Friday, August 04, 2006

雪邦市议会也卷入害虫控制风波。该风波似有扩大的可能性。

针对最近闹得满城风雨的梳邦再也市议会强制规定管辖范围之内的商家,不管是否是饮食业者都必须向市议会制定的害虫控制公司签署合约的风波,本人接获投保,指责雪邦市议会也涉及其中。

本人手上拥有一份来自雪邦市议会的传单。本人已经致电雪邦市议会主席以及传单内注明的公司联络电话,确认雪邦市议会已经做出这样的决定。

我们从投保者所得到的传单显示:


1. 雪邦市议会的传单与梳邦市议会的传单内容几乎一百巴仙一样。不同的只是地方议会和公司名称有所更改。
2. 雪邦市议会的合约也是以财团方式来经营。雪邦市议会所承认的四家公司是Salak Pest Control有限公司、Wismanis有限公司、Lembah Dahlia有限公司以及Koswasta Asia有限公司(其中Koswasta Asia有限公司也是梳邦再也市议会指定的其中一件公司)。我们正在调查其他三间公司的背景。至于Koswasta Asia有限公司,正如我们在之前的记者招待会中所言,大马害虫控制协会不承认这家公司的服务。

有鉴于此,雪州行动党希望雪邦市议会能够交待以下事项:
第一、 雪邦市议会是基于什么理由要求市议会管辖范围之内的所有商店进行害虫控制?如果是饮食业者,这还情有可原,但是为何从事非饮食业生意的商店和工厂也受当局规定呢?
第二、 即使必须进行害虫控制,为何市议会硬性规定商家们必须向这间财团公司签署和约,进行害虫控制?难道其他比这家公司更加有经验、收费更低廉的公司不符合资格吗?市议会是否以公开招标的方式来颁发这项特许经营权?
第三、 在这四间公司当中,有至少一间公司并不是大马害虫控制协会的成员公司,其他的尚在调查当中。既然如此,为何市议会不选择该协会属下的成员公司?这间公司的服务素质是否得到该协会的核准和保证?万一发生意外(如杀虫剂外泄、或非法使用致癌药物等等),这些公司是否愿意承担法律上的责任?

除了这些疑惑,雪州行动党也恐怕这一连串的事件发生后,背后可能有一股势力在进行市场操纵,我们担忧这最终将会蔓延至全雪州13个县市议会和市政厅。就这阶段而言,我们希望这不是雪邦市议会另一项自肥朋党的丑闻。由于这影响雪邦市议会数以万计商家的利益,基于公信力、良好和透明施政的原则,我们希望雪邦市议会主席和市议员能够:
第一、 展缓实行这项措施,直至市议会能够详细交代整起事件的来龙去脉,解释为何市议会在纳税人毫不知情下和私人公司签署这项和约。
第二、 立即公布和约内容,避免市议会在缺乏充足的法律咨询下和私人公司签署不平等和约,损害纳税人和市议会的权益。
第三、 立即展开三造对话,解决疑惑,避免商家在毫无头绪下,贸贸然和该公司签署和约。

广告牌风波——是谁拆毁我们投保的广告牌?

在周二(8月1日),本人通过记者招待会现场在Jalan Universiti和Jalan 17/41交界处举报一个不符合‘安全城市’和‘行人至上’概念危害路人与驾车人士的广告牌。

令人惊讶的是,昨日下午本人发现有关广告牌已经遭人拆除。虽然这是一项令人惊喜的消息,但是我们无从知道到底是谁拆除这个广告牌。(请参阅本人通过电邮传过来的照片。这两张照片是本人昨晚拍下来的)

初步估计,这是是市政厅的人员拆除,但是为了避嫌,我已经于昨日晚上7时向警方报案,要求警方介入调查。

其实,如果市长能够展示透明度,那么他大可以每周公布这些被拆除广告牌的位置、尺寸以及它们是哪一家广告公司所竖立的。

这项诉求也是本人在本周二记者会上所提出的三项诉求之最后一项诉求。其他两大诉求尚包括:
第一、 要求市长公布,在有关风波尚未获得圆满结束之前,暂时停止广告公司在到处建立巨型广告牌,以避免某些不负责任的广告公司随处设立不合法的广告牌,破坏市容、对行人构成性命威胁。
第二、 要求市长拟定一项政策,即市政厅在批准任何广告公司在其管辖范围内建立广告牌,必须事先和居召开对话。

我们希望市长能够展示透明度,每周公布拆除广告牌的详情,不要让人猜测。

Laporan Polis Terhadap Penurunan Papan Tanda Iklan

Nama: Lau Weng San
No Kad Pengenalan: 78XXXX-XX-XXXX
Jantina: Lelaki
Alamat: No: 24, Jalan 20/9, Taman Paramount, 46300 Petaling Jaya.
Jawatan: Setiausaha Publisiti DAP Selangor dan Pengerusi DAP PJ Action Team.

Saya telah mengadakan satu sidang media pada pukul 11 pagi pada hari Selasa yang lepas (1hb Ogos 2006) di mana saya telah menunjukkan satu papan tanda iklan yang besar yang terletak di sepanjang Jalan Universiti dan bersimpang dengan Jalan 17/41 didapati menggandu penglihatan pengguna-pengguna jalan raya, menduduki lorong pejalan kaki sehingga mendatangkan kesusahan kepada para pejalan kaki khususnya warga tua dan orang kurang upaya. Di samping itu, saya juga mendapati bahawa papan tanda iklan ini tidak selamat kerana ianya terletak terlalu dekat dengan jalan raya dan jikalau ianya jatuh, ia boleh menyebabkan kemalangan dan kecederaan.

Pada pukul 6 petang 3hb Ogos 2006, saya telah mendapati bahawa papan tanda iklan itu sudah diturunkan. Saya tidak pasti siapa yang menurunkan papan tanda iklan itu dan saya berharap pihak Polis boleh menyiasat.


Sebelum itu, saya telah berkata kepada media bahawa Datuk Bandar Petaling Jaya harus:
1. berhenti mengeluarkan permit kepada syarikat-syarikat iklan untuk mendirikan papan tanda iklan ini, khususnya papan tanda iklan yang mengancam keselamatan jiwa orang ramai, sehingga mereka memberi satu penjelasan yang memuaskan kepada para pembayar cukai di Petaling Jaya.
2. menggariskan satu dasar di mana sebelum mana-mana satu papan tanda iklan didirikan di sesuatu tempat, satu dialog dengan penduduk-peduduk setempat perlu dijalankan.
3. mengumunkan bilangan, saiz ukuran dan pemilik papan tanda iklan yang telah diturunkan oleh MBPJ setiap minggu memandangkan Datuk Bandar telah mengumumkan di dalam media bahawa MBPJ telah menurunkan beberapa papan tanda iklan tanpa mengumumkan bilangan, saiz ukuran dan siapa pemilik papan-papan tanda iklan ini.

Oleh itu, dengan berlandaskan prinsip ketelusan dan tadbiran baik, saya berpendapat Datuk Bandar harus mengumumkan angka ini bukan sahaja kepada saya tetapi kepada semua pihak termasuk polis untuk memudahkan kerja-kerja siasatan polis. Sekian laporan saya.

Lau Weng San

专业化处理警方的人力资源管理,以及赋权予地方上的警官打击罪案。

社青团以及八打灵再也火箭行动队对拉曼学生利建业在文良港被冷血杀害事件深感愤怒,并向他的家属致哀。

最近我们看到许多执政党热衷于举办声讨大会、警民对话等等活动。可悲的是,这些大会很多时候成为市民的宣泄大会。前来出席的警方代表往往成为居民宣泄不满的对象。这显示市民对日益败坏的治安愈表不满,这是众人可以理解的自然反应。

我们虽然乐于看见警民能够加强对话,联手打击地方上的罪案,但是任何声讨大会必须要有具体的方案。这就好比马华公会要向拉曼学生讲解如何在治安黑区保护自己的用意是好的,但这种措施只属表面及没有效率,治标而不治本。只要劫匪仍在,只要警方没有很好地履行他们的任务,那么地方上的治安问题局对不会得到根治。说到底,要一劳永逸地根治这个问题,警方依然扮演最重要的角色。

虽然马青总团团长廖仲莱说,该团的先锋队将在晚上派出一百名队员到高风险区巡逻,但是社青团要质问的是:马青先锋队可以巡逻几个黑区?一百名先锋队队员能够被派遣到多少个黑区?马青可否派遣五十名先锋队队员前来八打灵再也的犯罪黑区巡逻巡逻?又有谁来保护先锋队队员的性命安全?调动马青先锋队来执行警方的工作,难道不是证明警方的无能吗?


社青团认为,警方应该在扑灭罪案方面扮演主动性的角色。全国总警长丹斯巴克里於3月25日在警察日献词中说,2005年一共发生15万7459起刑事案,其中暴力罪案佔了14.6%,其余的是产业罪案。攫夺案比2004年下降了16.63%。2005年的破案率是48.45%(自1969年来最高者),而2005年是46.46%。

在扑灭罪案方面,大马皇家警察部队或许可以参考纽约市警察部门的运作。在八、九十年代,纽约市是著名的罪案城市。刚上任的纽约市长朱利亚尼为打击居高不下的罪案率而大胆赋权予地方警官,让地方警官能够随着地方上的独特状况拟定地方上的罪案防范系统,并且通过独特设计的电脑系统每周针对地方上的罪案趋势进行分析研究,然后再通过会议和其他地区的警官讨论和分享,进而得出结论让地方上的警员执行。

可悲的是,目前我国九万名警员当中,只有大约七巴仙(或六千名警员)的警力是用来处理罪案,其他则负责文书和非罪案处理性质的工作(如政治部警员)。这非常明显是在浪费警力。

社青团认为,除了推介著如‘警察之友’、加强巡逻、增设警亭之外,警方也必须以专业化的方式来处理人力资源管理,并定时让地方上的人民认识当天执勤的警员,以及定时公布地方上的罪案状况,并拟定综合系统处理这些资料,进而拟定一套完整的措施让居民、地方上的警员/警官以及警区主任办公室的调查官相互协调。

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Police must manage their human resources professionally and empower their investigation officers with more power to curb crimes in their locality.

DAPSY and DAP PJ Action Team would like to express our deepest condolences to the family members of Lee Khian Yip.

Recently, there have been outpours of anger and outrage from the public which can be seen in a lot of dialogue between the people and the police as well as public gathering organized either by the media or by public organizations. The outrageous emotion as witnessed in a lot of such dialogue can only be interpreted as a sign of public intolerance against worsening public security in their residential areas as well as their working places.

These emotions should not be washed off as merely some outburst of angers but there must be some actions to be taken from the authority to restore a safe and secure environment for the people, regardless of races, religions and regions.


Although MCA has mentioned that they will explain to KTAR students of how to protect themselves from criminals and snatch thieves, such move does not solve the problem in the long run. As long as there are still inefficiency in the Police Force, the situation will not get any better. So to say, if we need to restore public safety, the police will still play a vital role in curbing crime rate in the country.

Even though MCA Youth Chief Liow Tiong Lai said that MCA Youth will deploy their 100 of their action team members to patrol ‘black areas’, there are also questions of whether they can cover all the black areas in town? Can MCA Youth send another 50 members to patrol high crime rate area like Petaling Jaya? Who will be looking after the safety of the action team members? By deploying their MCA members to look after the safety of the public is not different from proclaiming to the world that the Malaysian Police has failed in keeping social order of the society.

It is the will of DAPSY that the police should play a pro-active role in curbing crime rates. The Inspector-General of Police Bakri has mentioned during the National Police Day on 25th March that out of 157459 criminal cases in 2005, violent crimes has come about 14.6% of the total crimes recorded and the rest are commercial crimes. Snatch thefts has dropped 16.63%.

In terms of curbing criminal activities, DAPSY would like to propose the police force to look up to the operation of New York Police Department whereby the department has succeeded in turning New York from a city of criminal activities to a safe city, thanks to the efforts of the previous New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, which incorporated CompStat system which empower police officers in precinct level to deal with local dynamics when comes to handling criminal activities in their area concerned. The system will also provide crime mapping analysis for the all police officers in New York to combat criminal activities by studying the behaviors of criminal activities in their areas concerned.

Unfortunately, this has not been in place in Malaysia and what is more worrying is that out of the 90,000 strong police force in Malaysia, only 7% of them (or about 6000) are deployed to resolve criminal activities whereas the rest are involved in handling non-police tasks such as administration, clerical works and works of the Special Branch. This is of course a blatant waste of human resources.

Besides having public partner programmes like ‘Rakan Cop’, increasing patrol frequency and building more pondok polis, the police must also adopt a more professional approach in managing human resources among the force. It is also recommended to the police that it is important for the people in a particular area to know who are the police officers on duty that particular day, and there shall be periodic announcement of criminal activities took place in a particular area so as to aware the public of the happenings. This shall slowly evolve into a comprehensive and integrated system which enables close working relation between police officers in a locality, police officers in the headquaters as well as residents in a particular area.

Strongly condemn arrogant statement from MPSJ President

DAP Selangor strongly condemn arrogant statement from MPSJ President, Arif when he asks unhappy owners no need to apply or renew trade license if they refuse to sign pest-control contract with designated company.

Arif’s statement is also most disappointing. I had on 31st July issued a press statement, among others which calls for transparency and accountability in which:

1. MPSJ to immediately suspend the implementation of this ruling until there is a clear and acceptable explanations from the council on this matter. The council should also explain when it enters into an agreement with a private consortium without consulting the taxpayers.
2. MPSJ to immediately reveal the contents of the contracts in order to avoid MPSJ from entering any unjust contract with any private entity which will cause damage to the council and the taxpayers.
3. MPSJ to immediately arrange for a three-party negotiation between the owners (the taxpayers), the consortium and the council to reach for a solution, so as to avoid innocent owners to sign any contract with the consortium without adequate consultations on what have happened behind.

The President’s statement has certainly deepened our worries that the President will not compromise. Such statement is actually a blatant disregard of elementary democratic principles. The President shall withdrawn his ignorant statement and at the same time gear up his effort to resolve the matter diplomatically by at least conducting an initial dialogue.

BN Councilors shall also at this time intervene and portray their ‘negotiation skills’. Looking at the attitude displayed by the Presideny, one will easily draw a conclusion that such skill has failed miserably while one does not actually know whether the councilors have ever tried it before.

Therefore, the councilors must start doing something and not keep remaining silent even though their councillorship is appointed and not elected because their allowances are paid by the taxpayers. It is their natural responsibility to serve the benefits of the people and not the other way round, the benefits of their immediate boss.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

强力谴责梳邦再也市议会主席阿里夫的嚣张言论

针对梳邦再也市议会规定在其管辖范围之内规定所有商家必须和制定害虫管理公司签署和约,进行害虫控制工作,才能向市议会申请更新执照,雪州行动党对于梳邦再也市议会主席拿督阿里夫昨日面对记者访问所展现的嚣张态度表示失望及遗憾,并且强力谴责市议会主席如此不理民怨的谈话。

市议会主席阿里夫在接受记者访问时拒绝向商家解释今次强制签约的条例,并表示如果商家不愿意和当局制定的害虫控制公司签约,商家们‘大可不用更新执照’!


我在7月31日的一篇新闻发布会文告中曾经指出::

“我们希望这不是市议会另一项自肥朋党的丑闻。由于这影响梳邦再也市议会数以万计商家的利益,基于公信力、良好和透明施政的原则,我们希望梳邦再也市议会主席和市议员能够:
第一、 展缓实行这项措施,直至市议会能够详细交代整起事件的来龙去脉,解释为何市议会在纳税人毫不知情下和私人公司签署这项和约。
第二、 立即公布和约内容,避免市议会在缺乏充足的法律咨询下和私人公司签署不平等和约,损害纳税人和市议会的权益。
第三、 立即展开三造对话,解决疑惑,避免商家在毫无头绪下,贸贸然和该公司签署和约。”

从市议会主席的言论和态度,我们担忧市议会主席将会坚决实行这项措施。市议会主席的这种言论和态度已经违法基本民主原则。我们要求市议会主席收回这项言论,并着手以处理商家的投诉,召开对话决问题。

除此以外,马华民政的市议员也应该在这个时候展示他们的‘协商功夫’。如果马华民政市议员和州议员的‘协商功夫’到家,为何市议会主席会如此嚣张?

为何他们到现在针对此事不仅一言不发,甚至没有积极处理人民的投诉?纵然他们的议员身份是官委的,不是民选的,但是他们应该负责的对象是广大的纳税人,不是他们的顶头上司。发生这类不公平和不合理的事件,为何他们没有在上一次的月常会议里提出来,要求市议会主席收回成命?

Three demands to PJ Mayor and at the same times urge MBPJ to show seriousness in curbing illegal billboard by carefully scrutinizing new billboards.

Although MBPJ is facing strong criticism from the residents on issues related to how the council handles billboard concessionaire in PJ, there are still several new billboards sighted around PJ recently. Some of the billboards are occupying pedestrian walkway and is too close to main road, which are not only endangering public safety but also not in accordance to a city built based on “safety city concept” which should be “people-oriented”.

One of these billboards is a billboard located along Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya, in front of Sin Chew Daily News Head Office, which is cnstructed by Spectrum Marketing Sdn. Bhd. with MBPJ approval serial number “MBPJ 78873”.

Although this is a billboard only erected months ago, there are apparently still no lighting facilities installed for the billboard, thus raising question of whether the billboard had already gone through tight scrutiny. (pleas refer to photos attached).

Normally, when an advertising company wishes to set-up billboard in any area, the company needs to apply for an advertising permit from local council and sign an agreement to build billboard in which the company is required to pay a certain amount of licensing fees. The contract will normally outline the rules and regulations the company has to follow but unfortunately such crucial document is not always available in the public domain, causing difficulties to identify what are the rules and regulations that had been breached as well as difficulties to identify any malpractices of the council.

As for the billboard mentioned in Jalan Universiti, it is certainly a billboard not only suspected to have violated the rules but it is also a billboard constructed on pedestrian walkway. For example, there must be a certain safety distance between the board and the roadside, in which in most cases in PJ, the distance shall be around 3 to 5 metres. Unfortunately, if we have a check on the board, it is basically erected just next to the road. What is more annoying is that the board occupies pedestrian walkway, causing difficulties for pedestrian especially senior citizens and handicapped.

It is our concern that MBPJ seems to continue with its on-going planning to build more billboards while the questions raised by the people remained unanswered. In the mean time, some unknown but irresponsible companies are trying to buy time to build new billboards. We believe that MBPJ should exercise careful securitization whenever there are new applications to construct new billboard in the city.

Therefore, we would like to put forward our three demands to the mayor, which we wish:
1. the Mayor to come out with an order to stop constructions of any new billboard in PJ until there is an accountable, satisfactory and acceptable official explanation given by the council in order to prevent irresponsible outdoor advertising companies from constructing billboards that endanger public safety.
2. the Mayor to draw up a policy for a dialogue must be conducted with the residents before any billboards are constructed in any area.
3. since the Mayor has claimed that the council had demolished some illegal billboards in PJ, we would like the Mayor to report weekly on the numbers, sizes of the billboards as well as the names of the companies which own the billboards in order to uphold transparency and good governance.

Meanwhile, we would like to announce that the DAP PJ Action Team is in the process of collecting billboards which are affecting public safety in Petaling Jaya. We welcome any information provider to contact either me (016-3231563 / 03-79578127) or Ronnie Liu (012-2013656), regardless of whether the billboards are legal or illegal.

市政厅应采取谨慎小心态度批准新的广告牌

虽然八打灵再也市政厅最近针对广告牌风波面对居民的强力质问,但是市政厅管辖范围内最近依然出现许多崭新林立的广告牌。这其中有一部分的巨型广告牌侵占行人道,并且太过靠近大马路,除了对路人和驾车人士构成的性命威胁之外,也完全不符合‘安全城市’和‘以人为本’的概念。

其中一面就是位处大学路,在灵市17区附近,靠近《星洲日报》总社的广告牌。这面广告牌是由Spectrum广告公司承建,市政厅批准号码是MBPJ 78873。虽然这个广告牌已经设立许久,但是迄今该广告公司还没有为这面广告牌增设灯光设备,因此夜间不能照亮路面情况。(请阅附图)

一般广告公司如果要在某一个地方设立广告牌,它必须向地方议会申请准证,并且必须和地方议会签署和约,缴付一笔执照费之后,才能正式兴建广告牌。一般来说,合约的内容阐明广告公司必须遵守的条规,这包括广告牌的安全距离、尺寸和数量等等,但是问题在于这份合约并不是公共文件,一般人士不容易获得有关和约。这就容易导致黑箱作业的事件。

虽然八打灵再也的广告牌风波一再闹大,但是八打灵再也的广告牌数量一直都在增加。我们对这种趋势表示担忧,因为当市长还没有针对这一连串的问题给予满意答复之际,市内各种来历不明,并且对行人安全构成威胁的大小广告牌到处林立。如果市政厅有诚意减少市内的非法广告牌,那么市政厅应该在这事件不宜过于宽松,而应该采取谨慎小心态度批准新的广告牌。


有鉴于此,我们向市长提出以下三大诉求:
第一、 要求市长公布,在有关风波尚未获得圆满结束之前,暂时停止广告公司在到处建立巨型广告牌,以避免某些不负责任的广告公司随处设立不合法的广告牌,破坏市容、对行人构成性命威胁。
第二、 要求市长拟定一项政策,即市政厅在批准任何广告公司在其管辖范围内建立广告牌,必须事先和居召开对话。
第三、 市长曾经表示市政厅已经拆除部分不合法的广告牌。为示透明,我们希望市长能每周公布这些被拆除广告牌的位置、尺寸以及它们是哪一家广告公司所竖立的。

与此同时,我们也宣布八打灵再也火箭行动队目前正在收集威胁路人和驾车人士的广告牌,我们希望八打灵再也市民能够向行动队列举他们地方上这一类型的广告牌,不管这些广告牌是合法的还是非法的。市民可以联络本人(016-3231563 / 03-79578127)或刘天球(012-2013656)。

Monday, July 31, 2006

Pest Control fiasco - Urge MPSJ to halt new regulation, to reveal the contents of the contract and to organize a three party negotiation

Subang Jaya Municipal Council (Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya, MPSJ) has come out with a directive to all owners of commercial outlets under it’s jurisdiction that starting from 2009, they are required to sign pest control contract with a private consortium to get a pest-free certificate in order to apply for new trade license or to renew their current trade license.

Although the president of MPSJ, Datuk Arif Abdul Rahman has clarified that it will be implemented in 2009 till 2026 (in which the concessionaire will terminate in 2026), we have received complaints that owners are already required to sign up with this consortium before they can renew their license. I have also personally called up the Licensing Department of MPSJ and that the complaints are validated by the officers.

The name of the consortium is Konsortium SJ Pest Control Sdn. Bhd. The members of the consortium include Koswasta Asia Pest Control Sdn. Bhd., Damai Pest Control Sdn. Bhd., Vetga Sdn. Bhd., Inspirasi Asia Sdn. Bhd., Suria Sakti Resources Sdn. Bhd. and Denmas Sdn. Bhd.

DAP Selangor is outraged on the decision made by MPSJ based on the following five reasons:


1. What are the jurisdictions for MPSJ to require non-eatery commercial outlets to conduct pest-control exercise? It is of course reasonable for MPSJ to come out with the ruling to eateries and restaurants as well as food-processing factories but MPSJ is certainly lacking transparency in it’s policy making when requiring owners of non-eatery commercial outlets to do the same.

2. Even though if pest control exercise is compulsory for all commercial outlets, why do MPSJ only designate one consortium to conduct the exercise for more than 10,000 commercial outlets under MPSJ’s jurisdiction? Is this consortium more experienced than other companies in the market, or it’s charges are more economical than the rest? Is the awarding of the concessionaire conducted based on open-tender system?

3. This consortium is said not a member of the Pest Control Association of Malaysia (PCAM). If that’s the case, why MPSJ does not select a company registered, recognized and accredited by the association? Are the services provided by this consortium guaranteed and accredited by the association? Will it be held liable legally for any losses or accidents by its personnel when conducting pest-control exercises, especially when pest control personnel must be well-trained to handle insecticides and poisonous materials which could also be carcinogenic?

4. DAP Selangor has also conducted a company search for the companies under the consortium and discovered that some of the companies are not only newly established, but also led by directors in their 20s. This raises a question of whether these companies are capable to conduct proper pest-control exercise.

5. The lowest available charge of the consortium is RM600, which is twice the market price. If all owners of commercial outlets under the jurisdiction of Subang Jaya were to sign a contract with this consortium till 2026, that will be a great fortune for the consortium.

We do not hope that this will become another exercise which only benefits cronies of those in power, and since the decision will definitely affects the benefits of the owners, based on the principles of good-governance, transparency and accountability, we believe that the presidents of MPSJ and its councilors should be held liable and answerable to the taxpayers. We therefore urge the following:

1. MPSJ to immediately suspend the implementation of this ruling until there is a clear and acceptable explanations from the council on this matter. The council should also explain when it enters into an agreement with a private consortium without consulting the taxpayers.

2. MPSJ to immediately reveal the contents of the contracts in order to avoid MPSJ from entering any unjust contract with any private entity which will cause damage to the council and the taxpayers.

3. MPSJ to immediately arrange for a three-party negotiation between the owners (the taxpayers), the consortium and the council to reach for a solution, so as to avoid innocent owners to sign any contract with the consortium without adequate consultations on what have happened behind.

要求梳邦再也市议会立即暂缓实行新条例

梳邦再也市议会日前发出指令,即从2009年开始,梳邦再也市议会管辖区内全部共约万名业者,必须使用由市议会委任的私人害虫控制公司检查环境卫生,才能获准更新商业执照。虽然市议会主席阿立夫表示这项特许经营权从2009年开始,直到有关公司的特许权于2026年结束,但是我们接获投保,指即使现在要申请商业执照、或更新商业执照者,都必须向该公司签署和约。我本人也曾经向梳邦再也市议会执照组证实有关消息。

这间公司是一件财团公司(Consortium)。其名称是Konsortium SJ Pest Control Sdn. Bhd.,旗下的成员公司是Koswasta Asia Pest Control有限公司、Damai Pest Control有限公司、Vetga有限公司、Inspirasi Asia有限公司、Suria Sakti Resources有限公司以及Denmas有限公司。雪州行动党是基于以下五大原因对梳邦再也市议会的这项措施表示不满:


第一、 梳邦再也市议会是基于什么理由要求市议会管辖范围之内的所有商店进行害虫控制?如果是饮食业者,这还情有可原,但是为何从事非饮食业生意的商店和工厂也受当局规定呢?

第二、 即使必须进行害虫控制,为何市议会硬性规定商家们必须向这间财团公司签署和约,进行害虫控制?难道其他比这家公司更加有经验、收费更低廉的公司不符合资格吗?市议会是否以公开招标的方式来颁发这项特许经营权?

第三、 这间公司并不是大马害虫控制协会的成员公司。既然如此,为何市议会不选择该协会属下的成员公司?这间公司的服务素质是否得到该协会的核准和保证?万一发生意外(如杀虫剂外泄、或非法使用致癌药物等等),这些公司是否愿意承担法律上的责任?

第四、 这间财团公司的收费比市场上一般害虫控制公司的收费贵。据称,最低收费是六百令吉,这是其他公司收费的两倍。

第五、 部分公司的董事年龄非常年轻。他们是否拥有足够的经验经营这行业?

我们希望这不是市议会另一项自肥朋党的丑闻。由于这影响梳邦再也市议会数以万计商家的利益,基于公信力、良好和透明施政的原则,我们希望梳邦再也市议会主席和市议员能够:

第一、 展缓实行这项措施,直至市议会能够详细交代整起事件的来龙去脉,解释为何市议会在纳税人毫不知情下和私人公司签署这项和约。

第二、 立即公布和约内容,避免市议会在缺乏充足的法律咨询下和私人公司签署不平等和约,损害纳税人和市议会的权益。

第三、 立即展开三造对话,解决疑惑,避免商家在毫无头绪下,贸贸然和该公司签署和约。

Yong Dai Ying should start to lead the charge to expose more wrong-doings of the council and it’s councilors to carry out her duty as elected represen

Two UMNO’s PJ councllors, Halimaton Saadiah Bt. Hj. Bohan dan Megat Firdouz B. Tan Sri Megat Junid had on last Wednesday MBPJ Full Board meeting criticized Bukit Lanjan State Assemblywoman (ADUN) YB Yong Dai Ying for bringing up petty matters in the full board meeting.

The two had accused Yong that the Council’s ful board meetings are meant to discuss issues related to the Council’s policy, not any other petty matters.

They were of the opinion that Yong should instead bring these matters to the different departments or committees set-up by the Council to look into, and that she should not numerously bring these matters up in the full board meeting, as if they are not discharging their duties as councilors entrusted to look after that area.

Halimaton, Megat Firdouz and another councilors from MIC, Krishnan a/l Narayan Redy are responsible to look after Kota Damansara and Bukit Lanjan, in which Datuk Mokhtar Dahlan and Yong Dai Ying are ADUNs for these two state seats. Datuk Mokhtar Dahlan is even the Selangor Government Executive Council (Exco) members.

Yong was later interviewed said that she had highlighted these matters to the different departments and committees but there was no actions being taken by the council to tackle the problem until she has to keep raising these matters several times in the full board meeting.

She even mentioned that: “Even though issues on policy is important, but do you also mean that a community hall which is left idle for years is not important? Policy when discussed is the same, you see, is there any solutions for the billboard fiasco?”


She claimed that the community hall is left idle very long. Although the residents had complained to Megat Firdouz and Halimaton, they have to switch to her as no actions had been taken by the two.

She also implied that although she and Mokhtar Dahlan are allocated three councilors to help them (Halimaton, Megat Firdouz and Krishnan), she have never seen them serving her constituency. Instead she found that they were more focused on Kota Damansara. Yong also disclosed that although each councilors is allocated RM10,000 as councilor allocations, but she has never saw them putting these money in use for the people in Bukit Lanjan.

I am disturbed and shocked by Yong’s statement as this has exposed MBPJ’s inefficiency and at the same time exposed another failure of appointed local councilors who failed miserably to discharge their duties.

Among the questions that we need to ask are:
1. Why there is not action taken against the many complaints made by Yong Dai Ying when Yong is an elected representative? If there are no actions taken on the complaints made by an elected representative, then what about complaints made by others?
2. Can Yong release a list of abandoned projects from MBPJ in her area? Though Halimaton and Megat Firdouz claimed that Yong should not discuss petty matters in full board meeting, the people still deserve the rights to know more on any abandoned projects and poor services of MBPJ.
3. Yong also claimed that each councilor is given RM 100,000 allocation every year to serve the people. Therefore, it must be made accountable that:
a. Whether other councilors, especially non-UMNO councilors are also given the same amount of money?
b. Where does the money come from? From MBPJ, state government, federal government, internal allocation from their parties or personal allocation from MPs or ADUNs?
c. Can the two councilors and other councilors come out with an itemized bills of how they utilize the allocations since these are public funds?

As an elected representative, since Yong has taken the initiative to expose part of the wrongdoings in the council and the councilors, Yong should continue to expose all these wrongdoing and malpractices by trying to find an answer for the above-mentioned queries.

武吉兰樟区州议员杨带英遭巫统市议员炮轰 — 杨带英应带头揭发更多八打灵再也市政厅和市议员的败笔和内幕。

两名巫统八打灵再也市议员,即掌管武吉兰樟区和哥达白沙罗区的市议员(哈里曼敦和梅格)在上周三举行的市政厅月常会议上炮轰武吉兰樟区州议员杨带英。

这两位市议员指责杨带英不应在每次月常会议都带出选区内的民生问题。他们认为杨带英应该把问题带去市政厅的各个委员会或官员处理,而不是一再在月常会议提出这些问题。他们更指出月常会议应该是讨论市政厅政策的场合。他们还指责杨带英这么做似乎在反映他们这些市议员没有为民服务。

杨带英在接受记者访问时说,由于她曾经把问题带去小组委员会,但却毫无下文,所以她被迫在月常会议再次提出。

她指出:“难道政策重要,一件又犹如独立式的礼堂荒废不重要吗?政策讨论来讨论去都是一样,你看,广告牌风波有结论吗?”


她说,有关礼堂已经废置很久,居民曾向哈里曼敦和梅格投诉,但却一直没有下文,才转而向她投诉。

她也暗喻,虽然她和莫达达兰共分配到三名市议员的协助,即哈里曼敦、梅格和来自国大党的克里斯南,但是却从未看见这三名市议员到她的选区服务,他们只看重哥达白沙罗区。杨带英也透露,虽然每名市议员可获得十万令吉拨款,但是却从未看见他们共现在武吉兰樟区。

我对杨带英的言论感到震惊和愤怒,因为杨带英的言论赤裸裸地暴露八打灵再也市政厅的败笔,同时也揭发官委市议员滥用政府拨款,没有进行职责的一面。

有鉴于此,我们要质问的是:
一、 为何八打灵再也市政厅在接获多次投诉依然无动于衷,尤其是投诉者并非一般市民,而是人民代议士?如果市政厅也无法积极处理人民代议士的投诉,更何况是一般市井小民?八打灵再也市政厅在处理民生投诉是否出现双重标准?

二、 虽然梅格和哈里曼敦职责杨带英所带出的民生课题是琐碎小事,因为市政厅月常会议是用以讨论重要政策,但是杨带英可否通过媒体公布一个清单,罗列八打灵再也市政厅在其选区内延迟耽误解决的民生问题?

三、 除了被废置的礼堂,身为纳税人的达八打灵再也市民也有权利知道其他尚未解决的民生问题以及遭耽误延迟的发展计划。因此,身为人民代议士,如果杨带英知道任何被搁置的计划,那么她可否公布这些计划,向市政厅施压,要求市政厅交待原因并要求市政厅赶紧施工?

四、 更重要的一点是,杨带英表示这两名市议员每人每年获分十万令吉作为拨款。杨带应必须交待的就是:

a. 是不是只有这两名市议员获得这笔拨款?其他市议员,尤其是其他政党推介的市议员是否也获得同等数目的拨款?

b. 不管是不是每一名市议员能够获得这笔拨款,纳税人有权利知道:到底这笔拨款是从哪一个政府机构申请?是中央政府直接批发下来的,还是州政府机构,还是另有管道(如州议员的拨款或政党内部拨款)?

c. 如果证实这两名市议员每年可以获得十万令吉的拨款,那么这两名市议员必须交待他们如何使用这笔拨款。我们也要求这两名市议员出示一个清单,让人民知道到底人民所缴纳的税收用在什么地方。

我们固然对于杨带英在报章上的发言表示赞赏,但是既然杨带英已经向外暴露市政厅的部分败笔和内幕,基于良好施政的原则我们希望杨带英能够带头揭露更多内部黑幕。

Ethnic Relations Guidebook – the Ministry is taking time to vet it, but will the teaching of the subject be suspended until further notice?

The Minister of Higher Education Datuk Mustapa Mohamed was reported as saying in the Sun front page on 28th July 2006 that the Ethnic Relations Guidebook is under “thorough and careful review” by the Ministry.

Datuk Mustapa also said that they will not rush it, and that they will take their time perusing the contents of the guidebook.

One main question that the Minister has to answer is that whether the subject will still be taught in local universities pending on the study results of a panel of experts chaired by the Higher Educational Institution Management Department Director-General Prof. Datuk Hassan Said.


And if the answer is ‘yes’, and since the original guidebook is already withdrawn, it will leave with us a situation that the teaching of the subject, at least in UPM, will be a guideless subject, moreover when the Minister himself admitted that his Ministry is taking time to vet it.

If this is the situation, will not it be appropriate to also suspend the subject for the time being, pending on a full and comprehensive studies completed by the review panel chaired by the Higher Educational Institution Management Department Director-General Prof. Datuk Hassan Said?

Unless the Ministry is able to come out in time with a complete review of the subject for all public universities to adopt for teaching in this semester, otherwise the subject shall also be suspended temporarily pending on the study results.

Mustapa must be reminded that during the emergency motion tabled by DAPSY MP for Bandar Kuching YB Chong Chieng Jen, this is the last question that he has avoided to answer. Although he has later clarified that the subject will still be taught and that it is the content of the guidebook to be reviewed and rectified, it is definitely the time for him to come clear before he is questioned again on the matter in the next Parliamentary Seating.

《种族关系》指南书—部长表示其部门需要时间检讨其内容,但是这个科目是否会因此而暂时吊销,直至另行通知?

7月28日的《太阳报》封面新闻报道高教部长拿督幕斯达化的谈话,即起部门正在全面和小心地研究《种族关系》指南书的内容。

部长也表示他们不会匆忙行事,因此他们会小心翼翼的研究书本的内容。

其实,部长必须回答的一个主要问题就是:到底该科目是否会继续在国立大专开办?虽然高教部长表示国立大专将会继续开办这个科目,但是既然高教部已经收回这本指南书,并已经成立由高教部管理局总监拿督哈山赛益教授为首的研究委员会来重新研究指南书的内容,那么博大的这个科系岂不是成为‘没有指南书的科目’,尤其是高教部部长已经表示他的部门需要花费一些时间研究其内容?


如是这样,为何高教部不暂停这个科目?我们认为,除非高教部能够及时检讨指南书的内容,并及时拟定最新的修改的内容,要不然高教部有必要暂停开办这个科目。

当社青团古晋市国会议员张健仁在国会下议院提呈紧急动议辩论这个课题时,幕斯达化回避了这最后一个问题。虽然他过后表示该科目将继续在国立大专开办,但是有鉴于该指南书尚被检讨,因此他有必要在下届国会下议院开会之前向外界澄清,到底在指南书还没有拟定好的状况下,高教部是否一意孤行继续在国立大专开办此科目。

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Change lifestyle – How to change lifestyle when there are no proper public transportation system in place?

On Monday evening, some 1200 Putra LRT passengers were stranded after several trains came to a halt near Masjid Jamek, Pasar Senia and Kampung Baru due to the failure of the computer system, causing at least five passengers fainted form the stuff condition in the train.

The Putra LRT service was disrupted for more than two hours on Monday after both the central computer system which controls the movement of trains and the backup computer system failed simultaneously.

Despite an open apology and promise to prepare an internal report within 48 hours and a comprehensive report on the incident within 30 days from Putra LRT operator Rapid KL’s CEO Rein Westra, the incident is certainly another alarming signal showing that public transportation system in Malaysia, especially rail services in Klang Valley is in a deplorable condition whereby passengers do not enjoy quality services they should deserve while at the same time they have to pay higher and higher fare.


Since the announcement of the 30 sen petrol price hike on 28th February 2006, the government has been urging the public to change lifestyle to accommodate for the higher fuel price and subsequently higher cost of living.

One of the many advices from the government to the people is to switch to public transportation to reduce dependence on gasoline-guzzling private vehicles. Despite similar calls from various government officers, the government should at the same time improve the quality of public transportation service in order to promote public transportation in Klang Valley.

It is important that the ‘pull and push’ factors are in place to ensure that public transportation system in Malaysia can become an added value to city life, not ending up of becoming a liability to the community.

One very serious problem that has to be overcome is the punctuality of public transportation system especially KTM Komuter and feeder bus services. Many commuters and passengers in Klang Valley are suffering from the lacks of punctuality from Komuter trains and Rapid KL buses.

For the past few years, DAP Selangor has been receiving numerous complaints on the service of KTM Komuters, either on late trains or on-the-spot cancellation of trains sevice without earlier notice which caught many innocent commuters in shock during peak hours. We even have complainants that complained KTM did not take actions despite several official complaints been made.

We view this as a serious matter which will definitely deteriorate the quality of life in Selangor, and certainly this is another reason why encouragement from the government to the people to switch to public transportations has always been poured with cold waters, simply because these systems are not reliable.

A major overhaul on our current public transportation in Klang Valley is a long-waited public exercise and must be conducted without wasting any time.

Therefore, we would like to suggest that:
1. An overhaul on public transportation in Klang Valley be conducted, which include a review right from the conceptual planning to construction of any public transportation facilities.
2. The implementation of the concept “Public transportation before development” which includes a mandatory public transportation be in place (including rail system) before developing any new areas.
3. Full disclosure of the said comprehensive report from RAPID KL on the incident to the public after 30 days, including the disclosure of the party responsible for the incident. The report should not also be made available to the Minister as the public deserve the right to know the real of the break-down.

如果我们没有良好的公共交通系统,我们如何能够改变我们的生活习惯?

在周一晚上,大约1千200名轻快铁搭客被困在布特拉轻快铁位于Masjid Jamek,Pasar Seni以及Kampung Baru车站的车厢。据称这是因为轻快铁公司的电脑控制系统出现的问题所导致的。这也造成该公司的五名搭客因长时间困在车厢,面对呼吸困难而晕倒。

布特拉轻快铁方面过后表示这场意外是因为控制轻快铁跑动的中央电脑控制系统和后备控制系统同时发生故障。

虽然吉隆坡综合交通网络有限公司总执行长雷恩威斯特已经公开向搭客道歉,并将会在48小时内完成一份内部报告书,然后在30天内提呈一分完整报告书予交通部,有关事件无疑再次提醒我们巴生谷河流域差强人意的公共交通系统。虽然搭客必须承担逐年增加的车资,但是他们却无法享有逐渐改善的服务素质。


虽然政府在今年2月28日宣布石油产品价格一律上涨30仙,并呼吁公众人士改变生活习惯,以应付逐渐上涨的石油价格和生活费,但是政府在做出这样呼吁的同时也应该逐渐改善巴生谷河流域的公共交通系统。

雪州行动党认为,如果我们要确保马来西亚的公共交通系统能够为我国的都市生活增值,那么政府除了大力推动公众多使用公共交通系统之外,也应同时改进该系统,吸引公众人士使用。只有通过这种双管齐下的方式,大马公共交通系统才能成功。

其中一个有关方面必须迫切解决的就是公共交通系统的准时程度。公共系统如果要取信于搭客,那么其准时成都扮演非常重要的角色。可悲的是,目前巴生谷河流域大多数的公共交通系统,尤其是马来亚铁道局提供的电动火车服务的行程除了经常耽误,导致上班一族和学生无法准时抵达目的地之外,有时甚至在最后一分钟取消整个火车行程,加剧搭客对该服务的信心。

在过去数年,雪州行动党接获无数次的投诉,有些投诉者更苦诉马来亚铁道局对他们所作出的正式投保无动于衷。

我们非常严重和认真看待这些事件,因为这反映雪州虽然贵为一个先进州,但是州内公共交通系统经常耽误,已无形降低州民的生活素质。这就是为和民众对政府‘改变生活习惯’的呼吁无动于衷的原因。

显而易见,我国的公共交通系统必须尽快动一场大手术。雪州行动党建议:
1. 从最初步的公共交通系统概念拟定到后期的承建工程,有关方面必须为巴生谷河流域的公共系统进行全面检讨和重整的工作。
2. 落实‘现有公共交通系统,后有发展计划’的概念,规定任何发展计划在获得有关方面的批准之前必须拥有完善良好的公共交通系统服务该地区。
3. 在三十天后全面公布吉隆坡综合交通网络有限公司提呈给交通部的完整报告书。我们认为这步骤是必要的,因为人民,尤其是搭客们必须知道到底当晚事发原因。

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Assaults on SPF members – The management of UPM should have the courage to listen to opinions from civil society and the people

We strongly condemn the bureaucratic attitude of UPM management of not accepting a memorandum submitted by a group of NGOs and political parties. It is clear from here that the management of UPM is trying to push this issue as an internal issue rather than a national issue that concern the rights and benefits of the rakyat.

23 NGOs and political parties gather this morning in front of the Administration Building of UPM in order to submit a memorandum to UPM Deputy Vice Chancellor (Students Affairs) as well as to have an open dialogue with him concerning various issues that took place in UPM, topping the list is the most recent assault on several SPF students by another group of UPM students, claimed to be the leaders of UPM Students Representatives Council and Residential College Students Representative Committee.


Though we had earlier made an appointment, that a group of 20 people, representing various sectors and stakeholders would like to meet the Deputy Vice Chancellor, we were stopped and limited with only three persons to enter the office. Much to our dismay is that we are only received by a normal staff while reporters and representatives from the media are not allowed to follow to cover the event.

The management of UPM has portrayed an unacceptable attitude towards public scrutiny on what happened in the campus recently. It is the stand of DAPSY that right from the beginning, the issue should not be treated as a trivial issue in the campus as it has a very serious and far-reaching impact on the development and image of Malaysian Higher Education, especially those of the Public Institutions of Higher Education. More over, the students who alleged to behave unruly are claimed to be the leaders from the Students Representative Council, which is the highest students body in the university.

It is equally sad to witness that the bureaucrats in UPM refused to “turun padang” as urged by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The PM has openly called for high ranking government servants to go to the field (turun ke padang) in order to understand the problem of the general society as well as concerns of the grassroot communities. What we encounter today is definitely not in accordance with the PM’s call.


Much to our dismay, when we were addressing the groups of NGOs and political parties who came to the campus to submit the memorandum, there were a group of people disturbing the progress of our activity this morning, either by shouting or laughing at us. I went upstairs to check for their identities only to find that they were wearing UPM tags, which I failed to identify whether the tags are student tags or staff tags as the two are almost the same.

Regardless of whether they are students or staffs, we need to stress that the gathering we have this morning is a peaceful gathering and that there is no intention to disturb anybody. If the group of people who disturb us upstairs are students, and if it is so unfortunately that they are from the UPM Students Representative Council, what we can say is that the culture of gangsterism is already deep-rooted in the campus until these students do not even know the basic courtesy of respecting the rights of other people to organize activities. Their behaviors certainly do not fit in the definition of the conduct of a university student.

By witnessing all these ugly incidents, let us ask ourselves a question of whether this is the like of the university students our universities are teaching? There is so much stress on human capital from the government but are all these just meaningless rhetoric since these unruly students are unfortunately part of the “human capital” we have on hands?

Therefore, we call on the management of UPM to be courages to listen to opinions from civil society and the people. Public Institutions of Higher Learning is the hope of the country if we were to be a fully developed nation. The tolerant attitude put up by the administration such unruly and uncivilized acts will only deteriorate the higher education crisis that we are encountering now and we certainly would not like to witness this disease from spreading into other universities.

博大生动粗事件—博大校方应该勇敢接纳来自社会各团体的意见,聆听人民的意见

我们批评博大校方今日拒绝接纳23个的政党团体和非政府组织针对博大校园发生学生动粗事件随呈交的联合备忘录。很显然的,博大校方还是认为这是博大校园内的行政,外人不宜插手干预。

今天早上,23个政党团体和非政府组织的代表团前往博大校方行政楼会见掌管学生事务的博大副校长。虽然我们事前已和其办公室预约,即我们一行人将会前往成交备忘录,并要求和他本人对话,但是当我们一行人抵达现场时,博大校方只是派遣一名普通职员前来接见我们,并且限制我们只能委派三名代表进入楼上的办公室,而且不允许媒体和记者随同采访。


博大校方这种不重视公民社会意见的态度是不能令人接受的,社青团认为任何人士,包括博大校方,不应该把这事件视为校园内的小风波。博大学生动粗事件已经严重破坏马来西亚高等教育的形象。更深的是,涉事者更是博大学生代表理事会的成员。

首相曾经指示政府高级官员要‘Turun Padang’(意即要官员‘深入民间,体会问题的严重性以及亲自处理问题’),但是博大校方的态度显然和首相的呼吁相互违背。

更令人失望遗憾的是,当刚才一些团体代表在发言时,一群来历不明的人士在行政楼向我们发出各种干扰和揶揄声音。我刚才上楼查询,只看到他们佩戴博大人员的证件。由于博大学生和工作人员的身份证几乎一样,我无法认出到底他们是学生还是博大工作人员。

姑且不论他们是学生还是工作人员,我们要强调,今天早上的集会是和平集会,我们没有干扰任何人士的意图,但是如果这群学生恰好是博大生,如果他们同时也是博大学生代表理事会的领袖,那么我们只能说博大校园内的‘流氓文化’已经根深蒂固,以致这群学生根本不知道什么是礼仪廉耻。他们的行为举止根本不符合大专生的定义。

难道马来西亚培育的大专生就是这个样子?首相一直强调人力资本(Modal Insan)的培训,难道这些大专生就是我们要积极栽培的人力资本?

博大校方应该勇敢接纳来自社会各团体的意见,聆听人民的意见。高等学府是国家未来的希望,是国家培育人才的场合。校方不能一再纵容这群学生的举动,更不能一直袖手旁观,甚至是采取漠不关心,企图把问题扫入地毯下。

Monday, July 24, 2006

博大学生动粗事件—人权委员会应介入调查

任何曾经观看博大学生动粗短片的人士都会质问:到底我们的大专院校何以能够败坏知如此严重的地步,以致校方能够办上一场‘握手言和’的舞台剧,企图制造假象让人民以为学生动粗事件一经解决?

到底我国的大专院校还是不是追求卓越成就、寻找知识泉源的圣地,以致那些号称是博士教授的学术人员能够为了掩人耳目而制造假象和谎言?

博大校长聂幕斯达化昨日宣布成立由七名博大教授组成的调查委员会,以调查发生在博大校园的学生动粗事件。聂幕斯达化也公布这个调查委员会的七大调查方向。聂幕斯达化也呼吁和这起事件无关的人士不要参与其中。这七个调查方向就是:

• 对发生的事件进行调查
• 提问和会见有关人士,并参考和涉及者有关的所有资料或文件。
• 收集任何资料或文件用作调查用途。
• 根据收集到的证据和谈话内容分析及考虑。
• 确认涉及违反纪律的人士,并针对有关行为建议适当的纪律行动。
• 建议可资采纳的步骤,以确保类似事件不再发生。
• 提成调查委员会的报告予校长聂幕斯达化。

我们要质问的是,如果校方能够自导自演这出‘和解言和’,我们如何能够取信于这个调查委员会?调查委员会是否能够真正确认违反纪律的学生,即前进阵线的学生不会反过来被指为是违反纪律的学生,反之真正动粗的学生却继续逃之夭夭?

社青团恐怕校方企图通过调查委员会的七大调查方向,把调查焦点集中在短片中多名无辜的博大前进阵线学生,然后对他们施加惩罚性的。我们的担忧并不是没有根据的,因为这并不是博大校园第一次发生这样的事件,校方在这些案件中也多次采取偏袒‘亲校方阵线’学生的立场。

此外,针对聂幕斯达化的呼吁,即其他和这起事件的人士不要参与其中,社青团完全不能够明白什么是‘其他和这起事件的人士不要参与其中’。难道博大所发生的学生动粗事件与社会无关?难道这只是博大的家事,外人不宜插手?

社青团必须提醒聂幕斯达化,即博大学生动粗事件是一起涉及公众利益,以及必须紧急处理的特定事项。这起事件涉及的不仅是博大生的权益,它也同时影响马来西亚高等教育的素质和声望。聂幕斯达化不应忘记,博大学生动粗事件以及之前的《种族关系》教科书风波已经把马来西亚高等教育名誉扫地。如果他以为这是件还是博大‘自家儿的事’,那么他肯定大错特错。

虽然这个调查委员会已经在22日晚上召开第一次会议,但是有鉴于这个调查委员会是博大校方的内部调查委员会而失去其公信力,因此社青团这个调查委员会应该的调查方向应只局限于耿出当时滋事的学生。与此同时,我们建议大马人权委员介入调查,并且从人权、学生在校园的安全以及举办活动的自由和平等权利这三个角度,针对此次校园学生动粗事件进行更深入的研究和调查。

Friday, July 21, 2006

Unruly UPM students act - Conduct Open Investigation Now

DAPSY strongly condemn the latest students assault conducted by the a group of 40 students led by the UPM student representative council president who surrounded a group of Students Progressive Front (SPF) members and scolded them harshly for setting up the counter when the SPF is not a registered group.

Such unruly and uncivilized act is not only saddening, heart-brokening but also embarrassing the whole country, as well as students and graduates of other local public universities especially those from UPM!

Although university is a place to pursue higher level knowledge, it does not seem that the managements of public universities are concerned about academic freedom, excellence and student activism.


Previously we were talking about whether our students and children can perform academically or not in university studies, later we are worried of whether they are capable to secure a job after graduation. While we are still worried about this, it seems that some how we had to even worry for the safety of our students in the campus, maybe because of the “Samseng” students in high school have probably enrolled in local public universities.

Damage had been done and remedies must come fast to salvage the situation before more students are victimized and situations get deteriorated.

It will be most shocking if those who acted unruly are members of the Students Representative Council of UPM. As member of the Students Representative Council, instead of suppressing student’s rights, they should protect the right of the students. Even if they do not like activities organized by SPF, the best they can do is to stay away, or at least not to interfere and not to interrupt the running of the activities.

Therefore, DAPSY calls on the Office of UPM Deputy Vice Chancellor (Students Affairs) to conduct an open and immediate investigation against those who are involved in the unruly conduct and assault against “anti-establishment” students in UPM, as the tragedy has not only tarnished the image of Malaysian Higher Education, which is fast losing it’s academic shine, but also jeopardized efforts and calls from the government to established first world mentality, towering universities, promoting human capital etc.