Jangan salah guna wang rakyat

Sumber : Sinar Harian

SHAH ALAM – Sebagai sebuah parti politik, UMNO bebas melakukan apa-apa program untuk menarik sokongan rakyat tetapi jangan menyalahgunakan wang kerajaan untuk program UMNO.

Timbalan Pesuruhjaya II Pas Selangor, Iskandar Abdul Samad berkata, beliau mengalu-alukan sekiranya Kerajaan Pusat hendak melaksanakan program-program membantu rakyat, tetapi jangan dilakukan atas nama UMNO jika menggunakan wang kerajaan.

Menurutnya, sebagai contoh janji baik pulih pangsapuri Bukit Sentosa dan Bukit Beruntung akan menggunakan wang kerajaan sebanyak RM15.6 juta bukan wang UMNO maka ia tidak boleh dikaitkan dengan UMNO dan kempen UMNO Juara Rakyat.

“Program ini dilancarkan setelah usaha-usaha lain untuk mendapatkan sokongan rakyat gagal dan ia juga akan gagal kerana rakyat nampak kempen ini hanya untuk mendapatkan undi semata-mata.

“Saya melihat ia sebagai satu permulaan kepada kempen pilihan raya umum yang akan datang.

“Kita tidak gentar dengan kempen ini kerana Pakatan Rakyat (PR) memang telah meletakkan kepentingan rakyat paling utama malah kami tidak perlu mendabik dada yang kami juara kerana memadailah dengan program kerajaan Selangor seperti merakyatkan ekonomi Selangor,” katanya.

Iskandar berkata, beliau yakin dengan program-program yang telah dilaksanakan PR, rakyat akan dapat melihat siapa juara rakyat yang sebenarnya dan siapa yang hanya bermain politik.

Beliau juga mengalu-alukan tindakan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak menyahut cabarannya berhubung isu Bukit Beruntung supaya Kerajaan Pusat menyumbang kepada kos baik pulih, kerana ia telah berlarutan selama lapan tahun.

Beliau berkata, BN wajar menyumbang untuk menebus dosanya yang tidak menghiraukan nasib penduduk kawasan itu sejak sekian lama.

“BN telah berjanji untuk membaik pulih tetapi hanya tiga blok sahaja yang dibaik pulih sebelum PRU 2008 dan itu pun tidak sempurna. Walhal kerajaan PR telah membelanjakan hampir RM400,000 untuk baik pulih dua blok dengan reka bentuk dan penyelenggaraan profesional oleh JKR.

“Bukankah kesilapan perancangan BN yang telah menjadikan kawasannya seperti Bukit Beruntung, Bukit Sentosa dan Lembang Beringin menjadi ‘ghost town’ atau bandar hantu,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Ahli Majlis Pimpinan Negeri (MPN) Keadilan Selangor, Shuhaimi Shafiei menyifatkan kempen Juara Rakyat hanyalah ‘syok sendiri’ dan retorik semata kerana BN merupakan parti politik yang telah ditolak oleh rakyat, mereka akan keluar dengan pelbagai strategi baru.

Bagaimanapun, beliau tidak nafikan kebaikan yang diberikan kepada rakyat tetapi dalam masa yang sama mereka telah merompak tanah dan menindas rakyat.

Menurutnya, program ini juga dilihat seolah-olah seperti ‘apabila sudah terhantuk baru tengadah’, apabila terdesak baru BN hendak buat itu dan ini.

“Apa yang dilakukan BN sangat berbeza dengan PR yang sentiasa mendengar luahan hati rakyat. Kita akan sentiasa cuba membantu rakyat tetapi jika tidak dapat melaksanakannya kita akan menerangkan situasi sebenar atau memberi alternatif lain,” katanya.

Naib Pengerusi DAP Selangor, Charles Santiago berkata, program tersebut dilaksanakan setelah melihat kepentingan dan ideologi UMNO mula tergugat.

Menurutnya, BN terpaksa mencipta pelbagai program untuk menarik dan mendapatkan semula sokongan rakyat.

Bagaimanapun katanya, rakyat hari sudah semakin matang dan bijak menilai setiap apa yang dilakukan oleh kerajaan dan apa yang dilihat mereka.

 

“巫统至上”的新名字：一个大马？（‘Ketuanan UMNO’ has a New Name: 1Malaysia?）

English version :  ‘Ketuanan UMNO’ has a New Name: 1Malaysia?

巴生国会议员查尔斯圣地亚哥文告，2009年7月25日于巴生

赵明福被反贪委员会传召问话后离奇死亡，引起举国震惊，国内的族群关系也降到新低点。

许多方面企图把这个惨剧转变成种族议题。

新海峡时报最近指反贪委员会是马来人机构，以及质疑为何身为一个马来人的雪州务大臣质疑马来同胞和作为马来人机构的反贪委员会。

首相署部长纳兹里警告林吉祥勿政治化赵明福之死及把此事转变成种族议题。

几天前，巫统党员发动示威支持反贪委员会和警察，他们恫言如果反对党继续政治化赵明福之死，他们将会作出进一步回应。

不甘寂寞的马哈迪，指马来西亚已被非马来人夺去，这位前首相清楚指出华人已成了这片马来土地的主人。

归纳这些言论，批评警察和反贪委员会被视为攻击马来人和马来人机构。实际上，这被视为攻击我国的马来政治霸权（马来种族主义份子认为经济已被华人夺去）。根据巫统示威者的回应，这个状况将持续下去。

为什么我国被巫统马来人所俘虏？

我们知道许多扣留所死亡事件涉及所有族群。当赵明福被发现死于反贪委员会雪州总部，另一个年轻的大马人将在国内另一个角落的警察扣留所内死亡。还有过去几年死于警察扣留所的数千名大马人。

一个没有公信力和不透明的警察部队和反贪委员会是对所有大马人的威胁，无论是马来人还是非马来人。实际上巫统党员曾被这些机构迫害。大约6个月前巫统党员哈里米在彭亨州反贪委员会总部被虐待。

这些机构已成了国人分化、不信任和嘲弄的来源。

反贪委员会和警察部队是大马的政府机构。它们是被委托保护和促进国家和人民利益的公共机构。这些机构的开销由纳税人支付，因此必须对所有大马人负责。

这些机构需要根本上的改革。煽动种族情绪以躲避批评，掩盖扣留所死亡的事实，阻碍改变和体制性改革证明这是个失败国家。

更糟糕的是，这两个国家机构被赋予一个新的任务：颠覆民联（因此才有赵明福惨剧）。

纳吉该如何以他的“一个大马”口号，说服他的党员和妇女，包括新海峡时报和纳兹里，警察和反贪委员会是代表全民的机构，不附属于任何政党？

更重要的是，他要如何说服大马人，他是全民首相而非巫统马来人的首相？

首相必须采取以下行动：

（一）公开声明警队和反贪委员会不是巫统颠覆民联政府的棋子，这应该是皇家调查委员会的其中一个调查面向；

（二）制定政策确保警队和反贪委员会独立于巫统和政府部长。 成立独立警察投诉及违例委员会（IPCMC）是其中一个步骤；

（三）指示反贪委员会、纳兹里和新海峡时报针对他们的种族性言论毫无保留向赵明福家属道歉；

（四）把赵明福之死列为皇家调查委员会调查范围之内。

查尔斯圣地亚哥  敬上

巴生国会议员

016 – 626 7797

Source : Malaysiakini Chinese version

 

‘Ketuanan UMNO’ has a New Name: 1Malaysia?

Press Statement by Member of Parliament Klang Charles Santiago in Klang on 25^th July 2009

The Malaysian drama unfolding the last few days surrounding the death of Teoh Beng Hock suggests that race-relations in the country are at its lowest point ever.

Various quarters have turned this sad episode into a race issue.

The New Straits Times recently suggested that MACC is a Malay institution and asked as to why the Selangor MB, a Malay, was questioning fellow Malays and MACC, a Malay institution.

Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz told DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang not to politicise Teoh’s death and turn it into a race issue.

A couple of days ago, UMNO members demonstrated in support of MACC and the police and indicated that they would respond if the opposition further politicises Teoh’s death.

Mahathir, not to be out-done, indicated that Malaysia has been taken over by non-Malays. In fact, the former Prime Minister pointedly noted that the Chinese are the masters in the Malay land.

Taken together, criticisms against the police and MACC are perceived as an attack on Malays and Malay institutions. In fact, it is seen as an attack on Malay political hegemony of the country, ( and note that the economy has been lost to the Chinese). And according to UMNO protestor’s response can be expected if the situation persists.

Why is the country being held hostage by UMNO Malays?

We are aware of the numerous deaths in custody cases involving all races. On the very same day when Teoh was found sprawled in the building that houses MACC, another young Malaysian died in police custody in a different part of the country. And what about the thousands of Malaysians that have died in police custody in the last couple of years.

An unaccountable and non-transparent police force and MACC is a threat to all Malaysians, both Malays and non-Malays.  In fact even UMNO members may fall prey to these very agencies. About six-months ago UMNO member Halimi Kamaruzzman was tortured in the Pahang MACC head office.

Both these institutions have become a source of divisiveness, distrust and ridicule among the population.

MACC and the PDRM are Malaysian institutions. They are public bodies entrusted with specific mandates to protect and promote the interests of the nation and its people. The agencies are paid by the country’s tax payers and are thus accountable to all Malaysians.

These agencies require fundamental reform. The use of race to prevent criticism, cover-up of custodial deaths, change and institutional reform are the indications of a failing state.

And worse still, both these state agencies have been given a new mandate: destabilise Pakatan Rakyat (and thus the botched episode involving Teoh).

How is Najib, consistent with his 1Malaysia going to convince his party-men and women including the New Straits Times and his Minister, Nazri that the police and MACC are Malaysian organisations representing all Malaysians regardless of affiliations?

More importantly, how is he going to convince fellow Malaysians that he is the Prime Minister of all Malaysians and not only UMNO Malays?

The Prime Minister has to do three things:

1.  to openly state that the police and MACC are not part of UMNOs strategy to bring down    the Pakatan Rakyat government. In fact this should be part of the scope of the Royal Commission’s investigations;

2. to put in place policies that ensures that the police and MACC are independent of UMNO and its ministers in government. Here the IPCMC recommendations would be helpful;

3) to instruct MACC, NAZRI and NST to offer an unreserved apology to Teoh’s family on their offensive and racist remarks;

4) to include the cause(s) of Teoh’s death as part of the Royal Commission’s investigations.

Charles Santiago

Member of Parliament, Klang

016 – 626 7797

 

‘Shallow’ Umno chief shelled over Sri Lanka row

Source : Malaysiakini

Jun 3, 09 2:51pm An Umno division leader has come under fire for accusing DAP Klang MP Charles Santiago of stoking religious sentiments pertaining to the government’s stand on the war in Sri Lanka.

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According to Santiago, Cheras Umno chief Syed Ali Alhabshee suffers from ignorance and his analysis is “clouded by religion and race”.

“He will be shocked to realise there are strong similarities between the occupation and plight of Palestinians and Tamils in Sri Lanka and the people of Burma,” he said in a statement today.

Syed Ali had cautioned Santiago in response to an Utusan Malaysia report on May 28 which featured the opposition MP’s comments under the heading ‘Sri Lanka: Malaysia dituduh pilih kasih‘. (Sri Lanka: Malaysia accused of double standards).

Santiago said he had suggested that Malaysia’s position on the plight of the Tamils in Sri Lanka reeked of double standards during a Bar Council forum last week.

“I criticised Malaysia’s opposition to an UN human rights council resolution demanding an investigation on the allegations of human rights abuses and to ensure the freedom of displaced people and access to drinking water and sanitation in Sri Lanka.

“Malaysia’s foreign minister (Anifah Aman) argued that the government’s decision was premised on the notion of non-interference in another country’s internal affairs,” he said.

Santiago said he countered this reasoning by asking why then was Malaysia and Asean pressuring the Burmese military junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and initiate democratic reforms in the country.

“Also, why does the Malaysian government lobby against Israel at the UN and other international fora in support of the Palestinian cause for self-determination and an autonomous home-land.

“Aren’t these activities interfering in the internal affairs of another nation and promoting the right to self determination of oppressed people?” he added.

‘Exposes a shallow mindset’

In view of this, Santiago said it was ‘silly’ of Syed Ali to construe these criticisms as stoking racial sentiments.

“It exposes a shallow mindset and failure to understand history, ethnic conflict and struggle for self-determination of an oppressed community,” he said.

Syed Ali had argued that Malaysia as an active member of the Organisation of Islamic Conference has a responsibility to help the Palestinians.

The Umno leader also argued that the Palestinian cause was a religious one since Muslims were being oppressed by the Israeli regime.

He further suggested that the situation in Sri Lanka was based on a minority group fighting for power through armed struggle and the Malaysian government has never supported armed struggles to form a government.

However, Santiago (right) disagreed.

He said the Palestinians, Burmese and the Tamils in Sri Lanka share a common fate: they are an occupied people.

Their struggle for self-determination and autonomous homeland needs to be supported by all, he added.

“A consistent foreign policy suggests that the government would have extended the same support to the Tamils in Sri Lanka where the government was unleashing genocide against the minority.

“The Malaysian government chose to support the perpetrator and thus the criticism of double standards,” he said.

Consistent foreign policy needed

Santiago noted that a further similarity between the Palestinians and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was that both are considered terrorist organisations.

“Why do these groups take up arms?” he asked.

“Since the 1950s, Tamils were systematically denied their constitutional rights, language, education, jobs, business, state-sponsored land grabs, etc.

“State violence was directed at Tamils. Ethnic cleansing was part of state policy. In 1983, one of the worst cases of violence against Tamils witnessed about 3,000 Tamils massacred and about 20,000 businesses destroyed,” he said.

“The upsurge of violence against Tamils resulted in the armed resistance led by the LTTE and others,” he added.

Santiago stressed that what the Palestinians, Burmese and Tamils in Sri Lanka are fighting against is state-sponsored terrorism.

“I urge the Umno chief not to politicise and further dehumanise victims of genocide. It is certainly not the time to suggest that one cause is holier than the other.

“This is a time where women and men of all colour, creed and believe unite against tyranny. This is a time for moral leadership among nations and not opportunistic policy making,” he said.

“I urge Syed Ali to push for war crime trials against the Sri Lankan government as a way of promoting justice for Palestinians,” he added.

The DAP leader also underscored the importance for Malaysia to have a consistent and enlightened foreign policy and not bigotry.

 

UMNO’s Syed Ali’s Race and Religious Rhetoric Exposes Poor Understanding of History and Peoples Struggle for Self Determination.

Press Statement by Member of Parliament Klang Charles Santiago in Klang on 3rd June 2009

I refer to Utusan Malaysia’s article entitled ‘Syed Ali ingatkan Ahli Parlimen Klang supaya jangan tiupkan api perkauman!’ dated Thursday, 29^th May 2009.

The Cheras UMNO division chief Datuk Wira Syed Ali Alhabshee was responding to an Utusan article entitled: ‘Sri Lanka: Malaysia dituduh pilih kasih’ that appeared on 28^th May 2009.

He took issue with my criticism of the Malaysian government’s policy on the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

The UMNO chief suffers from ignorance and his analysis appears to be clouded by religion and race. He will be shocked to realise that there are strong similarities confronting the occupation and plight of Palestinians and Tamils in Sri Lanka and the people of Burma.

In a panel discussion at the Bar Council I suggested that Malaysia’s position on the genocide of the Sri Lankan Tamils reeks of double standards.

I criticised Malaysia opposition to a UN Human Rights Council resolution demanding investigations of all allegations of human rights abuses and to ensure the freedom of displaced people and access to drinking water and sanitation in Sri Lanka.

Malaysia’s Foreign Minister argued that that the government decision was premised on the notion of non-interference in another country’s internal affairs.

I opined that if this is the case, than why is Malaysia and ASEAN pressuring the Burmese military junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and initiate democratic reforms in the country.

Also, why does the Malaysian government lobby against Israel at the UN and other international fora in support of the Palestinian cause for self-determination and an autonomous home-land.

Aren’t these activities interfering in the internal affairs of another nation and promoting the right to self determination of oppressed people?

The UMNO division chief construed my criticism of the country’s policy as stoking racial sentiments in the country.

This is silly.

It exposes a shallow mindset and failure to understand history, ethnic conflict and struggle for self determination of an oppressed community.

Syed Ali posited that Malaysia as an active member of the Organization of Islamic Countries has a responsibility to help the Palestinians. He argued that the Palestinian cause is a religious one since Muslims are being oppressed by the Israeli regime.

He further suggested that the situation in Sri Lanka is one based on a minority group fighting for power through armed struggle. The UMNO leader stressed that the Malaysian government has never supported armed struggles to form a government.

The Palestinians, Burmese and the Tamils in Sri Lanka share a common fate: they are an occupied people. Their struggle for self determination and autonomous home-land needs to be supported by all.

A consistent foreign policy suggests that the government would have extended the same support to the Tamil population of Sri Lanka whose government was unleashing genocide against its minority population. The Malaysian government chose to support the perpetrator and thus the criticism of double standards.

A further similarity between the Palestinians (Hamas; before that Fatah) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is that both are considered terrorist organisations. Why do these groups take up arms? Since the 1950’s Tamils were systematically denied of their constitutional rights, language, education, jobs, business, state sponsored land grabs etc .

State violence was directed at Tamils. Ethnic cleansing was part of state policy. In 1983, one of the worst cases of violence against Tamils witnessed about 3000 Tamils massacred and about 20,000 businesses destroyed. The upsurge of violence against Tamils resulted in the armed resistance led by the LTTE and others.

In the last weeks, the Sri Lankan government organised mass killings of its minority Tamil population. The Times of London citing UN secret documents indicate that the Sri Lankan security forces would have massacred over 20,000 Tamil civilians towards the end of the onslaught. In fact, based on witness accounts and expert analysis, the paper is suggesting that 1000 people were killed on a daily basis since early May. The figure is about three times the official casualty figures.

At this time, there are about 300,000 internally displaced people held in camps ringed in barbed wire and surrounded by security forces, a situation similar to the Palestinian refugee camps.

Amnesty International has called for an independent probe into the number of civilians killed in the final weeks of the war against LTTE and urged the UN to reveal its own estimates.

Similarly, in 1982, terror was unleashed by the Israeli government on Palestinians in Sabra and Shatila which resulted in the massacre of 3000 Palestinians. The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip experienced Israeli state sponsored genocide late last year.

What the Palestinians, Burmese and Tamils in Sri Lanka are fighting against is state-sponsored terrorism.

I urge the UMNO chief not to politicise and further dehumanise victims of genocide. It is certainly not the time to suggest that one cause is holier than the other.

This is a time where women and men of all colour, creed and believe unite against tyranny. This is a time for moral leadership among nations and not opportunistic policy making.

I urge Syed Ali to push for war crime trials against the Sri Lankan government as a way of promoting justice for Palestinians.

What Malaysia needs is a consistent and enlightened foreign policy and not bigotry.

Charles Santiago

Member of Parliament, Klang

Vice Chairman of Selangor Democratic Action Party

016-626 7797

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巴生国会议员查尔斯圣地亚哥文告，2009年6月4日于巴生

巫统对斯里兰卡历史的无知

我引述巫统蕉赖区部的部落格的一篇题为“赛阿里警告巴生国会议员勿煽动种族情绪”的贴文，日期是2009年5月29日。

巫统蕉赖区部主席拿督威拉赛阿里是回应马来西亚前锋报刊登于2009年5月28日的一篇题为“斯里兰卡：马来西亚被指双重标准”的新闻。

他针对我批评大马政府在斯里兰卡对淡米尔人进行种族灭绝事件中所持有的立场。

这位巫统领袖对一些事视若无睹，他的分析也充斥宗教和种族偏执。假如他对斯里兰卡问题稍有了解，他会对巴勒斯坦人、斯里兰卡的淡米尔人和缅甸人所面对的土地被占据和困境的相似性感到震惊。

在律师公会举办的论坛上我指出大马在斯里兰卡淡米尔人遭受种族灭绝的问题上持有双重标准。

我批评大马反对一项联合国人权委员会理事会的议决，要求调查所有侵犯人权的指责，以确保被驱逐者在斯里兰卡获得自由、饮用水和卫生援助。

我国外交部长辩称政府的决定是以不干涉其它国家内政为前提。

果真如此，为何大马和东协国家向缅甸军人政府施压释放昂山素枝及启动该国的民主改革？

与此同时，为什么大马政府在联合国和其它国际组织游说反对以色列，以支持巴勒斯坦争取自治和建立自主的国家。

这些活动难道不是干涉其它国家的内政和提倡被压迫者的自治权利吗？

赛阿里标签我对大马的立场的批评为煽动种族情绪。

这番言论其蠢无比。

这只会曝露赛阿里肤浅的思维，他根本不了解斯里兰卡的历史、族群冲突和被压迫群体要求自治的斗争。

赛阿里表示大马是国际伊斯兰组织的活跃会员，因此有责任协助巴勒斯坦人。他辩称巴勒斯坦属于宗教议题，当地的回教徒被以色列政府压迫。

他接着说明斯里兰卡的状况是一个少数族群尝试通过武装斗争夺取政权。赛阿里强调大马政府不曾支持以武装斗争方式成立政府。

巴勒斯坦人、缅甸人和斯里兰卡的淡米尔人分享同一个命运：他们都是土地被占据的人民。他们要求自治和独立的国家的斗争应该获得所有人的支持。

一致的外交政策将使政府声援斯里兰卡的淡米尔人，斯里兰卡政府曾策划对少数族群进行种族灭绝。然而，大马政府选择了支持压迫者，所以才被抨击持有双重标准。

另一个相似点是巴勒斯坦人（哈马斯，之前是法塔赫）和淡米尔解放之虎同样被视为恐怖组织。为什么这两个组织选择武装斗争？自1950年始，斯里兰卡的淡米尔人被系统性地否决他们的宪赋权利、语言、教育、工作、商业和土地被夺取等等。

国家暴力直指淡米尔人。种族清洗是国家政策的一部分。在1983年，其中一起最严重的暴力事件屠杀了近三千个淡米尔人，毁掉了将近二万个商店。针对淡米尔人的大量和频密的暴力导致淡米尔解放之虎和其它组织选择了武装反抗。

上几个星期，斯里兰卡政府策划了一场大量屠杀淡米尔少数族群的军事行动。伦敦时报引用的联合国秘密文件指出，斯里兰卡军队在屠杀接近尾声时，已有超过二万名淡米尔人民死亡。实际上，该报引述的一些目击者和专家的分析，显示自五月以来每天约有一千人被杀，这个数字是官方伤亡数据的三倍。

此时，大约30万名被驱逐的淡米尔人被囚禁于被铁丝网围绕和军警看守的集中营，这和巴勒斯坦人居住的难民营的情况相同。

国际特赦组织促请成立独立调查团，调查歼灭淡米尔解放之虎的战争中被滥杀的人民。

同样的，在1982年，以色列政府攻击沙巴拉和沙蒂拉，造成了三千名巴勒斯坦人丧生。上年梢，以色列政府也对加沙地带的巴勒斯坦人进行种族灭绝行动。

巴勒斯坦人、缅甸人和斯里兰卡的淡米尔人都在反抗国家恐怖主义行动。

我促请巫统领袖勿政治化种族灭绝事件，这对受害者将造成第二次伤害。这不是争论那一个被压迫群体拥有更高的道德点的时候。

这是所有女人和男人、不分肤色及诚挚团结对抗暴政的时候。这是亟需国家振臂疾呼和道德领导而非拟定投机政策的时候。

我促请赛阿里推动审判斯里兰卡政府的战争罪行，作为倡议巴勒斯坦人的正义的一个方式。

大马需要的是一致和具有启发性的外交政策，而非种族和宗教偏执。

查尔斯圣地亚哥

巴生国会议员

雪州行动党副主席

016-6267797

 

Syed Ali ingatkan Ahli Parlimen Klang supaya jangan tiupkan api perkauman !

Sumber : UMNO Bahagian Cheras

Thursday, May 28, 2009

TUDUHAN Ahli Parlimen Klang, Charles Santiago bahawa Malaysia mengamalkan sikap pilih kasih berhubung isu Palestin dan kaum Tamil di Sri Langka sebagai tidak tepat dan bermotifkan politik.

Menurut Ketua UMNO Bahagian Cheras, Datuk Wira Syed Ali Alhabshee, situasi di Palestin dan Sri Lanka adalah berbeza dan tuduhan yang dilemparkan itu tidak adil kepada kerajaan Malaysia.

Katanya, Malaysia adalah anggota paling aktif dalam Persidangan Negara-Negara Islam (OIC) dan bertanggungjawab membantu rakyat Palestin yang ditindas oleh rejim Yahudi.

“Palestin adalah isu agama dan umat Islam yang tertindas dan di zalimi Isreal, tetapi di Sri Lanka adalah kepentingan perjuangan politik satu kaum minoriti untuk berkuasa menerusi cara pemberontakan,” tegasnya.

Beliau menegaskan, kerajaan negara ini tidak pernah menyokong atau memberi bantuan kepada mana-mana kumpulan pemberontak yang berjuang untuk membentuk sebuah kerajaan di negara-negara tertentu.

“Saya mengingatkan Ahli Parlimen Klang, jangan cuba bermain api untuk meniupkan sentimen perkauman di negara ini. Jangan sentuh kepentingan kaum dan agama Islam untuk agenda politik,” tegasnya.

Beliau berkata, tuduhan Charles bahawa Malaysia mengamalkan sikap pilih kasih berhubung konflik yang berlaku di Sri Lanka adalah satu pembohongan dan boleh mencetuskan kegelisahan kaum di negara ini.

Syed Ali yang juga Setiausaha Badan Perhubungan UMNO Wilayah Persekutuan menjawab tuduhan yang dibuat oleh Ahli Parlimen Klang dalam satu forum awam anjuran Majlis Peguam, mengenai konflik di Sri Lanka di Kuala Lumpur semalam.

Charles yang turut menjadi panel dalam forum itu menuduh Malaysia mengamalkan pilih kasih dengan memberi layanan berbeza ke atas masyarakat Tamil di Sri Lanka dan rakyat Palestin.

Syed Ali menyelar sikap Charles yang mengambil kesempatan mempolitikkan konflik di Sri Lanka dengan Palestin kerana ianya ada hubung kait dengan kepentingan agama.

‘Di bumi Palestin ianya merupakan tindakan penghapusan etnik oleh kaum Yahudi terhadap umat Islam dan kekejaman rejim Israel telah mendapat perhatian badan dunia termasuk seluruh negara Islam seperti Malaysia,” tegasnya.

Beliau menjelaskan, rakyat Palestin berjuang kerana menebus kembali tanahair mereka yang telah dirampas oleh rejim Yahudi yang menyebabkan mereka menjadi pelarian di bumi sendiri.

“Umat Islam dibunuh dan hak mereka telah dirampas oleh Yahudi, maka generasi mereka berhak untuk bangun menentang kekejaman dan kezaliman rejim, malah seluruh masyarakat dunia memberi bantuan kemanusian kepada rakyat Palestin,” ujarnya.

Sehubungan itu, Syed Ali membidas sikap Majlis Peguam yang bersusah payah mengadakan satu forum hanya bermatlamat untuk memberi fokus kepada kepentingan masyarakat Tamil di Sri Lanka.

“Saya nak tanya Majlis Peguam, apakah majlis itu didaftarkan di Sri Lanka atau di India, jika sangat berhajat untuk dilihat sebagai pembela kaum, maka saya syorkan Majlis Peguam didaftarkan sebagai pertubuhan politik,” tegasnya.

Katanya, tindak-tanduk Majlis Peguam sudah lama menampakkan sikap prejudis terhadap kerajaan dan sengaja mencetuskan sesuatu isu yang menyentuh kepentingan kaum dan menghiris persaaan umat Islam di negara ini.

Sehubungan itu, Syed Ali meminta kerajaan khususnya Kementerian Dalam Negri (KDN) supaya memantau apa jua aktiviti Majlis Peguam bagi mengelak wujudnya unsur-unsur yang boleh mencetuskan ketegangan kaum.

“Majlis Peguam majoritinya di anggotai oleh kaum India dan mereka sering mencipta isu yang menyentuh kepentingan umat Malayu dan Islam di negara ini. Perbuatan ini sudah lama berlaku dan perlu diberikan perhatian serius oleh kerajaan,” tegasnya.

 

MP: Rampas akhbar perbuatan ‘samseng politik’

Source : Malaysiakini

Feb 12, 09 11:57am

Ahli Parlimen Klang, Charles Santiago menyifatkan tindakan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) merampas akhbar rasmi PKR dan PAS – Suara Keadilan Harakah – sebagai satu perbuatan ‘samseng’ politik.

Kedua-dua akhbar berkenaan dirampas kerana memuatkan laporan mengenai pergolakan politik ekoran pembentukan kerajaan baru Barisan Nasional (BN) di Perak.

“Rakyat mempunyak hak untuk mendapatkan maklumat. Mereka sudah jemu dengan ‘sampah’ yang disiarkan oleh akhbar tempatan dan saluran televisyen, yang dimiliki atau ada kaitan dengan parti kerajaan,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.

Katanya, isu-isu berkaitan dengan drama politik dan pembentukan kerajaan baru BN di Perak – yang didakwanya tidak sah – adalah perkara yang membabitkan kepentingan awam.

Santiago berkata, rakyat membantah ‘rampasan kuasa’ tersebut yang mengakibatkan tumbangnya kerajaan negeri yang dipilih secara demokrasi.

“Mereka mempunyai hak untuk mengetahui kebenarannya,” tambahnya.

Sehubungan itu, Santiago menggesa kerajaan dan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) supaya menghentikan taktik membuli itu dan sebaliknya diminta memberi tumpuan memulihkan ekonomi negara.

‘Gangguan KDN’

Di samping itu, katanya, adalah satu kesilapan besar sekiranya tidak diperbaharui permit Suara Keadilan yang dijadual pada April depan.

Semalam, Ketua Penerangan PKR, Tian Chua dilaporkan berkata Suara Keadilan edisi krisis menggelegak politik di Perak menjadi sasaran rampasan KDN minggu lalu.

Menurutnya, hampir 20,000 naskhah edisi 4-11 Februari dengan laporan “Perak cabar SPR ke mahkamah” dirampas di seluruh negara.

Tian berkata, rampasan terbaru itu paling tinggi sejak organ parti itu mula mendapat sokongan meluas pembaca susulan kemenangan besar-besaran PKR dan pembangkang dalam pilihanraya umum, Mac tahun lalu.

Akhbar dwimingguan PAS Harakah yang memuatkan edisi-edisi terkini pergolakan politik di Perak dirampas di negeri itu, Kedah dan Selangor.

Gangguan KDN juga didakwa berlaku di Pulau Pinang dan Johor.

Ketua pengarangnya Ahmad Lutfi Othman memberitahu Malaysiakini kelmarin, pihaknya sedang mengumpul maklumat jumlah rampasan kementerian berkenaan.

Source : Malaysiakini

Title : Slams home ministry for seizing two party organs, Charles : Control people’s information

谴责内政部蛮横没收两党报 查尔斯：企图控制人民资讯

2月12日 下午1点07分 民主行动党巴生区国会议员查尔斯圣地亚哥谴责，内政部没收公正党党报《公正之声》和回教党党报《哈拉卡》的做法蛮横无理，这显示政府企图控制人民可以获得的资讯。

也是雪州行动党副主席的查尔斯相信，这两份党报都因为大幅度报道最近霹雳州政治危机而被没收。

“人民有权获得公共资讯，他们对本地媒体的报道极度不满，这些本地媒体若不是被政党拥有就是和执政精英有密切联系。”

媒体把巫统标榜为爱国者

他说，霹雳州变天和国阵成立非法政府，这些讯息都攸关公共利益，同时人民也谴责以政变方式推翻民选政府，因此他们有权知道真相。

“我一直监督这些本地媒体，它们明显把巫统和国阵领袖标榜为爱国者，可是人民就是不卖帐。内政部长赛哈密无视媒体自由的原则，但是他的专制手法无法禁止人民到网络寻找另类资讯。”

“我促请政府和内政部放弃这个欺压政敌的策略，反之应该专注改善不断下滑的经济。如果内政部没有在今年4月更新《公正之声》的准证，那将是重大的错误。”

Source : Merdeka Review

Title : Home Ministry ‘visits’ Ipoh book shop, warns not sell PR party organ to public

内政部“造访”怡保书店 警告勿卖民联党报给公众

■日期／Feb 12, 2009 ■时间／05:04:23 pm

■新闻／家国风云   ■作者／本刊曾薛霏

【本刊曾薛霏撰述】内政部今午到霹雳州怡保的学乐书苑，警告店东不得把人民联盟三党的党报卖给非党员；被点名的民联三党党报是人民公正党的马来文版《公正之声》（Suara Keadilan）、中文版《公正报》、回教党党报《哈拉卡》（Harakah）及民主行动党党报《火箭报》。

近一个月来，内政部在全国各地没收人民公正党党报及回教党党报，人民公正党全国宣传主任蔡添强昨天透露，内政部在雪州万宜、安邦、吉隆坡富都车站、印度回教堂及十五碑、砂拉越古晋、吉打华玲、柔佛峇株巴辖、槟城、芙蓉及马六甲等地共没收了一万份左右的《公正之声》。【点击：蔡添强轰内政部没收党报 记者会结束又传没收消息】

今天下午四时，七名内政部官员抵达学乐书苑，在店内走动，观察店内情况，并向店东林思廷探问，堆在店内的大叠马来文《公正之声》及中文版《公正报》批发到何处；他们还警告她，这些报纸只可出售给相关政党的党员，不得卖给公众。

由于店东坚持这些报纸只出售给党员，他们最终在十分钟后离去，临走时取走了一份社会主义党党报，指该报并没有出版准证。

据了解，一名书报刊批发商上个月曾接获内政部警告信，告诉他们不得将党报如《公正报》、回教党党报《哈拉卡》（Harakah）、民主行动党党报《火箭报》、马华公会党报《蓝天》等批发出去。

党团非议内政部

另 一方面，独立新闻中心（Centre for Independent Journalism）及巴生区国会议员查尔斯圣地亚哥今天都谴责内政部无理没收人民公正党党报《公正之声》及回教党党报《哈拉卡》，形容这项行动显然是 要控制资讯流通，而内政部的行动与近期的霹雳州政治危机有关。

查尔斯圣地亚哥发表声明说，人民有权获得公共资讯，他们对本地媒体的报道极度不满，这些本地媒体若不是被政党拥有就是和执政精英有密切联系。他说，霹雳州政权易手及国阵组成非法政府的资讯攸关公共利益，人民谴责以政变方式推翻民选政府之余，也有权知道真相。

“我一直监督这些本地媒体，它们明显把巫统和国阵领袖标榜为爱国者，可是人民就是不卖帐。内政部长赛哈密无视媒体自由的原则，但是他的专制手法无法禁止人民到网络寻找另类资讯。”

查尔斯圣地亚哥促请政府放弃这个欺压政敌的策略，并专注于改善不断下滑的国家经济。他警告说，若内政部今年四月拒绝更新《公正之声》的出版准证，将是个重大错误。

独立新闻中心指出，政府与人民公正党全国宣传主任蔡添强的说法有所出入。内政部刊物管制及可兰经组秘书仄丁尤索夫（Che Din Yusof）说在全国只没收了四千份报章，但蔡添强则说约二万份《公正之声》被没收。

文告说：“大众需要更多的霹雳州政权易手的资讯，但内政部援引《1984年印刷机与出版法令》展开三次无理由的没收行动，显示该项法律只是执政党的政治工具。”

独立新闻中心质疑，执罚单位在这项行动中是否有任何根据，因为该刊物的内容能让人民对霹雳州政权易手看到在主流媒体中接触不到的不同意见。

该中心呼吁政府立即停止没收行动，并废除《1984年印刷机与出版法令》。

“在上届全国大选中，民众已经拒绝意见市场和官方媒体的垄断行为，若政府慎重考虑废除该法令，将有利于民。”

Source : Merdeka Review

English version :Derhaka, Flunkies and UMNO Thuggery

 

Derhaka, Flunkies and UMNO Thuggery

PRESS STATEMENT

Date : 11th Feb 2009

First we have a democratically elected Pakatan Rakyat government ousted in a well-executed coup. The shameless tactic was engineered by deputy prime minister Najib Tun Razak to shore up his image as an adept politician ahead of a power transition next month at the ruling UMNO internal elections.

Then we have an overzealous politician, Khairy Jamaluddin, calling for Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin’s citizenship to be stripped. His rallying cry came at a demonstration attended by mostly UMNO members.

News reports say that Khairy worked the crowd to such frenzy that they were united in their view of killing any person who had committed treason. Mohammad Nizar was not just betrayed by elected representatives who were encouraged by UMNO to switch loyalties. He is now also branded a traitor.

Khairy incited the crowd and perpetrated hatred. The police, on the other hand, stood watch while protesters burnt posters of Mohammad Nizar.  The aspiring politician must be frantic to score brownie points with UMNO members to burnish his image as party loyalist. After all he is gunning for the top UMNO youth post.

Pakatan leaders and specifically Mohammad Nizar were accused of inciting the people who had turned up at Kuala Kangsar to protest against the swearing in of Zambry Abdul Kadir. But there is not a whimper from UMNO and Barisan Nasional about Khairy’s blatant attempt to create further chaos in Perak.

DAP Chairman and prominent lawyer, Karpal Singh, has also fallen prey to UMNO’s political thuggery. It is his democratic right as a citizen to file a legal suit against the Ruler. But branding Karpal and Mohammad Nizar as traitors clearly shows that UMNO is trying to use the monarchy as a political tool.

Before the dust on the defection game could settle, we are faced with the resignation of another opposition leader, V Arumugam. He claims to have been threatened and offered RM5 million to join Barisan Nasional. We are also hearing similar allegations from other opposition representatives in Perak.

The Malaysian public are seething with anger over the unconstitutional takeover of Perak. Reports of dirty strategies by UMNO and the Barisan Nasional coalition government would only serve to further annoy the people.

Therefore, the MACC and  police should act immediately and independently on the reports lodged by Arumugam, claiming he has been under the gun from UMNO and Barisan Nasional. The findings of these investigations must be made public as the people have a right to know if ruling politicians are using dubious means to compel elected representatives to cross over.

What can I say about Khairy? It is redundant to urge UMNO leaders to warn Khairy to zip up. They themselves brandish the sword and sneak in racist remarks to create fear among the public.

But such foolish calls should stop. Or they would create further political and inadvertently economic instability in the country.

Charles Santiago

Member of Parliament, Klang

016-6267797

 

背叛、愚忠和巫统暴徒

English version : Derhaka, Flunkies and UMNO Thuggery

新闻文告

日期 ：2009年2月11日

首先，霹雳州的民选政府被精心策划的政变推翻。这个无耻的策略由副首相纳吉一手操盘，以在下个月的巫统党选和权力转移前抬高自己的形象。

然后我们有凯里这样的狂热政治人物，他在一场几乎全是巫统党员出席的集会中，呼吁苏丹褫夺霹雳州务大臣尼查的公民权。

根据新闻，凯里煽动群众的情绪，使他们一致认为叛国者必须被处死。尼查被四个民选议员背叛后，现在又被指责为叛徒。

凯里鼓动群众及散播憎恨情绪。可是警察却在旁视若无睹，甚至任由示威者焚烧尼查的肖像海报。这个野心勃勃的政客正在捞取政治成本，向党员突现他对党忠心耿耿。说到底，他正在竞选巫青团长的职位。

民联领袖，特别是尼查被指责煽动人民到江沙抗议赞比里的宣誓。但是巫统和国阵却对凯里意图在霹雳州制造动乱的煽动演讲不发一言。

行动党主席和著名律师卡巴星，也成了巫统暴徒的受害者。采取法律行动起诉统治者是公民的权利，把卡巴星和尼查标签为叛徒显示巫统尝试利用皇室为政治工具。

跳槽游戏尘埃未定，又闻吉打州民联议员阿鲁姆甘辞职。他声称接获五百万令吉的献议以跳槽国阵，霹雳州民联议员也作出同样的指责。

公众对违宪推翻霹雳州政权感到愤怒。巫统和国阵政府的肮脏伎俩只会继续激怒人民。

因此，大马反贪委员会和警察必须马上和公正的调查阿鲁姆甘的投诉，查明他是否真的被巫统和国阵政府威胁和恐吓。调查报告应该向公众公开，人民有权知道执政党是否使用不道德手段威逼利诱民选议员跳槽。

我还能对凯里说什么呢？叫巫统领袖警告凯里闭嘴的做法是多余的，巫统领袖尽是一些挥舞武器、善于煽动种族情绪和在人群间制造恐惧的人。

但是这些愚蠢的言论应该停止，否则国内的政治和经济将继续不稳定。

查尔斯圣地亚哥

巴生区国会议员

雪州行动党副主席

016-6267797

 

马哈迪的政治遗产：一个毁坏的国家

English version : Cranky Mahathir

新闻文告

 

日期    ：2008年11月14日

 

大马前首相马哈迪医生应该尝试被人遗忘。人民或许会原谅他，如果他们不必在报章和网站上看到他的脸和伪善的言谈。

 

但若他还是执意为国人剖析当今的政治困境，马哈迪必须先承认，是他一手毁坏大马的司法独立，纵容警察和部长滥权，驯服媒体，制定种族政策和使用预防性法律以确保继续掌权。

 

马哈迪必须为开启巫统金钱政治之风负责，那也是他在任期间为了保住首相位置，不惜附上任何代价所实行的措施。如果我们考虑他的建议，贪污的巫统领袖必须甚至是在内安法令下被捕，马哈迪应该是第一个被关在囚室铁栏后的人。

 

在1996年实行的党选提名固打制，把金钱政治带进巫统，之后转变成猖獗的贪污和按票受贿。这个措施也排除了任何对马哈迪的巫统主席和首相职位的挑战

 

马哈迪声称这个改变将使巫统区部领袖难以被贿赂，这是一派胡言。这也暗示这位前首相清楚知道提名固打制可能会导致贪污行为。

 

但是马哈迪毫不在乎这个措施带来的后果。他的权力欲已使巫统走上自我毁灭之路。

 

尽管已经下台，马哈迪仍然怀着嫉妒为国人分析政治危机。他赞扬种族政治可以减少关于族群的辩论和稳定国家，这是简直是笑话！

 

人民必须告诉马哈迪，种族政治和使用种族和宗教议题制造恐惧氛围的古老的策略，在马来西亚已经失效。喜欢玩弄手段和造成种族关系紧张的巫统领袖已经失去人民的信任。

 

大马人要求更大的民主空间。马来人已经醒悟扶弱政策只是惠及统治精英。人民全力支持一个能够提供平等机会和无种族宗教之分，杜绝贪污，远离朋党文化，以及绝不以预防性法律镇压异议的政府。

 

显然马哈迪已脱离现实。他应该得体的退休。他已经向全国宣布将首相职位转交给阿都拉。

 

或许马哈迪持续对本地媒体滔滔不绝的说话，是确保他的意见对国家还是有用的。但是我清楚记得马哈迪在新行政中心布特拉再也开幕时说过，无论谁统治这个国家，他将会在他的坟墓内继续监督。

 

这显示马哈迪渴望留下政治遗产。不幸的，他为国人留下的是异议者的无声抗议，玷污的司法形象，贪腐的警察部队，贪婪的巫统领袖和伤残的媒体。简言之，一个毁坏的国家。

 

 

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