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Tan Koon Swan must be personally responsible for the three-month long campaign of vilification carried out by the Tan Koon Swan – controlled thrice – weekly Berita Awam

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang,
in Malacca on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1984 at 11a.m.

Tan Koon Swan must be personally responsible for the three-month long campaign of vilification carried out by the Tan Koon Swan – controlled thrice – weekly Berita Awam

For three months, the thrice – weekly publication, Berita Awam, which is controlled by the Tan Koon Swan MCA faction, had been carrying out a vicious and irresponsible campaign of vilification against me because of mt Bukit China stand. Continue reading Tan Koon Swan must be personally responsible for the three-month long campaign of vilification carried out by the Tan Koon Swan – controlled thrice – weekly Berita Awam

Call on Datuk Musa Hitam to ensure that there is no cover – up in the death of Tee Kian Eng

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Monday, 1.10.1984:

Call on Datuk Musa Hitam to ensure that there is no cover – up in the death of Tee Kian Eng

I am surprised at the outburst of Datuk Musa Hitam, Acting Prime Minister, on Sunday that those who attempt to undermine the government’s efforts to fight the dadah menace as akin to dadah pedlars, when he was asked to comment on the death of Tee Kian Eng who died on Sept. 25 after he was committed to Pusat Serentai Tampin by the magistrates’s court the day before. Continue reading Call on Datuk Musa Hitam to ensure that there is no cover – up in the death of Tee Kian Eng

Musa Hitam asked to investigate into alleations of improper conduct by top Johore police officers

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Seremban on Friday, 28.9.1984:

Musa Hitam asked to investigate into alleations of improper conduct by top Johore police officers

I have today written to the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Datuk Musa Hitam, calling for thorough top-level investigation into allegations of improper conduct by top Johore police officers. Continue reading Musa Hitam asked to investigate into alleations of improper conduct by top Johore police officers

The Bukit China issue will be symbolic and test as to whether the authorities accet and respect the multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural basis of Malaysian nation and the democratic system

Speech by Parliamentary opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Kedah State DAP Save Bukit China Committee meeting held in Alor Star on Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m.

The Bukit China issue will be symbolic and test as to whether the authorities accet and respect the multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural basis of Malaysian nation and the democratic system

The nation-wide campaign to Save Bukit China is a test of whether the Barisan Nasional, both at state and national level, accept and respect the multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural basis of Malaysia and the democratic system. Continue reading The Bukit China issue will be symbolic and test as to whether the authorities accet and respect the multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural basis of Malaysian nation and the democratic system

Lim Kit Siang writes to Datuk Musa Hitam to demand that the person or persons responsible for the death of Tee Kian Eng at the Pusat Serenti Tampin should be charged with murder

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 27.9.1984

Lim Kit Siang writes to Datuk Musa Hitam to demand that the person or persons responsible for the death of Tee Kian Eng at the Pusat Serenti Tampin should be charged with murder

I have written today to the Acting Prime Minister and the Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam, calling for the person or persons responsible for the death of tee Kian Eng to be charged with murder regardless of their rank at the Pusat Srenti Tampin. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang writes to Datuk Musa Hitam to demand that the person or persons responsible for the death of Tee Kian Eng at the Pusat Serenti Tampin should be charged with murder

DAP gravely concerned at the increasing incidence of crimes involving students in Schools and calls for a nation-wide review and solution of the problem

Press Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in PJ on 25th Sept. 1984

DAP gravely concerned at the increasing incidence of crimes involving students in Schools and calls for a nation-wide review and solution of the problem

I am very seriously concerned at the increasing incidence of crime involving students in schools, which seem to becoming a grave problem in schools in various parts of the country. Continue reading DAP gravely concerned at the increasing incidence of crimes involving students in Schools and calls for a nation-wide review and solution of the problem

DAP gives notice to Dewan Rakyat Speaker to move a motion For the establishment of Royal Commission of Inquiry into the BMF loans scandal

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 25.9.1984

DAP gives notice to Dewan Rakyat Speaker to move a motion For the establishment of Royal Commission of Inquiry into the BMF loans scandal

The call by the Chairman of the Bumiputra Malaysia Finance loans scandal inquiry committee, Tan Sri Ahmad Nordin, for a Royal Commission of Inquiry nine months after his appointment and the submission of the interim report of the committee is clearly a plaintive cry of frustration, helplessness and even futility in trying to get to the bottom of the BMF loans scandal. Continue reading DAP gives notice to Dewan Rakyat Speaker to move a motion For the establishment of Royal Commission of Inquiry into the BMF loans scandal

Malacca Chief Minister’s description of Bukit China as a ‘white elephant’ is highly offensive and hurts the cultural, religious sensitivities and feelings of the Chinese community

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Selangor DAP Save Bukit China Committee meeting held on Tuesday, 25.9.1984 at 8 p.m.

Malacca Chief Minister’s description of Bukit China as a ‘white elephant’ is highly offensive and hurts the cultural, religious sensitivities and feelings of the Chinese community

In the latest issue of ASIAWEEK magazine, the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, dismissed the Bukit China in Malacca as a ‘white elephant’ declaring: “We can’t have a white elephant right in the middle of town”. Continue reading Malacca Chief Minister’s description of Bukit China as a ‘white elephant’ is highly offensive and hurts the cultural, religious sensitivities and feelings of the Chinese community

Call on the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Modamed, to rescind the decision on a radioactive waste dump in Papan if the government and scientists could not convince the people of Papan of its safety

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Meleka, Lim Kit Siang, on his visit to Papan on the radioactive waste dump on Sunday, 23.9.84 at 12.30 pm

Call on the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Modamed, to rescind the decision on a radioactive waste dump in Papan if the government and scientists could not convince the people of Papan of its safety

As a parliamentary democracy, where the government is elected by the people, the government must respect and not dismiss the views of the people as destructive, ignorant or motivated by malice. Continue reading Call on the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Modamed, to rescind the decision on a radioactive waste dump in Papan if the government and scientists could not convince the people of Papan of its safety

Ipoh Structure Plan will not help in achieving national unity as it is a plan to ‘bumiputra-ise’ and not to ‘Malaysian-ise’ Ipoh

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Perak meeting on ‘Ipoh Structure Plan’ held at Perak DAP premises on Sunday, 23.9.1984

Ipoh Structure Plan will not help in achieving national unity as it is a plan to ‘bumiputra-ise’ and not to ‘Malaysian-ise’ Ipoh

The DAP oppose the Ipoh Structure Plan for a number of fundamental reasons. Continue reading Ipoh Structure Plan will not help in achieving national unity as it is a plan to ‘bumiputra-ise’ and not to ‘Malaysian-ise’ Ipoh