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Call on Inspector-General of Police to hold a public Inquiry into the shocking case PEE CHING CHOW

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at a Press Conference held at DAP Malacca premises on Wednesday, 5th Oct. 1977 at 10.30 a.m.

Call on Inspector-General of Police to hold a public Inquiry into the shocking case PEE CHING CHOW who was released from Pulau Jerejak on completion of two years’ detention and returned to his Segamat family as a corpse; and Call on public-spirited Malaysians to donate generously for the educational fund of the four Pee children

I call this Press Conference to make public, and to call on the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar, to institute a public inquiry into the shocking case of PEE CHING CHOW, 32, a sub-contractor from 254, Bukit Siput New Village, Segamat, Johore, who was released from Pulau Jerejak on completion of two years’ detention and returned to his waiting family in Bukit Siput, Segamat, as a corpse. Continue reading Call on Inspector-General of Police to hold a public Inquiry into the shocking case PEE CHING CHOW

DAP calls for a Special Ministry to look after Welfare of estate workers

Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General. Lim Kit Siang, to the DAP National Estates and Mines Sub Committee’s inaugural meeting held on 5th October, 1977, at 8 p.m. at DAP Headquarters, Petaling Jaya.

DAP calls for a Special Ministry to look after Welfare of estate workers

When the DAP first formed the National Estates Sub Committee in 1972, the Government, despite MIC participation in the Cabinet and Parliament, was not prepared to admit that estate workers comprise one of the poverty groups in the country who deserve special attention and help. Continue reading DAP calls for a Special Ministry to look after Welfare of estate workers

Challenge to MCA and MCA Youth to declare clearly whether they support or oppose Essential (Security Cases) Regulations 1975

Speech by Parliament Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Solidarity Dinner organised by the Selangor/Federal Territory DAP State Sub-Committee at Thin Kiew Leng Khai Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, 3.10.1977 at 8 p.m.

Challenge to MCA and MCA Youth to declare clearly whether they support or oppose Essential (Security Cases) Regulations 1975 which makes it mandatory to sentence juvenile offenders to death

I note with interest the statement by the MCA Youth Headquarters in Kluang, Johore, yesterday, that they are deeply concerned about the death sentence passed on the 14-year-old condemned boy from Penang. for unlawful possession of a pistol and ammunition, and their offer of help. They seem to have awaken up to this problem very late in the day. Continue reading Challenge to MCA and MCA Youth to declare clearly whether they support or oppose Essential (Security Cases) Regulations 1975

At the request of the parents of the 14-year-old condemned DAP to await outcome of Privy Council appeal before launching a national signature campaign and international sympathy campaign to commute death sentence of the boy to a few years in a Reform School so as not to prejudge the Privy Council appeal

Statement by Parliament Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and National Chairman of the Campaign to Save 14-Year-Old Condemned at a Press Conference at DAP Kuala Lumpur promises, 63D Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur on Monday, 3rd October 1977 at 12 noon

At the request of the parents of the 14-year-old condemned DAP to await outcome of Privy Council appeal before launching a national signature campaign and international sympathy campaign to commute death sentence of the boy to a few years in a Reform School so as not to prejudge the Privy Council appeal

This is the third Press Conference that I have called in connection with the 14-year-old condemned, the first one on 10th September 1977 in Penang announcing the intention of the DAP to start a mass nation-wide signature campaign to get the boy out of the death cell in Penang Prisons pending appeal; the second one on 14th Sept. 1977 in Kuala Lumpur announcing the official launching of the mass nation-wide signature campaign to get the condemned boy out of the death cell. The response from the Government had been rapid, for the condemned boy was taken out of the death cell after the launching of the campaign on Sept. 14. Continue reading At the request of the parents of the 14-year-old condemned DAP to await outcome of Privy Council appeal before launching a national signature campaign and international sympathy campaign to commute death sentence of the boy to a few years in a Reform School so as not to prejudge the Privy Council appeal

Rule of law – why double standard adopted by Government?

Speech by DAP National Organising Secretary and DAP perak State Assemblyman for Gopeng, P.Patto, at the DAP Solidarity Dinner organized by the DAP Selangor/Federal Territory Sub-Committee and held at Tian Kiew Leng Kee Restaurant, Jalan Sekolah, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, 3rd October, 1977 at 7.00 p.m

Rule of law – why double standard adopted by Government?

One of the tenets in the Rukunegara, which is still claimed to have been fathered by the Gerakan, is the “Rule of Law”. Not a day passes without a Government Minister talking about the “Rule of Law” in Malaysia. Continue reading Rule of law – why double standard adopted by Government?

Challenge to the new Perak Mentri Besar, Wan Mohamed Wan Teh to take immediate actions to prove the sincerity, integrity and incorruptibility of his Administration

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, when officially opening the DAP Rural Affairs Sub-Committee Political Seminar for branch representatives held in Ipoh on Saturday, 1st Oct. 1977 at 2 p.m.

Challenge to the new Perak Mentri Besar, Wan Mohamed Wan Teh to take immediate actions to prove the sincerity, integrity and incorruptibility of his Administration

The State of Perak has got a new Mentri Besar today, in the person of Wan Mohamed Wan Teh, Assemblymen for Temenggor. But what else has the people got? Will they get a Government of able, dedicated, self-sacrificing government leaders who are honest, incorruptible and man of undoubted integrity? Or will the people of Perak, whether in the kampongs or estates or towns continue to be neglected and ignored while the small group of top political leaders in UMNO and Barisan Nasional exploit the State’s rich natural resources for their own personal advancement? Continue reading Challenge to the new Perak Mentri Besar, Wan Mohamed Wan Teh to take immediate actions to prove the sincerity, integrity and incorruptibility of his Administration

Lim Kit Siang shocked by demolition of Munisvaran Temple in Batang Berjuntai by police and District Office enforcement unit and sends protest cables to Acting Prime Minister, Home Affairs Minister and Selangor Mentri Besar

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, on Friday, 30th Sept. 1977:

Lim Kit Siang shocked by demolition of Munisvaran Temple in Batang Berjuntai by police and District Office enforcement unit and sends protest cables to Acting Prime Minister, Home Affairs Minister and Selangor Mentri Besar

Yesterday, at about 2 p.m., I received a telegram in Malacca from Batang Berjuntai which read: “Hindu Temple Demolished. Please Take Action. Rukunegara Died. Committee Kuil. Batang Berjuntai”. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang shocked by demolition of Munisvaran Temple in Batang Berjuntai by police and District Office enforcement unit and sends protest cables to Acting Prime Minister, Home Affairs Minister and Selangor Mentri Besar

Call on Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed, to pay attention to the possibility of de-recognition of the MBBS degree of the University of Malaya by the United Kingdom General Medical Council

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, when addressing a meeting of branch leaders of DAP branches in the Tanjong Malim Parliamentary Constituency held at Slim River Branch on Friday, 30th Sept. 1977 at 7.30 p.m.

Call on Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed, to pay attention to the possibility of de-recognition of the MBBS degree of the University of Malaya by the United Kingdom General Medical Council in five years time, and to take urgent steps to raise medical standards

Last month, when I addressed the Perak DAP State Sub-Committee on August 28, I expressed the general growing concern that the standards in the Medical Faculty in the University of Malaya, which had a high international reputation when it first started, had been suffering serious erosion of standards. Continue reading Call on Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed, to pay attention to the possibility of de-recognition of the MBBS degree of the University of Malaya by the United Kingdom General Medical Council

DAP calls for the immediate doubling of the present three Industrial Court Divisions to six to deal with industrial disputes expeditiously and avoid denial of justice by prolonged delay

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugural meeting of the Selangor/Federal Territory DAP Labour Bureau held at DAP Hqs on Thursday, 29th Sept. 1977 at 9.30 p.m.

DAP calls for the immediate doubling of the present three Industrial Court Divisions to six to deal with industrial disputes expeditiously and avoid denial of justice by prolonged delay

The purpose of an Industrial Court is to be able to deal with industrial disputes expeditiously, without the formal trappings of Court procedures, for the maxim ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ is even more pertinent in industrial disputed affecting questions like reinstatement. Continue reading DAP calls for the immediate doubling of the present three Industrial Court Divisions to six to deal with industrial disputes expeditiously and avoid denial of justice by prolonged delay

Malaysian consumers should not be submissive but must resort to ‘direct action’ to protest against increase in prices, fares, breakdown of essential services or low quality of goods or services

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, when speaking at the Mooncake festival party organised by the Pulau Sebang DAP Branch at Pulau Sebang, Malacca on Wednesday, 28th Sept. 1977 at 8 p.m.

Malaysian consumers should not be submissive but must resort to ‘direct action’ to protest against increase in prices, fares, breakdown of essential services or low quality of goods or services

Although various consumer bodies have been formed in the country, the consumers continues to be a very exploited lot, as can be seen by the spiraling of prices of goods, increase in fares of bus an taxis, constant breakdown of essential services or low quality of goods or service. Continue reading Malaysian consumers should not be submissive but must resort to ‘direct action’ to protest against increase in prices, fares, breakdown of essential services or low quality of goods or services