Category: Accountability

Call on IGP, Tan Sri Hanif Omar, to ensure that the police allow Mary Anne Ariokadass to come to Kuala Lumpur to get the protection, shelter and counseling of Women’s Aid Organisation

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, April 28, 1991:

Call on IGP, Tan Sri Hanif Omar, to ensure that the police allow Mary Anne Ariokadass to come to Kuala Lumpur to get the protection, shelter and counseling of Women’s Aid Organisation

I am very concerned about the whereabouts and safety of Mary Anne Ariokadass alias Siti Khadijah Mary Anne Abdullah, 30, wife of a detective who had lodged a police report that she had been raped, blackmailed and forced into prostitution by a group of policemen, including officers in Selama, Perak. Continue reading Call on IGP, Tan Sri Hanif Omar, to ensure that the police allow Mary Anne Ariokadass to come to Kuala Lumpur to get the protection, shelter and counseling of Women’s Aid Organisation

Liong Sik behaving true to character when he dared not accept my counter-challenge to a public debate on his allegations against me

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Wednesday, Sept.19, 1990 at 11.30 am

Liong Sik behaving true to character when he dared not accept my counter-challenge to a public debate on his allegations against me

I had accurately read the character of the MCA President, Datuk Ling Liong Sik, when I issued a counter-challenge to him yesterday to a series of nation-wide debate, starting with seven states of Penang, Perak Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Johore, on his allegation that I had sold out the Chinese rights and interests in my eagerness to become Penang Chief Minister. Continue reading Liong Sik behaving true to character when he dared not accept my counter-challenge to a public debate on his allegations against me

Why are Ean Kwong and Chong Eu so silent about the fact that hundreds of cheques had been operated by Sun Lee & Co which Ean Kwong claimed was not an active account?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Wednesday, Sept.19, 1990:

Why are Ean Kwong and Chong Eu so silent about the fact that hundreds of cheques had been operated by Sun Lee & Co which Ean Kwong claimed was not an active account?

A week had passed since I challenged the Penang Speaker, Datuk Ooi Ean Kwong, to deny that he had operated hundreds of cheques for the Sun Lee & Co during the 27 months he was barred from business from December 1986 to March 1989. Continue reading Why are Ean Kwong and Chong Eu so silent about the fact that hundreds of cheques had been operated by Sun Lee & Co which Ean Kwong claimed was not an active account?

Is Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik above the law that the Anwar Cabinet Committee, Anti-Corruption Agency and all the other law—enforcement agencies dare not investigate into his multiple offences?

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the opening of the Johore DAP State Convention held at Tangkak, Johore on Sunday , 9th eptember 1990 at 10 a.m.

Is Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik above the law that the Anwar Cabinet Committee, Anti-Corruption Agency and all the other law—enforcement agencies dare not investigate into his multiple offences?

Corruption, abuses of power and government malpractices are the great ills of the Barisan Nasional Government, especially when it wields unchecked power because of its overwhelming two-thirds majority in Parliament. Continue reading Is Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik above the law that the Anwar Cabinet Committee, Anti-Corruption Agency and all the other law—enforcement agencies dare not investigate into his multiple offences?

DAP calls on the Registrar of Companies to take action against the Bolton Properties directors for breaking the law in giving a $8.9 million interest-free loan to Ling Liong Sik to acquire 5 million shares in Bolton Finance

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Petaling Jaya Election Committee meeting held at Sea Park Branch in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, September 4, 1990 at 8.30 p.m.

DAP calls on the Registrar of Companies to take action against the Bolton Properties directors for breaking the law in giving a $8.9 million interest-free loan to Ling Liong Sik to acquire 5 million shares in Bolton Finance

Yesterday, at the Malacca DAP ceramah to welcome the entry into the DAP of 27 Chinese educationists and human rights activists, I challenged the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to declare the government’s stand on the MCA President and Transport Minister, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, for violating the law that a Minister cannot engage in any private business. Continue reading DAP calls on the Registrar of Companies to take action against the Bolton Properties directors for breaking the law in giving a $8.9 million interest-free loan to Ling Liong Sik to acquire 5 million shares in Bolton Finance

Call on Malaysians to decide for change in the 1990s to save democracy, fight corruption and build national unity

1990 National Day Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, released in Penang on August 30, 1990.

Call on Malaysians to decide for change in the 1990s to save democracy, fight corruption and build national unity.

Malaysians will celebrate the 3rd National Day which will also take Malaysia into the last decade of the 20th century. Continue reading Call on Malaysians to decide for change in the 1990s to save democracy, fight corruption and build national unity

Call on Dr. Mahathir to instistute a public inquiry into serious MCA allegations questioning the intergrity of Ling Liong Sik involving his dealings in MPHB, KSM-MPHB Investment Fund, Roltan Finance and Pyemas

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secreatry-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the first meeting of the DAP Special Task Force on MCA allegations questioning the integrity of Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik at DAP PJ Hqrs on Wednesday, 29the August 1990 at 9p.m.

Call on Dr. Mahathir to instistute a public inquiry into serious MCA allegations questioning the intergrity of Ling Liong Sik involving his dealings in MPHB, KSM-MPHB Investment Fund, Roltan Finance and Pyemas.

The Inspectors-General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar, said recently in his talk on white-collar crime, that among the 4.324 people found to have been involved in misappropriation of funds over the past five years, there were 82 lawyers, 450 company directors, 427 businessmen, 168 Government servants and 3,197 company employees. The financial loss in the past five years amounted to $367 million from criminal beach of trust (CBT) and $233 million from cheating. Continue reading Call on Dr. Mahathir to instistute a public inquiry into serious MCA allegations questioning the intergrity of Ling Liong Sik involving his dealings in MPHB, KSM-MPHB Investment Fund, Roltan Finance and Pyemas

DAP calls on the Government to issue a White Paper on the handling of the UMNO properties and assets, and its billion-dollar debts, by the Official Assignee, Salmah Abdul Rahman

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, August 24, 1990:

DAP calls on the Government to issue a White Paper on the handling of the UMNO properties and assets, and its billion-dollar debts, by the Official Assignee, Salmah Abdul Rahman.

One of the most unsatisfactory and deplorable acts of the Barisan Nasional government is its handling of the UMNO properties and assets following the deregistration of UMNO, after the Prime Minister and Home Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, had refused to save UMNO although he had adequate powers under the Societies Act. Continue reading DAP calls on the Government to issue a White Paper on the handling of the UMNO properties and assets, and its billion-dollar debts, by the Official Assignee, Salmah Abdul Rahman

Call on the Selangor Mentri Besar, Tan Sri Datuk Muhamad bin Hj. Mohd. Taib to explain his abuse of power in overruling the PKNS Tender Board decision in the award of a tender in favour of an UMNO Assemblyman

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP PJ Hqrs on Thursday, 9th August 1990 at 11.30am.

Call on the Selangor Mentri Besar, Tan Sri Datuk Muhamad bin Hj. Mohd. Taib to explain his abuse of power in overruling the PKNS Tender Board decision in the award of a tender in favour of an UMNO Assemblyman

The Barisan Nasional Government has abandoned and forgotten its early pledges of a ‘clean, efficient and trustworthy’ administration, for abuses of power, breach of trust and corruption have never been so rampant in the history of the country as today. Continue reading Call on the Selangor Mentri Besar, Tan Sri Datuk Muhamad bin Hj. Mohd. Taib to explain his abuse of power in overruling the PKNS Tender Board decision in the award of a tender in favour of an UMNO Assemblyman

Before MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai announced at the Subang airport on his return from Australia on July 4 that he was challenging Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik for the post of MCA President, there were weeks of intense build – up by the Kim Sai faction to prepare the ground to justify such a contest

Paper by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Seminar on the Mass Media held at the Selangor Chinese assembly Hall on July, 1990.

Before MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai announced at the Subang airport on his return from Australia on July 4 that he was challenging Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik for the post of MCA President, there were weeks of intense build – up by the Kim Sai faction to prepare the ground to justify such a contest.

As the Ling Liong Sik faction was keeping a low profile at this period, the main press targets were inevitably MCA Secretary – General and Health Minister, Ng Cheng Kiat, and the two MCA Vice presidents and Deputy Ministers, Woon See Chin and Kok wee Kiat, who had declared their support for Kim Sai to challenge Liong Sik for the post of MCA President. Continue reading Before MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai announced at the Subang airport on his return from Australia on July 4 that he was challenging Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik for the post of MCA President, there were weeks of intense build – up by the Kim Sai faction to prepare the ground to justify such a contest