeswan Kaur July 16, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today COMMENT The dust on the crackdown by the Barisan Nasional government against a rally seeking to reform the electoral system will never settle. In exactly a week since election watchdog Bersih 2.0 held its "Walk for Democracy" last Saturday, much dirt has surfaced, all pointing [...]

Bersih and the wider trust deficit problem

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:46 PM PDT

By Hafiz Noor Shams July 16, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 16 — Somewhere in Streatham, south of London earlier this year, I found myself slouching lazily on a couch watching the BBC with a friend and his still lazier cat. On television was the Egyptian revolution "live", with protesters and government supporters throwing [...]

BNM can freeze Bersih assets, says Awang Adek

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:53 AM PDT

July 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider Datuk Awang Adek Hussin today said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) can freeze the assets of those believed to be participating in activities deemed risky to the nation's security if the police recommend so. The deputy finance minister highlighted this in relation to reports that the Bersih 2.0 movement [...]

One event, many ‘truths’

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:48 AM PDT

By Eric Loo Jul 15, 11 | MalaysiaKini Being clean is good. Being clean in government is best. So, the people walked the streets of KL for a clean cause. But when the government and its media played dirty on the discontented multitudes who flooded the streets of Jalan Tun Perak, Jalan Petaling and Jalan [...]

Poet Samad Said to boycott gov’t functions

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:35 AM PDT

By Nigel Aw Jul 15, 11 | MalaysiaKini Protesting the government’s crackdown on peaceful protesters in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday, distinguished poet and novelist A Samad Said said he will from now on not attend government functions. “I don’t know how my friends in government will react, but I will not accept any invitation from [...]

Malaysia in the Era of Globalization #73

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:05 AM PDT

By M. Bakri Musa Chapter 9: Islam in Malay Life Shari'a in a Plural Society The issue of the Islamic state is needlessly consuming the energy of many Malaysians, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. It is also the platform of the Islamic Party (PAS), its reason for being. Yet when challenged on the specifics, PAS is [...]

A Faltering Premier

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:58 AM PDT

By Karim Raslan July 14, 2011 | Jakarta Globe When a political party such as Malaysia's United Malays National Organization has ruled a nation for more than half a century, its missteps can shake an entire society. As Malaysia recovers from last weekend's Bersih 2.0 demonstrations in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, the normally placid [...]

From Malaysian Diaspora – “Collection of videos on youtube to show my disappointment”

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:56 AM PDT

Sizzling yellow reception for Najib in UK

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:44 AM PDT

MalaysiaKini Jul 15, 11 Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s visit to the United Kingdom was greeted by protesters in yellow condemning the high-handed crackdown on Bersih 2.0 rally last Saturday and demanded electoral reform. Dozens of protesters, comprising both Malaysians and foreigners, gathered outside Mansion House at London an hour before Najib’s arrivalfor a meeting [...]

Kit Siang says EO detainee Jeyakumar is all right

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:31 AM PDT

By Joseph Sipalan Jul 15, 11 | MalaysiaKini Sungai Siput MP Dr D Jeyakumar is holding up well despite having been detained for nearly three weeks now, DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang said today after meeting up with the Parti Sosialis Malaysia activist. Lim, who with PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub and PKR’s Subang Jaya MP [...]

Detention of PSM MP mockery of the law

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:20 AM PDT

By K Pragalath July 15, 201 | Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR: Whoever framed the charges under the Emergency Ordinance to detain six Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) activists must be exposed, said DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang. "Whoever is responsible for concocting the charges must be exposed and the government must also provide a full [...]

Men in blue pounce on MP in yellow

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:54 PM PDT

By G Vinod July 15, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: DAP MP Er Teck Hwa landed in trouble when he wore the banned Bersih 2.0 yellow T-shirt on his way to a memorial service for the late Teoh Beng Hock yesterday. Relating the incident, the Bakri MP's aide Liew Choan Chee said some [...]

View issues with Tan Seng Giaw

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:34 PM PDT

View issues with Tan Seng Giaw


Teoh Beng Hock case: MACC must be transparent & accountable

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:22 AM PDT

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw insists that Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) must be transparent and accountable. It is important that the Federal Government make public the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the death of Teoh Beng Hock (TBH). Lets know the cause of death.

In the evening of 14.7.2011, Dr Tan spoke at the memorial on the second anniversary of the death of Teoh Beng Hock at the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.

Tonight, all who are gathered here have something in common: the sad feeling for the death of TBH and the eagerness to know what actually happened to him on 16.7.2009. All are interested in the reason for taking so long to come out with the answer.

In the last two years, TBH's death has given rise to a series of events. For example, there have been two royal commissions, one on the technical aspect and the other on the cause of death. This is unusual. It has broken the world record, It can go into the Guiness Book of Record.

MACC aims to eradicate corruption. It must be transparent and accountable. There are sequences of events, on some of which the prosecution and the Bar Council differ. For instance, can a witness, not a suspect, be subjected to 24-hour interrogation and detention? Is it not necessary to let the witness rest between 6.30 pm and 6.30 am? Was the early morning treatment of TBH according to normal practice?

On 27.5.2011, MACC submitted a 344-page report on TBH to the RCI. On 22.6.2011, RCI presented the Yang di-Pertuan Agong with its 124-page report. The Agong would take a short time to read it. It is now three weeks. The report should be made public.

Tan Seng Giaw

MY VOICE FOR NATION

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:16 PM PDT

MY VOICE FOR NATION


Posted: 15 Jul 2011 07:11 AM PDT

SUARA PERAK

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:40 AM PDT

SUARA PERAK


KERATAN MEDIA - 'TANAH DIKENALPASTIKAN, BOLEHKAH MIC SELESAIKAN MASALAH DENGAN SEGERA?' (MAKKAL OSAI 15JUL11)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:46 PM PDT

Philosophy Politics Economics

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:15 AM PDT

Philosophy Politics Economics


Putrajaya Must Apologise for Tung Shin Hospital Assault

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:14 PM PDT

The Inspector-General of Police, the Health Minister and the MCA President must immediately issue a public apology to Tung Shin Hospital for violating its sanctity and to all Malaysians for trying to cover up the misdeeds of the police force

Eleven doctors who were present at Tung Shin Hospital have bravely stepped forward to present their eye-witness accounts on the fact that the police force has violated the sanctity of the hospital and to express their disgust at the authorities for having "shamelessly denied publicly, the occurrence of these incidents..."

All three leaders, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Ismail Omar, Health Minister Dato' Seri Liow Tiong Lai and MCA President, Dato' Sri Dr Chua Soi Lek were extremely quick to deny the incidents where the police deployed tear gas and water cannons onto the hospital compounds and entered the hospital to arrest, sometimes violently, Bersih supporters who had sought refuge there.

They had defended the actions of the police despite the avalanche of visual evidence that the hospital was attacked with the most pathetic and incredulous of excuses, like the "wind" blowing the tear gas into the hospital compound or that the police "only brought in some injured demonstrators for medical treatment".

After being criticised heavily for his 'valiant' but futile attempt to defend the police, the Health Minister had attempted to salvage his reputation by pushing the blame to the Hospital board of directors instead and asked "everyone to wait for the results of police investigations into all reports on incidents that took place on Saturday."

While he was initially very quick to absolve the police from blame, Liow had the cheek to then ask "everyone to wait for the results of police investigations" after having seen the evidence otherwise. Worse, his party president, Dr Chua persisted in arguing that the videos and pictures were "unclear", proving that the former Health Minister is either physically blind or acting blind.

Now with 11 distinguished medical specialists testifying what Malaysians already know as the truth, are the IGP, Health Minister and MCA President going to procrastinate further by claiming that they need to send the video recordings and photographs to experts in the United States, this time to prove that the evidence have been, forgive the pun, 'doctored'?

The IGP and he BN Government should stop making fools of themselves to the entire watching world. The IGP must take responsibility for the infraction, and apologise immediately to the hospital for the "scant regard for the safety of patients, staff and the general public who were at the buildings that afternoon," to quote the good doctors.

The Health Minister must apologise to all Malaysians for failing to protect the hospitals under his charge by demanding accountability from the police force, and to the hospital on behalf of the federal government. He must also retract all the lamest exuses and lies he had provided to defend the actions of the police earlier, if he is sincere about respect for hospitals as a "place of convalescence", as he preached in his tweet yesterday.

Dr Chua Soi Lek, himself a practising doctor, should give voice to Malaysians who are disgusted with the actions of the police and prove that MCA is not without a backbone, remaining completely voiceless in Barisan Nasional and subsevient to Umno. He must apologise not only for MCA's failure to defend what is morally and ethically right, but also for becoming apologists for the BN state apparatus used to repress ordinary Malaysians defending their constitutional right.

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