Category: Illegal Immigrants

DAP to challenge in court the legality of the government’s interpretation of the Dangerous Drug (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 that the Minister had no authority to overrule Advisory Board’s decision on extension of detention

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca, 18 July 1985 at 11.30 am.

DAP to challenge in court the legality of the government’s interpretation of the Dangerous Drug (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 that the Minister had no authority to overrule Advisory Board’s decision on extension of detention.

The Deputy Home Affairs Minister, Radzi Sheikh Ahmad, said yesterday that the Home Affairs Minister has no authority to overrule the Advisory Board’s decision to continue detaining 12 men at the Muar rehabilitation centre, which shows that the Home Affairs Minister and the government had misconstructed the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985. Continue reading DAP to challenge in court the legality of the government’s interpretation of the Dangerous Drug (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 that the Minister had no authority to overrule Advisory Board’s decision on extension of detention

DAP calls for stringent laws to resolve the problem of the million illegal immigrants in Malaysia by making it a custodial offence for anyone who organises, assists, harbours, employs or aids illegal immigrants

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, dinner of Kulai 19 m.s.
DAP Branch held in conjunction with the branch official-opening held at Kulai 19 m.s., Johore, on Saturday, 29.6.1985 at 8 pm.

DAP calls for stringent laws to resolve the problem of the million illegal immigrants in Malaysia by making it a custodial offence for anyone who organises, assists, harbours, employs or aids illegal immigrants.

In May last year, when the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam, went to Medan to sign the Malaysia-Indonesia Supply of Workers Agreement to regulate the flow of Indonesian workers into Malaysia, Datuk Musa explained that the agreement was intended to head off growing local resentment of rush of immigrant Indonesians who entered Malaysia illegally. Continue reading DAP calls for stringent laws to resolve the problem of the million illegal immigrants in Malaysia by making it a custodial offence for anyone who organises, assists, harbours, employs or aids illegal immigrants

Call on MCA and Gerakan to start taking the problem of illegal Indonesian immigrants seriously, and demand for Cabinet action to check and repatriate the illegal immigrants

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, January 23, 1985:

Call on MCA and Gerakan to start taking the problem of illegal Indonesian immigrants seriously, and demand for Cabinet action to check and repatriate the illegal immigrants.

The killing of Lee Pin Liang, 32, son of Lee Hong, the special assistant to MCA Acting President, Datuk Neo Yee Pan, by a suspected Illegal Indonesian immigrant in Johore Bahru yesterday should arouse MCA and Gerakan leaders to the seriousness of the problem posed by illegal Indonesian immigrants. Continue reading Call on MCA and Gerakan to start taking the problem of illegal Indonesian immigrants seriously, and demand for Cabinet action to check and repatriate the illegal immigrants

DAP calls for new laws which would make it an offence to employ illegal Indonesian immigrants

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Public Protest meeting against illegal Indonesian immigrants organised by the Rengit DAP Branch in Rengit, Johore on Saturday, Dec. 15, 1984 at 8 pm

DAP calls for new laws which would make it an offence to employ illegal Indonesian immigrants

Although the Police had been rounding-up illegal Indonesian immigrants in various states, this action recently is unsatisfactory as it does not touch the ice-berg of the problem of the illegal Indonesian immigrants, nor does it deal with the root of problem. Continue reading DAP calls for new laws which would make it an offence to employ illegal Indonesian immigrants

Call on Johore MCA MPs and Assemblymen to explain why they are not prepared to highlight the problem of illegal Indonesian immigrants and pressure the government to resolve it seriously

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the special meeting of Johore State Committee and Johore DAP branch leaders at Pantei DAP Branch premises, Batu Pahat, on Sunday, 2nd Dec. 1984 at 3.30 p.m.

Call on Johore MCA MPs and Assemblymen to explain why they are not prepared to highlight the problem of illegal Indonesian immigrants and pressure the government to resolve it seriously.

In the 1982 General Elections, the DAP lost our sole parliamentary and State Assembly seat in Johore when Party National Treasurer Sdr. Lee Kaw was defeated in Kluang. Continue reading Call on Johore MCA MPs and Assemblymen to explain why they are not prepared to highlight the problem of illegal Indonesian immigrants and pressure the government to resolve it seriously

DAP calls on the Government to stop closing its eyes to the illegal Indonesian immigrant problem and to have a sense of urgency to check the influx because of the long-term social and law and order poblems for Malaysians

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Ceramah organised by the Kuala Lumpur DAP State Committee at Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday Nov 29, 1984 at 8.30pm

DAP calls on the Government to stop closing its eyes to the illegal Indonesian immigrant problem and to have a sense of urgency to check the influx because of the long-term social and law and order poblems for Malaysians

The Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia, Lt. Jen. Himawan Seoharto, has said that his embassy was collecting data on illegal Indonesian immigrants in Malaysia to determine the seriousness of the problem. Continue reading DAP calls on the Government to stop closing its eyes to the illegal Indonesian immigrant problem and to have a sense of urgency to check the influx because of the long-term social and law and order poblems for Malaysians

DAP calls on Government not to use statistics to conceal and play down the seriousness of the problem of Indonesian illegal immigrants in the country

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 27.11.84

DAP calls on Government not to use statistics to conceal and play down the seriousness of the problem of Indonesian illegal immigrants in the country

During the last weekend, Tan Koon Swan attacked Neo Yee Pan for hypocrisy and lack of political sincerity in not daring to raise in the Cabinet the burning issues affecting the people, in particular the Malaysian Chinese. Continue reading DAP calls on Government not to use statistics to conceal and play down the seriousness of the problem of Indonesian illegal immigrants in the country

Task Force III for illegal Indonesian immigrants

Yesterday, I attended a public protest meeting held by the people of Tongkang Pechah, Batu Pahat, at the Balai Rakyat to protest against the criminal activities of illegal Indonesian immigrants, which have become a menace to law and order, as well as to human life and safety of property.

On 19th October 1984, a rubber tapper, Lim Ah Tee, 42, was killed by two illegal Indonesian immigrants at an oil palm plantation at Kampong Bukit Belah, Tongkang Pechah, leaving behind a wife, a four-year-old and a four-month baby girl and a 84-year-old mother. Continue reading Task Force III for illegal Indonesian immigrants

One Language, One Culture

On behalf of the DAP, I rise to thank His Majesty for His Royal Address yesterday in conjunction with the official opening of the First Session of the Sixth Parliament, setting out the Government’s policy statement of the year.

Right from the beginning, it is obvious that the Barisan Nasional is still in a euphoria at its success in the April General Elections and could not resist the temptation to indulge in self-praise. Continue reading One Language, One Culture