Category: Human Rights

DAP Launches Nation-Wide Mass Signature Campaign to Remove the 14-Year-Old Condemned from the Death Cell

Statement by Chairman of the Campaign to Save the 14-Year-Old Condemned, Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at a Press Conference held at 63-D Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur, officially announcing the start of the Campaign. The Conference is held on Wednesday, 14th Sept. 1977 at 12 p.m.

DAP Launches Nation-Wide Mass Signature Campaign to Remove the 14-Year-Old Condemned from the Death Cell

This Press Conference has been called to officially launch the nation-wide mass signature campaign to remove the 14-year-old condemned from the death cell in Penang Prisons to a Juvenile Centre, pending appeal.

I have with me the parents of the condemned boy, Mr. and Mrs. Lim Thuan Heng, the counsel for the boy, Sdr. Karpal Singh, who as DAP State Assemblyman for Alor Star is also Vice Chairman of this Campaign, Sdr. P. Pattoo, DAP National Organising Secretary and National Secretary of this campaign, and Sdr. Yusuf Badur, National Assistant Secretary of this Campaign. Continue reading DAP Launches Nation-Wide Mass Signature Campaign to Remove the 14-Year-Old Condemned from the Death Cell

Call to Malaysians with idealism and conscience to immediately contribute funds for the ‘Campaign to Save to 14-yearold condemned boy’ to enable the immediate mounting of an international campaign to complement the national campaign

Call to Malaysians with idealism and conscience to immediately contribute funds for the ‘Campaign to Save to 14-yearold condemned boy’ to enable the immediate mounting of an international campaign to complement the national campaign

Immediate substantial funds is needed to instantly launch an international campaign to save the 14-year-old condemned boy from the death cell, and I call on Malaysians of idealism and conscience, who would like to see Malaysian society infused with civilized and moral values, to contribute to this Campaign with substantial donations and immediately. Continue reading Call to Malaysians with idealism and conscience to immediately contribute funds for the ‘Campaign to Save to 14-yearold condemned boy’ to enable the immediate mounting of an international campaign to complement the national campaign

DAP to write to President Carter and Japanese and United States human rights organisations to ask them to petition the Prime Minister, Dato Hussein On, during his three week visit to the U.S. and Japan to remove the 14-year-old condemned boy from death cel

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at a dinner organised by the Penang Socialist Youth movement of the DAP at Jalan Station, Bukit Mertajam, on Sunday, 11th September 1977 at 7 p.m.

DAP to write to President Carter and Japanese and United States human rights organisations to ask them to petition the Prime Minister, Dato Hussein On, during his three week visit to the U.S. and Japan to remove the 14-year-old condemned boy from death cell

I will write to President Carter to ask him to take up with the Prime Minister, Dato Hussein Onn, and to seek the removal of the 14-year-old condemned boy from the death cell when the Prime Minister visits the United States early next month. Continue reading DAP to write to President Carter and Japanese and United States human rights organisations to ask them to petition the Prime Minister, Dato Hussein On, during his three week visit to the U.S. and Japan to remove the 14-year-old condemned boy from death cel

Lim Kit Siang calls for full public inquiry into the police shoot-out in the heart of Ipoh town

Lim Kit Siang calls for full public inquiry into the police shoot-out in the heart of Ipoh town on August 13, and asks for a meeting with Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar

Last weekend, when I was in Ipoh, I found the general Ipoh public very agitated and angry about the indiscriminate police public shooting in the heart of Ipoh town on August 13 of police escapees causing three deaths and one serious injury.

Wherever I went in Ipoh, the members of the public came up to me to register their revulsion and strong reaction against the police handling of the incident – although the incident took place two weeks previously. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang calls for full public inquiry into the police shoot-out in the heart of Ipoh town

Malaysian conscience shocked by mandatory death sentence on 14 years old on firearms charge

Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, on 26.8.1977:

Malaysian conscience shocked by mandatory death sentence on 14 years old on firearms charge.

The Malaysian conscience was shocked this morning when Malaysians woke up this morning to read from their newspaper about the death sentence passed a 14-year-old boy by the Penang High Court for guilty of having a pistol and ammunition.

I do not want to go into the merits or demerits of the case. It however highlights of a law which makes it mandatory for a death sentence to be passed even on a 14- year- old boy regardless of the surrounding circumstances of the possession of firearms. Continue reading Malaysian conscience shocked by mandatory death sentence on 14 years old on firearms charge

DAP calls on ASEAN governments to change their laws to respect and promote human rights in the region.

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugural meeting of the DAP Federal Territory/ Selangor Elections Preparations Committee meeting in K.L.DAP office on Thursday, 25th August 1977 at 7.30 p.m.

DAP calls on ASEAN governments to change their laws to respect and promote human rights in the region.

The time has come for the DAP at state and branch levels to prepare more systematically for the next general elections, which is not too far away.

The task of the Federal Territory/ Selangor Elections Preparations Committee will be to propose targets for the next general elections, and to execute plans at both the state and branch levels to reach these election targets. Continue reading DAP calls on ASEAN governments to change their laws to respect and promote human rights in the region.

Chian Heng Kai and Chan Kok Kit: Detention under ISA

This is the 20th anniversary of Malaysia since Independence in 1957, but the basic issues of nation building remain unresolved.

The big question, what type of Malaysian nation we are building, has not been answered with satisfaction, assurance or certainty.

There are significant numbers of those who refuse to accept the reality and fact that Malaysia is a multi-racial, multi-lingual and multi-religious nation, and that any other basis of nation building can only bring division, disintegration and disaster. Continue reading Chian Heng Kai and Chan Kok Kit: Detention under ISA

DAP CEC dicides to send a delegation to meet Prime Minister, Dato Hussein Onn

DAP CEC dicides to send a delegation to meet Prime Minister, Dato Hussein Onn, to seek the release of DAP MP for Batu Gajah, Sdr Chain Heng Kai and DAP Assistant NAtional Treasurer, Sdr Chan Kok Kit

The DAP Central Executive Committee, at an emergency meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, 8th Nov. 1976 called to discuss the detention of DAP MP for Batu Gajah, Sdr. Chian Heng Kai and DAP Assistant National Treasurer, Sdr. Chan Kok Kit, decided to send a delegation to meet the Minister, Dato Hussein Onn, to seek for their immediate release. Continue reading DAP CEC dicides to send a delegation to meet Prime Minister, Dato Hussein Onn

Political Trends – Problems and Prospects

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, in the Great Economic Debates organised by the Economics Society of the University of Malays on Saturday, 9th Oct. 1976, at the Dewan Tunku Cansellor at 8.00 p.m.

Political Trends – Problems and Prospects

At the close of our second decade of nationhood, Malaysia is beset with as many complex problems and challenges coming from as many directions that it would be quite foolhardy for anyone to attempt to forecast that Malaysia would be like on the third decade of Independence in 1987, let alone what Malaysia would like be in the year 2001. Continue reading Political Trends – Problems and Prospects

Essential (Security Cases) Regulations – a step towards an authoritarian police state

I move that this House repeals the Essential (Security Cases) Regulations 1975 and the Essential ( Security Cases) (Amendment) Regulations 1975.

On Oct. 4, the Government gazetted the Essential (Security Cases) Regulations 1975 under Section 2 of the Emergency (Essential Power) Ordinance No.1 of 1969.

These Regulations immediately attracted national and international censure for their blatant disregard of human fights and the overturning of basic principles of law in stripping away all the essential safeguards for a fair trial in a new breed of cases classified as “security cases”. Continue reading Essential (Security Cases) Regulations – a step towards an authoritarian police state