Category: ISA

DAP proposes a meeting of MPs from all parties concerned about human rights over the detention of Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 18th May 1991:

DAP proposes a meeting of MPs from all parties concerned about human rights over the detention of Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan.

The Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar, has clarified that foreigners believed to be involved in the plot to take Sabah out of Malaysia are not missionary groups, as mistakenly reported yesterday. Continue reading DAP proposes a meeting of MPs from all parties concerned about human rights over the detention of Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Call on Nelson Mandela to speak up for the abolition of the Internal Security Act when he visits Malaysia next month

Speech by Parliamentary opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the launching of the book ‘Escape from Tyranny in Malaysia’ by Zulkifri Ahman at the Plaza Inn, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 29th September 1990 at 11 am.

Call on Nelson Mandela to speak up for the abolition of the Internal Security Act when he visits Malaysia next month.

I am honored to be invited by my friend, Zulkifli Ahman, to launch his book ‘Escape from Tyranny in Malaysia’ in English. Continue reading Call on Nelson Mandela to speak up for the abolition of the Internal Security Act when he visits Malaysia next month

Kit Siang urges Lam Thye to withdraw his resignation letter and to continue as DAP Federal Territory Chairman

By Parliamentary opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 24th September 1990:

Kit Siang urges Lam Thye to withdraw his resignation letter and to continue as DAP Federal Territory Chairman

I urge Sdr. Lee Lam Thye to withdraw his letter of resignation as Dap Federal Territory Chairman. Continue reading Kit Siang urges Lam Thye to withdraw his resignation letter and to continue as DAP Federal Territory Chairman

The continued detention of Lim Vit Chee will be a daily symbol of the abuse of power by Barisan Nasional government against Cheras bolt protestors

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung , Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Seremban Ceramah to welcome the entry into DAP of 27 Chinese educationists and civil right activists held at Chinese Recreation Club, Seremban on Saturday, 15th September 1990 at 5 p.m.

The continued detention of Lim Vit Chee will be a daily symbol of the abuse of power by Barisan Nasional government against Cheras bolt protestors

I have asked the DAP MP for Sungai Besi, Sdr. Tan Kok Wee, who had just been released after seven days of detention under the Internal Security Act for his role in the Cheras tolls protest, to come along to tonight’s ceramah to highlight three points: Continue reading The continued detention of Lim Vit Chee will be a daily symbol of the abuse of power by Barisan Nasional government against Cheras bolt protestors

The use of ISA against Tan Kok Wai and Lim Yoke Kee for protesting against the Cheras tolls shows that the ISA is being been used by the police to detain anyone without trial although they have no real reason for such arrest

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

The use of ISA against Tan Kok Wai and Lim Yoke Kee for protesting against the Cheras tolls shows that the ISA is being been used by the police to detain anyone without trial although they have no real reason for such arrest

The use of the Internal Security Act to detain the Cheras toll protestors, and in particular the DAP MP for Sungei Besi, Clift Tan Kok Wai and Sdr. Lim Yoke Kee, Assistant to the DAP MP for Kuala Lumpur Bandar, Sdr. Lee Lam Thye, is the most scandalous Continue reading The use of ISA against Tan Kok Wai and Lim Yoke Kee for protesting against the Cheras tolls shows that the ISA is being been used by the police to detain anyone without trial although they have no real reason for such arrest

Kit Siang to ask for Home Ministry approval to visit the three Sabahans detained at Kamunting Detention Centre

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, August 1, 1990:

Kit Siang to ask for Home Ministry approval to visit the three Sabahans detained at Kamunting Detention Centre

The three Sabahans detained in May by Police for allegedly being involved in a plot to take Sabah out of Malaysia have been served with formal two-year detention orders under the Internal Security Act and are now detained at the Kamunting Detention Centre.

Madam Janny Ambang and her mother visited her husband, Sabah Air chairman, Benedict Topin, while Judith Chin met her husband, Albinus Yudah in Kamunting yesterday. Continue reading Kit Siang to ask for Home Ministry approval to visit the three Sabahans detained at Kamunting Detention Centre

DAP wants more concrete evidence about the so-called Sabah secession plot as it is not convinced by the Police accounts to justify detention of four Sabahans under Internal Security Act

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Kota Kinabalu Airport on Thursday, 12th July 1990 at 12.30 p.m. on arrival in Sabah for his second visit for the Sabah state general elections

DAP wants more concrete evidence about the so-called Sabah secession plot as it is not convinced by the Police accounts to justify detention of four Sabahans under Internal Security Act

DAP wants more concrete evidence about the so-called Sabah secession plot as it is not convinced by the Police accounts to justify detention of four Sabahans under Internal Security Act. Continue reading DAP wants more concrete evidence about the so-called Sabah secession plot as it is not convinced by the Police accounts to justify detention of four Sabahans under Internal Security Act

Challenge to Datuk Lee Kim Sai to prove that he did not run away to Australia on October 27, 1987 to escape arrest under Internal Security Act

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, 10th July 1990:

Challenge to Datuk Lee Kim Sai to prove that he did not run away to Australia on October 27, 1987 to escape arrest under Internal Security Act

Today’s press carried headlines of MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai issuing a challenge to me to produce proof and declaring that he was prepared to resign as Minister and quit politics if I accept the challenge. Continue reading Challenge to Datuk Lee Kim Sai to prove that he did not run away to Australia on October 27, 1987 to escape arrest under Internal Security Act

Is Labuan going to be a tax haven for the corruption money and ill-gotten gains of politically well-connected Malaysians?

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Friday, June 22, 1990, on the Offshore Companies Bill 1990

Is Labuan going to be a tax haven for the corruption money and ill-gotten gains of politically well-connected Malaysians?

This is the first of the present batch of six Bills to make Labuan a tax haven. Before I proceed further, I note that we have before the House today nine Bills and two Motions (one by DAP MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Guan Eng, to confer citizenship to the 300,000 red Continue reading Is Labuan going to be a tax haven for the corruption money and ill-gotten gains of politically well-connected Malaysians?

DAP calls for the immediate release of the three Sabahans detained under ISA as their arrest is regarded by the people of Sabah as an anti-Sabah action which will set back Sabah-Federal relations

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the Committee Stage of the 1989/1990 Supplementary Operating and Development Estimates on Tuesday, 19th June 1990

DAP calls for the immediate release of the three Sabahans detained under ISA as their arrest is regarded by the people of Sabah as an anti-Sabah action which will set back Sabah-Federal relations

The re-creation of the posts of Federal Secretaries of Sabah and Sarawak is a clear admission that 27 years after the entry of the two states to form Malaysia, the relations and ties of Sabah and Sarawak to the Federal Government are very strained, unhappy and at times tense. Continue reading DAP calls for the immediate release of the three Sabahans detained under ISA as their arrest is regarded by the people of Sabah as an anti-Sabah action which will set back Sabah-Federal relations