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If Police allow USNO members and supporters to hold demonstrations in mosques, will they also allow PAS members and supporters to hold demonstrations in mosques and Peninsular Malaysia?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, March 17, 1986:

If Police allow USNO members and supporters to hold demonstrations in mosques, will they also allow PAS members and supporters to hold demonstrations in mosques and Peninsular Malaysia?

I commend the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar, for making it clear that the demonstration in Sabah in the past few days are illegal. He must make it clear that the Police will not allow any group to escalate the tension, fear and insecurity in Sabah or to engineer religious conflict in the latest attempt to achieve their political objectives. Continue reading If Police allow USNO members and supporters to hold demonstrations in mosques, will they also allow PAS members and supporters to hold demonstrations in mosques and Peninsular Malaysia?

1986 Official Secrets Act amendment bill to make mandatory one-year-minimum jail sentence for all offences aims at producing a cowed Parliament and cowed Press – and should be referred to Select Committee before any debate in Parliament

Extract of Paper by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, on ‘Parliamentary Privileges’ at the National Union of Journalists ASEAN Press DAY seminar on ‘Press Freedom & the Law’ at the New Straits Times lecture theatre, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, March 16, 1986 at 10.30 a.m.

1986 Official Secrets Act amendment bill to make mandatory one-year-minimum jail sentence for all offences aims at producing a cowed Parliament and cowed Press – and should be referred to Select Committee before any debate in Parliament

Malaysian journalists have rightly been concerned about the 1986 Official Secrets Act amendment bill aimed at making all offences have a mandatory one-year minimum jail sentence. Continue reading 1986 Official Secrets Act amendment bill to make mandatory one-year-minimum jail sentence for all offences aims at producing a cowed Parliament and cowed Press – and should be referred to Select Committee before any debate in Parliament

DAP challenge to Rais Yatim to a series of TV debates on the BMF Final Report to justify the Minister’s allegations that the Report was ‘lopsided’, unfair and lack credibility

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Saturday, March 15, 1986:

DAP challenge to Rais Yatim to a series of TV debates on the BMF Final Report to justify the Minister’s allegations that the Report was ‘lopsided’, unfair and lack credibility

The Minister for Information and UMNO Information Chief, Datuk Rais Yatim, alleged in Johore Bahru yesterday that the BMF Final Report of the Ahmad Nordin Inquiry Committee was ‘unfair’, ’lop-sided’ and lack credibility, and that Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin was not a ‘hero’ as many thought. Continue reading DAP challenge to Rais Yatim to a series of TV debates on the BMF Final Report to justify the Minister’s allegations that the Report was ‘lopsided’, unfair and lack credibility

DAP motion in Parliament to express appreciation to the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee for its Briefs and Reports which had for the first time thrown light on the enormity of crime, fraud and theft and complexity of the BMF Scandal

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, March 15, 1986:

DAP motion in Parliament to express appreciation to the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee for its Briefs and Reports which had for the first time thrown light on the enormity of crime, fraud and theft and complexity of the BMF Scandal

I have submitted a motion to the Speaker of Parliament, Tan Sri Zahir Ismail, for Parliament to express its appreciation to the three-man Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee for its Briefs and Reports which had for the first time thrown light on the enormity of the crime, fraud and theft and complexity of the BMF Scandal. Continue reading DAP motion in Parliament to express appreciation to the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee for its Briefs and Reports which had for the first time thrown light on the enormity of crime, fraud and theft and complexity of the BMF Scandal

Call on Prime Minister to issue a final warning to USNO and Berjaya leaders to stop their campaign of agitation to create unrest and turmoil in Sabah or face the full rigours of the law against the two parties as well as their leaders

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 14th March, 1986:

Call on Prime Minister to issue a final warning to USNO and Berjaya leaders to stop their campaign of agitation to create unrest and turmoil in Sabah or face the full rigours of the law against the two parties as well as their leaders

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, yesterday challenged me to prove my statement in Parliament on Wednesday that the latest spate of demonstrations and bomb explasions were part of a plan to get the Federal Government to take over Sabah and declare emergency rule. Continue reading Call on Prime Minister to issue a final warning to USNO and Berjaya leaders to stop their campaign of agitation to create unrest and turmoil in Sabah or face the full rigours of the law against the two parties as well as their leaders

Call on Prime Minister to issue a final warning to USNO and Berjaya leaders to stop their campaign of agitation to create unrest and turmoil in Sabah or face the full rigours of the law against the two parties as well as their leaders

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 14th March, 1986:

Call on Prime Minister to issue a final warning to USNO and Berjaya leaders to stop their campaign of agitation to create unrest and turmoil in Sabah or face the full rigours of the law against the two parties as well as their leaders

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, yesterday challenged me to prove my statement in Parliament on Wednesday that the latest spate of demonstrations and bomb explasions were part of a plan to get the Federal Government to take over Sabah and declare emergency rule. Continue reading Call on Prime Minister to issue a final warning to USNO and Berjaya leaders to stop their campaign of agitation to create unrest and turmoil in Sabah or face the full rigours of the law against the two parties as well as their leaders

An Opposition-headed Public Account Committee would have investigated into the BMF Scandal, and this is why the Government convention of having Opposition to head PAC

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the MTUC forum on “The Abuse of the New Economic Policy, its implementation and the BMF Scandal” at Bangunan Buruh, Petaling Jaya on Friday, 14th March 1986 at 5 p.m.

An Opposition-headed Public Account Committee would have investigated into the BMF Scandal, and this is why the Government convention of having Opposition to head PAC

The $2.5 billion Bumiputra Malaysia Finance Scandal is the biggest theft and fraud of the funds of the Bank and the people of Malaysia, to the extent that if the Bank Bumiputra had been a private company, it would have to be declared a bankrupt bank. In the event, the multi-billion dollar reserves of Petronas’ petro-dollars had to be used to bail out Bank Bumiputra. Continue reading An Opposition-headed Public Account Committee would have investigated into the BMF Scandal, and this is why the Government convention of having Opposition to head PAC

Call on the Bank Bumiputra Chairman and other Board Members to resign if they are not prepared to implement the recommendations and findings of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, March 13, 1986:

Call on the Bank Bumiputra Chairman and other Board Members to resign if they are not prepared to implement the recommendations and findings of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee

Bank Bumiputra Chairman, Tan Sri Bashir Ismail and the Bank BumiputraBoard members should resign if they are not prepared to implement the recommendations and finding of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee, either because they lack the power to act independently or for fear of alienating powerful and influential people. Continue reading Call on the Bank Bumiputra Chairman and other Board Members to resign if they are not prepared to implement the recommendations and findings of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee

Sports Toto is the best example as to how privatization has degenerated into piratisation where a select few had been allowed to raid the government domain for their self-interest at public expense

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Dewan Rakyat on Friday, March 13, 1987 on the 1986 Supplementary Estimates

Sports Toto is the best example as to how privatization has degenerated into piratisation where a select few had been allowed to raid the government domain for their self-interest at public expense

The Government has come to the House for approval for three sets of supplementary estimates, the second supplementary operating estimates for 1986, and supplementary estimates for 1985 as well as for 1986 – all totaling some $1,300 million. Continue reading Sports Toto is the best example as to how privatization has degenerated into piratisation where a select few had been allowed to raid the government domain for their self-interest at public expense

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to follow up on the ‘fresh leads’ and to complete the work of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to expose the top political personalities responsible for the $2.5 billion BMF scandal

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday, March 11, 1986 on the Motion of Thanks on the Royal Address

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to follow up on the ‘fresh leads’ and to complete the work of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to expose the top political personalities responsible for the $2.5 billion BMF scandal

Malaysia is going through a grave national crisis. Never before in our 29-year history, have we been confronted with so many complex and fundamental problems on virtually all fronts, whether politics, economics, education; religion, nation-building or in our social life. Continue reading DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to follow up on the ‘fresh leads’ and to complete the work of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to expose the top political personalities responsible for the $2.5 billion BMF scandal