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DAP calls for the deferment of the second reading debate of the OSA Amendment Bill until next parliamentary meeting in March to allow fullest public discussion of the question of freedom of information in Malaysia

by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, in Parliament House on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1996:

DAP calls for the deferment of the second reading debate of the OSA Amendment Bill until next parliamentary meeting in March to allow fullest public discussion of the question of freedom of information in Malaysia.

The minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Ajib Ahmad, has tabled a new Official Secret Act Amendment Bill withdrawing the one tabled at the end of October. Continue reading DAP calls for the deferment of the second reading debate of the OSA Amendment Bill until next parliamentary meeting in March to allow fullest public discussion of the question of freedom of information in Malaysia

Demand that the Registrar-General of Co-operatives exercise his powers under Section 47 of the Co-operative Societies Act to surcharge the irresponsible or corrupt Directors to compensate the 588,000 depositors for misapplication of funds, dishonesty or breach of trust

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1986 on the Committee Stage of the estimates for the Ministry of National and Rural Development estimates for the 1987 Budget on the motion to cut the salary of the Director General of Co-operatives by $10

Demand that the Registrar-General of Co-operatives exercise his powers under Section 47 of the Co-operative Societies Act to surcharge the irresponsible or corrupt Directors to compensate the 588,000 depositors for misapplication of funds, dishonesty or breach of trust

I am moving a $10-cut motion on the salary of the Registrar-General of Co-operatives because of his gross dereliction of duty for two reasons. Continue reading Demand that the Registrar-General of Co-operatives exercise his powers under Section 47 of the Co-operative Societies Act to surcharge the irresponsible or corrupt Directors to compensate the 588,000 depositors for misapplication of funds, dishonesty or breach of trust

The USNO defeat in Sulaman by–election in Sabah should be a warning to UMNO to respect the political sensitivities of the Sabah people and not intrude into Sabah and changing the political equation

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 1. 12.1986:

The USNO defeat in Sulaman by–election in Sabah should be a warning to UMNO to respect the political sensitivities of the Sabah people and not intrude into Sabah and changing the political equation

I congratulate the PBS candidate Jasni Gindug polled 2,657 votes to beat USNO’s Omar Khan Amirussin, who obtained 1,953 votes and Ansari Abdullah of Berjaya who got 1,137 votes. Continue reading The USNO defeat in Sulaman by–election in Sabah should be a warning to UMNO to respect the political sensitivities of the Sabah people and not intrude into Sabah and changing the political equation

DAP calls for the Economic Summit of political leaders, employer representative and trade union leaders to face the ecomonic crisis and over come the crisis of confidence crippling economic recovery in Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP For Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, at the opening of the Perak DAP State Convention in Ipoh on Sunday, Nov. 30, 1986 at 10 a.m.

DAP calls for the Economic Summit of political leaders, employer representative and trade union leaders to face the ecomonic crisis and over come the crisis of confidence crippling economic recovery in Malaysia.

We are entering the fourth month after the August 3 general elections which returned the Barisan Nasional, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, admitted at the September UMNO General Assembly that he called early general elections to end the crisis of confidence undermining economic recovery, the Barisan Nasional’s fourth-fifth parliamentary victory had not ended, but compounded the crisis of confidence in the country. Continue reading DAP calls for the Economic Summit of political leaders, employer representative and trade union leaders to face the ecomonic crisis and over come the crisis of confidence crippling economic recovery in Malaysia

Refusal by Deputy Speaker, D..P.Vijandran, to allow debate on the $175 million estimates for Ministry of Energy, Posts and Telecommunications most deplorable

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, Nov. 29, 1986:

Refusal by Deputy Speaker, D..P.Vijandran, to allow debate on the $175 million estimates for Ministry of Energy, Posts and Telecommunications most deplorable

The refusal by Deputy Speaker, D.P. Vijandran, to allow debate on the $175 million estimates for Ministry of Energy, Posts and Telecommunications yesterday is most deplorable. Continue reading Refusal by Deputy Speaker, D..P.Vijandran, to allow debate on the $175 million estimates for Ministry of Energy, Posts and Telecommunications most deplorable

Request to Prime Minister to produce Cabinet meeting records of Oct. 26, 1980 and 8th July 1981 and the agreement between Maminco and Marc Rich to establish genesis of Maminco

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Fridays Nov. 28, 1986:

Request to Prime Minister to produce Cabinet meeting records of Oct. 26, 1980 and 8th July 1981 and the agreement between Maminco and Marc Rich to establish genesis of Maminco

I have today written to the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed asking for access to the Cabinet meeting minutes of Oct. 26, 1980, and July 8, 1981, as well as the agreement entered into between Maminco and Marc Rich on June 25, 1981, to establish the genesis of the $2 company, Maminco, which caused the country to lose $660 million from its 1981 London tin-buying operation. Continue reading Request to Prime Minister to produce Cabinet meeting records of Oct. 26, 1980 and 8th July 1981 and the agreement between Maminco and Marc Rich to establish genesis of Maminco

DAP to move an amendment to the Official Secrets Act Amendment Bill to provide that it should be a defence in a prosecution under the Act that the disclosure of official secret was in the public interest

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, at a forum on “Human Rights in Malaysia” organized by the Social Welfare Students Union, University of Malaya at the Institute of Advanced Studies Hall, University of Malaya on Friday, Nov. 28, 1986 at 8 p.m.

DAP to move an amendment to the Official Secrets Act Amendment Bill to provide that it should be a defence in a prosecution under the Act that the disclosure of official secret was in the public interest.

Part II of the Malaysian Constitution devotes nine Articles to enshrine life and guarantee fundamental human rights in Malaysia, like the right to personal liberty (Article 5), the right to freedom of speech, expression, and association (Article 10) and the right to freedom of religion (Article II). Continue reading DAP to move an amendment to the Official Secrets Act Amendment Bill to provide that it should be a defence in a prosecution under the Act that the disclosure of official secret was in the public interest

Barisan Nasional MPs are ‘convinced’ not by the reasons for the OSA Amendment Bill, but by the ‘whip’ of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, IN Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 1986:

Barisan Nasional MPs are ‘convinced’ not by the reasons for the OSA Amendment Bill, but by the ‘whip’ of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed.

The meeting of the Barisan Nasional MPs with the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, yesterday on the Official Secrets Act Amendment Bill is a great disappointment. Continue reading Barisan Nasional MPs are ‘convinced’ not by the reasons for the OSA Amendment Bill, but by the ‘whip’ of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed

DAP will propose amendments to the OSA Amendment Bill during Committee stage to delete the mandatory minimum one-year jail sentences and the all-encompassing definition of ‘official secret’

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP For Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, at the Aliran public forum on the Official Secrets Act held at the Penang Chinese Town Hall on Tuesday, 25th Nov. 1986 at 8 p.m.

DAP will propose amendments to the OSA Amendment Bill during Committee stage to delete the mandatory minimum one-year jail sentences and the all-encompassing definition of ‘official secret’

From the statement of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, in Malacca on Friday, it is clear that he will not brook dissent within Barisan Nasional ranks on the Official Secrets Act Amendment Bill, and has laid down the law in his meeting with Barisan Nasional MPs yesterday that the Whip would be applied requiring the MPs to vote for the Bill. Continue reading DAP will propose amendments to the OSA Amendment Bill during Committee stage to delete the mandatory minimum one-year jail sentences and the all-encompassing definition of ‘official secret’

DAP calls for an Independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate how the negligence and irresponsibility of the Government had been the single biggest cause of the $1.5 billion Co-operative Finance Calamity

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP For Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday, Nov. 24, 1986 on the motion to cut the salary of Minister of Finance, Daim Zainuddin, by $10 during the Finance Ministry estimates of the 1987 Budget debate.

DAP calls for an Independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate how the negligence and irresponsibility of the Government had been the single biggest cause of the $1.5 billion Co-operative Finance Calamity.

Two weeks ago, the government presented the White Paper on the 24 deposit-taking co-operatives and the $1.5 billion Co-operative
Calamity of 588,000 depositors, in which it said: Continue reading DAP calls for an Independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate how the negligence and irresponsibility of the Government had been the single biggest cause of the $1.5 billion Co-operative Finance Calamity