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DAP wants more concrete evidence about the so-called Sabah secession plot as it is not convinced by the Police accounts to justify detention of four Sabahans under Internal Security Act

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Kota Kinabalu Airport on Thursday, 12th July 1990 at 12.30 p.m. on arrival in Sabah for his second visit for the Sabah state general elections

DAP wants more concrete evidence about the so-called Sabah secession plot as it is not convinced by the Police accounts to justify detention of four Sabahans under Internal Security Act

DAP wants more concrete evidence about the so-called Sabah secession plot as it is not convinced by the Police accounts to justify detention of four Sabahans under Internal Security Act. Continue reading DAP wants more concrete evidence about the so-called Sabah secession plot as it is not convinced by the Police accounts to justify detention of four Sabahans under Internal Security Act

Call on PBS President, Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, to pledge that the new PBS Government would conduct a referendum after the Sabah state general elections for the Sabahans to decide whether Labuan should be returned to Sabah

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Sabah state general elections ceramah held in Tawau on Thursday, 12th July 1990 at 8 p.m.

Call on PBS President, Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, to pledge that the new PBS Government would conduct a referendum after the Sabah state general elections for the Sabahans to decide whether Labuan should be returned to Sabah

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, warned on Sunday that political parties in Sabah were ‘playing with fire’ by raising anti-Federal feelings in their manifestos. Continue reading Call on PBS President, Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, to pledge that the new PBS Government would conduct a referendum after the Sabah state general elections for the Sabahans to decide whether Labuan should be returned to Sabah

Ooi Ean Kwong’s account has proved that Lim Keng Yaik had lied when he claimed he had sent Penang Speaker to visit me in Kamunting to ask me not to waste my time in Opposition and to join the Barisan Nasional

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Wednesday, July 11, 1990:

Ooi Ean Kwong’s account has proved that Lim Keng Yaik had lied when he claimed he had sent Penang Speaker to visit me in Kamunting to ask me not to waste my time in Opposition and to join the Barisan Nasional

About two weeks ago, I revealed the true nature of the secret Kamunting talks between the Penang Speaker, Datuk Ooi Ean Kwong, and myself when Ean Kwong visited me in Kamunting where I was being detained on 8th December 1988. Continue reading Ooi Ean Kwong’s account has proved that Lim Keng Yaik had lied when he claimed he had sent Penang Speaker to visit me in Kamunting to ask me not to waste my time in Opposition and to join the Barisan Nasional

DAP to discuss with Semangat 46 the proposal of a meeting of all Opposition parties on the Commonwealth Observer Mission

Press Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, 10th July 1990:

DAP to discuss with Semangat 46 the proposal of a meeting of all Opposition parties on the Commonwealth Observer Mission

DAP leaders will discuss with Semangat 46 leaders at our meeting in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow the proposal of a meeting of all Opposition parties on the Commonwealth Observer Mission. Continue reading DAP to discuss with Semangat 46 the proposal of a meeting of all Opposition parties on the Commonwealth Observer Mission

Challenge to Datuk Lee Kim Sai to prove that he did not run away to Australia on October 27, 1987 to escape arrest under Internal Security Act

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, 10th July 1990:

Challenge to Datuk Lee Kim Sai to prove that he did not run away to Australia on October 27, 1987 to escape arrest under Internal Security Act

Today’s press carried headlines of MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai issuing a challenge to me to produce proof and declaring that he was prepared to resign as Minister and quit politics if I accept the challenge. Continue reading Challenge to Datuk Lee Kim Sai to prove that he did not run away to Australia on October 27, 1987 to escape arrest under Internal Security Act

Espousal of the legitimate constitutional rights and status of Sabahans should not be regarded as anti-Federal

Press Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday 9th July 1990:

Espousal of the legitimate constitutional rights and status of Sabahans should not be regarded as anti-Federal

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, yesterday warned political parties in Sabah that they were ‘playing with fire’ by raising anti-Federal feelings in their manifestos. Continue reading Espousal of the legitimate constitutional rights and status of Sabahans should not be regarded as anti-Federal

Keng Yaik should explain how he could have confidence in Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and UMNO Baru when he is predicting that PAS could win 25 Parliamentary seats in the next general elections

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 9th July 1990:

Keng Yaik should explain how he could have confidence in Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and UMNO Baru when he is predicting that PAS could win 25 Parliamentary seats in the next general elections

Gerakan President Datuk Dr. Lim Keng Yaik is now having ‘cold feel’ and afraid that Gerakan would be in the bad books of UMNO Baru and the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed. Continue reading Keng Yaik should explain how he could have confidence in Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and UMNO Baru when he is predicting that PAS could win 25 Parliamentary seats in the next general elections

MAS should stop fleecing the public with its profiteering and unconscionable implementation of the 72-hour penalty rule before it arouses the ire of the travelling public

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya, 8th July 1990:

MAS should stop fleecing the public with its profiteering and unconscionable implementation of the 72-hour penalty rule before it arouses the ire of the travelling public

DAP demands that MAS should stop fleecing the bona fide travelling public by its profiteering and unconscionable 72-hour penalty rule, where a passenger has to pay 25 per cent penalty if he changes flight within 72 hours. Continue reading MAS should stop fleecing the public with its profiteering and unconscionable implementation of the 72-hour penalty rule before it arouses the ire of the travelling public

Before MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai announced at the Subang airport on his return from Australia on July 4 that he was challenging Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik for the post of MCA President, there were weeks of intense build – up by the Kim Sai faction to prepare the ground to justify such a contest

Paper by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Seminar on the Mass Media held at the Selangor Chinese assembly Hall on July, 1990.

Before MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai announced at the Subang airport on his return from Australia on July 4 that he was challenging Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik for the post of MCA President, there were weeks of intense build – up by the Kim Sai faction to prepare the ground to justify such a contest.

As the Ling Liong Sik faction was keeping a low profile at this period, the main press targets were inevitably MCA Secretary – General and Health Minister, Ng Cheng Kiat, and the two MCA Vice presidents and Deputy Ministers, Woon See Chin and Kok wee Kiat, who had declared their support for Kim Sai to challenge Liong Sik for the post of MCA President. Continue reading Before MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai announced at the Subang airport on his return from Australia on July 4 that he was challenging Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik for the post of MCA President, there were weeks of intense build – up by the Kim Sai faction to prepare the ground to justify such a contest

Pairin’s justification of Operation Lalang mass arrests most shocking and utterly indefensible

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, July 7, 1990:

Pairin’s justification of Operation Lalang mass arrests most shocking and utterly indefensible

PBS President and Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan’s justification of his support of the Operation Lalang mass arrests in 1987 is most shocking and utterly indefensible. Continue reading Pairin’s justification of Operation Lalang mass arrests most shocking and utterly indefensible