Chef Wan, world-famous celebrity chef, should be the role model for all  young Felda settlers to become world champions and not to emulate wrong models to become  whether the king of kleptocracy or of trolls

Chef Wan, the world-famous celebrity chef whose real name is Redzuanwan Ismail, should be the role model for all young Felda settlers in Malaysia to become world champions and not to emulate wrong models to become whether the king of kleptocracy or of trolls.

Chef Wan’s return to Felda Sungai Koyan for some Pakatan Harapan Cameron Highlands by-election campaigning was  undoubtedly the highlight of the campaign – not the glittering but artificially-staged visit by the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak or even the ceramah rounds by the PAS President, Datuk Seri Hadi

Awang.

And characteristic of Che Wan’s biting tongue, he said what must be in the hearts of many Malays – that he would slap Najib’s face if the former Prime Minister was there, asking:

“How could you let Felda be mismanaged like that? Come on!

“You put (former Felda chairperson) Mohd Isa Samad up there knowing that he is so corrupted, with all kinds of sh*t he has done before.

“If I had him here I would slap him (Isa).”

Che Wan was enraged when asked about Najib’s claim of a “golden age” for Felda settlers, on the ground that they had received bonuses and high salaries.

Che Wan will be quite a gold standard for the Felda youths and the new generation of Malaysians to emulate, unlike Najib.

Coming from a big family of seven siblings, Che Wan always enjoyed food and he followed his dream and passion in cooking, giving up his profession as an accountant and became an international household name as a celebrity chef.

I have said that Najib’s three greatest failures as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia are:

(i) The monstrous 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal and his corrupt  regime, condemned by the whole world as a global kleptocracy, which even the first Barisan Nasional Orang Asli  candidate, Ramli Mohd Noor dare not repudiate and put a distance between himself and Najib until the former Prime Minister had come clean on the largest kleptocracy scandal in  the world.

(ii) His failure to bring the 200,000 Orang Asli in the country to the national mainstream of development after  six decades of advancement of the lot of the Orang Asli. A visit to the most marginalised and remote Orang Asli posts and kampongs  in Cameron Highlands will show that Malaysians, including Najib,  should  be ashamed and outraged that after sixty years of development, the Orang Asli are still deprived of the most basic on infrastructures, whether proper access roads, clean water and electricity and the provision of their most elementary needs whether in  education, health, housing and job opportunities and the long-standing disregard of their traditional land rights.

(iii) Najib betrayal of the Felda  conceived and implemented by his father, Tun Razak. Felda’s “Golden Age” was during Tun Razak’s short tenure as Prime Minister and those of  subsequent Prime Ministers, but Najib betrayed Felda’’s vision  and interests of the first, second and third generation of Felda settlers for Felda failed   to be the  “economic powerhouse to generate high income for Felda settlers” with his kleptocratic premiership.

If Ramli Mohd Nor is elected as MP for Cameron Highlands, he would have the sing the praises of Najib and defend his three failures  – the 1MDB scandal, the failure to bring the 200,000 Orang Asli to the national mainstream of development after six decades  and his betrayal of Felda settlers.

Is this what the voters of Cameron Highlands want their MP to do?

Despite these great sins of the Najib premiership, it would be an uphill and well-nigh impossible task for Pakatan Harapan to win the Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday, January 26.

A total of 247 people, all of whom are police personnel, will be  eligible to be early voters in the Cameron Highlands by-election tomorrow (Tuesday) while 122 postal votes had been issued by Cameron Highlands by-election returning officer Datuk Ishak Md Napis on January 13.

Although a Pakatan Harapan victory in Cameron Highlands by-election on January 26 is uphill and well-nigh impossible, there is no doubt that  any Pakatan Harapan by-election victory will be all the more  significant and momentous, not only for Cameron Highlands but for all Malaysians who had contributed to the historic decision of May 9, 2018 in bringing about a peaceful and democratic transition of power in Malaysia for the first time in six decades.

I myself had not expected a peaceful and democratic transition of power in Putrajaya from UMNO/Barisan Nasional to Pakatan Harapan, although I had hoped for such a peaceful and democratic transition of power  for over five decades.

If someone had asked me on May 9, 2018 before the votes were counted, I would not dare to predict that the Pakatan Harapan would oust Datuk Seri Najib Razak and topple the UMNO/BN coalition from power for the first time in six decades.

I asked the Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad recently whether he had expected Pakatan Harapan to win on the night of May 9, 2018, and he shook his head.

The incumbent Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak was then supremely confident of victory, even believing that he would be able to recapture the two-thirds parliamentary majority which Barisan Nasional lost ten years ago in 2008.

Will January 26, 2019 exceed the achievements of the May 9, 2018?

It is uphill and well-nigh impossible, but Malaysians who want a New Malaysia kicked  off by the historic decision of May 9, 2018 must dare to dream big dreams and work for an  “uphill and well-nigh impossible” by- election victory on January 26.

But all the odds are against it, for it is dubious that we can muster every vote  for Pakatan Harapan in the 14th General Election to vote for  Pakatan Harapan in the by-election on January 26.

There were a total of 32,009 registered voters, and the constituency breakdown are Malay 33.5 per cent; Chinese 29.48 per cent; Indian 14.91 per cent; Orang Asli (Peninsular Malaysia) 21.56 per cent; Bumiputera Sabah 0.12 per cent; Bumiputera Sarawak 0.06 per cent; Others 0.37 per cent.

Chinese New Year celebrations will fall 10 days after the by-election. Will the thousand-odd Chinese voters who work outstation of Cameron Highlands answer the call of “every vote counts” to return to Cameron Highlands to vote on January 26 – which would mean they have to return home twice in 10 days, with all the expenses involved?

There was a 83.5% turnout of the Chinese voters, with Manogoran as the Pakatan Harapan candidate garnering 87.3% of their votes in the 14th General Election. Can this feat be repeated on January 26?

The same applies to the Indian voters, as I understand that there are some 800 Indian voters who are working outstation. Will they come home to vote?  There was a 70% turnout of Indian voters with 60% of votes going to Manogaran.  Can this number of Indian voters be excelled?

The next questions are whether the Pakatan Harapan can garner more Malay and Orang Asli votes in the by-election.

One study shows that the Pakatan Harapan secured three per cent of the Malay votes and 11 per cent of the Orang Asli voters in the 14th General Election.  Can Pakatan Harapan increase the support of Malay and Orang Asli voters on Jan. 26?

All these factors will determine the outcome of the Cameron Highlands by-election on January 26.

The most important question is whether  the people and voters of Cameron Highlands themselves can mobilise every outstation voter to come back to vote during the by-election on Jan. 26!

Although the odds are uphill and well-nigh impossible, I am rooting for a greater “miracle” in the Cameron Highlands by-election  on January 26 when compared to  the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018 – for Cameron Highlands to make electoral history in Malaysia!

On May 9, 2018, Manogaran lost to  the disqualified MIC Nafional Vice President C. Sivarraajah by  597 votes, polling 9,710 as against Sivarraajh’s 10,307 votes.

The votes of the other  three candidate  were Wan Mahadir bin Wan Mahmud polled (PAS) 3,587 voters, Suresh Kumar a/l Balasubramaniam  (PSM) 680 votes and Mohd Tahir bin Haji Kassim (Berjasa)  81 votes.

Can Manogaran turn the table on the Barisan Nasional in the by-election on January 26?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang at  Felda Sungai Koyan on Monday, 21st January 2019)

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Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Felda Sungai Koyan pada Isnin, 21 Januari 2019:

Chef Wan, yang merupakan chef selebriti terkenal di peringkat antarabangsa, harus dijadikan contoh ikutan kepada peneroka muda FELDA dan bukannya mengikut contoh yang salah sehingga menjadi raja kleptokrasi atau “troll”

Chef Wan atau nama sebenarnya Redzuawan Ismail, yang merupakan chef selebriti terkenal, harus dijadikan contoh ikutan kepada peneroka muda FELDA dan bukannya mengikut contoh ikutan yang salah sehingga menjadi raja kleptokrasi atau “troll”.

Kepulangan Chef Wan ke Felda Sungai Koyan untuk membantu beberapa siri kempen Pakatan Harapan bagi Pilihan Raya Kecil Cameron Highlands seharusnya menjadi perkara paling penting dalam kempen di kawasan tersebut, yang berbeza sama sekali dengan lawatan bekas Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak dan ceramah oleh Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Hadi Awang yang dilihat penuh dengan kepura-puraan.

Chef Wan berhasrat untuk melakukan sesuatu yang memang telah lama orang Melayu idam-idamkan – iaitu untuk menampar muka bekas Perdana Menteri kerana telah memusnahkan Felda.

“Macam mana kamu (Najib) boleh biarkan Felda disalah urus begitu? Come on!

“Kamu letak Isa Samad (bekas pengerusi Felda) di situ dengan tahu ada bermacam hal dia buat sebelumnya.

“Kalau dia (Isa) ada di sini I tampar muka dia,” katanya Chef Wan.

Chef Wan berang apabila ditanya mengenai dakwaan Najib bahawa peneroka FELDA mengecapi “zaman emas” semasa BN mentadbir, hanya kerana mereka mendapat bonus dan gaji yang tinggi.

Chef Wan adalah individu yang seharusnya menjadi contoh ikutan kepada anak muda FELDA dan generasi baharu rakyat Malaysia, bukan Najib.

Lahir dalam keluarga besar dengan tujuh adik beradik, Chef Wan amat meminati bidang masakan, dan meneruskan impiannya dalam bidang tersebut, sekali gus meninggalkan kerjayanya sebagai seorang akauntan dan menjadi chef selebriti terkenal di peringkat antarabangsa.

Sebelum ini saya ada menyebut mengenai tiga kegagalan terbesar Najib semasa menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia:

(i) Skandal pengubahan wang haram dan rasuah melibatkan 1MDB, yang dikutuk oleh seluruh dunia sebagai kleptokrasi global, malah calon Orang Asli pertama Barisan Nasional, Ramli Mohd Noor sendiri tidak berani untuk mengaku dan seboleh-bolehnya meletakkan jarak antara dirinya dan Najib sehinggalah bekas Perdana Menteri itu memberikan penjelasan mengenai skandal klpetokrasi terbesar di dunia.

(ii) kegagalan beliau membawa 200,000 Orang Asli di negara ini masuk ke dalam arus perdana pembangunan negara selepas enam dekad Merdeka. Keadaan daif kampung pedalaman Orang Asli di Cameron Highlands seharusnya membangkitkan rasa malu dan marah bukan sahaja rakyat Malaysia, malah Najib sendiri, kerana selama 60 tahun negara mengalami proses pembangunan, Orang Asli masih tidak diberikan perkara asas membabitkan infrastruktur, sama ada jalan yang baik, air bersih, bekalan elektrik serta pendidikan, kesihatan, perumahan dan peluang pekerjaan dan hal berkaitan tanah adat.

(iii) Pengkhianatan Najib terhadap FELDA yang diasaskan bapanya, Tun Razak. “Zaman Emas” Felda adalah semasa pentadbiran singkat Tun Razak sebagai Perdana Menteri dan Perdana Menteri seterusnya, namun Najib telah mengkhianati visi dan kepentingan generasi pertama, kedua dan ketiga peneroka Felda ekoran kegagalan agensi itu menjadi “penjana ekonomi untuk memangkin pendapatan yang tinggi kepada peneroka Felda” hasil daripada pentadbiran kleptokratiknya.

Adakah Ramli Mohd Nor akan memuji Najib dan mempertahankan tiga kegagalan tersebut jika beliau dilantik menjadi Ahli Parlimen Cameron Highlands?

Adakah itu yang dimahukan oleh pengundi Cameron Highlands?

Walaupun pentadbiran Najib terpalit dengan pelbagai skandal, Pakatan Harapan tetap akan menempuh laluan yang sukar untuk menang PRK Cameron Highlands yang akan diadakan pada Sabtu, 26 Januari.

Seramai 247 orang, yang merupakan pegawai polis, akan mengundi awal esok (Selasa), sementara 122 lagi undi pos telah dikeluarkan oleh pegawai pengurus Datuk Ishak Md Napis pada 13 Januari.

Walaupun sukar untuk Pakatan Harapan memenangi PRK Cameron Highlands, tidak mustahil jika kemenangan itu berlaku, ia akan menjadi detik bermakna untuk bukan sahaja untuk pengundi Cameron Highlands, malah semua rakyat Malaysia yang telah menyumbang kepada peristiwa bersejarah 9 Mei 2018 yang menyaksikan perubahan kuasa secara aman dan demokratik untuk pertama kali  dalam sejarah negara sejak enam dekad lalu.

Saya sendiri tidak menjangka bahawa peralihan secara aman dan demokrasik di Putrajaya mampu berlaku, walaupun saya berharap ia akan berlaku sepanjang lima dekad lalu.

Jika ada yang bertanya kepada saya pada 9 Mei 2018, sebelum undi dikira, saya tidak berani untuk jamin yang Pakatan Harapan akan mampu menyingkirkan Datuk Seri Najib Razak dan menumbangkan UMNO dan BN.

Saya bertanya kepada Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir sama ada beliau menjangkakan yang Pakatan Harapan akan menang pada malam 9 Mei 2018, beliau hanya menggelengkan kepala.

Najib Razak sebaliknya ketika itu begitu yakin boleh menang dengan majoriti dua pertiga yang gagal diperolehi mereka pada 2008.

Adakah peristiwa 26 Januari 2019 akan menjadi sejarah yang lebih besar dan bermakna daripada peristiwa 9 Mei 2018?

Ia bukanlah sesuatu yang mudah, namun rakyat Malaysia yang mengimpikan Malaysia Baharu harus mempunyai impian yang tinggi untuk menang pada PRK 26 Januari ini.

Namun tidak dinafikan yang ia sukar dicapai, kerana tidak mungkin kita mampu memperoleh kesemua undi yang kita perolehi pada PRU14 untuk PRK 26 Januari ini.

Terdapat 32,009 pengundi berdaftar di Cameron Highlands, terdiri daripada 33.5 peratus Melayu, 29.48 peratus Cina, India 14.91 peratus; Orang Asli (Semenanjung Malaysia) 21.56 peratus; Bumiputera Sabah 0.12 peratus; Bumiputera Sarawak 0.06 peratus; lain-lain 0.37 peratus.

Sambutan Tahun Baharu Cina akan berlangsung 10 hari selepas PRK. Adakah pengundi Cina akan menyahut seruan untuk pulang mengundi pada 26 Januari nanti? – di mana mereka perlu pulang sebanyak dua kali dalam tempoh 10 hari, mengambil kira perbelanjaan yang terpaksa ditanggung?

Peratusan keluar mengundi kaum Cina adalah 83.5%, dan 87.3% daripada pengundi Cina memilih M Manogaran yang merupakan calon Pakatan Harapan pada PRU14. Adakah undi ini akan kekal dimiliki Pakatan Harapan 26 Januari nanti?

Sama juga dengan pengundi India, saya difahamkan bahawa terdapat 800 pengundi India yang bekerja di luar kawasan. Adakah mereka akan turun mengundi? 70% kaum India keluar mengundi pada PRU14 dan 60% pengundi dari kaum itu mengundi Manogaran. Adakah jumlah pengundi India ini akan kekal?

Persoalan seterusnya, sama ada Pakatan Harapan boleh menarik lebih banyak undi Orang Melayu dan Orang Asli.

Satu kajian menunjukkan Pakatan Harapan memperolehi tiga peratus undi Melayu dan 11 peratus undi Orang Asli pada PRU14. Mampukah Pakatan Harapan meningkatkan sokongan pengundi Melayu dan Orang Asli pada 26 Januari nanti?

Semua ini akan menjadi faktor penentu keputusan PRK Cameron Highlands pada 26 Januari.

Persoalan paling penting adalah sama ada pengundi Cameron Highlands sendiri akan memujuk pengundi di keluar kawasan untuk balik mengundi pada 26 Januari nanti.

Walaupun sukar untuk menang, saya percaya keajaiban boleh berlaku, sepertimana 9 Mei 2018 merupakan suatu keajaiban besar untuk rakyat Malaysia, PRK Cameron Highland akan menjadi suatu PRK yang bersejarah!

Pada 9 Mei 2018, Manogaran tewas kepada Naib Presiden MIC C. Sivarrajh yang memperoleh majoriti 597 undi.

Sementara calon lain, Mahadir bin Wan Mahmud (PAS) mendapat 3,587 undi, Suresh Kumar a/l Balasubramaniam (PSM) 680 undi and Mohd Tahir bin Haji Kassim (Berjasa) 81 undi.

Adakah Manogaran mampu untuk menewaskan BN pada PRK 26 Januari nanti?

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Are Orang Asli full citizens of Malaysia?

The question that has been nagging me since my several visits to Orang Asli Posts and Kampongs in Cameron Highlands in the past three weeks  is whether after sixty years, Orang Asli are full citizens of Malaysia?

They are the first inhabitants of Malaysia but are they full citizens of this country sixty years after Merdeka?

This seems to be such a stupid question for every Malaysian is a full citizen of Malaysia.

But the question that demanded answer is how can anyone claim to be a full citizen of Malaysia when he or she is denied of the most basic infrastructures whether proper access road, clean water, electricity; deprived of the most elementary needs whether education, health and medical care, housing and economic opportunities; and most important of all, denied of their traditional land rights.

It took me two hours to travel the 30km “roti canai” road to Pos Lenjang – when it could be travelled in 20 to 30 minutes. It was an unforgettable and most agonizing journey on probably the longest and worst “roti canai” road not only in Cameron Highlands but the whole country, a road which served some 20 Orang Asli kampongs.

Why hasn’t the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is the campaigner-in-chief of the Barisan Nasional in the by-election, visited Pos Lenjang and see for himself whether the Orang Asli in the area could claim to be full citizens of Malaysia with such atrocious infrastructures  and basic services for the Orang Asli?

If the Orang Asli are full citizens of Malaysia, then there is no need for a Special Department for the Development of Orang Asli  (JAKOA) to bring them into the national mainstream  of development.

But after sixty years, is it acceptable for the conditions of the Orang Asli to be so pathetic and atrocious? In my visits to the various Orang Asli kampongs, I asked whether JAKOA had achieved its mission and  objectives, and the general view is that it had not achieved even fifty percent of its objectives in sixty years.

Yes, I congratulate the Barisan Nasional candidate, Ramli Mohd Nor for having risen to the high level of an ASP in the police force, but it is more a testimony of failure and not success to make Orang Asli full citizens of Malaysia?

Why after sixty years, there is only one ASP.  Why is there not a single Commissioner of Police or even Deputy Commissioner of Police among the Orang Asli?

What about the Orang Asli in the higher echelons of the other government departments?

After sixty years, JAKOA itself has only got an Orang Asli to be Director-General for eight months, when the position should have been  held by an Orang Asli for the last few decades.

At present, less than 22 per cent of the JAKOA staff are Orang Asli.  This is not progress, and failure of mission of JAKOA.

In 2013, SUHAKAM released a report entitled “Report of the National Inquiry into the Land Rights  of Indigenous Peoples” and made  recommendations, one of which was to conduct an “independent and comprehensive review” of the role of JAKOA to address its various weaknesses.

None  of the Suhakam’s eighteen recommendations to improve the plight of Orang Asli was Implemented or considered.

If the Orang Ali are, after sixty years, full citizens of Malaysia, not only the Barisan Nasional government would give serious consideration to Suhakam’s eighteen recommendations, it would ensure that the plight of the Orang Asli would be developed to at par with other communities so that there is no more need for a JAKOA.

(Speech by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Orang Asli Kampong Cerewes, Pos Titom, Jelai on Tuesday 22nd January 2019 at 12 noon)

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Ucapan oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kampung Cerewes, Pos Titom, Jelai pada Selasa 22 Januari 2019:

Adakah Orang Asli merupakan warganegara penuh Malaysia?

Persoalan yang sering menganggu fikiran saya sejak melawat beberapa kampung dan pos Orang Asli di Cameron Highlands sepanjang tiga minggu lalu adalah sama ada, setelah 60 tahun Merdeka, Orang Asli boleh dianggap sebagai warganegara penuh Malaysia?

Mereka adalah penghuni asal Malaysia, namun adakah mereka sebenarnya-benarnya warganegara penuh negara ini selepas 60 tahun merdeka?

Persoalan ini kedengaran dangkal kerana setiap rakyat Malaysia sememangnya adalah warganegara penuh Malaysia.

Namun begitu, bagaimana kita boleh kata seseorang itu merupakan warganegara Malaysia sedangkan dia dinafikan infrastruktur asas seperti jalan yang baik, bekalan air bersih, bekalan elektrik; ditambah kekurangan keperluan asas seperti pendidikan, kesihatan, penjagaan kesihatan, perumahan serta peluang ekonomi, dan paling penting, dinafikan hak ke atas tanah adat mereka.

Dua jam diperlukan untuk saya menempuh jalan “roti canai” sepanjang 30km ke Pos Lenjang – perjalanan yang sepatutnya memakan masa hanya 20 hingga 30 minit. Perjalanan menyelusuri jalan “roti canai” paling teruk dan terpanjang bukan sahaja di Cameron Highlands malah di seluruh Malaysia, yang digunakan seharian oleh Orang Asli di 20 kampung, merupakan pengalaman yang menyeksakan dan tidak dapat dilupakan.

Mengapa bekas Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, yang merupakan ketua kempen Barisan Nasional bagi Pilihan Raya Kecil Cameron Highlands, tidak melawat Pos Lenjang dan melihat dengan mata kepala sendiri sama ada Orang Asli di kawasan itu boleh dianggap sebagai warganegara penuh Malaysia sedangkan mereka dinafikan hak untuk mendapatkan infrastruktur dan perkhidmatan asas?

Jika Orang Asli adalah warganegara penuh Malaysia, maka kewujudan Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli (JAKOA) untuk membawa mereka masuk ke dalam arus perdana pembangunan negara sudah tidak diperlukan lagi.

Namun setelah 60 tahun, siapa yang boleh menerima keadaan Orang Asli yang begitu menyedihkan? Dalam lawatan saya ke beberapa kampung Orang Asli, saya bertanya kepada mereka sama ada JAKOA telah mencapai misi dan objektifnya, dan rata-rata memberi maklum balas yang tidak memuaskan malah agensi itu menurut mereka gagal mencapai 50 peratus objektifnya dalam tempoh 60 tahun.

Saya akui, saya harus mengucapkan tahniah kepada calon Barisan Nasional, Ramli Mohd Nor atas pencapaiannya memegang jawatan tinggi ASP dalam pasukan polis, namun ia sebenarnya lebih kepada testimoni kegagalan dan bukan kejayaan untuk menjadikan Orang Asli warganegara penuh Malaysia?

Mengapa selepas 60 tahun, hanya ada seorang ASP dari kalangan Orang Asli. Mengapa tidak ada seorang pun Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Polis atau Timbalan Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Polis dari kalangan Orang Asli?

Ini belum lagi menyentuh mengenai jumlah Orang Asli yang memegang jawatan tertinggi dalam jabatan kerajaan?

Selepas 60 tahun, hanya seorang Orang Asli dilantik sebagai Ketua Pengarah JAKOA pada lapan bulan lalu, sedangkan jawatan itu sepatutnya sudah lama diisi oleh Orang Asli sendiri.

Pada masa ini, kurang daripada 22 peratus kakitangan JAKOA adalah dari kalangan Orang Asli. Ini bukan kemajuan, sebaliknya kegagalan JAKOA.

Pada 2013, SUHAKAM mengeluarkan laporan bertajuk “Laporan Inkuiri Nasional mengenai Hak Tanah Orang Asal/Asli di Malaysia” dan membuat beberapa cadangan, antaranya menubuhkan “satu Suruhanjaya Kebangsaan yang bebas mengenai Orang Asal yang fungsinya antara lain akan meneliti pengiktirafan secara berkesan serta mempromosi dan melindungi hak Orang Asal/Asli terhadap tanah dan identiti mereka”

Tiada satu pun daripada 18 syor yang dikemukakan Suhakam berkaitan masalah Orang Asli dipertimbangkan atau dilaksanakan oleh kerajaan BN tedahulu.

Jika Orang Asli, selepas 60 tahun Merdeka, adalah warganegara penuh Malaysia, kerajaan Barisan Nasional terdahulu sudah tentu akan memberi pertimbangan yang serius terhadap 18 syor yang dikemukakan Suhakam itu dan memastikan pembangunan melibatkan masyarakat Orang Asli seiring dengan masyarakat lain.

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Reason why Hadi is telling lies about DAP being anti-Malay and anti-Islam was because the DAP had refused to  support Hadi as the Prime Minister candidate for the 13th General Election

The reason why the PAS President Datuk Seri Hadi Awang and other PAS leaders are telling lies about the DAP being anti-Malay and anti-Islam was because the DAP had refused to support Hadi as the Prime Minister candidate for Pakatan Rakyat in the 13th General Election in 2013.

Before the 13th General Election, Hadi through the PAS leadership had approached me to broach the subject of a Prime Ministerial-designate, on the ground that  Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was not a suitable candidate.

PAS leaders were  quite cunning as not to suggest themselves that Hadi should be the Prime Ministerial candidate for Pakatan Rakyat, and diplomatically suggested that their proposal for a suitable Prime Ministerial candidate was veteran UMNO politician Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

When DAP leaders dissented and held to our view that Anwar should continue to be the Prime Ministerial candidate for Pakatan Rakyat, and we made no suggestion that Hadi should instead be considered as the Prime Ministerial candidate, PAS leaders dropped the subject as they  knew that the DAP would not support Hadi as the Prime Minister-designate and the proposal to  replace Anwar as the Prime Ministerial candidate was not further pursued.

On looking back at  Hadi’s record and performance as PAS President, it was probably a great blessing in disguise that Pakatan Rakyat did not win a slim majority of the parliamentary seats to oust Datuk Seri Najib Razak and UMNO/Barisan Nasional from Putrajaya, as it would have been most likely that the country would be plunged into a constitutional crisis if Hadi had announce his “kingmaker” role and swung the support of the PAS MPs to prop up  Najib  to continue as Prime Minister in those circumstances in the 13th General Election in 2013.

For reasons best known to Hadi and his PAS leadership, PAS had always  more supportive of Najib as Prime Minister despite his 1MDB scandal and national betrayal in causing Malaysia to be condemned by the world as a global kleptocracy, and probably bargain for the post of Deputy Prime Minister, than to support Anwar Ibrahim  as Prime Minister and Anwar’s  commitment to good governance and fight against corruption.

It is because DAP refused to support Hadi as Prime Ministerial candidate that he is now telling lies about the DAP being anti-Malay and anti-Islam.  Hadi has forgotten during the heyday of Pakatan Raykat, he  had been saying that it was haram to vote for UMNO and that it was the duty of every PAS member and supporter to vote for the DAP.

Political leaders in Malaysia should not be hypocrites or opportunists.  In fact, all religions  teach  that hypocrisy and opportunism will lead to sin and wrongdoing, like supporting Najib despite his kleptocratic premiership – something that Hadi should publicly repent.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang at Ringlet, Cameron Highlands on Tuesday, 22nd January 2019)

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Remember Karpal Singh and Nik Aziz on Thaipusam as two great icons for a New Malaysia that Pakatan Harapan wants to build after the last general election

On Thaipusam, I am always reminded of two great icons for the New Malaysia  the Pakatan Harapan wants to build after the last general election: Karpal Singh and Nik Aziz.

On Thaipusam Day in 2013, Karpal Singh had a visit at his home from Tok Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat.

The then-menteri besar of Kelantan and mursyidul am (spiritual leader) of PAS celebrated his own 82nd birthday in Karpal’s home and offered him a slice of his birthday cake.

Even Utusan Malaysia gave a frontpage coverage on this, with the heading: ‘Hari jadi Nik Aziz di raikan dirumah Karpal Singh’ (Nik Aziz’s birthday celebrated in Karpal Singh’s home).

And Karpal Singh had this to say, “It was nice of him to come. We have our differences but we get along. My feelings even before this have been quite warm. He is one of those people whom you cannot hate, he exudes friendliness.”

That birthday meeting was one of the last spectacular moments of Karpal Singh that Malaysians remember. His struggle was cut short three months later, in a fatal road accident.

Nik Aziz posted on his Facebook on Karpal’s passing: “Perginya seorang tokoh yang berprinsip”.

Let Nik Aziz and Karpal be the example for all Malaysians to promote harmony, goodwill and tolerance among Malaysians across race, religion and culture in a New Malaysia so that Malaysia can be a model of peaceful multi-religious diversity for the world but also a showcase to the world to dismantle walls of misunderstanding, hatred and intolerance among religions and to build bridges of understanding, harmony and tolerance among different faiths.

On the first Thaipusam after the great result of the  fourteenth General Election, let the example set by Karpal and Nik Aziz inspire Malaysia’s distinct contribution to international peace and human civilisation.

(Thaipusam Message  by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang on Monday, 21th January 2019)

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Time has come  for Orang Asli in Malaysia to adopt the slogan “Orang Asli Bangkit” to launch a democratic struggle to demand a New Deal for Orang Asli in New Malaysia starting with the Cameron Highlands by-election

I confess that I was not aware of the truly miserable, atrocious and inhumane plight of the Orang Asli sixty years after Merdeka until in the last three weeks in my several visits to the Orang Asli Posts and kampongs in Cameron Highlands.

I dare say that 99 per cent Malaysians are not aware of the miserable plight of the Orang Asli – as all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, culure or region, would have felt  ashamed and outraged of the true condition of the Orang Asli  sixty years after Merdeka.

It is the responsibility, not only of  the Federal and state governments, to put right the injustices suffered by the Orang Asli for sixty years, where they remain poor, backward, marginalized – deprived of the most basic infrastructures of proper access road, clean water, electricity and the provision of the most elementary needs with regard to education, health, medical, housing, economic opportunities, and most important of all, denied of their traditional land rights, but the responsibility of the 32 million Malaysians as well.

The time has come for Orang Asli in Malaysia to adopt the slogan “Orang Asli Bangkit” to launch a democratic struggle to demand a New Deal for Orang Asli in New Malaysia starting with the Cameron Highlands by-election on January 26.

In this “Orang Asli Bangkit” democratic campaign, all Malaysians must be told of the present plight of the Orang Asli, so that where the JAKOA had failed in sixty years to uplift the citizenship position of the Orang Asli to be at par with Malaysians of other ethnic groups, whether Malays, Chinese or Indians, “Orang Asli Bangkit” democratic struggle campaign can succeed in thirty years by 2050.

But we must start now. We must recognize and admit the failures of the past sixty years to achieve the objectives of JAKOA and begin to think of new strategies and approaches to make Orang Asli full citizens of Malaysia latest by 2050.

(Speech by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Orang Asli Kampong Lenjang, Pos Lenjang, Jelai on Monday 21st January 2019 at 8 pm)

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Why Najib did not visit Pos Lenjang in his highly-publicised  by-election campaign trail?  Is it because Malaysia will know how bad is the 33 km “roti canai” road in Pos Lenjang – the worst road I have travelled in past three weeks?

The former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak made a highly-publicized Cameron Highlands by-election campaign trail but he did not visit Orang Asli kampongs in Pos Lenjang.

Why? Is it  because Malaysia will know how bad is the 30 km “roti canai” road in Pos Lenjang, the worst road I have travelled in the past three weeks in Cameron Highlands and a shame and outrage to the claim that Malaysia is a developed nation?

The other atrocious roads that I had travelled are the ones when I visited Kampong Lemoi and Kampong Janggap, both of which were omitted in Najib’s itinerary in his recent by-election campaign trail.

This is my second visit to Pos Lenjang, the first on New Year’s Eve when I was forced to spend the night at Orang Asli Kampong Simoi Lama when I was trapped and cut off from the world, as heavy rain had turned the “roti canai’ road into a river of mud.

But during my last visit, I have not come so far into Pos Lenjang, stopping at Kampong Kenderung in Pos Lenjang and Kampong Cerewes at Pos Titom.

I will go in further to Kampong Lenjang later tonight before spending the night in Pos Lenjang  and visit  the other Orang Asli kampongs in Pos Titom tomorrow morning.

Because of the “roti canai” road condition, the journey into Pos Lenjang is a journey of agony and shame, reminding all travellers that we have gone back in time, not just decades but centuries, although we are in the twenty-first century.

How can any government of dignity,  self-respect and minimum competence fail in sixty years to bring Orang Asli community to the national mainstream of development, and leave them after sixty years in such deplorable and disgraceful plight where they remain poor,  backward and neglected, denied the most  basic of infrastructures like proper access road, clean water, electricity and deprived of the most elementary provisions of  basic education, health and medical care, housing, economic opportunities – and most important of all, robbed of their traditional land rights.

The Department for Orang Asli Development  )JAKOA) has clearly failed in its mission to uplift the position of the Orang Asli when in sixty years, if could only appoint an Orang Asli as Director-General of JAKOA in the past eight months and Orang Asli do not  even represent 22 per cent of the JAKOA staffing.

I congratulate Ramli Mohd Nor, the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Cameron Highlands by-election for  reaching the top level of State Commercial Crimes Director, but Ramli’s case actually symbolised the failure and not the success of Orang Asli upliftment after six decades.

Surely after six decades of economic and educational upliftment of Orang Asli to be at par with Malaysians of other ethnic backgrounds, Orang Ali should have reached higher positions not only in the police but in all departments of government.  When will an Orang Asli be among one of Top Eight in the Royal Malaysian Police?

Or are we only going to produce one Orang Asli as State Commercial Crime Director in sixty years, as at this rate, we will produce the second Orang Asli State Commerial Crime Director in the next sixty years – or two Ramlis in one hundred and twenty years?

This is clearly unsatisfactory and unacceptable and the time has come for a New Deal for Orang Asli in Malaysia

(Speech by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Orang Asli Kampong Sop, Pos Lenjang, Jelai on Monday 21st January 2019 at 6pm)

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Are Orang Asli full citizens of Malaysia?

The question that has been nagging me since my several visits to Orang Asli Posts and Kampongs in Cameron Highlands in the past three weeks  is whether after sixty years, Orang Asli are full citizens of Malaysia?

They are the first inhabitants of Malaysia but are they full citizens of this country sixty years after Merdeka?

This seems to be such a stupid question for every Malaysian is a full citizen of Malaysia.

But the question that demanded answer is how can anyone claim to be a full citizen of Malaysia when he or she is denied of the most basic infrastructures whether proper access road, clean water, electricity; deprived of the most elementary needs whether education, health and medical care, housing and economic opportunities; and most important of all, denied of their traditional land rights.

It took me two hours to travel the 30km “roti canai” road to Pos Lenjang – when it could be travelled in 20 to 30 minutes. It was an unforgettable and most agonizing journey on probably the longest and worst “roti canai” road not only in Cameron Highlands but the whole country, a road which served some 20 Orang Asli kampongs.

Why hasn’t the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is the campaigner-in-chief of the Barisan Nasional in the by-election, visited Pos Lenjang and see for himself whether the Orang Asli in the area could claim to be full citizens of Malaysia with such atrocious infrastructures  and basic services for the Orang Asli?

If the Orang Asli are full citizens of Malaysia, then there is no need for a Special Department for the Development of Orang Asli  (JAKOA) to bring them into the national mainstream  of development.

But after sixty years, is it acceptable for the conditions of the Orang Asli to be so pathetic and atrocious? In my visits to the various Orang Asli kampongs, I asked whether JAKOA had achieved its mission and  objectives, and the general view is that it had not achieved even fifty percent of its objectives in sixty years.

Yes, I congratulate the Barisan Nasional candidate, Ramli Mohd Nor for having risen to the high level of an ASP in the police force, but it is more a testimony of failure and not success to make Orang Asli full citizens of Malaysia?

Why after sixty years, there is only one ASP.  Why is there not a single Commissioner of Police or even Deputy Commissioner of Police among the Orang Asli?

What about the Orang Asli in the higher echelons of the other government departments?

After sixty years, JAKOA itself has only got an Orang Asli to be Director-General for eight months, when the position should have been  held by an Orang Asli for the last few decades.

At present, less than 22 per cent of the JAKOA staff are Orang Asli.  This is not progress, and failure of mission of JAKOA.

In 2013, SUHAKAM released a report entitled “Report of the National Inquiry into the Land Rights  of Indigenous Peoples” and made  recommendations, one of which was to conduct an “independent and comprehensive review” of the role of JAKOA to address its various weaknesses.

None  of the Suhakam’s eighteen recommendations to improve the plight of Orang Asli was Implemented or considered.

If the Orang Ali are, after sixty years, full citizens of Malaysia, not only the Barisan Nasional government would give serious consideration to Suhakam’s eighteen recommendations, it would ensure that the plight of the Orang Asli would be developed to at par with other communities so that there is no more need for a JAKOA.

(Speech by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Orang Asli Kampong Cerewes, Pos Titom, Jelai on Tuesday 22nd January 2019 at 12 noon)

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DAP can accept Fadzil Noor or Nik Aziz as Prime Minister-designate for Malaysia but not Hadi Awang

PAS President Datuk Seri Hadi Awang is very smooth and slick as he denied  what I never said.

Taking to Facebook, Hadi said:

“As far as I remember, PAS never nominated me to be prime minister, nor did I declare myself to be prime minister-designate.”

I never said PAS nominated him to be Prime Minister or that he had declared himself to be Prime Minister-designate.

What I said yesterday was that the reason why Hadi and other PAS  leaders are telling lies about the DAP being anti-Malay and anti-Islam was because the DAP had refused to support Hadi as the Prime Minister candidate for Pakatan Rakyat in the 13th General Election in 2013.

The move  for Hadi to be the Prime Minister candidate for Pakatan Rakyat for the 13th General Election was a very smooth and slick operation, without any name being mentioned.

This is what I said yesterday:

“Before the 13th General Election, Hadi through the PAS leadership had approached me to broach the subject of a Prime Ministerial-designate, on the ground the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was not a suitable candidate.

“PAS leaders was a quite astute as not to suggest themselves that Hadi should be the Prime Ministerial candidate for Pakatan Rakyat, and diplomatically suggested that their proposal for a suitable Prime Ministerial candidate was veteran UMNO politician Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

“When DAP leaders dissented and held to our view that Anwar should continue to be the Prime Ministerial candidate for Pakatan Rakyat, and we made no suggestion that Hadi should instead be considered as the Prime Ministerial candidate,  the PAS leaders knew that the DAP would not support Hadi as the Prime Minister-designate and the proposal replace Anwar as the Prime Ministerial candidate was not further pursued.”

I agree with Hadi. PAS had never nominated him to be Prime Minister for the 13th General Election or did he declare himself to be Prime Minister-designate.

Why?

Because PAS leaders at the time had tested the waters to change Anwar as the Prime Minister-designate, and found that DAP was consistent in our stand that the Prime Minister-designate be Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and any attempt to propose Hadi as replacement for Anwar would not get the support from DAP as well as PKR.

Hadi had not denied that before the  13th General Election PAS leaders had approached DAP leaders for a change of the Prime Minister-designate on the ground that Anwar was not suitable.

I do not know why there is, no chemistry between Anwar and Hadi as there was chemistry between Anwar and the previous PAS President Fadzil Noor or former Kelantan Mentri Besar and PAS Murshyidul Am Nik Aziz Nik Mat.

This must go back to the history of the relationship between Hadi and Anwar, but this is none of my business and I do not intend to intrude into the matter, but only where such matters impinged on the political development of the country and at that time, Pakatan Rakyat.

Hadi has very serious character flaw as a Malaysian political leader, unlike Fadzil Noor or Nik Aziz.

This is why DAP could accept Fadzil Noor and Nik Aziz  as Prime Minister-designate for Malaysia, but not Hadi Awang.

Hadi himself should know the reasons. It boils down to trust – DAP leaders can trust Fadzil Noor and Nik Aziz to keep to their word but not Hadi Awang.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Brinchang on Wednesday, 23rd January  2019)

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Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Brinchang pada Rabu, 23 Januari 2019:

DAP boleh menerima Fadzil Noor atau Nik Aziz sebagai Perdana Menteri menanti tetapi bukan Hadi Awang

Secara halus dan licik, Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Hadi Awang menafikan sesuatu yang saya sendiri tidak pernah sebut.

Menerusi kemas kini di Facebook, Hadi berkata:

“Seingat saya PAS tidak pernah mencalonkan diri untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri, atau menggelarkan diri sebagai Perdana Menteri Menanti.

“Mungkin Saudara Lim lebih kuat ingatannya, atau lebih tinggi andaiannya.”

Apa yang saya katakan semalam adalah mengenai sebab mengapa Hadi dan pemimpin PAS lain sering mengeluarkan kenyataan fitnah kononnya DAP anti-Melayu dan anti-Islam kerana DAP enggan menyokong Hadi sebagai calon Perdana Menteri untuk Pakatan Rakyat pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) 2013.

Langkah untuk Hadi menjadi calon Perdana Menteri untuk Pakatan Rakyat pada PRU13 merupakan suatu operasi yang halus dan licik, tanpa merujuk kepada mana-mana nama.

Ini apa yang saya katakan semalam:

“Sebelum Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13, Hadi menerusi kepimpinan PAS menemui saya untuk berbincang soal Perdana Menteri menanti, atas alasan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bukan tokoh yang sesuai.

“Pemimpin PAS mengambil langkah yang agak bijak dengan tidak menamakan sendiri Hadi selaku calon Perdana Menteri untuk Pakatan Rakyat, dan secara diplomatik mencadangkan calon Perdana Menteri yang sesuai adalah veteran UMNO Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

“Apabila pemimpin DAP menentang dan tetap dengan pendirian kami bahawa Anwar perlu terus menjadi calon Perdana Menteri untuk Pakatan Rakyat, dan kami tidak membuat sebarang cadangan supaya Hadi dipertimbangkan untuk menjadi calon Perdana Menteri, pemimpin PAS tahu bahawa DAP tidak akan menyokong Hadi sebagai Perdana Menteri menanti dan cadangan untuk menggantikan Anwar sebagai calon Perdana Menteri tidak diteruskan.”

Saya bersetuju dengan Hadi. PAS tidak pernah mencalonkan beliau sebagai Perdana Menteri pada PRU13 atau Hadi ada mengisytiharkan dirinya sebagai Perdana Menteri menanti.

Mengapa?

Ini kerana pemimpin PAS pada masa itu mahu mencuba-cuba untuk menggantikan Anwar sebagai Perdana Menteri menanti, dan mendapati DAP sangat konsisten dengan pendirian kami bahawa Perdana Menteri menanti adalah Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan sebarang usaha untuk mencadangkan nama Hadi untuk menggantikan Anwar tidak akan mendapat sokongan daripada DAP mahupun PKR.

Hadi tidak pernah menafikan bahawa sebelum PRU13, pemimpin PAS ada bertemu dengan pemimpin DAP untuk berbincang soal Perdana Menteri menanti atas alasan Anwar tidak sesuai?

Saya tidak tahu mengapa Anwar dan Hadi tidak sebulu, sedangkan Anwar dan Presiden PAS terdahulu iaitu Fadzil Noor atau bekas Menteri Besar Kelantan merangkap Mursyidul Am PAS Nik Aziz Nik Mat mempunyai hubungan yang baik.

Kita harus melihat sejarah hubungan antara Hadi dan Anwar, namun ini bukan urusan saya dan saya tidak berniat untuk masuk campur dalam perkara itu, saya hanya akan menyentuh perkara yang memberikan kesan kepada perkembangan politik negara dan ketika itu, Pakatan Rakyat.

Hadi mempunyai kecacatan sifat yang begitu serius sebagai pemimpin politik Malaysia, tidak seperti Fadzil Noor atau Nik Aziz.

Ini sebabnya mengapa DAP boleh menerima Fadzil Noor dan Nik Aziz sebagai Perdana Menteri menanti untuk Malaysia, namun bukan Hadi Awang.

Hadi sendiri patut tahu sebabnya. Ini adalah soal kepercayaan – pemimpin DAP boleh memperpercayai janji Fadzil Noor dan Nik Aziz tetapi bukan Hadi Awang.

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If Pakatan Harapan can win in Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday, I will convene a Pakatan Harapan conference of Orang Asli representatives in Cameron Highlands to draft a blueprint for Orang Asli  to become full citizens of Malaysia

If Pakatan Harapan can win in Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday, I will convene a Pakatan Harapan conference of Orang Asli represnetatives in Cameron Highlands to draft a blueprint for Orang Asli to become full citizens of Malaysia.

Although Barisan Nasonal and PAS leaders and propagandists had spread the toxic and vicious falsehoods before the last general election that I was  the real political power in Pakatan Harapan and will become the Prime Minister if Pakatan Harapan wins the  14th General Election, events have exposed these lies and falsehoods.

I am not even in the Cabinet and I cannot speak on behalf of the Pakatan Harapan Government.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will not make any promises because we want to set a good example of clean, free and fair elections after M. Manogaran had succeeded in his election petition resulting in the election of MIC National Vice President C. Sivarraajh as MP for Cameron Highlands last May being declared as null and void, causing the by-election on Saturday.

We will not make any promises, but I confess being shocked after various visits to Orang Asli posts and kampongs in Cameron Highlands at the plight of the Orang Asli after six decades, where after sixty years, they are still denied the most basic of infrastructures like proper access roads, clean water supply, electricity, as  well as denied the provision of the most elementary of their needs whether in education, health and medical care, housing, economic opportunities and most important of all, the long-standing denial of the traditional land rights of the Orang Asli.

At the meeting of the Parliamentary Caucus on Institutional Reform and Governance next Tuesday, I wlll raise the issue of failure of the Barisan Nasional government to end the poverty, backwardness and neglect of the socio-economic and educational rights and position of the Orang Asli, and most important of all the long-standing deprivation of their  traditional land rights  after sixty years, and the need for institutional reforms to break the back of such a problem.

Some years ago, Suhakam completed a wide-ranging special report on indigenous people in Malaysia, and made  eighteen recommendations including the review of the role and responsibilities of the Department for Orang Asli Affairs JAKOA.

However, the Najib government  completely ignored the Suhakam special report on the Indigenous People in Malaysia and not a single one of the  Suhakam’s  eighteen  recommendations had been implemented in the past six years.

I spent last night in Kampong Dayok in  Pos Lenjang with the DAP MP for Bentong, Wong Tak. We agreed that there is great economic potential for Cameron Highlands, with the uplands as the national centre for vegetable and flower farming, exporting to the world; while the lowlands at Jelai with great potential to be developed into famous centre of eco-tourism.

(Speech by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Orang Asli Kampong Titom, Pos Lenjang, Jelai on Monday 21st January 2019 at 10 am)

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Najib is going for broke to avoid an unprecedented BN  defeat in Cameron Highlands by-election which will be a death knell for any possibility of his political come-back in 15th General Election and legitimisation of 1MDB scandal

Clearly, former Prime Minister, Datuk Sri Najib Razak is going for broke as if the Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday will fjnally decide his political future.

In a sense, this is true, for with Najib as the campaigner-in-chief in the Cameron Highlands by-election, completely overshadowing the BN candidate Ramli Mohd Nor, the acting UMNO President, Hasan Mohd and the Pahang Mentri Besar, Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, Najib has made the by-election a most personal one – and an unprecedented defeat in Cameron Highlands by-eletion  (as BN has never been defeated in Cameron Highlands before) will be a death knell for any possibility of his political comeback again as Prime Minister of Malaysia in the  15th General Election and legitimisation of 1MDB scandal.

Najib  must toyed with the idea of a political comeback for two reasons, viz:

Firstly, that if Tun Dr. Mahathir could make a political comeback as Prime Minister, why couldn’t he?

Secondly, returning as Prime Minister again in the 15th General Election by 2023 will grant him immunity and impunity for the criminal charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power which had been slapped on him by the Public Prosecutor, provided his lawyers  could drag out final appellate proceedings  and his  avoid being sent to Sungai Buloh Prison before his political comeback

This is why Najib is back in the Cameron Highlands by-election campaign today for its outcome would literally be a  political “life or death” sentence for him.

However, will Najib learn from the example of Malaysia’s celebrity chef Redzuanwan Ismail (Chef Wan), whom I had described as a better role model for the Felda youths than Najib himself.

Chef Wan has apologised to Najib for his “crude language” threatening to slap the former Prime Minister for Felda’s financial troubles, but he stood by his scathing comments against Najib.

Chef Wan said: “
To DS Najib this morning, I apologise openly for the coarse language that I used when I was at my angriest!

“But if we make a big mistake, we must swallow our pride to admit our mistakes as I have done this morning. Yes, I admit I was wrong when I was possessed by the devil and got angry.”

Similarly, will Najib’s return to the Cameron Highlands by-election campaign circuit today be marked by his public apology for his three greatest failures as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia  – firstly, the monstrous 1MDB scandal and Malaysia being condemned by the world as a global kleptocracy; secondly, betrayal of  his father, Tun Razak’s vision of Felda and  the interests of Felda settlers and thirdly, his failure to bring the 200,000 Orang Asli to the national mainstream of development sixty years after Merdeka?

This is why a group of second generation Felda settlers are rooting for a Pakatan Harapan win in the Cameron Highlands by-election, saying it is the only way to end the years of intimidation by Barisan Nasional.

The group, led by Mohd Nor Afandi Daud, 54, along with 14 others, are urging other second generation Felda settlers to join their cause, assuring them that the scare tactics of the previous government could no longer hurt them.

What has Najib got to say about the aspiration of the second-generation Felda settlers?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang at Kampong Raja, Cameron Highlands on Wednesday, 23rd January  2019)

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Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kampung Raja, Cameron Highlands pada Rabu, 23 Januari 2019:

Najib berusaha keras untuk menyelamatkan BN daripada tewas buat kali pertama di Cameron Highlands yang merupakan penentu kepada “hidup dan mati” karier politiknya

Bekas Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak berusaha keras dalam kempen Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Cameron Highlands seolah-olah ia adalah penentu kepada kelangsungan politik beliau.

Ini jelas apabila Najib selaku ketua kempen BN bagi PRK Cameron Highlands dilihat menenggelamkan peranan calon BN Ramli Mohd Nor, pemangku Presiden UMNO, Mohamad Hasan dan Menteri Besar Pahang Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail dalam PRK berkenaan. Najib meletakkan agenda peribadinya dalam PRK berkenaan – kekalahan kali pertama BN di Cameron Highlands (BN tidak pernah tewas di Cameron Highlands sebelum ini) akan mematikan langkah beliau untuk beraksi semula di pentas politik, apatah lagi kembali untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia selepas Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 (PRU15) dan menghalalkan segala skandal membabitkan 1MDB.

Idea berkenaan, sudah tentu bermain-main di fikiran Najib atas dua sebab, iaitu:

Pertama, jika Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad boleh kembali menjadi Perdana Menteri, mengapa tidak beliau?

Kedua, kembali menjadi Perdana Menteri selepas PRU15 akan membuka ruang dan peluang untuknya membebaskan diri daripada tuduhan jenayah membabitkan rasuah, penyelewengan dan salah guna kuasa. Ini dapat dilihat menerusi tindakan peguamnya yang sengaja mahu menangguhkan proses perbicaraan ke atas Najib dan mengelakkan anak guamnya itu daripada dihumban ke Penjara Sungai Buloh sebelum cita-cita politiknya tercapai.

Inilah sebabnya mengapa Najib bermati-matian berkempen di Cameron Highlands – kerana keputusan pada Sabtu nanti akan menentukan “hidup dan mati” karier politiknya.

Pun begitu, adakah Najib bersedia untuk belajar daripada chef selebriti Malaysia Redzuawan Ismail (Chef Wan), individu yang saya anggap sebagai contoh ikutan terbaik buat peneroka Felda berbanding Najib.

Chef Wan memohon maaf kepada Najib atas penggunaan bahasa kasar terhadap bekas Perdana Menteri itu. Anak kelahiran Felda Sungai Koyan itu sebelum ini dilaporkan mahu menampar muka Najib ekoran masalah kewangan yang menyelubungi Felda ketika ini.

Kata Chef Wan menerusi akaun Instagram miliknya: “To DS Najib pagi ini saya memohon maaf secara terbuka kerana bahasa yang kasar saya telah gunakan di waktu saya merasa amat marah!

“Tetapi jika kita buat kesalahan yang besar kita mesti telan maruah diri kita untuk mengaku kesilapan diri kita as i have done this morning. Yes saya mengaku saya silap bila dirasuk syaitan dan naik marah!”

Adakah Najib bersedia untuk membuat permohonan maaf secara terbuka seperti mana Chef Wan, atas tiga kegagalan terbesar beliau semasa menjadi Perdana Menteri keenam, iaitu pertama, skandal 1MDB dan akibat terpaksa ditanggung oleh Malaysia ekoran digelar oleh masyarakat dunia sebagai kleptokrasi global, kedua, pengkhianatan terhadap visa Felda yang diasaskan bapanya Tun Razak serta kepentingan peneroka Felda dan ketiga, kegagalan beliau untuk membawa 200,000 Orang Asli ke dalam arus perdana pembangunan negara sejak 60 tahun merdeka?

Inilah sebabnya mengapa kumpulan generasi kedua peneroka Felda menyatakan sokongan terhadap Pakatan Harapan pada PRK Cameron Highlands dan merasakan ia adalah satu-satunya cara untuk menamatkan segala ugutan BN terhadap peneroka Felda sejak bertahun-tahun lamanya.

Kumpulan berkenaan, yang diketuai oleh Mohd Nor Afandi Daud, 54, bersama-sama 14 yang lain, menggesa agar generasi kedua peneroka Felda untuk turut serta dalam perjuangan mereka, malah menyakinkan mereka bahawa taktik menakut-nakutkan kerajaan terdahulu tidak akan lagi menjejaskan periuk nasi mereka.

Apa pandangan Najib tentang aspirasi generasi kedua peneroka Felda ini?

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I have never said that the Orang Asli, who are the first inhabitants of the country, are not citizens, but asked  whether they are  full citizens of Malaysia

Before I came on stage, I received a call telling me that the latest  Barisan Nasional dirty tactics in the Cameron Highlands by-election is to accuse me of defaming  the Orang Asli people by declaring that they are not  citizens of the country.

I have never said that the Orang Asli, who are the first inhabitants of the country, are not citizens, but asked  whether they are  full citizens of Malaysia.

This seems to be such a stupid question for every Malaysian is a full citizen of Malaysia.

But the question that demanded answer is how can anyone claim to be a full citizen of Malaysia when he or she is denied of the most basic infrastructures whether proper access road, clean water, electricity; deprived of the most elementary needs whether education, health and medical care, housing and economic opportunities; and most important of all, denied of their traditional land rights.

It took me two hours to travel the 30km “roti canai” road to Pos Lenjang – when it could be travelled in 20 to 30 minutes. It was an unforgettable and most agonizing journey on probably the longest and worst “roti canai” road not only in Cameron Highlands but the whole country, a road which served some 20 Orang Asli kampongs.

Why hasn’t the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is the campaigner-in-chief of the Barisan Nasional in the by-election, visited Pos Lenjang and see for himself whether the Orang Asli in the area could claim to be full citizens of Malaysia with such atrocious infrastructures  and basic services for the Orang Asli?

If the Orang Asli are full citizens of Malaysia, then there is no need for a Special Department for the Development of Orang Asli  (JAKOA) to bring them into the national mainstream  of development.

But after sixty years, is it acceptable for the conditions of the Orang Asli to be so pathetic and atrocious? In my visits to the various Orang Asli kampongs, I asked whether JAKOA had achieved its mission and  objectives, and the general view is that it had not achieved even fifty percent of its objectives in sixty years.

Yes, I congratulate the Barisan Nasional candidate, Ramli Mohd Nor for having risen to the high level of an ASP in the police force, but it is more a testimony of failure and not success to make Orang Asli full citizens of Malaysia?

Why after sixty years, there is only one ASP.  Why is there not a single Commissioner of Police or even Deputy Commissioner of Police among the Orang Asli?

What about the Orang Asli in the higher echelons of the other government departments?

After sixty years, JAKOA itself has only got an Orang Asli to be Director-General for eight months, when the position should have been  held by an Orang Asli for the last few decades.

At present, less than 22 per cent of the JAKOA staff are Orang Asli.  This is not progress, and failure of mission of JAKOA.

In 2013, SUHAKAM released a report entitled “Report of the National Inquiry into the Land Rights  of Indigenous Peoples” and made  recommendations, one of which was to conduct an “independent and comprehensive review” of the role of JAKOA to address its various weaknesses.

None  of the Suhakam’s eighteen recommendations to improve the plight of Orang Asli was Implemented or considered.

The Cameron Highlands by-election has become not a battle between  Pakatan Harapan candidate M. Manogaran vs Barisan Nasional candidate Ramli Mohd Nor but between Manogaran vs Najib Razak.

Najib’s motive in the Cameron Highlands by-election is clear – to use a BN victory in Cameron Highlands as a launching pad for  a of national “Save Najib” campaign, culminating in the next general election in 2023 for Najib to stage a political comeback and like Tun Mahathir to become the Prime Minister in Malaysia for a second time.

If BN loses the Cameron Highlands by-election, then Najib’s politiccal comeback plan will be reduced to  ashes on Saturday night.  Let the people of Cameron Highlands give this “coup de grace” to Najib on Saturday.

(Speech by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang at the Ponggol Festival of the Persatuan Kebajikan  Kongu Cameron Highlands at Kampong Raja on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 9.30 pm)

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Voters of  Cameron Highlands should say three ‘Noes” to Najib in the  by-election this Saturday

The Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday will not only be the most important electoral battle in the history of Cameron Highlands, it will also have far-reaching consequences for  the country and future generations.

For this reason, I call on every outstation voter in Cameron Highlands to take the trouble to return home to cast his or her vote on Saturday. This will be an investment worth making, for it will not only  affect the people of Cameron Highlands for the next four years, but also future generations in Cameron Highlands as well as all Malaysians for the next few decades.

There are at least five important objectives of the Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday.

It was supposed to be a very local by-election but it has suddenly been catapulted to national significance, as the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak has decided to make it  an acid test as to whether he could make a political comeback and even return as Malaysian Prime Minister in the 15th General Election by 2023 by becoming the BN campaigner-in-chief in the by-election.

Najib wants to make the Cameron Highlands by-election  the launching-pad for his “Save Najib” Campaign, which will be the opening salvo of his 15th General Election agenda to make a  political comeback and return as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

The first national objective of the Cameron Highlands by-election is therefore  for the Cameron Highlands voters to represent the nation to say three “Noes”, viz No to  Najib, No Najib political comeback and No Najib  return to Putrajaya as Prime Minister.

In short, defeat Najib’s plan to make Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday the launching pad for a  “Save Najib” campaign.

Malaysian voters made a herculean effort on May 9, 2018 to Save Malaysia, and despite the impossible odds, they succeeded to carry out a peaceful and democratic transition of Federal Power from UMNO/BN to Pakatan Harapan which shocked and amazed not only Malaysians, but the world.

It is not possible in 100 days, eight months,  one or two years to undo all the kleptocacy, abuses of power, corruption and criminal breaches of the law in the past decades and complete the task to  build a New Malaysia which unites all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or culture to become world champions through democracy, justice, rule of law  and good governance.

The New Malaysia project of Pakatan Harapan is a  work-in-progress, and a victory for Pakatan Harapan in Cameron Highlands by-election will be a great fillip to the New Malaysia work-in-progress while a Barisan Nasional win in Cameron Highlands to “Save Najib” will be seen as a blow to the “Save Malaysia” programme of the 14th General Election and the first major step in the “Save Najib” programme in the 15th General Election.

The second national objective of Cameron Highlands by-election is to tell the world that Malaysians is increasingly committed to reject Malaysia becoming a global kleptocracy and a corrupt nation, as in the case  of  the Najib premiership.

In fact, it was precisely because there were brave and courageous Orang Asli from Cameron Highlands who were prepared to be witnesses in the  election petition for declaration that the election of MIC National Vice President C. Sivarraajh as Cameron Highlands MP was null and void, that there is a  by-election to ensure integrity in every aspect of national life.

The third national objective is to represent Malaysians to show their rejection of the formation of a new political union of UMNO and PAS, with MCA and MIC accepting and playing their role as little “small brothers” to the new UMNO-PAS union.

The fourth national objective is represent Malaysians to reject the toxic and vicious politics of lies, hate, fear, race and religion perpetrated by the new UMNO-PAS axis, which has also contaminated the by-election, two examples being: firstly, flyers bearing the image of Harapan candidate M Manogaran and the title “DAP Hindu/Hindraf bunuh Adib” (DAP Hindu/Hindraf killed Adib); and secondly, spread of WhatApps messages during the campaign which were downright lies and falsehoods like the following WhatsApp message:
“Lim Kit Siang mengusulkan didlm Dewan Rakyat supaya perkataan Islam Dan Melayu digugurkan dlm Perlembagaan”
.  In my 45 years in the Dewan Rakyat, I have never submitted such a motion.

The fifth national objective of the Cameron Highlands by-election to endorse the results of the last general elections for Malaysia to become a world top-class nation, for Malaysians to be world champions like celebrity chef Chef Wan from Felda Sungai Koyan, through a nation-building policy which unites Malaysians regardless of race, religion or language; which celebrates our diversity as an asset instead of a weakness and liability, and which is designed to ensure that all Malaysians respect, love and embrace  Malaysians of a different  race, religion or culture instead of inciting Malaysians to  fear and hate Malaysians of different race, religion or culture.

When Najib first became Prime Minister in 2009, he said he will be Prime Minister of all Malaysians. Yesterday, Najib said Pakatan Harapan candidate M. Manogaran is not capable of defending the interests of Islam and the Muslim community, unlike BN and PAS.

Is Najib saying that a Muslim Prime Minister is not capable of defending the interests of non-Muslim Malaysians – and if  not so, why can’t non-Muslim political leaders defend the interests of Muslim Malaysians?

Has Najib ever paused to wonder when and why he has developed such a forked tongue?

Firstly, were the former MPs for Cameron Highlands Malays and Muslims?

Secondly, who in the history of Malaysian politics had sacrificed his political future, jailed for twelve months, disqualified as a Member of Parliament and disenfranchised of his citizen rights to vote and to stand for elections for five years except for the single case of Lim Guan Eng, DAP Secretary-General, in the defence of the honour and dignity of an underaged Malay girl?  Did Najib or any other UMNO leader perform any such a great sacrifice?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Brinchang on Thursday, January 24, 2019)

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As of noon on eve of Cameron Highlands by-election, Barisan Nasional has the upper hand and will win the by-election  unless a  miracle happens tomorrow with an unexpected  influx of outstation voters defying normal  trends to save the seat for Pakatan Harapan

No political analyst or polling group predicts Pakatan Harapan victory in the Cameron Highlands by-election tomorrow.

In fact, as of noon on eve of Cameron Highlands by-election, Barisan Nasional has the upper hand and will win the by-election  unless a  miracle happens tomorrow with an unexpected  influx of outstation voters defying normal trends to save the seat for Pakatan Harapan.

The expected victory for Barisan Nasional in the by-election is also the reason why Najib had chosen Cameron Highlands by-election as the launching-pad for  his “Save Najib” campaign to plan a political comeback and return to Putrajaya as  Prime Minister, and not in the three previous three Selangor State Assemby and the Port Dickson parliamentary by-elections.

Without an unexpected influx of the some 5,000-odd  outstation voters of Cameron Highlands to undo the Barisan Nasional advantage in Cameron Highlands, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is sailing to victory in his selection of Cameron Highlands to launch his “Save Najib” campaign for a political comeback and return to Putrajaya as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

It is now clear that Najib is not only the campaigner-in-chief in the Cameron Highlands by-election, he was the one who decided that MIC should relinquish its traditional seat in Cameron Highlands,  who selected Ramli Mohd Nor as tne BN candidate, and roped in PAS President, Hadi Awang, to secure PAS support in the by-election so that it would be worth his while to make the greatest gamble in his life – to use the Cameron Highlands by-election as a launching-pad for his “Save Najib” campaign for a political comeback and return to Putrajaya as Prime Minister of Malaysia in the 15th General Election by 2023.

Undoubtedly,  if Barisan Nasional loses in Cameron Highlands, which was so impregnable that when the Najib government fell in the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018,  Cameron Highlands still did not fall into Pakatan Harapan hands, then all hopes and possibilities of a Najib political comeback will be crushed into smithereens, and he can say a final goodbye to Malaysian politics.

It is now in the hands of the outstation voters whether Najib can use the Cameron Highlands by-election to launch off his “Save Najib” campaign for a political comeback and return to Putrajaya as Prime Minister of Malaysia in the 15th General Election by 2023.

The 14-day Cameron Highlands by-election had been marred by the vicious and toxic politics of lies, fear, hate, race and religion perpetrated by both UMNO and PAS.

The tragic death of the firefighter hero, Mohd Adib was exploited by both UMNO and PAS to target the Pakatan Harapan candidate. M. Manogaran, with flyers distributed with the title “DAP Hindu/Hindraf bunuh Adib” (DAP Hindu/Hindraf killed Adib) virtually accusing Manogaran as a murderer.

I was accused in a WhatApps allegation which contained downright lies and falsehoods, with the WhatsApp message stating: “Lim Kit Siang mengusulkan didlm Dewan Rakyat supaya perkataan Islam Dan Melayu digugurkan dlm Perlembagaan”.  In actual fact, in my 45 years in the Dewan Rakyat since 1969, I had never submitted such a motion.

The latest attack on me in Jelai, Cameron Highlands by-election was that I had alleged that the Orang Asli are not citizens of Malaysia, when I had in fact acknowledged that the Orang Asli are the first inhabitants in the country but asked how they could  be regarded as full citizens of the country when the Orang Asli are denied the most basic infrastructures whether proper access road, clean water, electricity; deprived of the most elementary needs whether education, health and medical care, housing and economic opportunities; and most important of all, denied of their traditional land rights!

The latest attack of  baseless falsehoods against  Manogaran alleged that he had paid Orang Asli witnesses in the election appeal which resulted in the Election Judge declaring the election of MIC National Vice President C. Sivarraggh as Cameron Highlands MP last May as “null and void”, requiring a by-election to be held.

Manogaran has instantly these lies and falsehoods. In fact, other Orang Asli witnesses who were to testify in the election appeal last year  about vote-buying and money politics were spirited away by some Tok Batins to Golok to enjoy a free holiday trip.

A BN victory will be a blow to the New Malaysia objective to transform Malaysia from a global kleptocracy into a leading nation of integrity, for Najib will then be able to crow that he and his policies have the support of Malaysians – including the 1MDB scandal and a host of other kleptocracy and abuses of power which affect Felda, Felcra, Tabung Haji and MARA.

Be that as it may, Malaysians throughout the country will await the outcome of Cameron Highlands by-election to see whether Najib could now launch his “Save Najib” campaign to make a political comeback and return to Putrajaya as Prime Minister in the 15th General Election by 2023.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Tringkap, Cameron Highlands on Friday, 25th January 2019)

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Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Tringkap, Cameron Highlands pada Jumaat, 25 Januari 2019:

Setakat tengah hari menjelang hari pengundian esok, Barisan Nasional dilihat mempunyai kelebihan untuk menang PRK Cameron Highlands, kecuali jika pengundi yang berada di luar kawasan pulang beramai-ramai untuk mengundi Pakatan Harapan

Tidak ada seorang pun penganalisis politik yang meramalkan kemenangan Pakatan Harapan pada Pilihan Raya Kecil Cameron Highlands esok.

Malah, setakat tengah hari menjelang hari pengundian esok, Barisan Nasional dilihat mempunyai kelebihan untuk menang PRK Cameron Highlands, kecuali jika pengundi yang berada di luar kawasan pulang beramai-ramai untuk mengundi Pakatan Harapan.

Najib nampaknya begitu pintar dan licik memilih Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Cameron Highlands, dan bukannya empat PRK sebelum ini, untuk dijadikan batu loncatan buatnya melancarkan kempen “Selamat Najib” yang bertujuan untuk melunaskan cita-cita politiknya, iaitu kembali ke Putrajaya sebagai Perdana Menteri.

Beliau membuat keputusan itu kerana tahu Barisan Nasional akan sekali lagi memperolehi kemenangan di kawasan itu.

Jika 5,000 pengundi Cameron Highlands yang berada di luar kawasan tidak pulang mengundi esok, tidak mustahil objektif “Selamatkan Najib” akan tercapai dan bekas Presiden UMNO itu akan kembali menjadi Perdana Menteri semula.

Sudah terang lagi bersuluh, Najib adalah ketua kempen BN dalam PRK Cameron Highlands. Beliau adalah individu yang mengarahkan supaya MIC memberi laluan kepada Ramli Mohd Noor untuk bertanding di Cameron Highlands, walaupun kerusi itu secara tradisinya ditandingi oleh MIC. Najib juga mengikat sokongan Presiden PAS, Hadi Awang, semata-mata untuk untuk meraih sokongan daripada pengundi parti Islam itu.

Tidak boleh dinafikan, jika BN tewas di Cameron Highlands, segala impian dan cita-cita Najib untuk kembali ke arena politik tanah air akan hancur lebur, dan beliau akhirnya terpaksa mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada pentas politik Malaysia.

Nasib Najib serta rancangan “Selamatkan Najib” bergantung kepada pengundi luar kawasan Cameron Highlands.

Hari ke-14 kempen PRK Cameron Highlands dicemari dengan politik toksik dan jahat berbaur pembohongan, ketakutan, kebencian, perkauman dan keagamaan yang dimainkan oleh UMNO dan PAS.

UMNO dan PAS menggunakan peristiwa kematian tragis wira, Mohd Adib, sebagai modal untuk menyerang calon Pakatan Harapan M Manogaran. Mereka menyebarkan risalah bertajuk “DAP Hindu/Hindraf bunuh Adib” untuk menuduh dan memfitnah Manogaran sebagai kononnya pembunuh anggota bomba tersebut.

Menerusi mesej yang tersebar di Whatsapp, saya juga dituduh kononnya mahu “mengusulkan di dalam Dewan Rakyat supaya perkataan Islam dan Melayu digugurkan dalam Perlembagaan”. Ini adalah fitnah berniat jahat kerana selama 45 tahun saya menghadiri sidang di Dewan Rakyat sejak 1969, tidak pernah sekalipun saya membawa usul seumpama itu.

Serangan terbaharu terhadap saya meletus di Jelai, di mana saya dituduh kononnya berkata bahawa Orang Asli bukan warganegara Malaysia, sedangkan saya mengiktiraf yang Orang Asli adalah penduduk asal negara ini. Saya hanya membangkitkan persoalan bagaimana Orang Asli boleh dianggap sebagai warganegara penuh Malaysia, sedangkan mereka dinafikan kemudahan asas seperti jalan yang baik, bekalan air bersih, bekalan elektrik; ditambah kekurangan keperluan asas seperti pendidikan, kesihatan, penjagaan kesihatan, perumahan serta peluang ekonomi, dan paling penting, dinafikan hak ke atas tanah adat mereka!

Terbaharu muncul pula tuduhan tidak berasas yang mendakwa Manogaran kononnya membayar saksi dari kalangan Orang Asli untuk memberi keterangan di Mahkamah Pilihan Raya, yang pada beberapa bulan lalu mengisytiharkan bahawa kemenangan Timbalan Presiden MIC, C Sivarrajh di Cameron Highlands dalam PRU14 adalah terbatal kerana terdapat unsur rasuah.

Manogaran menafikan sekeras-kerasnya pembohongan dan fitnah tersebut. Bagaimana boleh timbul tuduhan seperti ini, sedangkan saksi Orang Asli sendiri dipujuk dengan percutian percuma ke Golok oleh Tok Batin sebagai balasan untuk tidak memberi keterangan di mahkamah.

Kemenangan BN akan memberi tamparan hebat terhadap pembentukan dan objektif Malaysia Baharu untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebagai negara yang disengani dunia, setelah mendapat malu dengan gelaran kleptokrasi global ekoran pelbagai skandal yang melanda negara di bawah pentadbiran Najib, termasuk skandal 1MDB, Felda, Felcra, Tabung Haji dan MARA.

Apa pun yang terjadi, rakyat Malaysia di seluruh pelosok negara menanti-nantikan keputusan PRK Cameron Highlands dan ingin melihat sama ada Najib mampu melancarkan kempen “Selamatkan Najib” yang bertujuan untuk melunaskan cita-citanya, iaitu kembali menjadi Perdana Menteri selepas PRU15.

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Dare Najib deny that he is in fact asking the voters of Cameron Highlands to spearhead a “Save Najib” campaign to culminate in a  Barisan Nasional victory in 15th General Election and his return as Prime Minister?

I have certainly  no intention of sparring with former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the Cameron Highlands by-election campaign.

I am in Cameron Highlands, like the Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who will come to the constituency later today, the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, the PKR President, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the DAP Secretary-General and Minister for Finance, Lim Guan Eng, and the AMANAH President and Defence Minister, Mat Sabu and other Pakatan Harapan leaders  to compaign for the Pakatan Harapan candidate  M. Manogaran to be elected as Member of Parliament for Cameron Highlands.

Najib has emerged as the campaigner-in-chief in the BN by-election campaign, overshadowing the Acting UMNO President, Hasan Mohamad, PAS President, Hadi Awang and even the Barisan Nasional candidate Ramli Mohd Nor himself, because to Najib, the real battle in the Cameron Highlands by-election is not between Manogaran vs Ramli, but about his legacy – or to be more correct his “mis-legacy” –  and whether he could use the Cameron Highlands by-election as a launching-pad  for a “Save Najib” campaign culminating in a Barisan Nasional victory in the 15th General Election and doing a Mahahir with Najib’s return as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Dare Najib deny that he is in fact asking the voters of Cameron Highlands to spearhead a “Save Najib” campaign to culminate in a  Barisan Nasional victory in 15th General Election and his return as Prime Minister?

Does Naib deny that if Barisan Nasional loses in Cameron Highlands, which was so impregnable that when the Najib government fell in the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018,  Cameron Highlands still did not fall into Pakatan Harapan hands, then all hopes and possibilities of a Najib political comeback will be crushed into smithereens, and he can say a final goodbye to Malaysian politics?

And wouldn’t Najib agree that this is the best result for Malaysia, a Barisan Nasional loss in Cameron Highlands to  declare to the nation and the world that Malaysians are now strongly set in the direction of a New Malaysia under the government leadership of Pakatan Harapan where is integrity, good governance and the rule of law with no room for global kleptocracy, abuses of power and  corruption where even BN seats won by Barisan Nasional  in the 14th General Election are being won over to support Pakatan Harapan, one after another?

Is it possible for Najib to convince Malaysians that his plans for the future does not include any political comeback or resumption of the powers of the Prime Minister?

Will Najib renounce any plan for a political comeback?

If so, why is Najib’s plan to launch a video clip depicting him with a group in a recording studio belting out their version of Singaporean group Black Dog Bone’s 1978 hit Hati Ku Luka Lagi.

Instead of following the romantic tone of the original, Najib turned the famous spoken words intro into a spiel about persecution by Pakatan Harapan.

When Najib first became Prime Minister in 2009, he said he will be Prime Minister of all Malaysians. Yesterday, Najib said Pakatan Harapan candidate M. Manogaran is not capable of defending the interests of Islam and the Muslim community, unlike BN and PAS.

Is Najib saying that a Muslim Prime Minister is not capable of defending the interests of non-Muslim Malaysians? Why can’t non-Muslim political leaders defend the interests of Muslim Malaysians?

When and why has Najib developed such a forked tongue and propensity for hypocrisy?

Weren’t the former MPs for Cameron Highlands Malays and Muslims?

Who, apart from DAP Secretary-General and Minister of Finance, Lim Guan Eng, had  in the history of Malaysian politics  paid the heavy price for defending the honour and dignity of an underaged Malay girl –  sacrificed his political future, jailed for twelve months, disqualified as a Member of Parliament and disenfranchised of his citizen rights to vote and to stand for elections for five years?

Had  Najib or any other UMNO leader paid such a great price for  his or her political beliefs and principles?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Tanah Rata on Friday, 25th January 2019)

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Last-minute and final appeal to outstation voters of Cameron Highlands to return to vote tomorrow and transform the by-election from the jaws of death to an even greater historic victory for the people than the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018

I have just come out of Orang Asli Kampong Pangan in Pos Menson, and my visit has reinforced my call for a New Deal for Orang Asli as the Barisan Nasional had failed in sixty years  to make meaningful and substantial  strides to bring the Orang Asli community to the national mainstream of development.

A New Deal for Orang Asli to ensure that they could be uplifted to be at par with the other communities in 30 years by 2050 after 60 years of JAKOA failure  is more meaningful than having an Orang Asli candidate in the Cameron Highlands by-election.

I had made a statement at noon today that Barisan Nasional has the upper hand and will win the Cameron Highlands by-election  unless a  miracle happens tomorrow with an unexpected  influx of outstation voters defying normal trends to save the seat for Pakatan Harapan.

This gloomy forecast has been supported by think tank Ilham which predicted a win for the Barisan Nasional in tomorrow’s by-election.

I thank civil society leader Ambiga Sreenevasan, who described herself as one of Pakatan Harapan’s toughest critics, for responding to my call and also urging  outstation voters of Cameron Highlands to suffer the difficulties by going back to Cameron Highlands to cast their vote as the Pakatan Harapan government is “one million times” better than the previous government.

I am making the unprecedented move, two hours before the end of official campaigning for the Cameron Highlands by-election, to make a  last-minute final call to the  some 5,000-odd outstation voters in Cameron Highlands to take the trouble, despite great inconvenience and hardships including having to  return to Cameron Highlands twice in ten days for the outstation Chinese voters, because they are the only ones who could turn the Cameron Highland s by-election from the jaws of defeat for Pakatan Harapan to an even greater historic victory for the people than the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018.

Outstation voters from other constituencies do not have the opportunity to  undo the Barisan Nasional advantage in Cameron Highlands  by-election and  to represent the whole country and future generations to say a clear and categorical “No” to any

“Save Najib” campaign for a political comeback and return of Najib to Putrajaya as Prime Minister of Malaysia in the 15th General Election by 2023.

This is a historic responsibility of the outstation voters of Cameron Highlands, and I urge them to rise up to the occasion although they have to make considerable sacrifices to do so.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Habi, Cameron Highlands on Friday, 25th January 2019 at 10 pm)

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Congrats to Ramli on being elected as first Orang Asli MP

I congratulate Ramli Mohd Nor on being the first Orang Asli to be elected Member of Parliament in Malaysia.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Brinchang on Saturday, January 26, 2019)

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All Malaysian institutions of higher education should aim to produce useful and patriotic citizens of Malaysia who are committed to the ideals of united, just, democratic and progressive  society where there is integrity and respect for human rights

I believe that all Malaysian Institutions of higher education should aim to  produce useful and patriotic citizens of Malaysia who are committed to the ideals of a united, just, democratic and progressive society where there is integrity and respect for human rights.

For this reason, all institutions of higher education should follow closely national developments which will pursue these goals.

One such development is the launching of the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) to tackle corruption in the country for the next five years by the Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad yesterday.

The plan, developed by the National Centre for Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption (GIACC), incorporates 115 initiatives which cover six sectors, namely politics, law enforcement, public procurement, legal and judiciary, public administration and corporate management.

I believe that the NACP should be actively debated by our students in institutions of higher learning, not to involve students in partisan politics, but to actively cultivate not only an interest but an ownership in national developments in the country.

In fact, I am of the view that if we are serious about integrity in public affairs, to transform Malaysia from a global kleptocracy into a leading nation of integrity in the world, the NACP should be presented to Parliament for debate and adoption, so that it truly becomes an anti-corruption plan for the whole country for the next five years.

It is interesting that on the same day that the Prime Minister launched the NACP, Transparency International (TI) released its 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), with Malaysia scoring an unchanged 47 points from 2017, but improving its ranking by one notch from to 61 among 180 countries.

When I first learnt of Malaysia’s ranking and score in the 2018 TI CPI, I was quite disappointed, as the last seven months after the historic decision of the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018 have been quite memorable and unprecedented  in the effort to transform Malaysia from a global kleptocracy into a leading nation of integrity in the world – with the former Prime Minister charged in court for corruption and other criminal offences  42 times, four charges  behind the former Deputy Prime Minister although the former PM is expected to beat the former DPM soon with the total number corruption and other criminal charges; former “heavy guns” whether Cabinet Minister, State Chief Minister or heads of public institutions like Felda and Tabung Haji hauled to court for corruption or other criminal charges.

I expressed my disappointment with Malaysia’s performance in the 2018 TI CPI to an influential observer of corruption trends in Malaysia, and he rightly pointed out that without the historic decision of the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018, both Malaysia’s 2018 TI CPI ranking and score would be worse than last year, probably plummeting to the lowest level for Malaysia in the 24-year TI CPI series since 1995.

He pointed out that the 2018 TI CPI ranking and score were a composite index from a combination of 13 surveys and assessments of corruption, collected by a variety of reputable institutions, most of which were done before May 2018.

But for Malaysia’s ranking and score in the  2019 TI CPI, he predicted: “I think next year big jump”.

We want this to happen, and that is why the NACP should not be a plan merely launched by the Prime Minister, but should be tabled in Parliament for adoption to be really a national plan which all stakeholders, including institutions of higher education and the college and university students in the country, take ownership.

This should set the country in the right direction towards the building of a New Malaysia we want to build after the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018.

(Speech by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang at the Southern College on allocation  of RM2 million Federal Government allocation on Wednesday, 30th January 2019)

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Ucapan oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Southern College pada Rabu, 30 Januari 2019:

Semua institusi pengajian tinggi di Malaysia harus mempunyai matlamat untuk melahirkan warganegara yang patriotik dan berguna serta memenuhi  ciri-ciri masyarakat yang bersatu padu, demokratik, progresif, malah mempunyai integriti dan menghormati hak asasi manusia

Saya percaya bahawa semua institusi pengajian tinggi di Malaysia harus mempunyai matlamat untuk melahirkan warganegara yang patriotik dan berguna serta memenuhi ciri-ciri masyarakat yang bersatu padu, demokratik, progresif, malah mempunyai integriti dan menghormati hak asasi manusia.

Atas dasar ini, semua institusi pengajian tinggi harus mengikut secara dekat perkembangan isu yang beraspirasikan perkara ini didalam negara.

Salah satu perkembangan tersebut adalah pelancaran Pelan Antirasuah Nasional (NACP) bagi membendung gejala rasuah di negara ini sepanjang tempoh lima tahun akan datang oleh Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, semalam.

Pelan berkenaan, dibangunkan oleh Pusat Governans, Integriti dan Anti Rasuah, Jabatan Perdana Menteri (GIACC), yang mengandungi 115 inisiatif anti rasuah merangkumi enam sektor iaitu politik, perolehan awam, penguatkuasaan undang-undang, pentadbiran sektor awam, perundangan dan kehakiman serta tadbir urus korporat.

Saya percaya NACP harus dibahaskan dan dibincang secara aktif oleh pelajar-pelajar kita yang sedang menuntut di institusi pengajian tinggi, bukan untuk menyerap mereka ke dalam politik kepartian, sebaliknya bagi membolehkan mereka memupuk bukan sahaja minat terhadap perkara berkenaan, malah menyemai semangat pemilikan dan kenegaraan  di kalangan mereka terhadap perkembangan yang berlaku di negara ini.

Saya berpandangan jika kita serius tentang integriti dalam hal ehwal awam, untuk mentrasformasi Malaysia daripada kletokrasi global kepada negara terkemuka dalam soal integriti, maka NACP harus dibentangkan di Parlimen untuk dibahaskan dan seterusnya diterapkan, supaya ia benar-benar menjadi pelan antirasuah untuk negara bagi tempoh lima tahun akan datang.

Pada hari sama Perdana Menteri melancarkan NACP, Transparency International (TI) mengeluarkan Indeks Persepsi Rasuah (CPI) 2018, yang menunjukkan Malaysia kekal mendapat 47 mata sejak 2017, namun kedudukan negara meningkat satu anak tangga kepada 61 daripada 180 negara.

Ketika saya mengetahui kedudukan dan skor Malaysia dalam TI CPI 2018, saya berasa agak kecewa, kerana dalam tempoh tujuh bulan setelah peristiwa bersejarah Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 (PRU14) pada 9 Mei 2018, banyak peristiwa manis dan sebelum ini tidak pernah berlaku terjadi – antaranya peristiwa bekas Perdana Menteri didakwa dengan 42 pertuduhan di mahkamah atas kesalahan jenayah dan rasuah.

Saya melahirkan rasa kecewa tersebut kepada pemerhati trend rasuah berpengaruh di Malaysia, dan beliau mengeluarkan kenyataan yang tepat bahawa tanpa peristiwa bersejarah 9 Mei 2018, kedudukan dan skor Malaysia akan menjadi lebih teruk berbanding tahun lalu, malah mungkin jatuh menjunam ke tahap yang paling teruk dalam sejarah Malaysia sejak laporan itu pertama kali dikeluarkan pada 1995.

Jelas beliau, kedudukan dan skor TI CPI 2018 ditentukan berdasarkan kepada 13 tinjauan dan penilaian daripada pakar, yang mana dikumpulkan daripada pelbagai institusi dan kebanyakannya dilakukan sebelum Mei 2018.

Beliau meramalkan yang kedudukan Malaysia akan bertambah lebih baik dalam TI CPI 2019.

Kami mahu ia direalisasikan, dan atas sebab itu NACP tidak harus menjadi sebuah acara yang dilancarkan oleh Perdana Menteri semata-mata, sebaliknya harus dibentangkan di Parlimen untuk diterapkan supaya ia menjadi pelan nasional yang mana semua pihak berkepentingan, termasuk pelajar institusi pengajian tinggi, kolej serta universiti di negara ini dapat sama-sama terlibat dalam menjayakannya.

Ini memberikan hala tuju tepat kepada negara untuk membentuk Malaysia Baharu seperti yang diidam-idamkan kita selepas PRU-14.

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