Press Statement by Member of Parliament Klang Charles Santiago in Klang on 28th Dec 2009.
As the year ends, this is what I would regard as the most preposterous statement a police officer could make – “I wish to stress that the honourable member should not try to intimidate us by directing us to cease the investigation of Guan Eng.”
Selangor’s police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said this in relation to Selangor State Executive Councillor and Seri Kembangan state assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah’s statement in the media directing the police to cease their investigation of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as it seemed like an attempt to intimidate the police.
Khalid’s defensiveness could stem from the fact that he does not want the public to know that the police force is being used by UMNO to tarnish the image of the Pakatan Rakyat-led government in Selangor.
Whatever the reason could be, Khalid must be told that his accusation against Hian Wah is ridiculous. UMNO spin doctors, including the police, are clearly in deficit of their creative thinking.
And just so that Khalid knows, Malaysians are aware of the political high drama by the ruling elite to regain control of Selangor.
Old habits die hard. We all know that the police force takes orders from the ruling elite. But going after Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng for saying Selangor State Exco’s political aide Teoh Beng Hock was murdered is taking it too far.
Lim Guan Eng was only referring to Thai Pathologist Dr. Pornthip Rojanasunand’s report that Teoh’s death was 80% homicide. Dr Pornthip’s expert observation was echoed by most Malaysians.
The theory that Teoh committed suicide simply did not hold water and specifically because he was going to get married the next day after the MACC interrogation. A letter, written on MACC stationery, hinting there was more to Teoh’s death than that which meets the eye further alluded to the fact that Teoh did not plunge to his death.
But the current web of tales spun around Guan Eng’s alleged statement and police claims of intimidation is the Barisan Nasional government’s new attempt to divert the public’s attention from the two missing F5-E fighter jet engines, racist BTN courses, unfinished Port Klang Free Zone financial fiasco and also infighting between UMNO and Gerakan.
Najib, is once again right in the center of the muck, as the jet engines amounting to RM100 million went missing in 2007 when he was the Defence Minister. It is also learnt that a police report was lodged one year ago and submitted to the Attorney General’s chamber about six months ago.
So, the lingering questions zero in on why no action was taken till now? Did Najib intervene in the investigation by the police? Were there orders to delay or maybe close the investigation papers?
Instead of focusing on this probe which is a matter of national interest, the police are harping on Guan Eng. Therefore, clearly the sedition investigation is politically motivated.
Najib’s government is playing dirty to throw out Pakatan Rakyat from power. His stooges are gunning for opposition politicians.
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is facing a sex trial, Tian Chua was charged for ‘biting’ the police, some Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s youth leaders were arrested by police for distributing flyers and are expected to be charged under Sedition Act and the DAP Taiping lawmaker Nga Kor Ming was questioned by police over the mosque allocation remark.
Najib must know, by now, that Malaysians are not a fan of authoritarianism and dictatorship. The people want real change which ensures human rights, freedom of expression and an accountable and clean government.
Therefore, Najib must drop his maneuvering tactics and the police force must stop its intemperate allegations, laced with wild accusations against opposition representatives. I also call upon the police to drop all investigations against Guan Eng and Hian Wah and instead make concerted efforts to prevent the rising crime rate in the country.
But again, no one doubts the capacity of Najib, UMNO or the police force to surprise.
Charles Santiago
Member of Parliament, Klang
016-6267797
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巴生国会议员查尔斯圣地亚哥文告，2009年12月28日
警察调查捍华冠英 掩饰巫统丑闻内斗
当岁末将至，我认为这是一个警官能够做出的最荒唐言论 – “我希望议员不要尝试恐吓我们，要求我们停止调查林冠英”
雪州总警长卡立阿布巴卡指出，雪州行政议员兼斯里肯邦岸欧阳捍华发表文告促请警方停止调查槟州总警长林冠英，乃是恐吓警方的做法。
卡立的防卫性言论，显示他尝试掩饰巫统利用警察抹黑雪州民联政府。
无论基于什么理由，卡立必须知道他指责欧阳捍华的言论非常荒唐。巫统的政治化装师，包括警察，显然地已创意破产。
就像卡立所知道的，大马人也意识到国阵政府策划夺回雪州政权。
我们全知道警察根据国政政府的指示行事。但是以煽动言论调查槟州首长林冠英发表“雪州行政议员政治助理赵明福被谋杀”的言论已是太过分。
林冠英只是引述泰国法医普缇的报告，普缇指赵明福有80巴仙的可能性是被杀，大多数大马人也支持普缇的观点。
赵明福自杀的理论经不起考验，因为他在反贪委员会调查的隔天将注册结婚。一封以反贪委员会信头发出的信件暗示赵明福并非单纯坠楼而死。
调查欧阳捍华和林冠英是国阵政府尝试转移公众注意力的伎俩，尤其是当国阵深受两个战斗机引擎失踪、被指渲染种族主义情绪的国家干训局课程、还未完结的巴生港口自贸区丑闻、巫统和民政党争执槟州领导种种议题的困扰。
纳吉依然是这些丑闻的中心人物。两个价值一亿令吉的战斗机引擎是在他担任国防部长的2007年从守卫森严的军营里失踪。据悉。此弊案的报案书一年前已在警察手上，六个月前已呈交给总检察署。
所以，为什么政府至今没有采取任何行动？纳吉是否妨碍警察的调查？是否有任何指示延缓或停止调查？
警察不但不致力调查这个攸关国家利益的案子，反而把枪口指向林冠英，这清楚显示煽动言论的调查具有政治目的。
纳吉政府打算以肮脏手段推翻民联政府，他的配角们正集中火力攻击反对党政治领袖。
反对党领袖安华面对肛交指控，蔡添强被控“咬伤”警察，公正党青年团领袖因分派传单而被逮捕及可能在煽动法令下被控，行动党太平国会议员倪可敏因为回教堂拨款的言论而被警察盘问。
纳吉必须知道，大马人现在已非专制主义和独裁者的拥护者。人民追求能够保障人权、自由表达意见、具有公信力和干净的政府的真正改变。
因此，纳吉必须放弃他的卑鄙计划，警方也必须停止肆无忌惮和毫无基础地指责反对党领袖。我也促请警察撤销针对林冠英和欧阳捍华的调查，反之应把时间花在努力克服不断提升的国内犯罪率。
但是，没有人会怀疑纳吉、巫统和警察会再次让我们吃惊。
查尔斯圣地亚哥
巴生区国会议员
016-6267797
Media Statement by Democratic Action Party (DAP) Members of Parliament in Selangor, on 26 December 2009:
We urge the police to tackle crime with the same vigour they are putting in to intimidate and persecute Pakatan Rakyat leaders.
The move to investigate Penang Chief Minister and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng for allegedly making seditious remarks during the Pakatan Rakyat convention in Shah Alam last weekend was of misguided priority as the public lives in fear as violent crimes are being committed every day.
Guan Eng’s statement cannot be deemed as unsubstantiated remarks as he was only echoing the conclusion of the acclaimed Thai forensic pathologist Dr Porntip Rojanasunan, who attended the second post mortem on Teoh Beng Hock last month as an observer, that there was an 80% possibility of homicide in Beng Hock’s death.
We want to remind Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar that Guan Eng was only repeating what millions of people in the country and the world are saying.
If Guan Eng’s statement that Beng Hock had been cruelly murdered is “unsubstantiated” and need to be investigated under Sedition Act, then why the police did not initiate sedition investigation against Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz who said Beng Hock “nak terjun bangunan itu” and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said who said Beng Hock had committed suicide? Are they statements substantiated by any solid facts?
PDRM should be putting more resources into tackling real rather than imaginary criminals.
The discovery of the body on Wednesday of yet another child believed to have been sexually violated before being murdered is a chilling reminder we need more frontline police officers and not pen-pushers.
Words don’t kill; killers do. Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar need to be reminded that PDRM should take care of the interest of rakyat, not the interest of MACC and/or BN.
Tony Pua (PJ UtaraMP ) Gobind Singh Deo (Puchong MP)
Charles Santiago (Klang MP) Teo Nie Ching (Serdang MP)
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民主行动党雪州国会议员于2009年12月26日在八打灵再也发表的联合文告：
纳兹力和阿末赛益说明福自杀没事；林冠英为何不能附和普缇的讲法？
雪州总警长卡立表示要援引煽动法令对付发表明福被杀言论的槟城首长林冠英，我们对此表达强烈抗议。
林冠英只是附和泰国法医普缇在日前提出的“明福是80%被杀”的结论，同时也没有任何迹象显示林冠英发表了这项言论后人民情绪被煽动，反倒是卡立杞人忧天，竟然自己去报案指控林冠英，政治动机非常明显。
其实打自明福坠楼事件发生以来，警方就一直是以自杀的角度展开调查，完全不肯正视明福是有惨遭他杀的可能性。直到普缇在验尸庭上供证，指出明福确实是有80% 的可能性是被他杀。民主行动党在普缇做出明福是有可能遭到他杀的结论后，曾经到警局报案，要求警方不能只以自杀的角度来调查明福案件，更应该以他杀的角度来调查，然而警方至今却没有任何的行动，让人民失望不已。
我们要提醒卡立，不只是林冠英附和普缇的结论，大部分人民也对普缇的结论也是深信不疑。警察应该是人民的保姆，而不是反贪会或者国阵的保姆。
我们也要质问卡立，如果林冠英发表明福他杀的言论需要被调查，为何警方又对纳兹里在明福死后所发表的“我怎知道他会跳楼”的言论以及反贪污委员会主席阿末赛益把赵明福的死因，归咎于承受不了调查压力而自杀的言论视若无睹呢？难道纳兹里和阿末赛益的言论就是属于有根有据？
因此，我们要求雪州警方即刻撤销对林冠英的指控，并以公正和专业的角度处理明福案件，好让案件水落石出。
潘俭伟（八打灵再也北区国会议员） 哥宾星（蒲种区国会议员）
查尔斯圣地亚哥 （巴生区国会议员） 张念群（沙登区国会议员）
Source : Malaysiakini Chinese version
Title : The government should stop discrimination against Chinese and Tamil School,allocate equal education resource for all schools
Soalan : Tuan Charles Santiago [Klang] minta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan mengapa TPPT Sdn Bhd sebuah anak syarikat Bank Negara menjualkan tanah di kawasan Pandamaran, Klang kepada Melati Ehsan Holding Berhad pada tahun 2007 dengan harga RM32 juta tetapi menolah tawaran insaf development Sdn Bhd bernilai RM35 juta
Santiago was referring to a statement by Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar that Seri Kembangan state assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah was trying to intimidate the force.
eacted to Yong’s statement by saying that “the honourable member should not try to intimidate us (the police) by directing us to cease the investigation of Guan Eng.”
Santiago also alleged that the ‘web of tales’ spun around Lim as well as police claims of intimidation were attempts by the Barisan Nasional government to divert the public’s attention from the issue of two missing F5-E jet engines, the controversial Biro Tata Negara (BTN) courses, the Port Klang Free Zone fiasco and the Umno-Gerakan in-fightings, among others.
Charles Santiago 
