Month: September 1977

Lim Kit Siang calls for full public inquiry into the police shoot-out in the heart of Ipoh town

Lim Kit Siang calls for full public inquiry into the police shoot-out in the heart of Ipoh town on August 13, and asks for a meeting with Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar

Last weekend, when I was in Ipoh, I found the general Ipoh public very agitated and angry about the indiscriminate police public shooting in the heart of Ipoh town on August 13 of police escapees causing three deaths and one serious injury.

Wherever I went in Ipoh, the members of the public came up to me to register their revulsion and strong reaction against the police handling of the incident – although the incident took place two weeks previously. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang calls for full public inquiry into the police shoot-out in the heart of Ipoh town

DAP wants an urgent Master Plan to revolutionise public transportation and provide fast, efficient and cheap bus services throughout the country

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugural meeting of the DAP Consumers and Environmental Protection Bureau held at Petaling Jaya DAP Headquarters on Thursday, 1st Sept. 1977 at 8 p.m.

DAP wants an urgent Master Plan to revolutionise public transportation and provide fast, efficient and cheap bus services throughout the country

The DAP Consumers and Environment Protection Bureau is a new DAP bureau to specially concentrate on consumer and environmental protection. The Party expects the DAP Consumers and Environmental Protection Bureau to complement the efforts of consumer and environmental protection bodies in the country. Continue reading DAP wants an urgent Master Plan to revolutionise public transportation and provide fast, efficient and cheap bus services throughout the country