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Lim Kit Siang

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:30 PM PDT

Lim Kit Siang


Najib suffers from a “mild stroke” in UK

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:29 PM PDT

He calls police action "quite mild" By Martin Jalleh It appears that the Prime Minister has suffered a mild "brain attack" whilst on an official visit to UK. He experienced sudden trouble speaking or understanding speech, dizziness, lightheadedness loss of "balance or coordination", "spinning" sensations, and "brain seizures". It happened when Najib was telling CNN [...]

Free EO detainees as Bersih rally over, says Pakatan

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:07 PM PDT

By Boo Su-Lyn July 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) demanded today for the immediate release of the six Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) members held under the Emergency Ordinance 1969 as the Bersih rally was over. "709 is over. There is no case or justification to hold [...]

“Malaysia Worked For Peaceful Protest”

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:23 PM PDT

By Ahmad Rozian 15 Jul 2011 | Wall Street Journal Your editorial (“Crackdown 2.0 in Malaysia,” July 12) states that protesters in Kuala Lumpur have suffered “intimidation” and “repression” at the hands of the government in recent weeks. The truth is somewhat different. Malaysians have a constitutional right to peaceful assembly and throughout the build-up [...]

Untameable Bersih Part 2, understanding it

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:04 PM PDT

By Sakmongkol AK47 July 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 15 — Some spell it as "tamable". Others as "tameable". The fact remains, the marchers cannot be tamed and though battered and aspersed, remained unbowed and honourable. How do we make sense and explain the actions that took place after Bersih? Let's have our [...]

Why did the police do what they did?

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:51 PM PDT

By Zan Azlee July 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 15 — The tough policeman with the huge muscles grabbed me by my shoulders and flung me towards the sidewalk not caring that I had a press tag around my neck. I struggled to keep my balance and not drop my camera. I barely [...]

The elephant in the (news)room

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:45 PM PDT

By Dr Mustafa K Anuar July 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 15 — The morning after. The pro-government mainstream press splashed headlines, news reports, so-called "analyses" and photos that essentially and predictably mocked, discredited and demonised the leaders, supporters and participants of the Bersih 2.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday. For instance, [...]

Cartoons, yellow tees, now ties – what’s next?

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:15 PM PDT

Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 15, 11 ‘When are they going to learn that Bersih, when it’s in the rakyat’s hearts, cannot be removed from the rakyat by banning yellow ties and T-shirts?’ Police to tighten noose against Bersih neckties, too DannyLoHH: Is there a way to file a class suit against the police and [...]

Tung Shin should put people before gov’t

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:09 PM PDT

Malaysiakini Your Say | Jul 15, 11 ‘Tung Shin missed the point: as a social entity with a mission, who should Tung Shin entertain first – the police or those who need help?’ Doctors: We’ll produce more evidence if challenged Cala: Honorary secretary of Tung Shin Hospital board Chong Teck Hong has turned Tung Shin [...]

Bersih: My final thoughts

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:50 AM PDT

By Art Harun July 14, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 14 — "Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise." — Cato the Elder (234 BC – 149 BC) from Plutarch, Lives. [...]

How democratic elections still failed Sabah

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:42 AM PDT

By Erna Mahyuni July 14, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 14 — "How can you say our elections are unfair when BN lost five states in 2008?" I hear that refrain over and over again to the point I want to scream. And stage my own private rally in front of Putrajaya. Let me [...]

BERSIH 2.0: Pengalaman Saya

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:18 AM PDT

By Khalid Samad 14 July 2011 Pengalaman saya bersama Perhimpunan BERSIH 2.0 bermula pada jam 11 pagi apabila saya dengan seorang teman dari PAS Shah Alam menuju ke Kuala Lumpur. Pada mulanya kami mencuba Lebuh Raya Persekutuan. Ianya sesak dari sebelum Tol Batu 3. Kami cuba pintas melalui Glenmarie. Trafik sesak di hadapan kilang pengedar [...]

BN losing the cyberwar again

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:13 AM PDT

By Oon Yeoh Jul 14, 11 | MalaysiaKini What a difference a year makes. Around this time last year, I wrote an article entitled The Cyberwar of 2012 for my weekly Oon Time column in theSun newspaper. In it, I wrote about how Barisan Nasional seemed to be getting the upper hand in the online [...]

Something unspeakably holy about Bersih 2.0

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:08 AM PDT

By Steven Foong July 14, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider 1000hr – Ka Vee arrives at my house. We bought toothpaste, salt and drinking water before going for breakfast. He was wearing a "Racism is so Yesterday" T-shirt by Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia. I laugh and joked, "You most likely won't make it past the [...]

Kedah ban on entertainment outlets during Ramadan – MB should revoke decision

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:43 AM PDT

I have been in contact with the DAP Kedah State Chairman and Kota Darul Aman State Assemblyman Lee Guan Aik on the Kedah ban on 13 types of entertainment outlets from operating during Ramadan. Lee reports that Kedah DAP had never agreed to the ban and that the matter was never raised at the Kedah [...]

Ramadan ban lands PAS and DAP in the soup

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:14 AM PDT

By Susan Loone Jul 14, 11 | MalaysiaKini A big storm is shaking up the Pakatan Rakyat in Kedah over the PAS-led government’s recent ban on entertainment outlets during Ramadan. PAS’ coalition partner, DAP, has expressed disappointment over the new ruling, accusing accused the former of not consulting its partners before deciding on the controversial [...]

Suhakam public inquiry into police brutality most laudable

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:21 AM PDT

The decision of Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) to hold a public inquiry into police excessive use of force, violence and brutality during last Saturday's Bersih 2.0 rally is most timely and laudable. In fact, if the Malaysian police subscribes to the principles of democratic policing to protect the rights and interests of the citizens and [...]

Yes, minister, you are wrong!

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:10 AM PDT

By Dr Hsu Dar Ren July 14, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 14 — Article 18, Part II of the Fourth Geneva Convention (August 12, 1949) states clearly that: "Civilian hospitals organised to give care to the wounded and sick, the infirm and maternity cases, may in no circumstances be the object of attack [...]

It’s between evil and good

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:07 AM PDT

By The Malaysian Insider July 14, 2011 JULY 14 — We are not interested in the politicians who lined up behind Bersih 2.0 or those who chose to fight against the cause of clean and free elections. We are interested in the thousands of Malaysians (not Malays, Chinese or Indians or Kadazans, etc) who marched [...]

If only every day was July 9

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:02 AM PDT

By Joey Sze July 14, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JULY 14 — Many people were surprised that I attended the rally despite all the hoo-hah and clampdowns. Someone who describes me as "soft spoken" commended me on my "courage" and "strength." The truth is that I am a little surprised myself. I am, by [...]

Bersih rally may point to unequal wealth distribution, says Financial Times

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 12:54 AM PDT

By Clara Chooi July 14, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak should take heed of last Saturday's mass protest as a possible show of public distaste on income disparity in Malaysia, aside from a push for electoral reform, the Financial Times has said. The daily reported in [...]

Charles Santiago

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Charles Santiago


MTUC, MEF say no to new minimum wage Bill

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:39 PM PDT

Source: The Malaysian Insider

 

By G. Manimaran
Bahasa Malaysia Editor
July 15, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 — The country's largest workers' and employers' groups are in rare unity against the recently passed minimum wage law due to its wide powers and demand a review before its year-end implementation date.

Putrajaya has come under fire as Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MPs have charged that the National Wages Consultative Council (NWCC) Bill was a futile exercise as the government would still have the final say in setting a minimum wage rate.

Despite widespread concerns, the Najib administration went ahead and tabled the highly-anticipated Bill in Parliament last month, paving the way for the implementation of a minimum wage policy in the country.

Both the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) and the Malaysian Employers' Federation (MEF) listed several reasons as to why they were unhappy with the Bill, with MEF executive director Shamsuddin Bardan remarking that this was the first time both groups reached an understanding regarding minimum wage enactment.

They feel the human resources minister has wide jurisdiction in the enforcement of the new law, with the MEF saying that the new law allows the minister to amend or cancel any directive concerning minimum wage at any time.

The MTUC and MEF are also opposed to the membership figures in the NWCC, saying employers and employees were seen to be the "minority groups" in the council's decision-making. Of the 29 members in the council, employer and employee groups can each send five representatives who do not have to be from the MTUC or MEF.

The MTUC said it disagreed with the launching date of the minimum wage which will be executed according to different sectors, cities and jobs. It wants a national minimum wage Act to be implemented simultaneously throughout the country.

"The law has just been passed but has not received the blessings of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong… so we feel that there is time for the government to rectify the unfair enactments," Shamsuddin told The Malaysian Insider. He said however that the MEF had no power to reject the new Bill.

"But we want the government to amend this Bill," he added, stressing that the MEF and MTUC were never formally invited when the Bill was first drafted.

"Any laws pertaining to workers and touching on the interests of employers should have been discussed via the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) but this has not been done," Shamsuddin said.

MTUC secretary-general Abdul Halim Mansor concurred, saying that the NLAC has not had any meetings since May last year.

"We have decided not to agree with a big part of the Bill… it gives too big a power to the minister and belittles the role of the MTUC when it comes to negotiations," Halim told The Malaysian Insider.

The Malaysian Insider understands that many MTUC leaders were shocked when the government tabled the Bill in Parliament.

"We were never consulted over the matter… that is why we are shocked, it feels as though we do not matter.

"We are not saying we reject (the Bill), but we are just dissatisfied," Halim said. He said that both the MTUC and MEF had sent letters to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak calling for a review of the law shortly after it was tabled and passed in Parliament.

According to the Bill, the NWCC's role will be to advise the government on all matters related to minimum wages, including its development at the international level as well as recommendations to the government on minimum wage rates and coverage according to sectors, types of employment and regional areas, among others.

It will comprise a chairman, a deputy, a secretary, at least five members drawn from public officers, at least five employee representatives, five employer representatives and another five others who have yet to be named — all of whom will be appointed by the minister.


Malaysian Prime Minister Defends Muzzling of Protests

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:16 PM PDT

By AND LIZ GOOCH (NYT)
Published: July 14, 2011

LONDON — If the Malaysian government allowed street demonstrations of the kind seen in Kuala Lumpur last weekend, the country would face protracted instability, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Wednesday.

Mr. Najib spoke after thousands of advocates of electoral change defied a government ban and held a large street protest Saturday, during which the police fired tear gas and water cannons and arrested nearly 1,700 demonstrators.

"Public order is very important in Malaysia because if we allow for street demonstrations, there's no end to it, there will be another group that wants to demonstrate," Mr. Najib told a small group of international reporters Wednesday in London, where he was to meet the British prime minister and attend an investment conference.

If protests are not controlled, "you will get a situation in which more and more of these street demonstrations will take place in Malaysia," he said.

On Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia announced that it planned to hold an inquiry into police conduct during the rally. The police response has been condemned by rights advocates in Malaysia and abroad, including the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Muhammad Sha'ani Abdullah, a member of the Malaysian commission, said Thursday that it decided to act after receiving complaints from the public, protest organizers and rights groups. "We are also acting on media reports and our own observations during the rally," he said.

He said that details of the inquiry would be determined by Tuesday.

In London, Mr. Najib defended the police, saying they had used "minimum force, and there was no physical contact at all with the demonstrators." The scale of the protest, he added, was exaggerated, and "a maximum of 15,000" people turned up. The police put the number at 5,000 to 6,000, while protest organizers contended it was 50,000.

The government had barred the protesters from gathering in Kuala Lumpur but said they could hold a rally outside the capital. The protest leaders insisted that it be held at Merdeka Stadium in the city, however.

"I was saddened by the fact that they didn't accept the government's offer," Mr. Najib said. "They still insisted on marching through the streets, because I think they wanted to get maximum publicity and secondly challenge authority in the hope that they can make this an issue."

The protest movement, led by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, or Bersih, sees the situation differently. An amalgam of civic groups advocating changes in electoral laws, Bersih was declared illegal on July 1, after which hundreds of activists were arrested, though most have since been released. All those arrested on Saturday were released later that night.

The Malaysian Bar Council said in a report Tuesday that its monitors witnessed the police using tear gas and water cannons "arbitrarily, indiscriminately and excessively" and "beating, hitting and kicking the rally participants." The protesters, it said, acted in "peaceful and calm manner," except for an incident in which "one or more" people threw plastic bottles at a television reporter.

The Malaysian home minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, said Monday that the police force would review recordings of the incidents and that appropriate action would be taken if the police were found to have acted improperly. He also said that action would be taken against any journalists who were found to have sensationalized their reports with inaccurate information, reported The Star, a newspaper.

Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said Thursday: "The Malaysian authorities' crushing of Bersih's march shows that when basic liberties compete with the entrenched power of the state, the government is quick to throw respect for human rights out the window."

(In a letter to the prime minister at the start of this month, human rights groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Federation for Human Rights cited "serious concerns about the escalating harassment, intimidation, and crackdown by your government against the leaders and supporters of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections."

The letter said a number of Bersih's leaders and supporters had been arbitrarily detained under sedition laws in violation of their rights to freedom of association, expression, and peaceful assembly.)

The main opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, was hurt during the disturbances Saturday, as was one of his bodyguards and another opposition member of Parliament.

Mr. Anwar described the police response as "brutal" and said the police fired tear gas canisters directly at the leaders of Bersih and the opposition. Mr. Anwar's daughter, Nurul Izzah Anwar, said "many innocent people were injured," Reuters reported, and condemned the "cruelty" of the U.M.N.O.

U.M.N.O., or the United Malays National Organization, has dominated national politics since independence from Britain in 1957. In 1969, sectarian violence exploded between ethnic Chinese and Malays, which brought a bloody crackdown, the declaration of a state of emergency and the suspension of Parliament.

Since then, the country has developed despite the fragile, underlying social balance among Malays, who are known as Bumiputra and have benefited from preferential economic treatment, ethnic Indians and Chinese. In recent years, street protests have been rare. Still, there are rising concerns both inside Malaysia and among foreign investors about the reform movement and the effect it could have on political and economic opening.

Mr. Najib warned, for example, that if U.M.N.O., which boasts more than three million members, were to respond to the protests with its own rally, chaos would ensue. "What happens if we organize a three million demonstration?" he said. "Malaysia will be plunged into a lot of uncertainty, and I don't want that to happen."

Mr. Najib, who came to power in 2009, is not obliged to hold an election until 2013, but there has been speculation that he may consider an earlier date to take advantage of accelerating growth.

The timing of the next election could help determine whether the protest movement fizzles out or becomes something akin to the deeper reform movement seen in the Middle East this year.

The election will occur "when the situation is right," Mr. Najib said, refusing to be pinned down on timing.

"You'll just have to look at the crystal ball."

He did, however, promise to address some of the protesters' concerns, for example to "clean up the electoral list" to avoid voting fraud by making sure there is a biometric record of all voters.

He also said that he would seek to "clarify" the system through which the armed forces and police cast ballots, another contentious issue.

He said it was "up to the Election Commission to decide" whether to establish rules on extending the period for political campaigning.

The government, he said, is committed to "clean and fair" elections.

After London, Mr. Najib plans to travel to Rome for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI


The Telok Gong Manufacturers Association (PPPTG) 6th Swearing in ceremony.

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:11 AM PDT

Source: Nan Yang San Pau

 


” Members source RM1.8 Mil for upgrading works”

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:01 AM PDT

Source: Nan Yang San Pau

 


Ahli Parlimen Klang,YB Charles Santiago telah mengadakan satu sesi media bersama Ahli Majlis Perbandaran Klang mengenai masalah dan status banjir di sekitar zon N48C.

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:52 AM PDT

Source: Nan Yang San Pau


Ahli Parlimen Klang,YB Charles Santiago telah mengadakan satu sesi media bersama Ahli Majlis Perbandaran Klang mengenai masalah dan status banjir di sekitar zon N48C.

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:40 AM PDT

Source: Nan Yang San Pau


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Bersih2.0: It's Government Clampdown that Created Chaos

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 05:49 PM PDT

Dr Chua Soi Lek needs to be educated that it's "authoritarian" governments, and not "democracy" movements that cause loss of investor confidence

According to our Tourism Minister, Dato' Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen, Malaysia's tourism industry incurred over RM100 million in losses due to the Bersih 2.0 rally last Saturday.

Her MCA President, Dato' Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek went a step further, claiming that the damage from Saturday's Bersih rally far exceeds RM100 million as the street protest adversely impacts investor confidence and tourism. He said foreigners unfamiliar with Malaysia will be swayed by the chaotic mammoth rally's footage and reconsider investment plans or travel in the country.

"The loss is in terms of confidence, the loss of the image of Malaysia as a peace-loving country," he told reporters yesterday.

Dr Chua Soi Lek appears blind to the fact that the "chaotic" mammoth rally in Kuala Lumpur was caused, first by the unnecessarily violent and aggressive tactics deployed by the police force against peaceful demonstrators. "Chaos" was only created when the Bersih supporters needed to run helter-skelter for cover when the police fired rounds of tear gas and liberally showered them with chemically-laced water.

Secondly, it was the Barisan Nasional government who refused permission for Bersih to use the Merdeka stadium as originally compromised, resulting in the supporters having nowhere to go to express themselves by the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

Corresponding to the 2-points above, it was the BN administration which decided to "lock-down" the city causing the alleged losses, if it is even anywhere near a plucked from the air figure like RM100 million. Had the police force cooperated with Bersih to work out a route for a peaceful march, none of the above "chaos" would have even occurred. In fact, had such cooperation taken place, the businesses would have thrived in the city centre, promoting domestic tourism.

The MCA President continues to speak the language of authoritarian governments seeking to preserve their tenuous hold on political power by arguing that street rallies will affect investor confidence.

In fact, in the week leading up to the Bersih rally, the Bursa Malaysia Composite Index completely brushed off the economic impact of the rally despite the relentless threats made and doomsday scenario painted by the Government. The Index had in fact increased from 1582.35 on Monday, 4th July to 1594.74 on Friday, 8th July.

It should also be noted that in other developing and developed countries, frequent peaceful and democratic rallies in these countries such as South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan have not in any way dented their economic performance, which remains the envy of countries like Malaysia.

Dr Chua Soi Lek should stop trying to mislead the rakyat with tired tales and threats. He should instead embrace democratic principles and speak up for the man-on-the-street, instead of talking down to them, or he should be prepared to go down in history as the worst performing MCA President ever come the next general elections.

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