Parliamentary Roundtable on the Special Complaints Commission (SCC) Bill tomorrow morning

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The Parliamentary Roundtable on the Special Complaints Commission (SCC) Bill – the fake Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) – will be called by Parliamentary Opposition Leader YB Lim Kit Siang in Parliament House tomorrow, 28th December5 2007 at 9.30 am in Committee Room 1, Parliament House. Instead of the originally announced Thursday, 27th December.

The Office of Parliamentary Opposition Leader had already sent out letters of invitation to various NGOs, NGIs, Political parties as well as the 16 Commissioners of the Royal Police Commission to the Parliamentary Roundtable.

Those who had confirmed their attendance are Former Royal Police Commissioner Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim, Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Datuk Param Cumaraswamy, Chairman of Bar Council Human Rights Committee Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Hakam Deputy President Datuk A. Malek Zakaria, Suaram Coordinator on Police Power and Right to Justice Tah Moon Hui, Chairperson of KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Wanita Section Madam Lee Sok Wah, Convener of Youth For Change (Y4C) Lee Khai Loon, President of Tamil Foundation Mr K. Uthaya Soorian, DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng, Seputeh MP YB Teresa Kok etc.

Instead of an IPCMC “lion” with teeth and claws, a toothless and clawless SCC mouse has been produced wasting four years of the Abdullah premiership, making a total mockery of Abdullah’s pledge to reform the police and the Royal Police Commission Report with its 125 recommendations to create an efficient, accountable, incorruptible and professional world-class police service to keep crime low, eradicate corruption and uphold human rights.

The challenge facing all NGOs, NGIs and Malaysians concerned about the unchecked breakdown of law and order with the rise of endemic crime in the country is how to salvage the original IPCMC proposal of the Royal Police Commission in the face of relentless opposition by the police and the lack of political will and authority of the Prime Minister who is also Internal Security Minister.

The Police has won its battle to water down the IPCMC proposal of the Royal Police Commission, to the extent that the Inspector-General of Police is to become a permanent member of the SCC when the Royal Police Commission had barred serving or former police officers from being appointed as IPCMC commissioners.

All the international best practices in other advanced countries for an effective oversight mechanism over police conduct is for it to be completely independent, excluding all police participation.

The United Kingdom Police Reform Act 2002, for instance, provides for the appointment for a Chairman and not less than ten other members of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). It provides that no person who “holds or has held office as a constable in any part of the United Kingdom” or “is or has been under the direction and control” of a chief police officer could be appointed as Chairman or commissioner.

Why is Malaysia buckling this trend of international best practices if the Police and Government are serious in wanting to make the oversight mechanism over police misconduct a successful one rather than a scandalous failure?

Can the original IPCMC proposal be salvaged and is it worth the effort to try to salvage it.

This is the first issue the Parliamentary Roundtable on the SCC Bill (fake IPCMC) must grapple with. We hope more representatives from other NGOs and political parties could attend this roundtable in producing a world class police force and to salvage the original IPCMC proposal.

明早召开特别投诉委员会（SCC）国会圆桌会议

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国会反对党领袖林吉祥将会在12月28日（星期五）上午9时半在国会大厦委员会会议室（一）召开一项讨论特别投诉委员会（SCC）的国会圆桌会议。

国会反对党领袖办公室已经发函邀请各非政府组织、朝野政党及个人，包括警察皇家调查委员会的16名成员出席明日举行的圆桌会议。

目前已经确定出席的包括前警察皇家调查委员会成员东姑阿兹依布拉辛、律师公会人权委员会主席云大舜、拿督巴南•古玛拉斯瓦米、隆雪华堂妇女组主席李素桦女士、马来西亚人权协会署理主席拿督A•马力查卡利亚、淡米尔教育基金会主席K•乌塔亚苏里安、大马人民之声警察权利小组协调员郑文辉、动力青年协调员李凯伦、行动党秘书长林冠英以及士布爹区国会议员郭素沁等等。

这项国会圆桌会议是非常重要的，因为皇家调查委员会本来所建议且具有实际权利的独立警方投诉调查委会（IPCMC）已经不见纵影，反之却变种成为特别投诉委员会这只无牙小老鼠。

这不只是浪费了阿都拉担任首相4年的时间，它也令阿都拉的改革警队承诺，以及警察皇家调查委员会打造一支有效率、负责任、不贪污及提供世界级专业服务的警队的125项建议沦为笑柄。

我们目前面对的挑战是：在治安崩溃，罪案发生率飙升，加上警方最近针对数场涉及集会自由的基本人权所展示的态度，以及兼任国安部长的首相缺乏政治意愿与权威之下，我们要如何挽救皇委会原有的独委会建议。

目前，警方已经成功将独委会打折成一个全国总警长是永久委员会的特委会，尽管皇委会建议禁止在任或退休警官成为独委会成员。

所有先进国的最佳做法都是，一个针对警察行为的外在监督机制如果要成为一个有效的机制，那么这个机制必须完全独立于警方之外。

譬如，2002年《英国警方改革法令》阐明英国独立警方投诉委员会（IPCC）是由主席及不少过10名委员组成。它规定“在英国任何地方担任或曾经担任警员者”或“目前或曾经听命于首席警官指示的人士”都不得受委为主席或委员。

如果警方及政府认真的要监督警方行为的机制成功，为何大马要与国际最佳做法背道而驰？

我们希望其他组织和党团能够踊跃出席这项会议，并且为如何打造一支世界级的警察部队，挽救原有的独立警方投诉调查委会提供意见。

"Allah" is not the sole proprietary of Islam

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So now even when Pak Lah attended the Christmas Tea Party, he had not brought any solution for the Catholics about their weekly publication Herald.

Herald is denied a publication permit by the Ministry of Internal Security over the usage of “Allah” in its Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia publication.

The Ministry has ordered the Catholic weekly to stop publication unless it withdraw entirely it’s Bahasa Malaysia section.

Meanwhile, as reported here in Malaysiakini.com, a Sabah church has sued the government and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in his capacity as internal security minister for not allowing the import of Christian literature from Indonesia containing the word “Allah”.

Deputy Internal Security Minister Johari Baharum said that the word ‘Allah’ can only be used in the context of Islam and not any other religion as reported here.

Several bloggers including YB Lim Kit Siang has blogged about it, critising Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for not assuring Malaysians that he will not allow the middle ground to be intruded and encroached by extremists in UMNO or the civil service by striking down unreasonable, arbitrary and unconstitutional restrictions on Herald, the Catholic weekly.

Others who had blogged on this issue are Ronnie Liu, kai8994, Tony Pua, James Wong, malaysianabroad and saif2020 etc.

James Wong’s blog post is quite interesting that he put up a photograph showing a wall of a Christian Church in Syria with Arabic wordings.

While at here you can even listen Christian prayer in Arabic.

What do all this show? It just show that the word “Allah” is just a term used to describe god (or God or Gods) by the Arabians. It will not become the sole proprietary of Islam just because the Quran was originally written in Arabics.

Wikipedia has a better explanation on the word “Allah”:

Allah (Arabic: الله, Allāh) is the standard Arabic word for "God". The term is most likely derived from a contraction of the Arabic article al- and ʾilāh "deity, god" to al-lāh meaning "the [sole] deity, God" (ho theos monos); another theory traces the etymology of the word to the Aramaic Alāhā.

While the term is best known in the West for its use by Muslims as a reference to God, it is used by arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews in reference to "God". The term was also used by pagan Meccans as a reference to the creator-god, possibly the supreme deity in pre-Islamic Arabia.

Flood in PJ Jalan Semangat 6pm Christmas Eve 2007

The flood was so serious that flood water even flow to the pavement. Road surfaces of jalan Semangat was severely damaged. I believe it is due to several construction site nearby. Rainwater has got no where to go that the water all flows to loweer area of the road next to Sin Chew Jit Poh.

MBPJ got to look into this. It is getting more and more serious.

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Chew Mei Fun - wheelchaired but still not easy for DAP

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DAP today went to visit YB Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, MCA MP for PJ Utara and Parliament Secretary of Women, Community and Family Development Ministry. The DAP team was led by DAP MP for Seputeh, YB Teresa Kok, who is also a woman MP, Tony Pua and I. Both Tony Pua and I are working for the same constituents with YB Chew in Petaling Jaya Utara. While Teresa and Chew were alumni from Kuen Cheng School.

When I received a call from Malaysiakini indicating that they will be coming to cover the event, it is a bit surprising for me. Malaysiakini is not the media that will only report about DAP visiting Chew, as it is a media that will report what your and my eyes cannot see, as you can read from here. Well, it has been the tradition of DAP leaders to visit MPs, government officers or even Ministers even though they are from different political parties. So Malaysiakini might have seen a bigger picture?

Well, it has always been the DAP to visit the unfortunate political opponents when they met with an accident or any relatives of them passed away. For example, our leaders visited former Home Minister Megat Junid when he was admitted into hospital a few months ago. Our leaders also paid numerous visits to Dr Mahathir when he was being treated in National Heart Institute (IJN).

DAP leaders also paid our last tribute to the late mother of YB Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting in Damansara when his mother passed away years ago.

Of course, Malaysiakini and other presses might be very interested on our purpose to visit YB Chew. I think, though we are working in the same constituency on a totally different political platform, there are times that we do not have to cut the line so clear between MCA and DAP. I had even issued a statement immediately after the accident to wish her quick recovery.

I admit that it will be a tougher fight for us in PJU for the coming GE especially when YB Chew is injured as she will probably rope in some sympathy votes, but I think a fight is still a fight. I do no have personal bad-feeling against her, so does Tony, but when we come to national issues, issues of principle and political stands, both Tony and I with YB Chew are totally different.

We have never undermined YB Chew’s capability, more so when DAP lost badly in PJU during the last election, something which we had never expected. So there is really no credit for us to assume that it is an easy fight in PJU.

With this in mind, how can we afford to undermine her even when she was on wheel chair?

灵北马华民行准候选人病房外交

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《当今大马》郭史光庆 12月24日 傍晚7点01分

两名即将在来届大选展开一场恶战的准候选人，却在圣诞节前夕，于吉隆坡中央医院向媒体展示温馨和谐的一幕。

入住医院的是日前因赶往彭亨林明救灾而遇上严重车祸的马华八打灵再也北区国会议员周美芬，前往医院探访的则是预料将在来届大选挑战周美芬的行动党秘书长经济顾问潘俭伟。

连同潘俭伟今午一起在前往吉隆坡中央医院神经研究机构探望周美芬的，还有行动党士布爹国会议员郭素沁与雪州秘书刘永山。

在病房为周美芬切水果招待行动党3名领袖的则是其机要秘书蔡凤玲、马华灵北区副主席庄锡昭，以及马华后起之秀胡渐彪。

值得一提的是，刘永山预料将在来届大选上阵灵北区底下的州议席甘榜东姑，届时可能对上前电视名嘴胡渐彪。

周美芬：政党各异但友情常在

郭素沁在病房外向记者表示，“明天就是圣诞节，因此我们今天来探访周美芬，为她带来一些小礼物，祝福她早日康复，也祝她圣诞快乐”。3人送了周美芬一颗迷你圣诞树、一盒燕窝、一些补品和一张圣诞卡。

周美芬较后表示，“我欢迎所有人的探望，他们有心了，虽然我们隶属于不同的政党，但是我们之间还是存有友谊，因此我们也准备了水果招待他们”。

自本月9日车祸后就入院，而且一连转了3家医院的周美芬今日虽然一脸憔悴，脸上挂着厚厚的黑眼圈，但是心情和精神都很好。她在行动党一行人离开后，继续与记者们谈笑风生，还苦口婆心劝告一名看起来气色不佳的记者要多些休息。

周美芬虽轮椅代步仍积极活动

由于受伤的盆骨尚未复原，这名妇女、家庭与社会发展部的政务次长，就算能够在明年1月出院，也依然需要靠轮椅代步一段日子。

“现在我只是做一点运动，偶尔自己站起来走去上上厕所，结果由于过于依赖左脚，结果弄伤了左腿肌肉，现在有些疼痛。”

也许是来势汹汹的行动党让自己的国会选区陷入苦战，卧病在床的周美芬依然咬紧牙关，继续积极处理选区工作。

尽管仍须靠轮椅代步，她不惜在上周六向医生请假，出席其灵北区国会议员服务中心在白沙罗再也所举办一场《迎冬至·庆圣诞·残健一家贺佳节》活动。周美芬逗留现场约1小时半，还在致词时两次感触哽咽落泪。

她今日在病房内告诉记者，目前的她依然亲自阅读与回覆电邮，不同的只是换了方式，即由其助理将电邮打印出来让她阅读，然后她再以手写的方式回复，由其助理输入进电脑。

塞翁失马：车祸反增同情票

一些政治观察员认为，周美芬为了稳住岌岌可危的灵北区国会议席，数个月来积极在选区跑动接触选民，而这次的车祸是“塞翁失马，焉知非福”，为她赢得不少同情票，尤其是女性选票。再加上她是因为履行身为马华志工团总团长的职务，飞车赶往彭亨林明视察水患灾情而遇上车祸，更为她的服务形象大大加分。

因此，周美芬不惜牺牲养伤的时间，积极突显自己患难在身仍勤政爱民，以期扭转劣势的做法，并不叫人感到意外。

一般预测大选将落在明年3月，若周美芬一直保持“伤兵上阵”的姿态寻求蝉联，行动党在对她展开攻击时也会碍手碍脚，因为过于强烈的攻势肯定会被指为“趁人之危”，召来更大的反效果。

因此，行动党灵北区准候选人的探访，除了是该党向来的传统之外（探访患病或遭遇不幸的政治对手），相信是为了事先展示泱泱大度的君子风范，以免在进入选战时被批为“欺负病人”。

另一个考量则是借用周美芬此时的人气急升，来突显自己并非为反对而反对，或是为了胜利而不择手段，反而是一个能够与执政党合作，兼具友谊与关怀的在野党。

民青团和民政党连维护本身同志的勇气也没有

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民青团副团长巴兰佐迪上周五通过网络媒体发表一篇题为《从生到死都受到歧视》的文告，措辞严厉批评巫统玩弄种族课题。

巴兰佐迪这则文告不偏不倚地道出马来西亚印裔社群长期受歧视一事不仅受到反对党人士（或不满国大党人士的）认同，同时在国阵内部也引起一定程度的共鸣。

虽然巴兰佐迪道出他内心深处的真话，但是他面对的却是民政党以及民青团上下的围剿和孤立。

首先，民青团署理团长林时彬和民青团中委柯希兰在12月22日发表联合文告责问巴兰佐迪。

他们在联合文告中指出民青团“不同意巴兰佐迪发表文告，公开抨击其他国阵成员党的做法，因为此举将造成内部误解、纷争及矛盾。”

他们是在民青团团长马袖强身在国外而代表民青团回应巴兰佐迪的言论。

紧接着下来，巫青团团长希山慕定在周日于遥远的马樟‘隔山打牛’，声言对巴兰佐迪的言论表示遗憾，同时也要求民政党中央针对此事做出解释。

巫青团团长希山慕定可能是被一时嚣张过渡，被权力冲昏脑袋，因为他只是国阵其中一个成员党——巫统——的青年团团长，不是巫统主席。既然身份不平等，他凭什么要求民政党解释？

可惜，民政党代主席许子根却不争气。希山慕定的言论发出不到24小时，槟城就传出许子根已经开始针对巴兰佐迪的敏感种族性言论启动纪律对付行动。

雪州行动党和社青团对民政党和民青团领袖的言论表示失望。

我们失望的原因不只是因为民政党和民青团不敢讲真话、不敢带出印裔社群所发出的呐喊、以及不敢利用他们身为国阵成员党领袖的地位向首相发言。

我们对民政党和民青团失望。我们强烈谴责民青团和民政党的虚伪，更因为他们连维护本身同志的勇气也没有（除非巴兰佐迪说谎），甚至是许子根堂堂民政党代全国主席还要向区区一个巫青团团长领袖低声下气，最终要向本身同志落井下石。

这到底成何体统？国阵的权力分享理念是否荡然无存？新闻部长再努丁说首相要听真话只局限于国阵成员党领袖。难道巴兰佐迪身为民青团副主席就不是国阵成员党领袖吗？还是民政党连国阵成员党地位也不如？

民政党的虚伪和懦弱可以从这事件中彻底暴露出来。行动党的华裔领袖在维护受压迫族群的努力的斗争从来并没有退缩一步。行动党各阶级领袖更在不同的场合，尤其是我们的国会议员在国会殿堂，为遭压迫的印裔人士争取他们的合法权益。

民青团和民政党既然承认马来西亚印裔社群长期受到压迫，但是又苦于不敢说出真话，他们至少也没有必要向自己人‘开刀’，更何况这位自己人——巴兰佐迪——所说的全都是众所皆知（包括传媒）承认的真相。

民政党还有资格成为国阵的‘良心政党’吗？还是国阵已经没有良心可言？

Politician of Community Private Affairs - Race and Religion

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23 Dec 2007

Y.A.B. DATO SERI ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI
Prime Minister of Malaysia
Block Utama, Bangunan Perdana Putra Fax: 03-88883444
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan
62502 Putrajaya

Dear Prime Minster,

As an educated rubber estate worker, hailing from Kamuuning Estate, Sungei Siput, I must question your wisdom in appointing Mr. Samy Velu of the Malaysian Indian Congress and the Minister for Public Works with the additional portfolio of the strange Minister of Hindu Affairs. This appointment once again reinforces and facilitates the polarisation of the various ethnic communities. It prevents the integration of Malaysians into one mainstream society with diverse political ideologies. Your action fences ethnic divisions and creates community divide based on race. This is abhorrent in the 21st century.

The British in granting the independence in 1957, segmented the Malayan population into their respective ethnic groupings, (the British label every non Anglo-Saxons as ethnic communities even now) and since the Malayan Independence, as long as 50 years ago, the Malaysians have been capsulated into their respective ethnic enclaves, unable to crossover from their respective racial boundary into a mainstream society as Malaysians. In fact the BN dominated government has deliberately prevented the creation of a single mainstream Malaysian society. Racial divide is the order of the day, preventing a cohesive nation of pluralistic society. These racial classification has been slyly crafted by decades of politicians for the purposes of social and political control based on tribal loyalty based on race. Mr. Samy Velu revels in this form of segregation as his political intellect is limited to execute his questionable MIC leadership solely based on Indian tribalism. He is bankrupt other political ethos or ideology.

Now, Sir, you have unilaterally appointed him as the Head of Hindu Affairs, as an additional tool of political power at the expense of private Hindu religious activities. Sir, ethnicity, social customs and religious values should not be politicised in the modern day governance of a State. Race and religions are the private domains of the individual citizens and the community and they should be left alone, free of any form political interference. This is the foundation of a strong nation. Political parties has no right to intervene in these private affairs of the respective communities, otherwise you are courting disaster.

Your move to appoint Samy Velu has the head of the Hindu Affairs shows lack of sensitivity on your part. Our private century old social and religious values and social customs do not need a half baked politician like Mr. Samy Velu as the head. This only gives him more unqualified power to suppress the Indian community, and, Sir, we will desist and resist him more at the grass root level. He will attempt to politicise our private affairs for his own personal and political purpose. This we at the grass root level will prevent.

As the political representative of the Indian community in Malaysia, mandated to work for the benefits of the Indians, with integrity and in a fair and fit manner, he is expected to be transparent. We at the grass root level has asked him to take the lead and voluntarily declare all his assets, owned by him and his immediate family members , including those involved in MICA to publicly disclose all his assets. He is refusing to do so. He is purported to have vast amount of assets accumulated in Malaysia, Australia, India and rest of the world. We have advised Mr. Velu to forgo some of his personal privacy as he is an elected leader, and that such an act of disclosure would be in the interest of the wider Indian community.

His total assets would may well reveal that it is not disproportionate to, and within the means, of his full time Ministerial salary. This would allay the common perception, currently held by the Indian community, that his personal vast wealth has uniqueness enormity, to that of a Indian leader charged with the Ministerial power on behalf of the millions of the Malaysian Indians. It is not uncommon for the Malaysian government to allocate the share of national wealth for the Indians through the Malaysian Indian Congress in which Mr. Samy Velu is the head. He has the responsibility to the community to be transparent and accountable. The 9miilion telecom shares, of the 10 million share, allocated to Indians, is alleged to have been diverted to his son’s company and this issue is still in the minds of the Indians.

Even though the Anti Corruption Agency, that was under the direct control of his friend the previous Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahahathir, has given him a clean bill of health, the prevalent perception of the Indian community still sees him under a cloud on this issue. The community is suspicion as to how he would have these vast wealth that he is alleged to have accumulated all over the world, and that such vastness is disproportionate to his fixed monthly minsters salary. I am sure you would like to ask him, as the Prime Minster of the country, to put an end to such community perceptions with facts.

Further as a representative of the Indian community and head of MIC, through whom and which body, most of the government benefits for the Indian community have been channelled through, like the 10ml Telecom shares, he has an obligation to be transparent, and sacrifice some personal privacy for the common benefit of the Indian community as its leader. This is expected of community leaders through whom the government has opted to channel its share of national wealth now and than.

I therefore call upon to Government to :
. Dismantle government institutions that reinforces the race of it citizens
· Cease to allocate national share of wealth through the racially constituted political parties for the Indians and the Chinese
· Deliver government benefits and services without having to go through racially constituted political parties,
· Cease to intervene as form in the private social and religious affairs of the citizens for political control and social engineering,
· Regard the demand of HINDRAF leaders as genuine and not hand it over to MIC
· Release the HINDRAF leaders forthwith

As the general election is expected soon, we in the grass root level is committed to unseat Samy Velu and make MIC irrelevant, for his past antics and failure to safeguard the interests of the Indian Community.

Yours faithfully.

RKC (Ex Kamunning Estate Worker)

ISA Arrests of HINDRAF 5 – Operation Lalang II in the Making?

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The invocation of the Internal Security Act (ISA) to arrest five Hindraf leaders is most deplorable and marks another violation of the pledge by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to promote democracy, uphold human rights and defend the rule of law.

The five detained under the ISA are P. Uthayakumar, M Manoharan, R Kenghadharan, V Ganabatirau and T Vasanthakumar.

The return of the ISA is another regression of Malaysia to the dark era of human rights violations which can only tarnish the country's international reputation and image.

Is Operation Lalang 2 in the works with the warning by the Deputy Internal Security Minister, Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum that "a list of names had been submitted by the police and it was only a matter of time before several others were detained under the ISA".

The DAP is organising a forum on the above issue with the following details:

Date: 21st December 2007 (Friday)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

The distinguished panel of speakers will include:
* YB Lim Kit Siang, Parliamentary Opposition Leader
* YB M Kulasegaran, MP for Ipoh Barat
* YB Fong Kui Lun, MP for Bukit Bintang
* Sdr Lim Guan Eng, DAP Secretary-General
* Sdr A Sivanesan, DAP Central Executive Committee Member
* Other speakers to be confirmed

Malaysiakini interviews Khir Toyo - is he speaking the truth?

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These are the interviews conducted by Malaysiakini with Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Khir Toyo.

Malaysiakini described him as a straight talking MB.

Yes, he may appear to be so, but that does not guarantee good and corruption-free governance.

The reason he use that he was allowed to contest in General Election proving that he is corruption-free is too weak a reason for us to believe, as the Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) is not an independent body in fighting corruption. The ACA is currently under the supervision of the Prime Minister.

We certainly cannot forget that a lot of ACA reports lodged against him are either fallen into deaf ears or clasiffied case closed. The ACA has to date failed to come up any updates on the reports.

Khir Toyo also undermined the wisdom of the people in Selangor that they are not mature to elect local councillors.

He is true that it is the attitute of civil servants in local councils that causes bad governance but so to say, isn't it true that if the job of supervision and monitoring the civil servants in local councils will better be accomplished if it is given to elected representatives?

蒲种哈古乐华小——不要把增建华小当大选红包

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马华公会最近针对哈古乐华小从霹雳州搬迁到雪兰莪州蒲钟一事大做文章。

其实，哈古乐华小的搬迁表面上是华社一大喜讯，但是背后却带出华文教育在马来西亚的处境。

前教育部长丹斯里慕沙莫哈末曾在2004年，建议关闭少过10名学生的各源流微型学校，包括位于霹雳州，只有8名学生就读的哈古乐华小。

基于雪州蒲种区华裔人口激增，对华小需求大大提高，华社建议把哈古乐华小，越州搬迁到蒲种，这项建议也获该华小董事同意。

教育部在2005年批准这项越州迁校，并同意拨出位于蒲种山庄5英亩学校保留地，作为哈古乐华小校地。

发展商IOI集团同意全面负责承建华小校舍经费；首相署更特别拨款给哈古乐建校委员会。

蒲种哈古乐华小于今年1月动工，并历时11个月竣工，整个工程包括土地与建筑费约1000万零吉，由IOI集团负责的建筑费约700万令吉，政府则负责另外300万令吉。

整个事件可以看出但是背后却带出华文教育在马来西亚的处境：

第一、马华公会所说的协助搬迁华小并非是主动性地搬迁华小，而是在教育部要把微型化小关闭之后，马华才后知后觉地协助搬迁微型化小。至少在哈古乐我们可以看到这点。

第二、在整个搬迁哈古乐华小的过程当中，政府只是负责300万令吉的费用以及播出校地，其余由民间（也就是IOI集团承担）。这是极不合逻辑的。政府既然向人民征收各种税收，理应为人民提供学校，但是现在却倒转来要民间出钱建校。

第三、虽然哈古乐华小的校地是政府地，但是哈古乐华小还是属于半津贴学校，不是全津贴学校，因为哈古乐华小的背景依然是半津贴华小。这也意味哈古乐华小虽然搬迁过来，但是身份依然没有搬迁。

第四、马华虽然口口声声说要积极增建华小、努力搬迁（微型）华小，但是马华与人感觉多热衷于搬迁华小。

全世界没有一个国家要把学校搬来搬去。如果学校不够学生，那么就应该关闭。如果一个地方需要华小、淡小甚至是国小，那么政府有责任根据需求增建华小、淡小甚至是国小。

这就好像马华这样的一个政党，你不能要求马华公会必须关掉一个地方的支部才能够在新地方开新支部。

政府应根据需求增建华小，而不是把增建华小当作施舍或大选红包。只要哪里有需求，就应该以需求兴建学校。政党支部是如此，难道学校也不是这样吗？

A day before Hindraf 5 arrested under ISA

Panorama view of a forum organized by DAP entitled: "New Deal for Marginalized Malaysian Indians" in NUBE building, Brickfields a day before Hindraf 5 were arrested under ISA.

“暴风雨来临的前奏：次轮茅草行动箭在弦上？”座谈会

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民主行动党将于2007年12月21日（星期五）晚上7时30分在吉隆坡与雪兰莪中华大会堂底楼大礼堂举办“暴风雨来临的前奏：次轮茅草行动箭在弦上？”座谈会，欢迎各位踊跃出席。

当晚的主讲人包括国会反对党领袖林吉祥、民主行动党秘书长林冠英、武吉免登区国会议员方贵伦、民主行动党全国副主席兼怡保西区国会议员古拉律师，以及民主行动党全国中委西华尼山律师。

随着警方最近动用内安法令扣留异见人士，加上国内当前的局势诡谲难测，让人担心政府会展开第二轮的茅草行动。民主行动党向来反对动用内安法令，未经审讯扣留跟政府持不同意见和立场的人士。

因此，我们希望通过举办这类座谈会，让参与公众共同表达他们反对政府动用内安法令扣留异见人士的立场。与此同时，民主行动党领袖希望通过这种管道向政府施压，要求政府关注国内被边缘化的族群，尤其是印裔族群。

除了上述主讲者之外，主办当局还邀请内安法令扣留者的家属，到现场跟大家分享他们的心情及当前所面对的困境。尽管他们的丈夫被内安法令扣留，但是民主行动党希望大家能够通过各种方式，给予这些家属所需的支持和人道援助。

这项讲座会是难得一见的。各主讲者将从各自的角度，跟听众分析国内当前的局势演变，以及未来可能出现的情况。他们愿以理性及务实的角度，引领公众如何冲破白色恐怖的迷雾，共同打造一个更美好的明天。

任何疑问，请联络民主行动党全国总部03-79578022 / 79578127、刘永山016-3231563或潘俭伟016-2220086。

To MM: We are not born yesterday

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By James OPH

Reference is made to your Star newspaper dated 16th December 2007 page N40.

Yes, I agree it is a trick. But it is MM’s manipulated trick to deceive the people when one reads M.M.’s article.

First MM used three constituency of 5000 people as a sample in his argument. This is anachronism. The Electoral Commission NEVER have constituencies with an equal number of voters. For example for the last General Election, Putrajaya had 5,079 voters. Petaling Jaya Utara had 75,935 voters. MM used the three constituencies of an equal number of representation to deceive the ignorant readers as if the EC is practicing this same method. In fact this is what we want and what we don’t have. But MM used something as if we have! This is cheating!

If you add up all the voters that voted for the BN and all the voters that voted for the Opposition at the last General Election you will find that the ratio of BN : Opp is 1 : 10.25.This simply means that the Opposition must get 10.25 votes to equalize 1 vote of the BN. Therefore BN desperately needs the man who can manipulate for them. He is needed to stay on for another year. The powers that be had stooped so low as to amend the constitution just to prolong the service of this one man.

Next MM used a sample of a “two horse races for seats in three constituencies of 5000 people each.” He continued to say that “the winners of the two seats are from the BN with 3000 votes, while the 3rd seat is won by the Opposition with also 3000 votes, then simple mathematics shows that the BN raked in 8000 votes or on average 4000 votes each for TWO seats, while the Opposition won 7000 votes but only got one seat.

BN Opposition Total Result
Constituency A 3000 2000 5000 BN
Constituency B 3000 2000 5000 BN
Constituency C 2000 3000 5000 Opp
……………………………………………………….............................…
8000 7000 15000
……………………………………………………….............................…

8000 should be divided by 3 and NOT 2! 8000 divided by 3 is 2666.67. So it is NOT 4000. Why must MM add 2000 from constituency C to get his total of 8000 and yet divide by 2? Hello MM. We are not born yesterday!

In the 1969 General Elecions the Alliance won less than 50% of the total votes cast but controlled two thirds of the parliamentary seats.

The smart man and his gang at the EC knows area by area of the voter’s mood and political inclination. They worked full time on this and is drawing taxpayers’ money as their gaji. They have to please their political master. They can manipulate and command who to win and who to lose by adjusting the election boundary and injecting or subtracting the voters in any constituency.

An example is the EC’s injection of 5000 voters from a nearby district and 3500 postal voters into the present Ipoh Timor Parliamentary Constituency on the eve of the coming GE. So before the voting starts, any idiot will know who will win in Ipoh Timor. The Opposition nearly lost Bukit Bintang in the last GE because of the postal voters.

The Smart man have his list of “BN likely win section” and “BN likely lose section”. His manipulation is very badly needed. The Constitution has to change to allow him to fiddle at least for one more year. They control who to win and who to lose by their BLWinS and BLLoseS. The Opposition want a transparent GE. So they will be providing transparent ballot boxes to “insult” the Opposition. During the last GE, voting time was extended by the whims and fancies of the Presiding Officers who behave like little Napoleons.

Yours truly

James OPH

Star Letter: It’s just a numbers trick

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From Star Letters to Editors

I READ with some distress the argument put forth by the Opposition and Bersih that our elections are unfair, on the basis that the ratio of votes to seats that the Barisan Nasional enjoys is lower than that of the losers.

This is quite simple mathematics, and works on all types of competitions where first past the post is the rule.

If the competing parties are fighting in two-horse races for seats in three constituencies of 5,000 people each, and the winners of two seats are from the BN with 3,000 votes, while the third seat is won by the Opposition with also 3,000 votes, then simple mathematics shows that the BN raked in 8,000 votes or on average 4,000 votes each for two seats, while the opposition won 7,000 votes but only got one seat.

It's the same in sports. If a person spends X amount of money to train and wins nothing then the money goes to waste, because only to the victor goes the spoils of competition.

Nobody cares who comes in second. The silver medal is only for the best loser.

Does this mean that the process is unfair? Of course, not.

If we have agreed to the first-past-the-post rule, then the numbers will ultimately be skewed against the loser.

It's simple mathematics, and yet the Opposition and Bersih are hoodwinking the people with numbers in their effort to accuse the Government of holding unfair elections.

There is no proportionate representation in Malaysia because each constituency wants to elect its own representative.

The voters do not want the party to choose their representatives for them at the central level, which is what would happen in a proportionate representation system.

A proportional representation system is unfair because the people do not actually get the representatives they want; they get what the party chooses for them.

First past the post is a system that ensures direct responsibility between the representatives and the electorate, whereas in a proportional representation system those sitting in the House are beholden to the party leadership that appoints them to the seat.

The first-past-the-post system ensures better accountability for each seat, and that is why it remains the system of choice for most democracies.

If the Malaysian people want proportionate representation they should work towards changing the Constitution, but for so long as we continue to use the tried and tested first-past-the-post system, the Opposition will have to accept that their vote to seat ration is going to be abysmal.

I call on the opposition to stop hoodwinking the people using this lame mathematical argument.

M.M.
Sungai Petani, Kedah.

Letter by RKC to PM: Birth Rights of Malaysians

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By RKC

Dear Prime Minster,

Your detention of HINDRAF Indian leaders grossly violates the international norm of human and political rights as exposed in the UN Human Rights Charter. Further, your intimidation to detaining civil protesters under the Internal Security Act violates the fundamental rights of citizens to participate in peaceful protests. The use of the ISA by your government calls for condemnation by the International community of civilised nations. The application of ISA against peaceful political dissenters is an unlawful application of the ISA. The legislators in framing the ISA had intended it to be applied for those who in fact pose serious threat against the State, not peaceful protesters like HINDRAFF leaders. They exercise their right to peaceful protest against the discriminatory laws of Malaysia. They present no threat to the nation, except to question the discriminatory treatment of the Malaysian Indians. By using the provisions of the ISA you have, with due respect, misused your ministerial powers. You too, Sir, is not above the law.

We the Indians of Malaysia, not the privileged and compliant MIC leaders, expect the Malaysian government to produce the evidence any involvement or links to terrorism or any threat the national security by the HINDRAFF leaders immediately, failing which we demand their release. Secondly, the disfranchised Malaysian Indians ask the Malaysian government to cease providing this misinformation of links to terrorism internationally. Failure on the part of the Malaysian government to produce this demonising evidence will further remove the credibility of your government, and that of your ministers, particularly those who are entrusted as torchbearers of the judicial systems.

Sir, the right to hold peaceful protests to secure one’s civil and human rights is an inalienable fundamental right, and no law can expunge this right. Any one who attempts to do so, for whatever reason and means , will be condemned as an oppressor violating the basic human rights, including political and civil rights .Article 10 of the Malaysian Constitution bestows these fundamental rights. These rights are also enshrined in the various UN Charters and expected to be enjoyed by the citizens of every country irrespective of their race. Your usage of ISA and the Sedition Act, These Acts were incorporated after the construction of the Malaysian Constitution, and as such their lawfulness in expunging the fundamental rights to peaceful expression of freedom of speech and assembly has yet to be adjudicated in an independent judiciary system. Therefore, to incarcerate the HINDRAFF leaders, as the true voice of the Indian community, without access to fair trial is condemned by the fair-minded Malaysians, and you stand to be judged by the international community. You will be responsible and accountable for the consequences of the international communities judgment. Further, your Deputy Prime Minster’s comparison of the HINRAFF leaders to that of arms bearing fighters of Islamic faith is detestable and shows the bankruptcy of political nuance of your Deputy.

Sir, hence your detention of the HINRAFF leaders under the ISA violates the basic rights to peaceful protest, and I ask you in the name of human decency, to release these leaders immediately or charge them through a judicial process, failing which, your Prime Mastership of inclusive governance has to be questioned in the international forums.

Since independence of Malaysia, 50 years ago, the Malaysian Constitutions has been systematically eroded by the Malay dominated UMNO politicians, whereby racial discrimination has come to be well entrenched in law and institutionalised in the daily administration of the Malaysian government. Regrettably the Indian community, as much as the Malaysian Chinese, have become immune to and subjugated of this discriminatory treatment over the years. They have lost sight of their birthrights and their right to be treated as citizens with equal rights. They have become accustomed to this denial of equal opportunities to bring about equal life chances. The educated Indian like me, Sir, can no longer bear this discriminatory treatment based on my race. I too wish to live with dignity with equal rights, not as an discriminated alien in my own country of birth.

We too demand our inalienable right to achieve our full potential under equality in law. Any discriminatory law that denies us these rights will have to be opposed in the 21st century, and we intend to do this in a legitimate and peaceful manner within the due process of the local and international law.

The UMNO dominated BN government has expediently used unrepresentative persons like Mr. Sammy Velu as your point of reference to address the concerns of Indians. As a anointed beneficiary of your racially crafted political system, Mr. Samy Velu, has never shown his capability to advocate for the rights of the Malaysian Indians. Sir, if you continue to use him as the spokesperson for the Malaysian Indians your partnership with the Malaysian Indians is doomed for failure. The BN has positioned Samy Velu and his cronies and rewarded them well. Inherently they have been using their elevated positions to further suppress the rights of the Malaysian Indians, using the misguided principle of tribal loyalty, based on race.

The concept of Bumiputra, used as a tool for racial discrimination, is obnoxious and abhorrent in the present day of human rights. It is an obnoxious label notion to identify one race against the Malaysian Indians and Chinese. This concept of “Bumiputra”, ironically a derivative of Indian language, accords an illegitimate position of privilege and racial superiority to the Malays. It gives the Malays the distasteful right to regard Malaysian Indians and Chinese as mere interlopers who simply has to be tolerated and treated as an alien without any birthrights. It gives the Malays the legitimacy to discriminate other Malaysian citizens who are not Malays. To the Malaysian Indians it is another form of colonialism, dominance of one community over another powerless community by virtue of race.

Sir, no more of this unequal treatment based on race. It is time for the Malaysian Indians to challenge their discriminated and marginalised position. With due respect, you as the Prime Minister of Malaysia have failed to appreciate the core frustrations of Indians and have resorted to using of the ISA to oppress the legitimate voice of their concerns. Your defence that you have been compelled to use the detestable laws of ISA to maintain the national security is a feeble and baseless excuse. There is no threat to national security. It is a mere demand of a discriminated section of the community. These demands are made within the ambit of constitutional rights and the Reids Commission. It is a legitimate demand of one section of the community. You avoid addressing the message of grievances , but have chosen to incarcerate the messengers. Is this the virtuous qualities of a national leader? I do not think it is.

It is widely reported that the Malaysian government, particularly the head of the Malaysian Police Force, is linking HINDRAF to foreign terrorist groups and branding HINDRAF as an extremist group. Sensible people like me find these allegations abhorrent and outrageous lies. These allegations are clearly politically motivated and carry no credibility when the HINDRAFF leaders are engaged within the due process of law. The demands of the marginalised working class Malaysian Indians, in whose origin I hail from in Sungei Siput, cannot be brushed aside as demands of extremist groups. Sir, by the same token one must conclude that every UMNO leader who regularly proclaims the rights and privileges of the Malays to the irks of non Malays, must also be incarcerated under the ISA or else, with due respect Sir, you too must be seen as racially discriminatory in the select application of the ISA laws.

After 50 years of independence the use of ISA on unfounded grounds is not acceptable in a civilised nation. The ISA is akin to the tool of a weak dictator, with no respect to legal procedures. May I remind you, Sir, that it is through legitimate process of constitutional means the HINDRAFF leaders are engaged in, but it is you who have criminalised them for your own weaknesses. The issues were raised on behalf of the million of Malaysian Indians. The leaders are not terrorists, nor do they pose any threat of subverting national security. The Malaysian government cannot brush aside these terrorist –linked demands or that of fanatical fringe group. These demands are within the norms and ambit of universal human rights, and the process will remain within that legal process, no matter how you and your spin doctors may wish to label the demands.

Sir, on the 25th of November 2007, from the lobby of Coreus Hotel I witnessed the peaceful march of the working class Indians. I saw them carry no weapons of any kind. I saw the peaceful march. I also saw the provocative behaviour of the Malaysian police force, indiscriminately firing smoke grenades into the crowd. I saw, to my dismay, the use of chemically laced water cannons against the peaceful and unarmed marchers. The behaviour of the police is not that of a democratic civilised nation.

The use of the ISA to shut the legitimate voice will not make the issues disappear within Malaysia or in the International forums. People like me, to whom my birth rights has been denied and was compelled to leave Malaysia, in protest against discriminatory treatment on account of my race as an Indian, will continue to voice our grievances. I have chosen to be a unit of a statistical minority community with equal rights enshrined in law in my adoptive country, than to be a treated with discrimination, embedded in law, in my own country of birth. I will continue to speak out in countries near and far of the discrimination practised in Malaysia, so that I may be able return to my own country of birth with dignity and equality in law. Sir, you may well be aware how the synergy of the International Community was energised to end the Apartheid in South Africa. The same legitimate processes can be reactivated.

Sir, in consideration of the above circumstances I ask you with due respect to release the HINDRAFF leaders forthwith, and if they have breached any law they be accorded the right to the due process of law to defend their .

Yours Faithfully,

RKC

SCC deferred

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The Special Complaint Commission Bill 2007 (SCC Bill) which is scheduled to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat for second reading today was deferred.

This is the latest information I get from some Members of Parliament. More news to follow.

Letter to the Indian Community - The Final Analysis

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From Sambulingam and Friends of Hindraf

My Dearly Beloved Permanently Colonised Malaysian Indians, Vanakam.

On 25th November 2007 we made history and proved that "Failing to gather was not an option!" For those who gathered there, be proud that you were a milestone in the making of history. The suppressed and depressed Malaysian Indians, after 50 years we did the "paradigm shift of the century" by making this gathering a successful one.

The spirit of the crowd was immeasurable. About 10 busloads of passengers walked all the way from Rawang as the authorities denied their rights to enter Kuala Lumpur. If time was not a factor, they may have even walked all the way from Pinang and Johor just to mark their presence at the gathering. A spirit that cannot be denied by the roadblocks nor the warnings from those who should have protected them.

The crowd behaved perfectly. They followed every advice to be calm and to observe non-violence. My God, where did they learn this kind of tolerance? The Indian youth often described as gangsters and rowdies observed perfect calm and a non-violent stance. ABSOLUTE AHIMSA! Now the world knows who turned these innocent youth the other way.

The police followed their superior's order by pounding upon the crowd tear gas after tear gas bombs. Malaysia would not have seen so much of tear gas ever used in one single day. To say the least, the taxpayers' money used to buy tear gas bombs, really were used against the tax payers themselves, an irony! The youth at the frontlines put the bombs off by pouring water which was passed from about one kilometer behind the lines! The crowd clapped and encouraged the bravery of the front-liners.

I was with a massive crowd of not less than 30,000 in front of KLCC. Gallons of what seemed like water-laced chemicals, or I would say chemical-laced water, was jet sprayed from the water cannons, providing my Permanently Colonised Malaysian Indians a free shower, courtesy the FRU. An unforgettable gift from the UMNO led government after 50 years of loyal support from beloved fellow Malaysian Indians! We received the "gifts" with open heart.

I personally went through almost 8 to 10 showers, enjoying the burning sensation throughout my body. My eyes, my skin, my lungs, my stomach and other parts of my body. I let every bit of the burning sensation be absorbed by each and every cell in my body. So did the thousands of the participants at the gathering. We will store the sensation in our cells for rest of our lives. We will pass it on to our children and grand children, after all this was the gift we received from UMNO-led government.

Nevertheless, the crowd did not give up. How could they? They waited patiently for 50 years. Would they give up so easily? I spoke to many foreigners, some were reporters. A gentleman from Spain told me, such brutality cannot be seen in his country, moreover against a peaceful gatherers and he asked me how these guys can do it to us. I wiped the tears that were caused by the gift of UMNO-led government, smiled at him and said "Malaysia Boleh!"

All we asked, me and my Permanently Colonised Malaysian Indians, was for a mere simple one hour. The officials gave us several hours to prove to us how much they care for us. The senior UMNO leaders were saying if this gathering was permitted it might lead to a racial riot. Bullshit! Let me share with you, what happened in Kampung Pandan.

When we walked towards Kuala Lumpur City Centre from Kampung Pandan, we were welcomed with gallons of chemical-laced water. The innocent civilians did not expect such a welcome and they split into all directions. Some ran into the housing area. My beloved Malay brethren quickly called and pushed them into their homes protecting them from the police who wanted to arrest the Indians. After some time, seeing the police outside, the Indians told their Malay brothers 'tak apa bang, nanti abang pula dapat susah, biar kami keluar dan tengok apa akan berlaku (It's OK brother, we do not want you to be in trouble because of us, let us go out and face them)."

A perfect brotherhood among Muslims and Hindus, among Malays and Indians took place. Teachings by Prophet Muhammad and Lord Krishna were observed perfectly. The teachings within the Holy Koran and the Holy Bhagawath Geetha were seen in practise here. The harmony of races in Malaysia! Citizens of various religions and races in perfect harmony, in perfect understanding, in perfect tolerance, caring, loving and watching out for each other.

So then, should there be any scent of racial riots, the Rakyat will know who stirred up the hornets nest. Stop gaining milegae by using us, Politicians! !

As for the Malaysian Indians, be proud of what you have done on 25th, you made History.

May Peace be with us forever.....

Chong Eng: Too many ministerial positions for PM

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MCA MP for Alor Setar YB Chor Chee Heung debated during the RM10 salary cut motion against Minister of Internal Security who is also the PM himself. It is shameful that Chor could say that the high crime rate in Malaysia shows that the economy is performing, which is not true at all.

Speak up against ISA!

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Dear All Muslim, Buddhist, Hindus, Christian, Sikhs, Taoist, Confucians brothers and sisters,

I am sure that you all must be aware about what happened to some of the Hindraf leaders who were arrested under the ISA. And of course, one of the detainees is V. Ganabatirau.

My colleague, Tony Pua, has a posting on him and his arrest here. I have also written about him here.

I do not intend to say more here but I wish to alert you about a petition that is going on about the ISA detention.

By the way, I have received an email from CKM who is a Christian which mentioned:

“Whilst as Christians we should respect the laws of the country, it is our duty to speak out on unjust laws. The arrest under ISA is totally uncalled for and unjust even under Islamic laws. A caring government will inquire about the "ethnic cleansing" allegation by HINDRAF and listen to the issues raised by them. As Christians, we should be colour blind and be compassionate.”

Before, you erase this email, I wish to remind you of a letter written by Martin Niemoller before the 2nd World War in Nazi Germany which is reproduced below.

Martin Niemoller:
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews, I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.

I hope, there is someone there to defend us
when they came for us, Christians.

We can all choose to keep quiet or stand up and be counted. I have signed an online petition to protest on the ISA arrests (No 18340). Do not be afraid, this online petition is located outside the country and run independently which the police have no access. You can put any name or email address you fancy.

If you believe it is the right thing to do, please mass email to your circle of friends. Go to here and sign.

God bless

CKM

CKM and I have joined the petition and have become the 14380th signaturies. Besides what was quoted by CKM, I think it is also good for me to share this famous song in the mid-eighties by Michael Jackson, We Are The World with you:

There comes a time
When we head a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all

We can't go on
Pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of
God's great big family
And the truth, you know love is all we need

[Chorus]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the
ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me…..

The lyrics, especially the first part which I have bolded and italic-ed in red, tells us that it is time for us to stand visible and counted for against injustices, that this is a call beyond the barrier of religion, that which ever religion we believe in and embrace, it will be a sin for us not to stand up against any injustices.

God Bless You,
May Peace Be Upon You,
Nandri Vanakum
愿主保佑你,
诸恶莫作、诸善奉行
السلام عليكم
Assalamu 'Alaikum
Shalom aleichem
שלום עליכם

应以正规法律提控兴权会领袖

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政府在前日通过恶名昭彰的内部安全法令，没有经过任何审讯，也无须经过警方扣留六十天的情况下，直接把5名遭逮捕的兴权会领袖送入甘文定扣留营直接扣留两年。

马来西亚政府的行为已经招惹国际社会的不满。昨天，副首相纳吉语不惊人死不休。他是针对美国评论我国援引内安法令行动发表谈话。他说美国评论我国援引内安法令行动前，首先应确保所有被关在古巴关塔那摩监狱囚犯，获得公平审讯。

美国国务院再度针对马来西亚援引内部安全法令，逮捕5名兴都权益行动委员会要员，以及过去数项非法大集会主要策划人一事，促请我国政府使用严峻正规法律程序处理。

纳吉弄不清楚的一件事就是，被关在古巴关塔那摩监狱囚犯都是手持杀人武器的人士。这群人士不能和兴权会的领袖相比，至少他们并非是手持杀人武器的犯人。纳吉的比喻根本是风马牛不相及。

其实，马来西亚政府在事件一开始没有援引内安法令对付兴权会领袖，反而通过正常的法庭程序，把兴权会和公选盟的领袖和支持者一一在煽动法令、警察法令或刑事法典下控上法庭。虽然政府的控状欠缺说服力，但是政府还是通过正常的法律程序对付他们。

但是政府过后选择内部安全法令，绕过正常的法庭审讯程序，显示政府没有信心能够在法庭胜诉。援引内安法令更显示政府的无能与懦弱，即总检查署没有信心能够在法庭上供出强而有力的证据，也不希望马来西亚印裔族群遭边缘化的问题在法庭上一再提出让政府蒙羞。

我对国阵政府一再拒绝处理问题的根源，反之只顾兴师问罪的处理方式感到厌倦。这就好比国阵政府嗅到垃圾堆发出的臭味一样，他们没有去调查为何会出现这对垃圾，反之他们却一再投诉为何垃圾堆发出臭味。这种方式是不能根治问题，反之，它只会引发更多民怨。

政府应该以正规法律提控兴权会领袖，而不是通过懦弱的方式，即内安法令来对付兴权会领袖。

Pak Lah worst than Mahathir

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The fact that the government has to resort to ISA to detain the five Hindraf leaders shows clearly that the government has ‘lost patience’ in Hindraf.

The Umno-led government, under Attorney-General Chamber, has initiated several charges against Hindraf leaders and supporters under various draconian acts, i.e. Police Act and Seditious Act, and they were brought to trial in open court.

However, the police failed to put them beyond bail and when Hindraf leaders and supporters can be bailed, that means they are still allowed to move freely which the government does not want to see.

In a way when the government decided to initiate civil or criminal charges against Hindraf supporters and leaders in open court, it can be used to prove to the world and Malaysians that the government has taken the ‘right path’ against dissents when they are brought to trial in open court.

However, all talks fall into pieces when out of no way, the government has to resort to the most draconian – the mother of all draconian acts in Malaysia – the Internal Security Act – to put five Hindraf leaders in jail.

In a way, I perceive it as a good sign – good in the sence that it exposes the real face of Pak Lah – that he had removed his velvet glove to show his iron fist, that the smiling faces that won the hearts and minds of many in the 2004 General Election had gone and that he is no different from his predecessor, in fact he is even worst.

Mahathir started off his premiership in 1982 by releasing ISA detainees from Kamunting, and he won a huge victory in a General Election held on that year. Coming up to GE 1986, he is still comfortable with his 2M formation. By 1987, following internal split in UMNO, Mahathir can no longer tolerate dissents. Then came the ISA in October 1987.

As for Abdullah, he doesn’t have to wait until the next general election as he can directly resort to ISA before he can finish his one term serving as PM. More so when the five Hindraf leaders detained are sent straight to Kamunting serving two-year jail term, without having to be put under police custody for 60 days! The first in Malaysia history and of course, an action even worst than Mahathir.

Do you still believe him anymore?

Similarities between Umno and BJP

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By SayYes2Peace&Truth

I find it shocking that Umno should liken Hindraf with India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its closely linked radical Hindu movement, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Umno should look in the mirror if it is looking for the real BJP-RSS of Malaysia.

The BJP-RSS is a disgusting, extremist political party that preaches Ketuanan Hindu in India. It constantly demonises religious and ethnic minorities as a threat to the Hindu majority of India. It aims to establish a two-tier system of rights and privileges for Hindus as first-class citizens and non-Hindus as second and third-class citizens in India.

The truth is that Umno behaves like the BJP-RSS. Umno preaches Ketuanan Melayu in exactly the same way that the BJP-RSS preaches Ketuanan Hindu in India. Umno has done in Malaysia everything that the BJP-RSS had tried to achieve whilst in power in India. Fortunately, the great Indian nation has been open-minded and progressive enough to reject such disgusting supremacist ideologies and voted Sonia Gandhi to lead the Congress party instead.

Hinraf has never supported Ketuanan Hindu or Ketuanan India. It wants democracy, rule of law, equal citizenship, equal rights, equal opportunity, cultural freedoms, religious freedoms, meritocracy and human dignity for all Malaysians. It abhors racism and hates inequality. It does not preach hatred towards anyone but wants Indians to be treated fairly and with respect in this country.

Hindraf supporters want peace. Like many Malaysians of all colours and persuasions, they admire the ideals of the great Mahatma Gandhi who was tragically shot dead by a BJP-RSS fanatic named Godse who strongly felt that the Great Mahatma had been too friendly towards the minorities. Godse wrongly believed the lies of the BHP-RSS propaganda machine that the ethnic minorities had been a threat to the Hindu community. Therefore, he felt compelled to commit a dreadful and horrific crime.

Umno leaders regard Hindraf supporters as "penyangak" (crooks). This reveals just how much the racist mentality is propagated by the government and has permeated the thoughts and attitudes across all sectors of Malaysian society. Umno needs to reject its Ketuanan Melayu supremacist ideologies and policies.

It must stop playing divide-and-rule politics, stop demonising minorities as a threat to the Malay-Muslim majority and stop lying to the public, both Malays and non-Malays. It must stop robbing them of their tax money, which has made so many of its leaders rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

It is clear to every educated person in Malaysia that reforming the patronage system in Umno must take place before corruption can be cleaned up. Umno spends all its time blaming or threatening others for its own problems. Since it has become perfectly clear that Umno cannot reform itself, the easy way out for Umno is to play up racial sentiments to garner votes from its Malay-Muslim majority.

If Umno isn't behaving like the racist supremacist BJP-RSS, then I don't know what it is.

Sivanesan speaks in DAP ceramah

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DAP CEC member Sdr A. Sivanesan, who is also DAP Legal Bureau Chief, also spoken up at DAP Ceramah on 12th December 2007 in NUBE Building.

He touched on various issues which concern Malaysian Indians in Tamil.

Guan Eng: Indians Rich? Please prove it

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DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng to seriously look into the plights of marginalized Indians and Malaysians who are side-lined from main stream development and to take immediate actions to protect them and share the wealth the country.

This what Lim Kit Siang started with his speech organized by the DAP in NUBE building, Brickfields on 12th December 2007 when more than thousands attended the ceramah.

He also criticised government's propaganda to use Hindraf to prove that Malaysian Indians are not poor and that the government needs to prove this.

He also said that the government must be sincere to discuss the problems instead of labelling Hindraf as terrorists or has links with terrorists.

The government should not also come out with statement to revoke citizenship of Malaysian Indians.

Pak Lah is PM for AAB & Co.

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50 years of independence and yet during this celebration which the government has poured in RM100 million, the country seems to be more rotten, divided and government seems to be more oppressing. The country has witnessed 2,000 lawyers, 40,000 Bersih demonstrators and 30,000 Hindraf supporters went to the street to demand a clean-up for the judiciary, to demand a free and fair election and to demand a new and fair deal for the marginalized Indians in Malaysia.

This what Lim Kit Siang started with his speech organized by the DAP in NUBE building, Brickfields on 12th December 2007 when he said that although Pak Lah claimed that he has ‘Big Ears’, his ‘Big Ears’ do not hear the people.

“Pak Lah had promised four years ago that he will be PM for all that he will listen to truth. He hear nothing, he is not a PM for Chinese, he is not a PM for Indians, he is not a PM for Kadazans, he is not a PM for Ibans and he is not a PM for poor and marginalized Malays. He is only a PM for Abdullah Ahmad Badawi & Company.”

Kit Siang also urged Nazri, Devamany to apologise.

He also mentioned what the Indians can do in the general election, that is to shake BN up with the Indians vote for Opposition especially in about 60 constituencies in the peninsula which Indians voters constitute more than 10 percents of the voters. He even named the parliament constituencies in Selangor and Federal Territory.

He also criticized the Attorney-General, Abdul Gani Patail for his claim that Hindraf has terrorist link with LTTE based on a police report.

Kit Siang also questioned, “If that can be justified, then other people can lodge report that UMNO and BN has terrorist links. Can we use this police report to say that UMNO and BN are terrorist or have terrorist links?”

50 years of independence and yet during this celebration which the government has poured in RM100 million, the country seems to be more rotten, divided and government seems to be more oppressing. The country has witnessed 2,000 lawyers, 40,000 Bersih demonstrators and 30,000 Hindraf supporters went to the street to demand a clean-up for the judiciary, to demand a free and fair election and to demand a new and fair deal for the marginalized Indians in Malaysia.

This what Lim Kit Siang started with his speech organized by the DAP in NUBE building, Brickfields on 12th December 2007 when he said that although Pak Lah claimed that he has ‘Big Ears’, his ‘Big Ears’ do not hear the people.

“Pak Lah had promised four years ago that he will be PM for all that he will listen to truth. He hear nothing, he is not a PM for Chinese, he is not a PM for Indians, he is not a PM for Kadazans, he is not a PM for Ibans and he is not a PM for poor and marginalized Malays. He is only a PM for Abdullah Ahmad Badawi & Company.”

Kit Siang also urged Nazri, Devamany to apologise.

He also mentioned what the Indians can do in the general election, that is to shake BN up with the Indians vote for Opposition especially in about 60 constituencies in the peninsula which Indians voters constitute more than 10 percents of the voters. He even named the parliament constituencies in Selangor and Federal Territory.

He also criticized the Attorney-General, Abdul Gani Patail for his claim that Hindraf has terrorist link with LTTE based on a police report.

Kit Siang also questioned, “If that can be justified, then other people can lodge report that UMNO and BN has terrorist links. Can we use this police report to say that UMNO and BN are terrorist or have terrorist links?”

Don't complain the smell, ask why it is smelly!

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(Gana was standing next to me when we submitted memorandum to MBPJ on the obstruction of a bazaar in front of a Hindu Temple in Sungai Way New Village, SS9A, Petaling Jaya)

My colleague, Tony Pua, has written about one of the Hindraf ISA detainees, V. Ganabatirau.

While Tony has close working relation with Gana, I met Gana occasionally in various DAP functions and activities.

I also remember that he was one of the few lawyers detained in front of Shah Alam Police Disctrict Headquarters together with others gathered in front of the police station when MBSA and other state government agencies demolished a Hindu Temple in Padang Jawa weeks ago.

He is a new DAP member, but already started serving the people in Teluk Intan and had assisted the party to form a new branch in Shah Alam, named Sri Muda Branch, and his branch could be the first DAP branch in Shah Alam, a parliamentary constituency which is not a DAP stronghold due to its demographic structure.

I had several chances to work with him regarding to the membership and setting-up of his branch.

There was also one occasion when Tony and I went to lodge a complaint with him to MBPJ regarding to a bazaar set-up by MBPJ during the month of Ramadhan right in front of the Hindu Temple in Sungai Way New Village, SS9A, Petaling Jaya, which obstructed the traffic flow.

Gana was not radical in his reaction and what was demanded is for the council to consult the management of the temple before making the decision to set-up the bazaar.

I truly wish and hope that he can be released immediately.

My word to Pak Lah: don’t complain that it is smelly, but ask why it is smelly.

Malaysiakini: Kula suspended for four days

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MP for Ipoh Barat M Kulasegaran has been given a four-day suspension by Deputy Speaker Lim Si Cheng.

The suspension was given following an argument between Kulasegaran and Lim on the presence of Dewan Rakyat Speaker and his deputies in the Chamber when the Members of the Parliament Remuneration Amendment Bill was being debated.

The Bill was tabled to amend the remuneration of the Speaker and his deputies.

Kulasegaran was of the view that the presence of the Speaker and his deputies in the Dewan was not appropriate when the debate to amend their salaries was ongoing.

Kit Siang and Karpal Singh condemn Hindraf ISA5 arrest

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Immediate comments from YB Lim Kit Siang and YB Karpal Singh to condemn the use of ISA by the government and the police to arrest P. Uthayakumar, M. Manoharan, R. Kenghadharan, V. Ganabatirau and T. Vasanthakumar in the parliament house on 13th December 2007 at 3:45pm.

Shafie Apdal: Harga mana ada naik?

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It was parliament question time when DAP MP for Ipoh Barat, YB M. Kulasegaran posed a question to the Parliament Secretary for Ministry of Finance on whether there could be an urge from the government to the private sector to increase the wages of workers in private sector so that their salaries can support their living.

CPI (Consumer Price Index) which was recorded at 1.9% was described as not accurate by YB M. Kulasegaran as it is public knowledge that cost of living has gone up way beyond 1.9%.

However, it was the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs, YB Datuk Shafie Apdal, MP for Semporna, who answered a question from MP for Sepanggar subsequently rebuted M. Kulasegaran for not citing the truth as he said he can prove that there are certain items which prices has reduced.

Denial syndrome was so deep-rooted in his mind until he challenged Kulasegaran to resign if he can prove that there are items which prices has gone down. Kulasegaran continue to asked which are items but Shafie still refused to answer.

Vexed MPs stage walkout

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Vexed MPs stage walkout
Yoges Palaniappan Dec 11, 07 4:46pm

Sixteen opposition MPs staged a walkout from the Dewan Rakyat in protest of the arrest of 26 Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih) petitioners this morning.

The 16, including all DAP and PAS MPs who were present, walked out at about 3.55pm in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was scheduled to wind-up the debates on a controversial amendment five minutes later.

The walkout came after M Kula Segaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) debated on the constitutional amendment bill seeking to extend the retirement age of Election Commission members by a year to 66, a move that has elicited strong criticisms.

The opposition MP opposed the amendment and condemned the arrests.

"We feel there is no point to debate further on the Bill when the arrests have nullified our freedom of expression both in and outside the Parliament House.

"We make laws in Parliament and it is the highest legislative body. How can the police just come in and start arresting people?" asked Kulasegaran when contacted later.

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我国需经得起国际社会的监视

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仅在昨天，巫青团团长希山慕定针对美国政府发文告呼吁我国政府允许达马政府允许国民自由发言一事表示我国拥有完善政策和自主权来处理国内的非法集会，并且指出身为‘第三者’的美国政府不应干预我国内政。

其实，希山慕定的言论是狭隘的。在全球化社会下，没有所谓某某国家的政府不能干预其他国家政府。

首相拿督斯里阿都拉才替巴勒斯坦仗义执言及抨击以色列的打压做法，他言之有理。同样的，美国的伊拉克政策常遭大马政府批评。但是为何本国发生同样压迫民主的事件，外国人难道就不能发言吗？难道外国人不是人，所以不不知道什么是人权，什么是普世价值吗？

其实，一个地方只要出现压迫、不公平的事件，那个地方就会有游行、示威、情愿、集会等等。

‘示威’这个字眼一直出现在我国各民族的近代史。印度圣雄甘地为抗议英殖民政府的统治，曾经在全印度举办多场大型和平示威、游行以及绝食抗议。

中国近代史出现五四和六四运动。爱国大专生走上街头请愿。五四运动的学生高呼反对帝国主义、封建主义的爱国运动。六四的大学生则以反贪污，反腐败，反官倒为主。

高度资本主义的香港也曾经发生争取民主的七一大游行。台湾群众曾经掀起红潮倒扁。泰国民主派人士曾经发起黄衣运动推翻前首相塔信。缅甸不久之前爆发袈裟革命。印尼学生推翻苏哈多铁腕政权也是通过同样的方式，菲律宾人民亦是通过‘人民力量’推翻马可斯和埃斯特拉达如此。

至于巫统本身，1946年巫统就曾经策划反对马来亚联邦示威和罢市活动。凯理去年在双峰塔外举办反美示威。今年巫青团也曾经参与示威反对缅甸军政府打压僧侣革命。

大马部长应摒弃井底蛙的虚伪心态，学习全球社会的首个基本游戏规则，即我们必须接受及经得起国际社会监视我国的政策，就如同大马领袖苛评巴勒斯坦及伊拉克课题那般。

因此，在国际社会上，大马领袖不能要求双重标准对待，即大马领袖在批评他国政策之余，却坚称本国政策不容外国干预。

Karpal roars after the walkout

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YB Karpal Singh speaks after the walkout.

Contempt of Parliament: Kit Siang cried foul

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Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang stood up in protest against the way police invaded the parliament house.

He referred this as the blackest day for Parliament in 50 years.

In utter contempt of the sanctity of Parliament and the honour and dignity of Members of Parliament, the police arrested over 20 people in the parliamentary precincts.

Kit Siang was eye-witness to the police arrest of Mustapha, Yap Swee Seng, Wong Chin Huat and Gayathry within the precincts of Parliament.

Ceramah: The New Deal for Marginalized Indians

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DAP will organize a ceramah entitled "The New Deal for Marginalized Indians and Indian after Hindraf" at Wisma NUBE, No. 12 Jalan Tun Sambathan 3, Brickfields (Beside Petronas) on 12/12/2007 7:30pm.

Speakers include: YB Lim Kit Siang, A. Sivanesan, YB M. Kulasegaran, YB Fong Kui Lun and M. Manoharan.

All are welcome! Ceramah will be conducted in English and Tamil.

So, what the arrest about?

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All six activists from the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) detained earlier this afternoon at the Parliament car park have been released by the police - with an apology to boot.

This is what I read from Malaysiakini.com, it's an apology from the police.

Yes, an apology. Very rare, right? The police apologised, but for what? For taking people away unreasonably? For they know that they are dipping deeper and deeper into a deep sea or worngdoings and human rights abuse? For contempt of Parliament?

It is also ridiculous when the police released them at 4pm without taking any statement and being told that they are not going to be charged.

People are scolding that the police nowadays simply catch people with no reason or with very trivial reason.

So what is the arrest about?

Can the police be sued in court as this has caused disgrace not only to the arrested but also to Parliament as the Police was doing that right inside Parliament prescint (which is an act of contempt of Parliament)?

Bakri's words as IGP forgotten by police today.

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I have the time to check some of the paper cuttings in my hard disc. A lot fo them are in digital jpeg format.

These are the reports from the Star and NST dated 2nd March 2006 and the IGP at that time, Tan Sri Bakri Omar lamanted that some police officers, even to the rank of OCPD (Officer in Charge of Police District) lack knowledge on human rights lainding them into problem of human rights violation.

Tan Sri Bakri Omar was speaking about this when he was speaking on a three-day refresher human rights course for OCPDs which was attended by 145 OCPDs.

Now, looking at the recent clamp down and mass arrest by the polis force, I wonder how much had the content of human rights taught during the refresher course had got into the head of our OCPDs.

4'D's in Parliament today

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Despair, disappointed, disgusted, disgraceful.

This is my feeling today in the Parliament House when hundreds of policemen, uniformed or unniformed surrounded the Parliament House and sealed off the area from members of the Coalition for Free and Fair Election (Bersih) from submitting a memo to the Speaker of the House to demand for the withdrawal of the Constitution amendment bill which if passed will extend the the Election Commission's Chief tenure to a new age-limit of 66-year-old.

I was driving for YB Lim Kit Siang and YB Chong Eng to Parliament as usual today at 945am and immediately when we were on Sprint Highway, we were stucked in the traffic jam, which was a heavy one.

My gut feeling told that it is another police roadblocks that caused all these, just like what they had done for the Bersih and Hindraf rally.

Once arriving at the Parliament house when I was about to enter the building, several hundreds of policemen and women were already on duty and they road were barricaded with barbed wire – Is the parliament a war zone?

I only learnt later that some unidentified Bersih members were arrested even before the event started. Some Bersih petitioners were also seen having press conference in the lobby.

My colleague Swee Kuan and I managed to produce some clips which recorded the whole incident.

Mustapha Ali arrested - contempt of Parliament

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Police detained six activists from the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) in the Parliament vicinity this afternoon, adding to the long list of opposition politicians arrested since this morning.

This is a clip of how Mustapha Ali, former MP for Dungun unreasonably arrested.

Jeff Ooi summoned to Bukit Aman CCID

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From Screeshot.com:

CCID: There was a 4th police report

I am not sure how the mainstream media reported it. Let me relate my first-hand account as the prime target of a series of police reports filed against me in relation to my live commentaries over Al-Jazeera as news broke on the November10 BERSIH Rally.

Apparently, the authorities had acted on a fourth police report of the same nature, instead of the three common ones lodged by the Malaysian Islamic Consumers Association (PPIM), Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress (KIMMA) and Pertubuhan Seni Silat Ikatan Kalam Malaysia as reported in The NST (November 18).

The fourth police report was lodged by an individual who had access to the computers and Internet connection at the KLCC Urusetia office located on the fourth floor of Dayabumi, Kuala Lumpur.

This was confirmed by the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigations Department (CCID) through the First Information Report (FIR), a copy of which was extended to my lawyer, Gobind Singh Deo, yesterday afternoon.

According to the FIR, the report was lodged at the Jalan HS Lee police station on November 19, one day after the NST carried the story. As the investigation is still on-going, I am not at liberty to release further details.

This is a summary of what transpired over the last four days leading to my interview with the Bukit Aman CCID yesterday...