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DAP sets up Special Committee headed by Lee Lam Thye to help Malaysian government counter international criticisms and allegations that Malaysian has violated international refugee agreements and push back to sea over 5,000 Vietnamese boat people in the past year

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition leader, Dap Secretary-General and Mp for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang in Penang on Saturday, 5th May 1990 at 11.30 a.m.

DAP sets up Special Committee headed by Lee Lam Thye to help Malaysian government counter international criticisms and allegations that Malaysian has violated international refugee agreements and push back to sea over 5,000 Vietnamese boat people in the past year

On Monday (April 30), I faxed a message to the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahatir Mohamad, asking for a full-briefing for DAP MPs on the international criticisms and allegations that Malaysian had violated international refugee agreements and had pushed back to the sea over 5,000 Vietnamese boat people in the past year. Continue reading DAP sets up Special Committee headed by Lee Lam Thye to help Malaysian government counter international criticisms and allegations that Malaysian has violated international refugee agreements and push back to sea over 5,000 Vietnamese boat people in the past year

Anwar said that he would give DAP MPs a briefing on the Education Bill 1990 after it has been finalize

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Party Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Education Bill 1990 Ceramah at Wah Chai Association Hall in Seremban on Tuesday, 5th June at 8 pm

Anwar said that he would give DAP MPs a briefing on the Education Bill 1990 after it has been finalized.

When I met the Education Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, in Kuala Lumpur at Pusat Islam last Friday during the lying-in-state ceremony of the late Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia’s third Prime Minister, I asked him why he had not responded to my fax two weeks earlier asking for an immediate and urgent briefing for DAP MPs on the Education Bill 1990. Continue reading Anwar said that he would give DAP MPs a briefing on the Education Bill 1990 after it has been finalize

Every Malaysian can call Keng Yaik a liar without fear of being sued

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Saturday, 5th May 1990 at 11 a.m.

Every Malaysian can call Keng Yaik a liar without fear of being sued

Yesterday, I challenged the Gerakan President, Datuk Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, to apologise for his lie about the DAP-PAS secret meeting in Jakarta, or announce his intention to sue me for calling him “an inveterate, compulsive and incorrigible liar”, or I will announce the next “serious consequence” he would have to face for such a lie. Continue reading Every Malaysian can call Keng Yaik a liar without fear of being sued

Call on Election Commission to explain the discrepancy of 26,000 voters in two sets of figures it released in a matter of two weeks on the number of new voters registered in March

PRESS Conference Statement (3) by Parliametary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Friday, 4th May 1990 at 11.30 a.m.:

Call on Election Commission to explain the discrepancy of 26,000 voters in two sets of figures it released in a matter of two weeks on the number of new voters registered in March

Penolong Setiausaha Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya, Encik Abdul Hamid Ali, was reported in the Berita Harian 25th April as saying that the Election Commission registered 411,482 new voters in the 27-day snap voters’ registration exercise from March 1 to 27. Continue reading Call on Election Commission to explain the discrepancy of 26,000 voters in two sets of figures it released in a matter of two weeks on the number of new voters registered in March

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak seems to be the first Minister to declare support for having a liar in the Malaysian Cabinet

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Friday, 4th May 1990 at 11.30 a.m.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak seems to be the first Minister to declare support for having a liar in the Malaysian Cabinet

UMNO Youth leader and Sports Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, seems to be the first Minister to welcome and support having a liar in the Malaysian Cabinet. Continue reading Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak seems to be the first Minister to declare support for having a liar in the Malaysian Cabinet

Lim Keng Yaik is an inveterate, compulsive and incorrigible liar and I challenge him to sue me for slander and defamation for exposing his reputation and good name to public ridicule, opprobrium and odium

Statement by parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Chan She Shu Yuen in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday,3rd May 1990 at 11 a.m. on the challenge to Gerakan President, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik to produce proof of his allegation of DAP-PAS Jakarta ‘secret’ meeting

Lim Keng Yaik is an inveterate, compulsive and incorrigible liar and I challenge him to sue me for slander and defamation for exposing his reputation and good name to public ridicule, opprobrium and odium.

On Sunday, 22nd April 1990, the Gerakan President and Primary Industries Minister, Datuk Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, when opening the Selangor Gerakan. Assembly in Petaling Jaya, alleged a secret DAP-PAS meeting Jakarta. Continue reading Lim Keng Yaik is an inveterate, compulsive and incorrigible liar and I challenge him to sue me for slander and defamation for exposing his reputation and good name to public ridicule, opprobrium and odium

DAP to make an important announcement at the Chan She Shu Yuen tomorrow

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 2nd May 1990:

DAP to make an important announcement at the Chan She Shu Yuen tomorrow

Gerakan President, Datuk Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, has the final 24 hours to decide how his political character, conduct and career is to be judged by the people of Malaysia by his appearance or non-appearance at the Chan She Shu Yuen in Kuala Lumpur at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Continue reading DAP to make an important announcement at the Chan She Shu Yuen tomorrow

Attack on Judiciary an important reason to deny two-thirds parliamentary majority to Barisan Nasional

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the ‘Towards Tanjung 2’ Dinner organized by the Sembilan DAP State Committee in Seremban on Wednesday, 2nd May 1990 at 9 p.m.

Attack on Judiciary an important reason to deny two-thirds parliamentary majority to Barisan Nasional

The unprecedented assault on the Judiciary, the expulsion of Lord President Tun Salleh Abas and two Supreme Court judges, Tan Sri Wan Suleiman and Datuk George Seah, and the erosion of the principle of the independence of the Judiciary is an important reason why the Barisan Nasional should be denied its two-thirds parliamentary majority in the next general elections. Continue reading Attack on Judiciary an important reason to deny two-thirds parliamentary majority to Barisan Nasional

If trade union leaders should be apolitical, then the Minister for Human Resources should set the example and resign as MCA National Vice President or allow a non-politician to be appointed Minister

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, when closing the “Malaysian Indian Economic Congress 1990 organized by the Tamilian Social & Welfare Association at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, May 1, 1990 at 5.30 p.m.

If trade union leaders should be apolitical, then the Minister for Human Resources should set the example and resign as MCA National Vice President or allow a non-politician to be appointed Minister

In the last few days, the question of the political role of trade union leaders has resurfaced as a controversy because of the brickbats by Government leaders, led by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, over the decision by the MTUC President, Zainal Rampak, to join Parti Semangat 46. Continue reading If trade union leaders should be apolitical, then the Minister for Human Resources should set the example and resign as MCA National Vice President or allow a non-politician to be appointed Minister

Mahathir’s interview with Chinese press last month is best rebuttal to Ghafar’s allegation that the Opposition had never given constructive views beneficial to the people

Press Conference Statement (3) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Monday, 30th April 1990 at 11 a.m.

Mahathir’s interview with Chinese press last month is best rebuttal to Ghafar’s allegation that the Opposition had never given constructive views beneficial to the people

I want to rebut the allegation by the Deputy Prime Minister, Ghafar Baba, in Jasin, Malacca, yesterday that the Opposition in Malaysia had never given constructive views beneficial to the people. Continue reading Mahathir’s interview with Chinese press last month is best rebuttal to Ghafar’s allegation that the Opposition had never given constructive views beneficial to the people