Category: Abuse of Power

DAP calls on Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to remove Harris Salleh As Sabah Chief Minister for the repeated dishonour he had brought to Malaysia in international circles by his excesses and abuses of power.

A Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General ` and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a ceramah organised by the SEAPARK DAP Branch in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 3.1.l985 at 8pm.

DAP calls on Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to remove Harris Salleh As Sabah Chief Minister for the repeated dishonour he had brought to Malaysia in international circles by his excesses and abuses of power.

Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Harris Salleh, had again tarnished Malaysia’s international image by his abuses and excesses of power, when he abolished Tambunan’s status as a district, and the closure of all government departments in the area, when the Berjaya candidate was decisively defeated in the Tambunan by-election last Saturday. Continue reading DAP calls on Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to remove Harris Salleh As Sabah Chief Minister for the repeated dishonour he had brought to Malaysia in international circles by his excesses and abuses of power.

Lim Kit Siang offers to be go-between to finalise details of the UMNO-PAS debate so that it could be held and not scuttled by inconclusive preliminaries

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Selat Klang DAP Anniversary Dinner at Port Klang on Wednesday, 5.9.1984 at 9 p.m.

Lim Kit Siang offers to be go-between to finalise details of the UMNO-PAS debate so that it could be held and not scuttled by inconclusive preliminaries

On August 25, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, challenged PAS to a series of debates to be telecast live on all topics, including the assimilation of Islam in the nation’s administration. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang offers to be go-between to finalise details of the UMNO-PAS debate so that it could be held and not scuttled by inconclusive preliminaries

DAP calls for the establishment of two Royal Commissions of inquiry into (i) Corruption, abuse of power and breach of trust in public life; and (ii) Racial Polarisation

1984 National Day Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang released on August 30 1984

DAP calls for the establishment of two Royal Commissions of inquiry into (i) Corruption, abuse of power and breach of trust in public life; and (ii) Racial Polarisation

The 1984 National Day Theme is ‘Trust as the Foundation of Success’. Although Dr. Mahathir Mohamed started his premiership with a clarion call for the stamping out of graft – corruption, abuse of power and breach of trust in the public life has never been so rampant under the 2M administration as it is now. Continue reading DAP calls for the establishment of two Royal Commissions of inquiry into (i) Corruption, abuse of power and breach of trust in public life; and (ii) Racial Polarisation

A full public report on the causes of the cave-in to the $90 million Kuala Lumpur- Seremban highway should be made public

Statement by Parliament Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary- Genenral, Lim Kit Siang, on Monday, 18th July 1983.

A full public report on the causes of the cave-in to the $90 million Kuala Lumpur- Seremban highway should be made public following the shocking disclosure by the Geological Survey Department that it was not consulted before work on the highway commenced.

The disclosure by the Geological Survey Department that it was not consulted by the Public Workds Department before work on the $90 million project started in 1975 has thrown a completely new light on the cave- in and damage to the highway, 22 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur. Continue reading A full public report on the causes of the cave-in to the $90 million Kuala Lumpur- Seremban highway should be made public

Home Affairs Ministry probe into allegation of torture at Tampin Drug Rehabilitation Centre welcomed

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday,2 19.6.1983:

Home Affairs Ministry probe into allegation of torture at Tampin Drug Rehabilitation Centre welcomed

I welcome the prompt action by Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate into the allegation by an electrical shop- assistant, Ng Yong Sin, 18 from Malacca that he was tortured while at theTampin Drug Rehabilitation Centre for a urine test, which proved that he was not a drug addict. Continue reading Home Affairs Ministry probe into allegation of torture at Tampin Drug Rehabilitation Centre welcomed

Bintulu-isation of NEP

(Speech by the Parliamentary Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the Royal Address on March 18, 1982)

We are entering the second decade of the New Economic Policy, and on the threshold of launching the Fourth Malaysia Five Year Plan. Central to the success of the New Economic Policy as the government’s basic strategy to create a united, peaceful and prosperous Malaysia is the strict adherence of the government at all levels to the NEP’s cardinal tenets that “no particular group would experience any loss or feel any sense of deprivation of its rights, privileges, income, job or opportunity” and that there would be no robbing Peter to pay Paul’.

If it gains general currency that these cardinal tenets of the NEP are not respected, then irreparable harm would be done to the entire process of nation building in Malaysia. Continue reading Bintulu-isation of NEP

Urgent cable to Acting Prime Minister urging immediate inquiry and stern disciplinary action including court martial against soldiers involved in rampage assaulting and molesting tappers at Batu 66, Mengkarak on February 26, 1982

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Monday, 1st, March, 1982.

Urgent cable to Acting Prime Minister urging immediate inquiry and stern disciplinary action including court martial against soldiers involved in rampage assaulting and molesting tappers at Batu 66, Mengkarak on February 26, 1982

I have today sent an urgent cable to Acting Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, urging an immediate inquiry and stern disciplinary action including court martial against a platoon of soldiers who went on a rampage last Friday at Batu 66, Mengkarak, Pahang, assaulting and molesting rubber tappers in their holdings, including, women and a 13-years-old boy. Continue reading Urgent cable to Acting Prime Minister urging immediate inquiry and stern disciplinary action including court martial against soldiers involved in rampage assaulting and molesting tappers at Batu 66, Mengkarak on February 26, 1982

Datuk Musa Hitam, to take immediate and firm action against a platoon of armed forces which went on a rampage some seven miles from Mengkarak new village on Friday assaulting and molesting rubber tappers

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 28th Feb. 1982 at 2 p.m.

Call on Acting Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, to take immediate and firm action against a platoon of armed forces which went on a rampage some seven miles from Mengkarak new village on Friday assaulting and molesting rubber tappers.

On Friday, 26th February, 1982, from between 8 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. at Mengkarak Batu 66 rubber smallholdings, a platoon of soldiers went on a rampage against the tappers working on the holdings, assaulting them with rifles, slapping and kicking the men, women, girls and even a 13-year-old boy, demanding that they strip themselves, resulting in one serious case of injury and hospitalisation in the Mentakab General Hospital. Continue reading Datuk Musa Hitam, to take immediate and firm action against a platoon of armed forces which went on a rampage some seven miles from Mengkarak new village on Friday assaulting and molesting rubber tappers

Call on the Perak State Government to explain how it could impose a premium of $23,920 for a new village housing lot when the market value of the house is only $5,000?

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Dinner in Teluk Anson to celebrate the Party’s 15th Anniversary on Friday, 18th Sept. 1981 at 8 pm.

Call on the Perak State Government to explain how it could impose a premium of $23,920 for a new village housing lot when the market value of the house is only $5,000?

With Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and Datuk Musa Hitam, taking over the reins or power as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, the newspapers have been full of daily reports about how the government at all levels would be clean, efficient and courteous. Continue reading Call on the Perak State Government to explain how it could impose a premium of $23,920 for a new village housing lot when the market value of the house is only $5,000?

Call on Registrar of Companies, Haji Zulkifli Mahmood, to explain what action he has taken against Cerdik Holdings Bhd. For violating the Companies Act in inviting public subscription to its shares without a registered prospectus.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP dinner in Batu Gajah to honour 1 Sdr. Chua Heng Kai and Sdr. Chan Kok Kit on their unconditional release after 4 years and 9 months of detention under the Internal Security Act on Saturday, Sept. at 8 pm.

Call on Registrar of Companies, Haji Zulkifli Mahmood, to explain what action he has taken against Cerdik Holdings Bhd. For violating the Companies Act in inviting public subscription to its shares without a registered prospectus.

With the accession of Dr. Mahathir and Datuk Musa as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, one of the early themes of their administration is for a clean, honest and incorrupt government and political leadership. Continue reading Call on Registrar of Companies, Haji Zulkifli Mahmood, to explain what action he has taken against Cerdik Holdings Bhd. For violating the Companies Act in inviting public subscription to its shares without a registered prospectus.