Najib did not kill Teoh  Beng Hock but the Najib government must be held responsible for Beng Hock’s death

Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak seems to be writing his own statements, which is probably why he is making the most elementary of mistakes which his highly-paid professional propagandists would not make.

Najib  alleged that I had claimed that Kevin Morai’s murder was connected to 1MDB.

I have never made such an allegation, and I challenge Najib  to quote chapter and verse from any of my statements in the past where I had made such an allegation.

Apart from myself, Najib has probably the most complete archives of my previous statements going back years and decades.

Najib also alleged that he had been accused of playing a role in the death of Teoh Beng Hock, former aide to Ean Yong Hian Wah, a member of the Selangor legislative assembly and executive council.

I had never said it, but I will say it now:  Najib did not kill Teoh Beng Hock, but  the Najib administration must be held  responsible for Beng Hock’s death.

Thanks to Najib’s premiership, Malaysia was trapped in a trajectory not only of a rogue democracy but was  heading towards a rogue state, where:

1. a Mongolian model could be murdered by two members of the Police Unit Tindakan Khas who were convicted of the murder  without any attempt by the authorities  to establish the motive of the murder;

2. a DAP political aide could lose his life involving a ridiculous corruption allegation against a DAP Selangor executive councilor involving an amount less than RM2,500 while the Prime Minister could get away scot-free for an international corruption and money-laundering scandal which is 20 million times greater than RM2,500;

3. a Christian pastor who could be mysteriously abducted and disappear into thin air for 20 months;

4. Najib’s comrade-in-arms in the 1MDB scandal and who had been dubbed “real second finance minister” or even “real deputy prime minister”, Jho Low, could traverse the world with impunity as a international fugitive from justice; and

5. where the rule of law was bastardised into a personal rule by the Prime Minister.

During Najib’s tenure, the MACC degenerated into  an anti-corruption agency for a global kleptocracy instead of  being an anti-corruption agency of a leading nation of integrity.

Now, the MACC must prove that it is an anti-corruption agency of a leading nation of integrity and no more an anti-corruption agency of a global kleptocracy.

In April 2017, I issued a statement asking whether Malaysia had become a rogue state with the spate of missing persons which included Pastor Raymond Koh, Pastor Joshua Hilmy and wife Ruth, and Perlis Hope activist Amri Che Mat.

It  is highly regrettable that during the 15 months when they were in power and before the historic decision of the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018 which ousted them from Putrajaya, neither Najib nor any Barisan Nasional Minister/leader showed any interest in the case of the missing pastors!

I shudder to think what Malaysia  would have become today, which is exactly five months from the historic day of May 9, 2018  if Najib had continued as Prime Minister, especially with the help of the “kingmaker” PAS MPs on 9th May 2018!

It is most lucky that against all expectations and opinion of established pollsters, Malaysian voters regardless of race, religion and region united to Save Malaysia from a  rogue democracy, kakistocracy, a rogue state and a global kleptocracy.

The nation is now on a mend to restore the integrity, professionalism, independence and impartiality of key national institutions – including the MACC, which must regain national and international respect as an  anti-corruption commission of a leading nation of integrity and not that of a global kleptocracy.

I had in fact asked in a statement in April 2016 whether after the Teoh Beng Hock outrage and tragedy, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission was determined that it would  never again become a political pawn to persecute the Opposition?

The MACC failed to accomplish this sacred task from April 2016 to May 2018 – but with the peaceful and democratic transition of Federal power exactly five months ago on May 9, 2018, my question is as relevant and pertinent as ever, even though the Opposition has now become UMNO and the Barisan Nasional parties, as well as PAS.

MACC must not  be a political pawn of the Pakatan Harapan government to harass and persecute UMNO/BN/PAS leaders on questionable grounds as the MACC must not be contaminated by partisan politics in its war  against corruption.

This is a political philosophy which Najib will never understand – which is why his credibility has  plummeted to an unprecedented low for  any Malaysian political leader, whether past or living.

UMNO President, Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi has been summoned to the MACC today.  The MACC must not act as a instrument of repression  and persecution of the Pakatan Harapan Government as the Pakatan Harapan does not want the MACC to  continue its role as an instrument of the government against the Opposition as during the Najib era.

If Zahid is a victim of persecution and repression as happened to Pakatan Harapan  leaders under the previous administration, I am prepared to speak up for him.

But if Zahid is hauled up by the MACC because of its  genuine anti-corruption agenda, that would be a separate matter.

I can only think of the biblical saying, “Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?” when Najib asked Malaysians to look at facts and not at DAP propaganda.

Had he forgotten the lies and falsehoods  which he and UMNO  had told about the DAP and myself, that  if Pakatan Harapan replaced Barisan Nasional in the 14th General Election, that I would  become the Prime Minister, Malaysia would  become a Christian State with Christianity replacing Islam as official religion (although I am not even a Christian myself)  and  that the Malay Rulers would be  abolished and Malaysia turned into a republic.

Or all the propaganda poured out by Najib and his propagandists and cybertroopers to justify the Week of Long Knives in the last week of July 2015 where the Prime Minister carried a coup against  his own government, involving the sacking of the  Deputy Prime Minister and  Attorney-General among others, when the country was awash with rumours that the Attorney-General would charge the Prime Minister for corrupt practices in connection with 1MDB scandal.

The time has come for the  real story of the Week of Long Knives in the last week of July 2015 to be told, how Najib went on to the offensive to save himself from being charged for corruption, resulting in a new Deputy Prime Minister and a new Attorney-General, with  national institutions like the AG’s Chambers, the Police, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and Bank Negara  defanged, cowed and tamed, together  with the dissolution of the high-powered Special Task Force of four Tan Sris on 1MDB.

Will Najib tell the full story of the Week of Long Knives in July 2015?

A final question for Najib – what is his response to the disclosure by the Chairman of the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) Tun Daim Zainuddin that there are moles in the  country’s administration who are helping the 1MDB  fugitive financier Jho Low to evade arrest, and that Jho Low was spending more than US$40 million on legal fees alone?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Tuesday, 9th October 2018)

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The Port Dickson by-election is sequel to the historic battle of May 9, 2018 –  a battle of the future versus the past as  the second step in  the  struggle of a New Malaysia to be born to give Malaysians a second chance to reset nation-building policies

The Port Dickson parliamentary by-election is the most important by-election in the nation’s 61-year history.

It is not a battle between the Pakatan Harapan candidate, Anwar Ibrahim, designated as the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia after Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s tenure as the seventh Prime Minister, and six other candidates ranged against him in the by-election.

It is the sequel to the historic battle of the 14th General Election  of May 9, 2018, a battle of the future versus the past as the second step in  the struggle of a New Malaysia to be born to give Malaysians a second chance to reset nation-building policies.

What would have become of Malaysia if former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak had been right about the outcome of the 14th General Election, when he was so sure not only of winning big, but even to recapture two-thirds parliamentary majority which UMNO/BN lost a decade ago in the 12th General Election in 2008?

We would have rushed headlong in the trajectory towards a rogue democracy, a kakistocracy where Cabinet Ministers cannot differentiate between turtle eggs from ordinary eggs, a global kleptocracy and a rogue state where people can disappear into thin air, fall to their death from the 14th floor of a  building while under official custody, even murdered without any inquiry of the real motives; where it a crime to steal foodstuffs  because of poverty but not a crime to steal tens of billions of public funds out of sheer greed and moral turpitude; and where the No. 1 law officer of the state is none other than the No. 1 outlaw in the state!

Malaysia is the confluence of the great religions and civilizations of the world, but the country has lost its moral compass that the national institutions of the state can accept Malaysia becoming a  global kleptocracy and a rogue state without batting an eye-lid.

But ordinary Malaysians, whether Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans or Ibans have had enough and made the historic decision on May 9, 2018 to Save Malaysia and to give Malaysia a second chance to reset nation-building policies in the country to unite the citizenry and be a model nation, or in the words of Tunku Abdul Rahaman, a “beacon of light in a disturbed and distracted world”.

The Port Dickson by-election on Saturday is therefore an important building block in the making of a New Malaysia, which cannot be accomplished in 100 days or five months, but will take a decade or two.

All right-thinking Malaysians must have the Big Picture and Long-term Vision to take ownership of this task to create a New Malaysia.  We will stumble and make mistakes – but the direction is clear.

While time is required to fulfill Pakatan Harapan’s election pledges to repeal all repressive and undemocratic laws – the Senate sabotage of the repeal of the Anti-Fake News Act illustrates the problems that have to be faced – I agree with the Hakam President, Gurdial Singh Nijar that there should be a moratorium of all charges under the repressive laws as well as the suspension of all death sentences.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Port Dickson on Wednesday, October 10, 2018)

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Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Port Dickson pada Rabu, 10 Oktober 2018:

Pilihan Raya Kecil Port Dickson adalah susulan kepada pertarungan bersejarah 9 Mei 2018 – sebuah pertarungan masa depan melawan masa lalu sebagai langkah kedua dalam usaha untuk melahirkan Malaysia Baharu bagi memberi rakyat Malaysia peluang kedua untuk membetulkan semula dasar pembinaan negara.

Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Parlimen Port Dickson adalah PRK paling penting sepanjang 61 tahun sejarah negara.

Ia bukanlah sebuah pertarungan antara calon Pakatan Harapan, Anwar Ibrahim, yang bakal mengambil alih tampuk kepimpinan negara daripada Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad sebagai Perdana Menteri kelapan Malaysia, dan enam calon lain yang menentangnya dalam PRK tersebut.

Ia adalah susulan kepada pertarungan bersejarah 9 Mei 2018 – sebuah pertarungan masa depan melawan masa lalu sebagai langkah kedua dalam usaha untuk melahirkan Malaysia Baharu bagi memberi rakyat Malaysia peluang kedua membetulkan semula dasar pembinaan negara.

Apakah yang akan terjadi kepada Malaysia sekiranya ramalan bekas Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak berhubung keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 benar-benar berlaku, di mana beliau meramalkan bahawa Umno/BN bukan sahaja menang besar tetapi juga mampu mendapatkan semula majoriti dua pertiga Parlimen yang sebelum ini gagal diperolehi mereka dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12 pada 2008?

Kita akan terjerumus ke arah trajektori demokrasi penyangak, kakistokrasi yang menyaksikan Menteri-menteri Kabinet tidak dapat membezakan antara telur penyu dan telur biasa, kleptokrasi global dan negara penyangak di mana orang boleh hilang begitu sahaja, menemui ajal dari tingkat ke-14 semasa berada di bawah tahanan pihak berkuasa, malah dibunuh tanpa sebarang siasatan mengenai motif sebenar; keadaan di mana mencuri barangan makanan ekoran faktor kemiskinan dianggap sebagai jenayah tetapi kegiatan mencuri puluhan bilion dana awam atas dasar keserakahan dan kebejatan moral tidak pula dianggap jenayah; dan keadaan di mana pemimpin No 1 negara sebenarnya adalah penyangak No 1 negara.

Malaysia adalah medan pertembungan agama dan tamadun dunia yang besar, tetapi ia telah hilang kompas moralnya selepas institusi nasional negara boleh dengan mudah dan tanpa perasaan menerima hakikat bahawa Malaysia telah digelar sebagai kleptokrasi global dan negara penyangak oleh dunia.

Namun, rakyat Malaysia, tidak kira orang Melayu, Cina, India, Kadazan atau Iban sudah muak dengan situasi itu dan membuat keputusan bersejarah pada 9 Mei 2018 untuk menyelamatkan Malaysia dan memberi peluang kedua kepada Malaysia untuk menetapkan semula dasar pembinaan negara untuk menyatukan semula rakyat dan menjadi negara contoh, atau memetik kata-kata Tunku Abdul Rahman, menjadi “suar cahaya dalam dunia yang binggung dan terganggu”.

Oleh itu, pilihan raya kecil Port Dickson pada Sabtu ini adalah sebahagian daripada pemacu pembentukan Malaysia Baharu, yang mana tidak mungkin dapat dilaksanakan dalam tempoh 100 hari atau lima bulan, tetapi akan mengambil tempoh selama satu atau dua dekad.

Rakyat Malaysia yang berfikiran waras harus ada Gambaran Besar dan Visi Jangka Masa Panjang untuk melaksanakan tugas pembentukan Malaysia Baharu. Kita mungkin akan tersandung dan membuat kesalahan dalam perjalanan itu – pun begitu, arah tujunya jelas.

Walaupun masa diperlukan untuk memenuhi janji pilihan raya Pakatan Harapan untuk memansuhkan semua undang-undang yang menindas dan tidak demokratik – tindakan sabotaj oleh Dewan Negara dalam  pemansuhan Akta Anti-Berita Tidak Benar sudah cukup untuk menggambarkan masalah yang perlu dihadapi – saya bersetuju dengan Presiden Hakam, Gurdial Singh Nijar bahawa perlu ada moratorium terhadap semua tuduhan di bawah undang-undang menindas serta penggantungan terhadap semua hukuman mati.

– Lim Kit Siang

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What do you do when the former Prime Minister writes gibberish? Is this  preparatory to a plea of insanity in any subsequent trial?

I read former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s continued posting on the death of Teoh Beng Hock with profound shock.

What do you do when the former Prime Minister writes gibberish? Is this preparatory to a plea of  insanity in any subsequent trial?

Najib asked why I chose now to say “Najib did not kill Teoh Beng Hock, but the Najib administration must be held responsible for Beng Hock’s death”.

He even wanted the present Pakatan Harapan government to be held responsible for Beng Hock’s death, falling from the 14th Floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission premises in Selangor in Shah Alam in July 2009.

Unless Najib returns to sanity and stop uttering gibberish, there is no point in further engagement with him on the issue.

Najib’s gibberish state of mind is also illustrated by his claim that I had accused Najib of the murder of Deputy Public Prosecutor Kevin Morais because of the 1MDB scandal.

He referred to my media statement of Thursday, November 26, 2015 which is available on the blog, asking: “Perhaps Kit Siang is affected by amnesia?”

Now I know who was behind the two comments under the name of “Kwong” in  Malaysiakini’s readers’ column after a  report of my statement appeared, viz:

“Kwong

“9/Oct/2018 at 11:44:35am

“Kit Siang, you did. Your statement is on your blog with the title “Call for an international investigation into the murder of DPP Kevin Morais following the shock statutory declaration by his brother Charles who raised many disturbing questions”.  (Speech at the “Solidarity with Lim Kit Siang & Mana RM2.6 billion?” ceramah organized by Batu Kawan DAP Parliamentary Liaison Committee at Dewan Saberguna Chai Leng, Prai on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 10 pm)” and

“Kwong

“9/Oct/2018 at 11:45:23am

“If you did it, why try to deny it? Here’s the link: https://blog.limkitsiang.com/2015/11/26/call-for-an-international-investigation-into-the-murder-of-dpp-kevin-morais-following-the-shock-statutory-declaration-by-his-brother-charles-who-raised-many-disturbing-questions/”

This elicited a response from a reader, viz:

“spinnot

“9/Oct/2018 at 2:59:06pm

“@Kwong 9/Oct/2018 at 11:45:23am, I’ve read the link you provided. LKS did not say “Kevin Morais’ murder was connected to 1MDB”. The allegation was made by Kevin Moraes’ brother in a statutory declaration. It’s very strange you provided a link but did not quote anything from it to back up your point.”

I am surprised that Najib has now come out to claim that my statement linked Kevin Morais’ murder to 1MDB.

Apart from uttering gibberish, Najib seems to have descended to the level of being  incoherent.

I rest my case.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, 10th Oct. 2018)

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An Open Letter to the Voters of Port Dickson – Be the first parliamentary constituency to endorse the 14th General Election result and claim ownership for the task of building a New Malaysia

Dear Voters of Port Dickson,

Malaysians saved Malaysia and made history on May 9, 2018, giving Malaysians a second chance to reset nation-building policies so that Malaysia will not become a failed and rogue state, on top of being a kakistocracy and global kleptocracyl

On Saturday, the voters of Port Dickson by-election has the opportunity the make history for the second time in six months, not only to vote for Anwar Ibrahim, the eighth Prime Minister-designate for Malaysia, but even more important, to endorse the 14th General Election result of May 9, 2018 and to claim ownership for the task of building of a New Malaysia.

A New Malaysia cannot be accomplished in a hundred days or in six months, but will take a decade of two.  All Malaysians must develop a Big Picture and Long-term Vision perspectives.

An important start for the building of a New Malaysia has been made in the past five months as illustrated by the following principal developments:

· Transformation of Malaysia from a global kleptocracy into a leading nation of integrity, by becoming  the first country to initiate criminal charges for the 1MDB scandal against Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Datin Rosmah Mansor and the 1MDB kingpin-cum-international financier fugitive, Jho Low;

· Malaysia’s  seizure of  1MDB-linked properties, in particular the billion-ringgit super-luxury yacht Equanimity, which is expected to go on sale shortly;

· Restoration of democracy and doctrine of separation of powers among the Executuive, Parliament and the Judiciary;

· Far-reaching law reforms, although the repeal of  Anti-Fake Acts was blocked and sabotaged by the Barisan National-controlled Senate. The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Liew Vui Keong, has annonced that the Bill to abolish the death penalty will be tabled in the 2019 budget meeting of Parliament beginning on Monday, while the Minister for Communication and Multimedia, Gobind Singh Deo, has  revealed that the Cabinet has decided to a moratorium on charges under  the Sedition Act 1948 pending the repeal of the law.

· Far-reaching parliamentary reforms to end the Malaysian Parliament from becoming the joke of world Parliaments as Parliament of a global kleptocracy, especially  with the Public Accounts Committee directed to re-open investigations on the 1MDB scandal.

· Restoration of Malaysia as a “tiger economy” after the massive problems of the  “black hole” of a trillion-ringgit government debt and a global kleptocracy had been addressed.

· Restoration of primary and  secondary schools as well as  universities as leading world educational institutions of their kind to establish Malaysia as among the world’s top-tier nations in education.

· Restoration of the goal as enunciated by Bapa Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman of Malaysia as “a beacon of light in a difficult and distracted world”.

· Building a New Malaysia of greater national unity, integrity, democracy, rule of law, excellence, justice and prosperity, which  can leverage on the assets of the diverse races, religions, languages, cultures and civilizations which meet in confluence in Malaysia to form the basis for a new civilization based on the best values and assets of the world’s greatest religions and civilizations.

I call on the voters of Port Dickson to rise to the occasion on 13th October in their rendezvous with history, to make the by-election an important sequel to the historic battle of the 14th General Election  of May 9, 2018.

The Port Dickson by-election continues to be a battle of the future versus the past –as it is   the second step in  the struggle of a New Malaysia to be born to give Malaysians a second chance to reset nation-building policies.

The voters of Port Dickson  should therefore  ensure  a high voter turnout and a great majority for Anwar Ibrahim and for a New Malaysia on Saturday!

(Media Statement  by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, October 11, 2018)

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Can Najib explain why he had never expressed any compunction or remorse for transforming Malaysia into a global kleptocracy in his nine years as 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia?

I read the latest fulminations by Datuk Seri Najib Razak  with shock and sadness, that the former occupant of the highest political office in the land could be so devoid of both sense and sensibility that he could indulge in a daily nonsensical verbal diarrhoea agaisnt me, confirming that he has no respect  whatsover for for the noble values in life, i.e. truth, justice and honour.

Before the 14th General Election, he indulged in lies, falsehoods and fake news as alleging that when Pakatan Harapan captures  power, I will edge out Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to be  the Prime Minister of Malaysia, that the DAP has a Christian agenda to replace Islam with Christianity as the official religion of the country (when I am not even a Christian) and that the Malay monarchical system will be abolished and Malaysia become a republic.

This is the sixth month of the Pakatan Harapan government in Putrajaya, and none of these great lies have come to pass – and they will not come to pass under any Pakatan Harapan government  in the future.

Now, after UMNO/BN’s surprising defeat in the 14th General Election, where he was toppled as Malaysia’s sixth Prime Minister – although he had expected to win big and even recapture parliamentary two-thirds majority  with gerrymandering of parliamentary constituencies, undemocratic practices and repressive rule – Najib is resorting to  comparatively  smaller lies against Pakatan Harapan and DAP leaders.

Najib is guilty of telling lies almost every day.

His latest lie was his allegation yesterday that when he agreed to the re-opening of mysterious deaths, namely Altantunya Shaarribuu, Kevin Morais, Hussain Najadi, Teoh Beng Hock among others, “it was Kit Siang who had then said there was no need for the cases to be probed again”.

When did I say that?

Two days ago, Najib asked why I chose now to say “Najib did not kill Teoh Beng Hock, but the Najib administration must be held responsible for Beng Hock’s death”.

He even wanted the present Pakatan Harapan government to be held responsible for Beng Hock’s death, falling from the 14th Floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission premises in Selangor in Shah Alam in July 2009.

Three days ago, Najib alleged that I had claimed that Kevin Morai’s murder was connected to 1MDB, when I had never made such an allegation.

He had  referred to my media statement on Thursday, November 26, 2015 which is available on the blog, asking: “Perhaps Kit Siang is affected by amnesia?

No Najib, I am not suffering from amnesia, as it is you who is suffering from hallucination.

I am giving Najib’s Ministers from UMNO, MCA, Gerakan, MIC and the Sabah and Sarawak BN parties 48 hours to declare which of them support Najib’s claim that in my statement of November 26, 2015, I had said that Kevin Morai’s murder was connected to 1MDB!

If after 48 hours, no Najib Minister from UMNO, MCA, Gerakan, MIC and the Sabah and Sarawak BN parties is prepared to side with Najib, then it is clear evidence that Najib’s former Ministers have completely abandoned him!

The ding-dong polemical battle between Najib and myself in the past few days had only highlighted our great political difference,  that Najib dedicated his 42 years of his political life  to make Malaysia a global kleptocracy, while I dedicated 53 years of my political life to create a New Malaysia.

I do not believe Malaysians want to go back to a global kleptocracy. All right-thinking Malasians to re-set nation-building policies to save Malaysia from the trajectory hurtling towards a rogue democracy, kakistocracy where Ministers cannot differentiate between turtle eggs and ordinary eggs, global kleptocracy and a rogue state to  build a New Malaysia where Malaysia will become a world top-class nation in every field of human endeavour, proud to be Malaysians and respected and admired by the world!

It  is most shocking that in  Najib’s nine-year tenure as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia, he had never  shown any compunction or remorse whatsoever in transforming Malaysia into a global kleptocracy with his international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal and other 1MDB-like scandals.

Can Najib explain why?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Thursday, 11 October 2018)

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Great news and fantastic breakthrough, Nie Ching!

Its great news and fantastic breakthrough, the announcement by the Deputy Education Minister, Teo Nie Ching in Kuching that stateless children in the country can now enroll in government schools beginning next year by merely producing their birth certificate.

Nie Ching said undocumented children still enroll themselves but they have two years to produce the necessary documents.

Apart from birth certificates, these children could produce either their adoption certificate if they are adopted or any court order.

It is estimated that there are about 300,000 stateless children under the age of 18 in the country.

The Education Minister, Maszlee Malik and the Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching must be commended for resolving this very nettlesome problem, as in the past, it’s quite troublesome for them to enroll in government schools.

Teo’s announcement that the new policy also applies to them continuing their studies in secondary schools, allowing them to take public exams like the PT3, SPM, STPM is also be be applauded.

The great news and fantastic breakthrough announced by Nie Ching is the New Malaysia  we want to build – a New Malaysia with greater compassion and more emphasis on human rights –  after the historic decision of the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018.

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018)

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How theatrical! When will Najib “order” police report against himself on the 1MDB scandal to establish his innocence?

How theatrical!  When will former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak order his assistant to lodge a police report against himself on the 1MDB scandal to establish his innocence?

This will be the thought of many when they read news report of Najib “ordering” a police report against himself, so that the authorities can start investigating and establish his innocence of several high profile murders while he was in power.

I said  yesterday that Najib is guilty of telling lies almost every day.

He has told another lie.

He said I have made “repeated calls” to the authorities to re-open investigations into high profile mysterious deaths.

Let me tell Najib that I had only once called for the re-opening of investigations into the high profile mysterious deaths like Altantunya Shaariibuu, Husain Najadi, Kevin Morais and Teoh Boon Hock  after the Pakatan Harapan came into power in the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018 – and not “repeated calls”!

Najib’s  theatrics remind of two other theatrical events.

Firstly, a Feb. 9. 2015 New York Times article  reported that Najib’s family had vast wealth, most of it overseas, and in that article, the prime minister’s office defended Najib’s wealth by claiming that “neither any money spent on travel, nor any jewelry purchases, nor the alleged contents of any safes are unusual for a person of the prime minister’s position, responsibilities and legacy family assets.”  The prime minister has made subsequent statements saying his wealth derives from inheritance.

This prompted a formal statement by Najib’s four brothers on Feb. 15, 2015 which said that there were no “legacy family assets” and that any claim to the contrary is an insult at their father, Tun Abdul Razak, the country’s second prime minister and a man known for his parsimony with government funds.

Without naming any names, the brothers’ statement said, “We wish to put on record that Tun Abdul Razak was a highly principled man, well-known to all who knew him for his frugality and utmost integrity and any statement or inference to the contrary would be totally false and misleading to his memory and to his service and sacrifices for the nation.  We take issue with anyone who taints his memory, whatever the motive. We would also like to add that our whole family is united on this issue.”

The statement was signed by Nazir Razak, the chairman of CIMB group, as well as his brothers Johari, Nizam and Nazim.  It was not signed by Najib.

The second instance involved Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor. Later in the same month of  February 2015, she drew scorn on the social media after she complained about the rising cost of house calls from hairdressers and tailors, lamenting the RM1,200 she had to spend on house calls by stylists to dye her substantial head of hair and RM500 for tailored dresses.

Rosmah had always deflected criticism by saying that she can afford  luxuries on her husband’s US$130,000 salary because she started saving early” and was given “many gifts”.

(Media Statement (3) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Friday, 12th October 2018)

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Will Isa and PAS candidate lose their deposits in the Port Dickson by-election tomorrow?

The  polling survey by Institute Darul Ehsan (IDE) on the eve of the by-election tomorrow is most interesting – not whether Anwar Ibrahim is on track to defeat his six opponents or Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan will sink to the bottom, but that the PAS candidate would only maintain its 11% of the votes in the 14th General

Election while former Mentri Besar Mohd Isa Samad would only garner 10 per cent of the votes cast.

If Isa Samad had not contested, and the bulk of the majority of UMNO votes had gone  to the PAS candidate as conspired by UMNO and PAS leaders, then the PAS candidate would be able to retain his deposit in the by-election  as PAS secured just short of 11% of the votes cast in the last general election (short of the 12.5% of the votes cast necessary to retain his deposit).

Many had expected Isa to do better than the PAS candidate in the by-election but the IDE survey shows otherwise, that PAS would maintain its 11% of the votes cast previously while Isa would get only 10 per cent of the votes cast, both forfeiting their deposits in being unable to get at least 12.5% of the votes cast.

This will have several implications.

Firstly, the continued marginalization of UMNO – with six UMNO MPs having resigned from UMNO since the 14th General Election, the sixth being the Labuan MP, Datuk Rozman Isli, joining others such as Datuk Seri Mustapha Mohamad and Datuk Seri Anifah Aman – with more UMNO MPs set to leave UMNO.

There is in fact a video skit making the rounds on the social media about more UMNO MPs leaving the sinking ship.

Only time will tell whether this crisis will lead to a more responsible UMNO or an even more desperate, bigotted, extremist and intolerant party as reflected by a recent  Facebook posting by the UMNO Secretary-General urging UMNO members never to “sell or pawn” the struggle, let alone retreat or surrender.

Secondly, the continued shrinkage  of PAS from a national party with elected representatives throughout Peninsular Malaysia to a regional party ensconced in the Malay states in the east coast and Kedah and Perlis,  undoing all the successes and achievements  in the  reach-out efforts to all races, religions and regions undertaken by the two previous PAS Presidents, Fadzil Noor and Yusuf Rawa and the previous PAS Mursydul Am, Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat for over two decades.

PAS won the least parliamentary seats in the 14GE  since the political tsunami of the 12th General Election, and won even less seats than the 10th General Election under the leadership of Fadzil Noor, when PAS won 27 parliamentary seats.

The IDE survey forecasting that PAS “is not expected to gain more than one percent of non-Malay votes” is in sharp contrast to the by claim by the PAS President, Datuk Seri Hadi Awang that PAS has the support of non-Muslim voters in Malaysia.

Thirdly, that extremists whether in UMNO and PAS are fighting a losing battle in plural Malaysia if they resort to the toxic and vicious politics of race, religion, hate, fear and lies – especially in the era of information.

During my recent visit to Canberra, I received a note from Dr. John Funston in the Department of Political and Social Change, College of Asia and the Pacific of Australian National University (ANU), whose preliminary studies showed that Malay support for UMNO in Peninsular Malaysia in the 14th General Election was only about 5% higher than the  support for Pakatan Harapan, and not 15% as had earlier been estimated by Merdeka Centre.

But many of the 2.3 million Malay voters who voted for UMNO and 2 million voters who voted for PAS were misled because I am sure they did not support the 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal, and would be horrified  if they knew they were voting for a global kleptocracy or an Islamic kleptocracy.

Pakatan Harapan wants to transform Malaysia from a global kleptoctracy to a leading nation of integrity, a goal which I am confident would have the support of  those who had been misled to vote for UMNO and PAS in the 14th General Election.

As tomorrow is polling day, I want to reinforce my call on the voters of Port Dickson to be conscious of history-in-the-making in the great current  effort to build a New Malaysia,  and why it is important to have a great victory in the by-election for two reasons: (i) a resounding mandate for Anwar Ibrahim to be the MP for Port Dickson and the eighth Prime Minister-designate; and (2) great support for building a New Malaysia.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah  on Friday, 12th October 2018)

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The Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) report should be tabled as a White Paper in Parliament and a Parliamentary Select Committee on Institutional Reforms formed on the CEP proposals to be implemented, including the system for the appointment of judges

The Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) report should be tabled as a White Paper in Parliament and a Parliamentary Select Committee on Institutional Reforms formed on the CEP proposals to be implemented, including the system for the appointment of judges.

Recently, the CEP chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin called on the government to make the  CEP’s recommendations available to the public.

He said that as part of the CEP’s efforts to look into the government finances, it had interviewed more than 300 individuals, including bankers, businessmen, civil servants, civil society members and union officials.

Those interviews had revealed a culture of turning a blind eye towards corruption.

Hence, Daim said this time around it would take the country’s economy a much longer time to recover compared to the past.

The problem described by Daim is a serious one, and its full magnitude must be made known to the public so that           Malaysians as a whole can understand why the country has fallen on “hard times” financially and must be prepared to tighten their belts and even make sacrifices in the immediate future to tide over the national crisis created by the previous kleptocratic administration.

Recently, there was making the rounds on the social media the astronomical  remuneration of directors and top executives of a high-profile GLC, raising the question whether there should be greater transparency for  all high earners in the country, especially in GLCs.

The main culprits responsible for transforming Malaysia into a global kleptocracy must be brought to justice, and even those in the second and third-tier leadership positions.

But it may be prudent to devise an amnesty programme with firm preconditions to allow the entire government machinery and the country to turn away from the kleptocratic past and focus on building a New Malaysia where there the nation can become a “tiger economy” with justice for all Malaysians.

The appointment of judges has been the subject of considerable debate in the past few days, after the Prime Minister. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad announced that future candidates for judicial appointments would be scrutinised and filtered by Parliament before their nominations are sent to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Stating her opposition to Mahathir’s proposal, National Human Rights Society (Hakam) chairperson and former Malaysian Bar president Ambiga Sreenevasan said the appointment of judges should never be under the scrutiny of the Parliament, as judicial appointments should be independent of any  political or parliamentary interference.

She suggested instead the strengthening of the Judicial Appointments Commission.

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Institutional Reforms will be the proper forum to study a new system  for the appointment of judges to ensure that the doctrine of the separation of powers among the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary is maintained and that there is just rule of law and independent judiciary in Malaysia.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 13th October 2018)

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Will Najib join me  in a joint petition to the Prime Minister to re-open investigations into Mongolian Altantunya Shaariibuu? Will he second my motion if I propose in Parliament a re-opening of investigations of the Altantunya murder?

I said on Thursday that former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is guilty of telling lies almost every day.

To my astonishment, Najib immediately complied by telling a lie which I exposed in my statement yesterday.

Last evening, Najib was responsible for  another lie when his aide lodged a police report to demand investigations into my  claims that several high-profile deaths or murder cases should be reinvestigated.

‘This was completely different from what he said on Thursday.

Let me quote from the Malaysiakini’s report on ‘Thursday:

“Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak says he will order his assistant to lodge a police report against him tomorrow so that the authorities can start investigating if he was involved in several high-profile murders while he was in power.

“In a Facebook post tonight, Najib said this was the last resort he had to take to clear his name following repeated calls by DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang to the authorities to reopen their investigations into these cases.”

In his Facebook on Thursday night, Najib said:

“Esok, saya akan meminta pembantu saya untuk membuat laporan polis terhadap saya supaya pihak polis di bawah kerajaan PH boleh menyiasat semula jika saya terlibat dalam semua kes-kes pembunuhan ini.”

This is why LowYat forum site have the following heading for this item: “Najib to lodge report against himself on murder”.

But the police report Najib’s aide made yesterday was not against him, but against me!   What a liar indeed!

This was from Malayiakini report last night:

“The redacted report, which was sighted by Malaysiakini, was lodged at the Brickfields district police headquarters at 8.16pm by the complainant, who described his job as a ‘personal assistant’.

“The complainant had urged the police to investigate Lim based on a Malaysiakini article where the latter said he would reopen investigations into the deaths of Altantunya Shaariibuu, Kevin Morais, Hussain Najadi, Teoh Beng Hock and Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed, if he were prime minister.”

But the indisputable fact is that when Najib was Prime Minister, I had called for the re-opening of the investigations on all these cases.  Why didn’t he do it then?

In fact, as far back as 3rd July 2008, I had called on Najib to go on leave from his duties as Deputy Prime Minister until all questions implicating his credibility, especially arising from the statutory declaration of private investigator P. Balasubramanian, were  investigated and cleared.

Balasubramaniam’s statutory declaration dated 1st July 2008  in effect challenged the truth and veracity of various statements and denials by Najib in connection with the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu in October 2006 – that Najib had not known or ever met Altantunya.

I said at the time that Najib cannot allow Balasubramaniam’s shocking statutory declaration to go unchallenged as it raises grave fundamental issues as to his fitness to hold high political office in the land.

My statement said: “Balasubramaniam’s shocking statutory declaration has brought back to Malaysians the emotional scene at the Kuala Lumpur magistrate’s court on 16th November 2006 when Abdul Razak Baginda  was charged for abetting the murder of Altantuya, when his wife Mazlinda Makhzan lost her cool and shouted at journalists: ‘My husband is innocent. My husband is a good man. He supported me and protected me. Why are you writing all these stories about him. He is not out to become the Prime Minister. Why are they doing this to him?’

“Mazlinda’s emotional outburst in November 2006 have now been resurrected to the very fore of public consciousness by Balasubramaniam’s statutory declaration, crying out for full clarification.

“Balasubramaniam said the purpose of his statutory declaration, among other things, was to

1) State his disappointment at the standard of investigations conducted by the authorities into the circumstances surrounding the murder of Altantuya Shaaribuu.

2) Bring to the notice of the relevant authorities the strong possibility that there are individuals other than the three accused who must have played a role in the murder of Altantuya Shaaribuu.

3) Persuade the relevant authorities to reopen their investigations into this case immediately so that any fresh evidence may be presented to the court prior to submissions at the end of the prosecutions case.

4) Emphasise the fact that having been a member of the Royal Malaysian Police Force for 17 years, he is absolutely certain no police officer would shoot someone in the head and blow up their body without receiving specific instructions from their superiors first.

5) Express his concern that should the defence not be called in the Altantuya murder trial, the accused, Azilah and Sirul will not have to swear on oath and testify as to the instructions they received and from whom they were given.”

On 22nd February 2015, I had issued a statement calling on the former police special commando Suril Azhar Umar to  stop hiding and running but to take a honest stand to make a clean breast of the truth about the 2006 murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu – admit to being one of the two killers (together with Azila Hadri), demonstrate remorse at the heinous deed “under orders” and spell out the outrage that he was sentenced to death while the murder “mastermind” was allowed to get away scot-free.

Sirul made a police confession on November 9, 2006 on Altantunya’s murder but which was declared inadmissible during Sirul’s trial in the Kuala Lumpur HighCourt.

On Feb. 3, 2009, a tearful Sirul had asked the court not to sentence him to death for Altantuya’s murder, saying he was like “a black sheep that has to be sacrificed” to protect unnamed people who have never been brought to court or faced questioning.

He said: “I have no reason to cause hurt, what’s more to take the life of the victim in such a cruel manner.

“I appeal to the court, which has the powers to determine if I live or die, not to sentence me so as to fulfill others’ plans for me.”

In his Nov. 9, 2006 confession to the police, which had been ruled inadmissible in the Altantuya murder trial, Sirul said his boss at the time, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri who is also charged with Altantuya’s murder, had talked about a reward of between RM50,000 and RM100,000 if the case was settled.

According to Sirul’s confession to the police, Sirul and Azilah went to Malaya Hotel in Kuala Lumpur (where Altantunya was staying with two other Mongolians) a few days before Altantunya’s murder but decided not to kill the three women “because of the presence of CCTV (closed circuit television cameras).”9,

Ultimately, according to the confession, the two went to the house of Abdul Razak Baginda (confidante of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, at the time Deputy Prime Minister) where “there was a Chinese woman (Altantuya) who was causing a commotion.”

The two, with the help of a Malay woman, Lance Corporal Rohaniza Roslan, Azila’s former girlfriend, bundled Altantuya into a red Proton Wira and drove her to where Sirul’s jeep awaited.

Sirul  said “Along the journey, Azilah asked me to find a place to ‘shoot to kill the Chinese woman.”

Eventually after she was driven to Sirul’s house to pick up the military explosives that would be wrapped around her body after she was dead, she was then driven to the Punchak Alam forest reserve near the suburban city of Shah Alam.

Sirul said: “I saw Azilah outside the jeep carrying a bag containing an M5 weapon and silencer from the jeep that was located at the foot rest of the passenger seat and gave it to me ordering me to ‘shoot to kill’ the Chinese woman who was inside the jeep.”

They took her jewelry and other articles, Sirul said, and “I saw that she was in a state of fear and she pleaded not to kill her and said she was expecting.”

Nonetheless, Azilah wrestled her to the ground, apparently knocking her unconscious, and  Sirul “opened fire towards the left side of the woman’s head”. After the Chinese woman was shot, Azilah removed all her clothes and Sirul  took a black garbage bag and Azilah put all the Chinese woman’s clothes into the bag.

Azilah, he said, “noticed movements in the Chinese woman’s arm and ordered me to fire another shot but the gun did not fire. I then emptied the weapon and loaded the gun again and fired another shot at the same area which was the left side of the woman’s head. I then took a black plastic garbage bag and with Azilah’s help put the bag over the Chinese woman’s head to prevent blood from spilling.”

With Sirul holding her arms and Azilah holding her legs, they carried Altantuya into the woods.

“Azilah then carried the bag containing the explosives and handed it to me. I took the explosives and attached them to the victim’s head while Azilah attached the explosives on the victim’s legs up to the abdomen.”

After attaching a wire to the explosives, they blew her up.

Sirul’s confession to the police on Nov. 9, 2006 and Balasubramiam’s statutory declaration of July 1, 2008 would suffice to justify a re-opening of investigation into Altantunya’s murder.

Sirul should be asked to come back from Australia to co-operate at the re-opening of investigation into Altantunya’s murder, with the assurance that the death penalty imposed on him would not be carried out, as the Cabinet has decided to suspend the execution of all death penalties following the decision to abolish the death penalty in Malaysia.

Sirul would have an opportunity to  “tell all” about what transpired in the nine years from his arrest and being charged in court for Altantuya’s murder and his conviction and death sentence by the Federal Court from November 2006 to January 13, 2015, whether he had been promised at any time, and by whom, that he would be spared the consequences for his act “under orders” to kill Altantuya.

Sirul clearly had no motive to murder Altantuya as he did not know her (continuing to describe her as “the Chinese woman”, never knowing that she is Mongolian) and also did not know Abdul Razak Baginda.

On 19th February 2005, I had in fact said that  the police, the Attorney-General and all the Federal Court judges had been guilty of serious negligence when they ignored the “elephant in the room” in the Altantuya murder case – as it was clear and obvious to all Malaysians and the world that Sirul and Azilah would not have killed the Mongolian model whom they did not know without a mastermind who had the motive to direct them to do so.

While the Federal Court’s conviction of Sirul and Azilah was not disputed, why had the Federal Court judges failed to raise the question that both Sirul and Azilah had no motive to murder Altantuya, and that the police should continue investigations to bring to book the “mastermind” who had the motive to order Sirul and Azilah to murder Altantuya?

Will Najib join me to send a joint petition to the Prime Minister to re-open investigations into the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu.  Will he agree to be my seconder if I move a motion in Parliament for the authorities to re-open investigations into the Altantunya murder?

We will deal with the other mysterious deaths later.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Saturday, 13th October 2018)

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Its all too late, as  the need to re-open Altantunya murder  case is no more a distant thunder but in the very  forefront of national consciousness of all policy makers and Malaysians –  thanks to Najib himself

I must congratulate former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak for landing a new occupation  – making a cameo appearance in a South Korean television drama as it not easy for a former Prime Minister of Najib’s “stature” to find a new occupation.

But he has probably committed the biggest blunder in his whole life when he tried to be a “hero” on the issue of re-opening of investigation into the mysterious murder of Mongolian model Altantunya Shaariibuu, striking the posture that he would order his assistant to lodge a police report against himself so that the authorities can start investigating if he was involved in several high profile murders while he was in power – which included the Altantunya Shaariibuu murder case.

Najib said in a Facebook posting on Thursday night that “this was the last resort he had to take to clear his name following repeated calls by DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang to the authorities to reopen their investigations into these cases.”

Lo and behold – Najib’s aide lodged a report the next day on Friday, but it was not lodged against him but against me, as if it was I who had a hand in the murder of Atantunya Shaariibuu, Deputy Public Prosecutor Kevin Morais, Ambank Founder Hussen Najadi, DAP aide Teoh Beng Hock and Customs Officer Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed!

The first police reaction was from the Sentul district police chief S. Shanmugamoorthy Chinniah in a Malaysiakini report yesterday time-lined 1.57 pm, which quoted him as saying that the police  will not open an investigation into a report filed by Najib’s aide against me on  several high-profile murders.

Shanmugamoorthy said “There’s nothing to investigate” and said the matter has been classified as a civil action.

He said: “Najib wants to defend himself (against Lim’s claims). There is nothing to investigate there. It is more like (a case involving) slander, but we are not investigating…. Civil action can be taken”.

This must be music to the ears of Najib, pointing to the case of the mysterious murder of Altantunya will continue to be buried – but only for a few hours.

Clearly, Najib had not expected the Inspector-General of Police of all persons to be responsible for creating a new Altantunya nightmare for him. In a few hours later, Malaysiakini published a report time-lined 5.34 pm quoting the IGP, Tan Sri Fuzi Harun as saying that an investigation will be initiated into the report by Najib’s aide and appropriate action taken  which would be the “normal process”.

If Najib is sincere about his aide’s police report, he should welcome the IGP’s statement and regret the Sentul OCPD’s statement, but clearly he was very upset.

Totally ignoring Fuzi’s statement (which Najib would have known), the former Prime Minister came out with a Facebook posting praising the Sentul OCPD, declaring that the police had made the right move in deciding not to further investigate a police report lodged by his aide relating to  several high-profile murders.

He said:

“This is right, because the truth is that I am not involved in all these cases which have been investigated thoroughly and completely and have gone through the courts for years.”

Then, Najib should explain why the charade of directing his aide to lodge the police report to re-open investigations into several mysterious deaths under his tenure? Is he going to lodge a police report against his aide for false reporting?

Has Najib so quickly  given up on his “last resort…to clear his name”?

Najib may want to put the whole scandal of the several mysterious deaths under his tenure back under lock and key, but let me tell Najib, thanks to his own undoing, it is all too late – that the need to re-open these mysterious deaths, especially the foul murder of Mongolian model Altantunya is no more a distant thunder but is  in the very  forefront of national consciousness  of all policy makers and Malaysians.

A Malaysiakini reader was spot-on when he wrote the following comment:

“The sentul police Chief was correct in not investigating the report on LKS & the IGP was correct if he wanted the investigations on najib role in these murders”.

Let Najib stop equivocating and give a short answer: Would he agree to the re-opening of investigations into mysterious deaths like the case of Altantunya Shaariibuu, Kevin Morais, Hussain Najadi, Teoh Beng Hock and Ahmad Sarbani?

Yesterday, I provided three powerful reasons why there should  be re-opening of investigations into the murder of Altantunya Shaariibuu –

· firstly, the statutory declaration of private investigator P. Balasubramanian, dated 1st July 2008 which   in effect challenged the truth and veracity of various statements and denials by Najib in connection with the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu in October 2006;

· secondly,  the police confession on Nov. 9, 2006  by former police special commando Suril Azhar Umar who had been convicted of the murder of Altantunya, that he only a tool in the murder of Altantunya; and

· thirdy, the teary statement by Sirul in Kuala Lumpur High Court on Feb. 3, 2009 asking  the court not to sentence him to death for Altantuya’s murder, saying he was like “a black sheep that has to be sacrificed” to protect unnamed people who have never been brought to court or faced questioning.

Today, I will provide two further reasons  for the re-opening of investigations into the murder of Altantunya.

Firstly, to establish whether Najib had sent Razak Baginda phone message to be “COOL” and the nature of telephonic  messages connectioned to the Altantunya murder; and whether the Altantunya murder had anything to do with the Scorpene submarine deal and scandal.

I asked Najib yesterday firstly, whether he would  join me to send a joint petition to the Prime Minister to re-open investigations into the murder of Altantunya Shaariibuu; and secondly, whether he would  agree to be my seconder if I move a motion in Parliament for the authorities to re-open investigations into the Altantunya murder.

Now with Najib’s latest shift of position, it is clear that Najib’s answers to both my questions would be in the negative. Or would I be wrong?

Let the Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi and the PAS President Datu Seri Hadi Awang declare whether they would support, with the full complement of UMNO and PAS Members of Parliament, a parliamentary motion for the police to re-open investigations into mysterious deaths like that of Altantunya  Shaariibuu, Kevin Morais, Hussain Najadi, Teoh Beng Hock and Ahmad Sarbani!

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Sunday, 14th October 2018)

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Port Dickson by-election is as history-making as the 14th General Election result of May 9, 2018 with a three-point  five-month verdict endorsing a New Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim as the eighth Prime Minister-designate and a New Port Dickson to restore PD’s previous glory and pre-eminence

The Port Dickson by-election is as history-making as the 14th General Election result of May 9, 2018 with a three-point five-month  verdict endorsing a New Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the eighth Prime Minister-designate after Tun Dr. Mahathir and a New Port Dickson to restore Port Dickson’s previous pre-eminence and glory as a premier tourist destination.

Despite a low voter turn-out of 58.3%, Anwar secured 31,016 votes or a 23,560-vote majority, which eclipsed that of the PKR’s Danyal Balagopal Abdullah who won the seat in the 14th general election by a margin of 17,710 votes with a voter turnout of 83%.

In  winning 71.3% of 58.3% turnout of 75,770 votes, or  44,136 votes  cast in the by-election, Anwar has probably set the  record for the highest popular vote for the lowest voter-turn out.

In fact, Anwar’s 71.3% of the popular votes cast is higher than that of the former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who only secured 62% of the popular votes cast  in Pekan parliamentary constituency, or PAS President, Datuk Seri Hadi Awang, who secured only 59.3% of the popular votes cast in Marang, or UMNO President Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi who secured only 51.4% of the popular votes cast in Bagan Datuk or the sole MCA MP and MCA President-aspirant Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, who secured only  43.98% of the votes cast in the Ayer Hitam parliamentary constituency in the 14th General Election.

The Port Dickson by-election results is a very promising signpost for Malaysia’s future as it showed that Pakatan Harapan has been able to maintain two goals which are significant not only to the continued success of Pakatan Harapan but the building of a New Malaysia – the ability to sustain and maintain  the support of  the non-Malay voters and the ability to win more Malay electoral support with the passage of time.

It is a confirmation of my theory that the political extremists and opportunists in UMNO and PAS  who fall back on the toxic and vicious politics of race, religion, hate, fear and lies are fighting a losing battle in an information era in plural Malaysia.

When I visited Canberra in my recent tour of eight Australian and New Zealand cities last month, I got  a note from a Malaysian expert in Australia, Dr. John Funston, of the Department of Political and Social Change, College of Asia and the Pacific of Australian National University (ANU) whose preliminary studies showed that Malay support for UMNO in Peninsular Malaysia in the 14th General Election was only about 5% higher than support for Pakatan Harapan, and not 15% as had earlier been estimated by Merdeka Centre.

I do not believe that the Malay voters who voted for UMNO or PAS in the 14th General Election wanted a global kleptocracy, a sham democracy or a rogue state.

I believe that they would have supported the Vision of a New Malaysia if they realise that Pakatan Harapan stands for an end to corruption, repression and injustices, and not exploitation of any race or religion, in particular Malays as well as Islam.

In the Port Dickson by-election, Pakatan Harapan had made inroads into many Malay-majority polling districts – which are good signs for the future.

As Anwar pointed out in his victory speech in Port Dickson last night, what is most astounding about the by-election is that all ethnic groups have come together to support Anwar as the MP for Port Dickson and  the eighth Prime Minister-designate.

I am very intrigued by the statement by the PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang who said that the low voter turnout was a sign of Pakatan Harapan being punished for not  fulfilling its election promises, and that the tide was turning against Pakatan Harapan.

Hadi is welcome to his illusion, as he seems to have acquired one of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s traits after co-operating with the former Prime Minister – constantly subject to fits of hallucination.

Hadi should be more worried about the tide turning against PAS and  PAS’ declining fortunes than that of Pakatan Harapan, after leading PAS to an unprecedented shrinkage from a national party with elected representatives throughout Peninsular Malaysia to a regional party ensconced in the Malay states in the east coast and Kedah and Perlis, and   undoing all the successes and achievements  in the  reach-out efforts to all races, religions and regions undertaken by the two previous PAS Presidents, Fadzil Noor and Yusuf Rawa and the previous PAS Mursydul Am, Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat for over two decades.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 14th October 2018)

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PAS leadership admitting for the first time  PAS  is  “down” but PAS  will go further “down” if the PAS leadership continues to take a contrary position from two former PAS Presidents Fadzil Nor and Yusuf Rawa and former Mursydul Am Nik Aziz

At last, the PAS leadership of Datuk Seri Hadi Awang has admitted that under its stewardship, PAS is “down”.

I have never said that PAS is “out” but I dare to forecast that so long as the Hadi leadership continues to take a contrary position from the two former PAS Presidents Fadzil Nor and Yusuf Rawa and the former PAS Mursydul Am Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat, PAS will continue to go further “down” in the Malaysian political landscape.

In response to my statement yesterday, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said I should not underestimate PAS party despite its weaker results in the May 9 general election and although PAS is “down”, it is not “out”.

The Kota Bharu MP noted that his party had gone to the polls without relying on the support of others, unlike Amanah, PPBM or even DAP.

Is the PAS Secretary-General suggesting that that he envisages a day when PAS on its own can win a general election in Malaysia, without support from any other political party?  If so, the PAS leaders are living in a world of their own, unrelated to the realities on the ground.

The polling survey by Institute Darul Ehsan (IDE) on the eve of the Port Dickson by-election made a very correct forecast  that PAS “is not expected to gain more than one percent of non-Malay votes”.

Was IDE wrong? Can Takiyuddin or any other PAS leader demonstrate that IDE forecast was wrong, and that PAS won by more than one per cent of non-Malay votes in the Port Dickson by-election?

If PAS cannot even win one per cent of non-Malay votes in Malaysia, can it ever succeed to be  the Federal Government in Malaysia?

It is open secret that PAS had the tacit support of the top UMNO leaders in the Port Dickson by-election as part of the ongoing UMNO-PAS conspiracy of political co-operation, but  the only benefit PAS gained from such an  unholy alliance with UMNO was to save the deposit of the PAS candidate!

If PAS had contested on it own without any form of “blessing” from the top UMNO leadership – although this was countered by the candidature of the former UMNO Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar, Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad – the PAS candidate would have lost his deposit, as happened in the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018

I do not think that the two former PAS Presidents, Fadzil Nor and Yusuf Rawa, and the former PAS Mursydul Am Nik Aziz Nik Mat would have  regarded it as a feather in the PAS cap  to be able to save the deposit of a PAS candidate, only after entering into an unholy pact with UMNO.

I believe that the political extremists and opportunists in UMNO and PAS  who fall back on the toxic and vicious politics of race, religion, hate, fear and lies are fighting a losing battle in an information era in plural Malaysia and the result of the Port Dickson by-election should be a salutary lesson for the UMNO and PAS leaders.

I do not believe that  the 2.3 million Malay voters who voted for UMNO and 2 million voters who voted for PAS during the 14th General Election wanted Malaysia to become a rogue state, a sham democracy and a global kleptocracy where the leaders failed the fundamental religious test of being able to distinguish right from wrong, truth from lies and justice from injustice.

Pakatan Harapan wants to transform Malaysia from a global kleptoctracy to a leading nation of integrity, a goal which I am confident would have the support of those who had been misled to vote for UMNO and PAS in the 14th General Election.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Parliament on Monday 15th October 2018)

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Advice to Maszlee to stop talking about socks and shoes so as not to fall into the trap of Najib and UMNO propagandists and  cybertroopers but to prove that he is a better Education Minister than Najib

I advise the Education Minister Maszlee Malik to stop talking about socks and shoes so as not to fall into the trap of former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak and UMNO propagandists and cyber-troopers to project the image that he is a very mediocre Minister who has very limited vision and objectives in the transformation of education in the country.

The latest example is the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak staging a “cat crying over a dead mouse” act to  humiliate Mazslee, pretending to laud Maszlee for his “farsightedness” in looking to change the colour of school students shoes and socks and suggesting that Maszlee should look into the colour of school children’s uniforms and school buildings.

Najib even feigned outrage at the criticisms directed against Maszlee over the issue of  shoes and socks, and said it was a pity that BN Ministers had not realised the importance of the colour of shoes and socks to “the wholesome development of a student”.

This is a very low blow by Najib and Malaysians cannot but ask how much lower Najib would descend  in order to distract attention from his world infamy of a global kleptocracy – the international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal.

Today, Maszlee lamented that his “trivial” comments about the colour of students’ socks and school was highlighted by Utusan Malaysia, while his more important point about university hospitals was ignored.

Maszlee said

“I spoke about a trivial matter for less than a minute and Utusan reported it, even former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak was interested.

“I discussed important matters relating to university hospitals but none wanted to sensationalise it.”

This is not the first time that Maszlee was given such a shabby and deplorable treatment.

In his first long interview with Sinar Harian Live talk show in July  as Education Minister, Maszlee spoke for two hours on education reforms, like ensuring lighter school bags for the students; improving the school curriculum so that the students of national schools are of international standard; giving the teaching profession back to the teachers, which means that they will no longer be burdened with tasks other than teaching; providing more space for art, music and literature in the classroom; improvements for special needs schools; restoring academic freedom in the universities; but he  spoke for 30 seconds about no more white shoes for school children from next year.

The national avalanche of  brickbats on Maszlee’s interview was on the  1% of his interview on black shoes, while the 99% of his two-hour interview on education reforms was completely ignored.

This has now again happened in Maszlee”s interview with Utusan with Najib jumping into the fray  to distract attention from his 1MDB travails.

This is most ironic, for it is the Najib Cabinet with its load of half-past six Ministers, one of whom distinguished himself for not being able to differentiate between turtle eggs and ordinary eggs, which attracted the derogatory term of a Kakistocracy, i.e. a government by the worst persons.

Maszlee is not a member of any kakistocracy, but a person of substance; and the Mahathir Cabinet of 2018 is definitely superior to all the Najib Cabinets.

This is why Maszlee must quickly learn from the lessons of modern communications and focus his energies on proving that he is a better Education Minister than Najib himself, who hold the Education portfolio from 1995-2000.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Parlimen on Tuesday, 16th October 2018)

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Why is Wee Ka Siong admitting he is part of the Najib propagandist and cybertrooper outfit to paint the Pakatan Harapan Ministers in the worst possible light?

I wonder why the MCA Deputy President, Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong is so impatient as to admit that he is part of the Najib Razak propaganda and cybertrooper outfit to paint Pakatan Harapan Ministers in the worst possible light to bring about the downfall of the Pakatan Harapan Federal Government before the 15th General Election in 2023?

Two days ago on Tuesday, 16th October 2018, I issued a statement advising the Education Minister, Maszlee Malik to stop talking about socks and shoes so as not to fall into the trap of former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak and UMNO propagandists and cybertroopers to project the image that he is a very mediocre Minister who has very limited vision and objectives in the transformation of education in the country and instead prove that he is a better Education Minister than Najib himself.

The first to respond to my statement was not Najib or any of his UMNO propagandists, but Wee Ka Siong, when I had not even thought of him or referred to the MCA!

What could make Wee “confessing without being beaten”? Clearly, he is suffering from a “guilty conscience” of being part of Najib propagandist and cybertrooper outfit although it is over five months since the 14th General Election where UMNO/BN was toppled from Putrajaya.

I acknowledge that habits die hard – and having been part of Najib and UMNO propaganda and cybertrooper outfit for decades, it is difficult for Wee and the MCA leaders to cut the umbilical cord with UMNO and act independently from the wishes and interests of UMNO leaders.

In his FaceBook posting in response to my statement, Wee asked whether DAP wants the public at large to be silent on all issues including  the third national car, the Octoberfest, and the proposed abolition of death penalty.

Wee and MCA leaders are very mistaken. Nobody is asking them to shut up. They should speak up and don’t be silent on all issues which concern Malaysians if they want to play their new  role as a constructive and responsible opposition but they must not continue with their past irresponsible tactics of making wild and baseless allegations against their political opponents in Pakatan Harapan.

Wee, who is contesting for the post of MCA President in the MCA national elections on Nov. 4, said MCA should discuss its stand on Barisan Nasional during its upcoming Annual General Assembly on Dec. 2, 2018.

Former MCA President, Datuk Dr. Chua Soi Leok had in fact called  on all former MCA ministers and deputy ministers not to contest in the upcoming MCA party elections.

However, Wee, like the top UMNO leadership, is in deep denial, refusing to admit to the international infamy of the 1MDB scandal, a global kleptocracy and kakistocracy which  the Najib Cabinet and government had brought to Malaysia before the 14th General Election.

Wee, like the rest of the MCA and UMNO leadership, just cannot understand that all former Ministers and deputy ministers of the Najib government, who had been complicit in the 1MDB scandal, must repent first for directly or indirectly aiding and abetting Najib Razak in the monstrous 1MDB scandal, before standing for any new party elections.

Wee is trying to take the easy way out – by demonising and bashing Pakatan Harapan Ministers and leaders like Maszlee.

Recently, Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) came out with a shocking report,
“The State of Households 2018: Different Realities”
, that  said that Malaysians receiving 12 years of schooling only receive only nine years’ worth of schooling after adjusting for education quality.

The report stressed that Malaysia needs to improve the quality of its education if it wants to become a high-income nation with a sound knowledge-based economy and that the state of human capital development in the country – of which 20% of government expenditure goes to education – “has plenty of room for improvement”.

The report said:
 “The central issue of generating high-quality human capital in this country is an important one, as the transition to a high-income nation requires human capital levels that continuously improve productivity, sustain growth and are able to create or utilise technological advancements rather than being substituted by it.”

Who is responsible for this deplorable state of education in Malaysia?

Undoubtedly, it must be borne by the UMNO/BN Government, and in particular the Najib premiership from 2009 to 2018!

This was the reason for the  attempt by the Najib propagandists and cybertroopers – which include Wee and MCA leaders – to divert attention from this shocking state of educational affairs by taking the offensive to demonise and bash the Education Minister, Maszlee Malik, for being concerned with trivial matters like socks and shoes.

In  his interview with TV3 yesterday, Maszlee has rightly pointed out his three main challenges as Education Minister –  to increase English proficiency among youth, use science and technology to help learning and instil good values in pupils.

As Maszlee rightly said, it will take time before changes in these three areas in the education system can be seen.

Maszlee was conscious that he had big shoes to fill as Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was supposed to take on the education portfolio.

It is important for the building of a “New Malaysia” that the country undergoes an educational transformation, which calls fore careful planning and execution.

The last thing the country needs is for such an educational transformation to be diverted and sabotaged because of the success of Najib’s propaganda and cybertrooper outfit to bash, demonise and trivialise Maszlee as Education Minister, who has in fact the potential to be one of the country’s best Education Ministers.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Parliament on Thursday, 18th October 2018)

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Three unusual sights during Mahathir’s speech on 11th Malaysia  Plan Mid-Term Review in Parliament yesterday

There were three unusual sights during the Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s speech on the 11th Malaysia Plan Mid-Terrm Review in Parliament yesterday.

First, the empty seat opposite the Prime Minister across  the parliamentary aisle in the Opposition benches.  The seat was empty as the Parliamentary Opposition Leader had been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and expected to be charged in court today on 45 counts of  corruption, criminal breach of trust and money-laundering.

Second, the second Opposition seat next to the Parliamentary Opposition Leader, which is occupied by the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak. During Mahathir’s entire speech on the 11th Malaysia Plan Mid-Term Review, Najib never raised his head to look at the Prime Minister, eyeball to eyeball so to say, but kept his head down.

A concession of  total moral and political  defeat and capitulation by Najib Razak?

Third,  Mahathir’s conclusion in his speech resonated with the majority of the Members of Parliament, who  rapped  the table in appreciation – except for the glum faces from the former UMNO/Barisan Nasional Ministers and MPs, including the sole MCA Member of Parliament, Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, who seemed to be very comfortable in the company of UMNO leaders.

What was it that made the UMNO/BN  leaders  so uncomfortable and glum?

It was the conclusion of Mahathir’s speech, viz:

“87. What I have tabled is for the rakyat. For all the rakyat from Perlis to Sabah. For the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Iban, Kadazan, Murut and Orang Ali as well  as other ethnic groups, all who live in Malaysia.

“88. We want a united Malaysia. We want all Malaysians to succeed and enjoy the wealth of the nation. I call upon all Malaysians to shoulder this responsibility. If  everything contained in this document is implemented, I am confident that Malaysia will once again roar as a the Asian Tiger.  The image of Malaysia will be transformed by a kleptocractic country to a truly democracy with a government which is clean, noble and of integrity.  Malaysians in every nook and corner of the world can proudly introduce himself or herself: I am a Malaysian.”

Are the UMNO/BN leaders, including Najib, Ismail Sabry Yaacob, Mahdzir Khalid, Annuar Musa, Idris Yusof, Noh Omar, Shahidan Kassim and Wee Ka Siong, opposed to the transformation of Malaysia from a global kleptocracy to a model democracy and the building of a New Malaysia where Malaysians free proud of identifying themselves as Malaysians anywhere in the world?

Are they unhappy at the objective to create unity among all ethnic groups in Malaysia and the restoration of Malaysia as an Asian Tiger?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah Lim Kit Siang on Friday, 19th October 2018)

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Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang pada Jumaat, 19 Oktober 2018 di Gelang Patah:

Tiga pemandangan luar biasa semasa Dr Mahathir menyampaikan ucapan pembentangan kajian separuh penggal Rancangan Malaysia ke-11 di Parlimen semalam.

Terdapat tiga pemandangan luar biasa semasa Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad menyampaikan ucapan pembentangan kajian separuh penggal Rancangan Malaysia ke-11 di Parlimen semalam.

Pertama, kerusi kosong di bangku pembangkang yang terletak bertentangan dengan kerusi Perdana Menteri. Kerusi itu kosong kerana Ketua Pembangkang telah ditahan oleh Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) dan dihadapkan ke mahkamah hari ini atas 45 tuduhan rasuah, jenayah pecah amanah dan pengubahan wang haram.

Kedua, sebuah lagi kerusi pembangkang yang terletak bersebelahan dengan kerusi Ketua Pembangkang, yang diduduki oleh bekas Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Sepanjang Dr Mahathir membentangkan kajian separuh penggal Rancangan Malaysia ke-11, Najib tidak langsung mengangkat kepalanya untuk melihat Perdana Menteri, apatah lagi bertentang mata, hanya menunduk ke bawah.

Ketiga, ucapan Dr Mahathir disambut dengan gema ketukan meja oleh majoriti Anggota Parlimen sebagai tanda penghargaan – sebaliknya di bangku pembangkang, perasaan muram kelihatan jelas terpancar di wajah bekas Menteri dan Anggota Parlimen Umno/Barisan Nasional, termasuk Anggota Parlimen tunggal MCA, Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, yang kelihatan sangat selesa dalam ‘dakapan’ pemimpin Umno.

Apakah yang membuatkan pemimpin Umno/BN begitu tidak selesa dan diselubungi suram?

Ia disebabkan oleh penutup ucapan Dr Mahathir, yang berbunyi:

“88. Apa yang saya bentangkan adalah untuk rakyat. Untuk semua rakyat dari Perlis hingga Sabah. Untuk orang Melayu, Cina, India, Iban, Kadazan, Murut dan Orang Asli dan etnik-etnik lain yang semua bernaung di bawah langit Malaysia.

“89. Kita mahu Malaysia yang bersatu padu. Kita mahu rakyat Malaysia berjaya dan menikmati kekayaan negara. Saya mengajak semua rakyat Malaysia menggalas tanggungjawab ini. Jika semua yang terkandung dalam dokumen ini dilaksanakan, saya yakin Malaysia akan mengaum kembali sebagai Harimau Asia. Imej Malaysia akan bertukar dari sebuah negara kleptokrat kepada sebuah negara demokrasi tulen dengan kerajaan yang bersih, luhur dan berintegriti. Rakyat Malaysia di manamana tempat di seluruh pelusuk dunia boleh memperkenalkan dirinya dengan bangga: Saya rakyat Malaysia.”

Adakah pemimpin Umno/BN, termasuk Najib, Ismail Sabry Yaacob, Mahdzir Khalid, Annuar Musa, Idris Yusof, Noh Omar, Shahidan Kassim dan Wee Ka Siong menentang transformasi Malaysia daripada kleptokrasi global kepada model demokrasi dan pembinaan Malaysia Baru di mana rakyat Malaysia bangga mengaku diri mereka sebagai rakyat Malaysia?

Adakah mereka tidak berpuas hati dengan matlamat untuk mewujudkan perpaduan dalam kalangan semua kumpulan etnik di Malaysia dan sekali lagi mengangkat Malaysia sebagai Harimau Asia?

– Lim Kit Siang

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When will Wee Ka Siong redeem MCA’s honour, dignity and self-respect by taking a firm stand in Parliament to denounce Najib and the 1MDB scandal and  pledge full support to Pakatan Harapan government to transform  Malaysia from a global kleptocracy to a model  democracy?

MCA is having national party elections early next month.

But when is the sole MCA MP in the Dewan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, who is aspiring to be the new MCA President, going to redeem MCA’s honour, dignity and self-respect by taking a firm stand in Parliament to denounce former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak for the international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal and pledge full support to the Pakatan Harapan government to transform Malaysia from a global kleptocracy to a model democracy?

The most outstanding aspect of the last five months of post-14th General Election, whether in Parliament or outside,is the conspiracy of silence  involving all UMNO/

Barisan Nasional leaders, especially those who had been Ministers in Najib’s Cabinet like Wee Ka Siong, on the greatest and worst corruption scandal in the country’s history – the monstrous international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal which had given Malaysia the infamy, ignominy and iniquity of a global kleptocracy.

Wee Ka Siong had never spoken about the 1MDB issue, nor had any other UMNO/BN leaders, whether in Parliament or outside, although it is the single biggest global issue confronting Malaysia.

Can Wee explain how many statements he had issued since he had lost his Cabinet position because of the toppling of the Barisan Nasional government in the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018, and whether there was a single statement on the greatest national shame in historty – the international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal?

Is Wee prepared to make a clean breast and tell Malaysians the whole story of MCA’s involvement in the 1MDB scandal?

MCA is not an innocent party in the 1MDB scandal.

Former MCA President Datuk Dr. Chua Soi Lek had in November 2015 made a startling revelation about Najib’s RM2.6 billion “donation” scandal in his personal banking accounts before the 13th General Election, when he recollected how Najib had in a BN Supreme Council meeting before the 13th general election made an “unprecedented pledge to fund BN component parties”.

Chua had said:

“I remember clearly. I was the first to thank him.

“I said I have joined politics for more than 20 years and have gone through five general elections. (We) have never received a single sen from BN before.

“So everyone agreed and many thanked him. When the election came, he delivered – he was able to disburse some funds (to the component parties).”

The chickens have now come home to roost.

The present MCA leadership under Wee as the MCA Deputy President must come clean about the whole sordid tale of involvement of MCA in the 1MDB scandal.

This has become all the more pertinent,  relevant and pressing in view of the grouses publicly expressed by UMNO leaders over the 45 charges of corruption, criminal breach of trust and money-laundering which had been levelled against the UMNO President and former Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.

For instance, the UMNO Batu Pahat chief and former Deputy Minister, Mohd Puad Zakarshi, in alleging that the prosecution of Zahid is an attempt by the Pakatan Harapan government to “kill” UMNO, had asked why the no action had been taken against leaders of other Barisan Nasuional or former component parties?

He asked:
“There are no MCA, MIC or Gerakan leaders being hauled up and charged. Why? The answer is simple – Mahathir is not interested. To him, all these parties are dead and do not need to be ‘killed’ further. But Umno seems to die hard.”

Will Wee answer Puad?

Or will the answer come from former MCA President, Dr. Chua Soi Lek at the launching of his autobiography,  Like
 Me or Hate Me: Rising from the Political Ashes
,  in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday?

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Friday, 19th October 2018)

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Hadi will be a disgrace to political Islam if he cannot substantiate his allegation that DAP discriminates against the East Coast by opposing equal development for Terengganu and Kelantan

I am astonished by the allegation by the PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang that DAP is guilty of “
sikap diskriminasi…yang tidak menyokong hasrat kerajaan untuk membawa pembagunan saksama kepada lima negeriu termasuk Terengganu dan Kelantan”.

In a Berita Harian online report which appeared at 4.07 pm yesterday, under the heading
“PAS dakwa DAP diskriminasi pembangunan Pantai Timur
”, Hadi was quoted as saying that “
diskriminasi DAP terhadap hasrat Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk memajukan negeri Pantai Timur begitu ketara”.

The Berita Harian report said:

“Beliau berkata, DAP yang mendominasi kerusi di Pantai Barat dilihat sebagai punca yang boleh menggagalkan usaha Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk berlaku adil dan saksama dalam membawa pembangunan kepada negeri.

“’DAP bersikap tidak jujur terhadap keadilan apabila kepemimpinan parti itu masih berdegil kerana enggan mempedulikan pembangunan di negeri Pantai Timur dan Utara, termasuk Perlis serta Sabah dan Sarawak.

“’PAS menyokong penuh hasrat Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad untuk melaksanakan pembangunan di Pantai Timur dan Utara supaya pembangunan lebih setara dapat dilakukan.

“’PAS juga meminta semua parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) yang bersama-sama sebagai pembangkang supaya menyokong hasrat Perdana Menteri untuk melakukan reformasi kerajaan.

“’Namun malang apabila ada parti komponen dalam PH sendiri tidak menyokong dan saya berterus terang parti itu adalah DAP,’ katanya ketika ditemui di kediamannya di Rusila, di sini, hari ini.

“Beliau mengulas reformasi kerajaan yang digariskan dalam Kajian Separuh Penggal Rancangan Malaysia Ke-11 (RMK-11) dibentangkan Dr Mahathir di Parlimen, semalam.

“Abdul Hadi yang juga Ahli Parlimen Marang berkata, contoh paling ketara ialah sikap tidak jujur kepemimpinan DAP apabila tidak bersetuju dengan cadangan Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk mengembalikan royalti minyak sebanyak 20 peratus kepada negeri pengeluar, termasuk Terengganu dan Kelantan.

“Katanya, DAP sebenarnya mewarisi sikap penjajah apabila meninggalkan negeri yang majoriti penduduknya Bumiputera.”

Hadi will be  a disgrace to political Islam if he cannot substantiate his allegation that DAP discriminates against the East Coast by opposing equal development for Terengganu and Kelantan.

Lies and falsehoods are as sinful in Islam as in other great religions in the world, and no honourable religious teacher will resort to lies and falsehoods to advance his personal agenda.

I am giving Hadi two days to substantiate his allegation or he will stand convicted in the court of public opinion in Malaysia and the world of resorting to lies and falsehoods to pursue to his political ends.

I do not know whether Hadi’s latest resort to lies and falsehoods is part of the PAS’ latest effort to save some of the “shipwrecked” passengers in Barisan Nasional.

A Malaysiakini report yesterday quoted the PAS Mentri Bensar of Kelantan and PAS Deputy spiritual adviser, Ahmad Yakob, as saying that based on developments before the May 9 general election, PAS foresaw that the “BN ship” would be damaged, and that although PAS does not want to build a new ship to save BN, PAS must save some of the passengers who “
were experts in certain fields who could help further the Islamic struggle”.

He said PAS could save and  “
use the passengers from that ship for the benefit of our struggle”.

I am intrigued by this new political theory of PAS Islamic struggle, and wonder whether they are thinking of the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the UMNO President, Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi, the UMNO Deputy President, Mohamad Hassan Vice Presidents Ismail Sabry Yaacob,  Mahdzir Khalid, Khaled Nordin, UMNO Secretary-General Tan Sri Annuar Musa, and wider  in the Barisan Nasional context, Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong and why PAS is so ambivalent and ambiguous about its stand on the 1MDB scandal and the infamy of Malaysia as a global kleptocracy all these years.

Is Wee one of the “shipwrecked” BN leaders to be saved by Hadi and PAS?

This is why I had pointedly asked whether Wee is prepared to redeem MCA’s honour, dignity and self-respect by taking a firm stand in Parliament and outside  to denounce Najib and the international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal and  pledge full support to Pakatan Harapan government to transform Malaysia from a global kleptocracy to a model  democracy.

Or is Wee going the follow the ambivalent and ambiguous stand of Hadi’s PAS?

The most outstanding aspect of the last five months of post-14th General Election, whether in Parliament or outside, is the conspiracy of silence  involving all  UMNO/Barisan Nasional leaders (including PAS), especially those who had been Ministers in Najib’s Cabinet like Wee Ka Siong,  on the greatest and worst corruption scandal in the country’s history – the monstrous international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal which had given Malaysia the infamy, ignominy and iniquity of a global kleptocracy.

In the past five months, Wee Ka Siong had never spoken about the 1MDB issue, nor had any other UMNO/BN/PAS leaders, whether in Parliament or outside, although it is the single biggest global issue confronting Malaysia.

Can Wee explain how many statements he had issued since he had lost his Cabinet position because of the toppling of the Barisan Nasional government in the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018, and whether there was a single statement on the greatest national shame in history – the international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal?

Is Wee prepared to make a clean breast and tell Malaysians the whole story of MCA’s involvement in the 1MDB scandal as MCA is not an innocent party in the 1MDB scandal.

Former MCA President Datuk  Dr. Chua Soi Lek had in November 2015 made a startling revelation about Najib’s RM2.6 billion “donation” scandal in his personal banking accounts before the 13th General Election, when he recollected how Najib had in a BN Supreme Council meeting before the 13th general election made an “unprecedented pledge to fund BN component parties”.

Chua had said:

“I remember clearly. I was the first to thank him.

“I said I have joined politics for more than 20 years and have gone through five general elections. (We) have never received a single sen from BN before.

“So everyone agreed and many thanked him. When the election came, he delivered – he was able to disburse some funds (to the component parties).”

Is the present MCA leadership under Wee as the MCA Deputy President prepared to come clean about the whole sordid tale of involvement of MCA in the 1MDB scandal.

This has become all the more pertinent,  relevant and pressing in view of the grouses publicly expressed by UMNO leaders over the 45 charges of corruption, criminal breach of trust and money-laundering which had been levelled against the UMNO President and former Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.

For instance, the UMNO Batu Pahat chief and former Deputy Minister, Mohd Puad Zakarshi, in alleging that the prosecution of Zahid is an attempt by the Pakatan Harapan government to “kill” UMNO, had asked why the no action had been taken against leaders of other Barisan Nasuional or former component parties?

He asked: “There are no MCA, MIC or Gerakan leaders being hauled up and charged. Why? The answer is simple – Mahathir is not interested. To him, all these parties are dead and do not need to be ‘killed’ further. But Umno seems to die hard.”

Will Wee answer Puad.

Or will the answer come from former MCA President, Dr. Chua Soi Lek at the launching of his autobiography,  Like Me or Hate Me: Rising from the Political Ashes,  in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah Lim Kit Siang in Saturday, 20th October 2018)

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