Category: Kelantan

It is Lim Keng Yaik who has ‘gone into fire and entered evil’ when Gerakan wants the Chinese outside Kelantan to believe in the eight allegations of ‘oppression’ and ‘persecution’ of the Chinese Kelantan when they are untrue

Comments to reporters by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, after attending the Penang Chinese Assembly Hall Chinese New Year get-together in Penang on Wednesday, 5th February 1992 at 10 a.m

It is Lim Keng Yaik who has ‘gone into fire and entered evil’ when Gerakan wants the Chinese outside Kelantan to believe in the eight allegations of ‘oppression’ and ‘persecution’ of the Chinese Kelantan when they are untrue

I had hoped that after the fact-finding visit of the DAP delegation to Kelantan early last week, the MCA and Gerakan leaders will be more rational and responsible and have the individual, party and ethnic self-respect to stop making wild and baseless allegations against the DAP. Continue reading It is Lim Keng Yaik who has ‘gone into fire and entered evil’ when Gerakan wants the Chinese outside Kelantan to believe in the eight allegations of ‘oppression’ and ‘persecution’ of the Chinese Kelantan when they are untrue

Kit Siang invites Liong Sik and the other three MCA Ministers as well as Keng Yaik to a ‘public beer-drinking’ trip to Kelantan with the DAP footing the expenses if this is banned by the Kelantan State Government

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 31st January 1992:

Kit Siang invites Liong Sik and the other three MCA Ministers as well as Keng Yaik to a ‘public beer-drinking’ trip to Kelantan with the DAP footing the expenses if this is banned by the Kelantan State Government

MCA Ministers and leaders are still continuing with their lies in their propaganda campaign that the Chinese in Kelantan are ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ by the Islamisation measures of the Kelantan State Government which infringed the rights and interests of non-Muslims. Continue reading Kit Siang invites Liong Sik and the other three MCA Ministers as well as Keng Yaik to a ‘public beer-drinking’ trip to Kelantan with the DAP footing the expenses if this is banned by the Kelantan State Government

Liong Sik should get MAS, Malaysian Railways and Express Bus Companies to introduce a ‘25% Fare to Kelantan by air, rail or road to see the oppression and persecution of Chinese in Kelantan under PAS-led Kelantan State Government’

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 1st February 1992:

Liong Sik should get MAS, Malaysian Railways and Express Bus Companies to introduce a ‘25% Fare to Kelantan by air, rail or road to see the oppression and persecution of Chinese in Kelantan under PAS-led Kelantan State Government’

The MCA Presidential Council and the Central Committee should hold an emergency joint meeting to decide whether they are going to continue with their campaign or falsehoods about the ‘oppression’ and ‘persecution’ of the Chinese in Kelantan, or whether they are going to be responsible and admit that they had misled the Chinese in Malaysia into believing that the Chinese in Kelantan had been ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ by the PAS-led Kelantan Government for the past 15 months. Continue reading Liong Sik should get MAS, Malaysian Railways and Express Bus Companies to introduce a ‘25% Fare to Kelantan by air, rail or road to see the oppression and persecution of Chinese in Kelantan under PAS-led Kelantan State Government’

Why had the Kelantan Chinese organisation leaders like Chua Chee Seng and Tan Chee Joo kept silent for the past few months over nation-wide allegations that that the Chinese cannot eat or sell pork, drink beer publicly and Chinese women must cover their heads in Kelantan?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, January 31, 1992:

Why had the Kelantan Chinese organisation leaders like Chua Chee Seng and Tan Chee Joo kept silent for the past few months over nation-wide allegations that that the Chinese cannot eat or sell pork, drink beer publicly and Chinese women must cover their heads in Kelantan?

The Vice Chairman of the Kelantan Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Chua Chee Seng, had said that the visit of the DAP delegation to Kelantan ‘cannot help the Chinese to resolve the problems faced by the Chinese community’. Continue reading Why had the Kelantan Chinese organisation leaders like Chua Chee Seng and Tan Chee Joo kept silent for the past few months over nation-wide allegations that that the Chinese cannot eat or sell pork, drink beer publicly and Chinese women must cover their heads in Kelantan?

Clarification with regard to Utusan Malaysia report on meeting of DAP delegation with Kelantan Mentri Besar

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 29th January 1992:

Clarification with regard to Utusan Malaysia report on meeting of DAP delegation with Kelantan Mentri Besar

I wish to make the following clarification with regard to Utusan Malaysia report today on my press conference statement in Kota Bahru after the meeting of the DAP delegation with the Kelantan Mentri Besar in Kota Bahru yesterday. Continue reading Clarification with regard to Utusan Malaysia report on meeting of DAP delegation with Kelantan Mentri Besar

It is precisely because the MCA has no principles that its leaders must do all things ‘steathily’ resulting in the continuous erosion of the rights and interests of the Malaysian Chinese.

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, January 29, 1992:

It is precisely because the MCA has no principles that its leaders must do all things ‘steathily’ resulting in the continuous erosion of the rights and interests of the Malaysian Chinese.

This morning in Petaling Jaya, I read of the various proposals by the MCA Kelantan State Chairman, Lim Jit Keng, as to what I should raise with the Kelantan Mentri Besar, Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat – one day after the meeting of DAP leaders with Nik Aziz. Continue reading It is precisely because the MCA has no principles that its leaders must do all things ‘steathily’ resulting in the continuous erosion of the rights and interests of the Malaysian Chinese.

Achievements of the DAP fact-finding mission to Kelantan

Press Statement by DAP delegation regarding the fact-finding mission to Kelantan issued by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, after meeting with the Kelantan Mentri Besar, Nik Aziz Nik Mat at the Kelantan Mentri Besar’s office in Kota Bahru on Tuesday, 28th January 1992 at 4.45 p.m.

Achievements of the DAP fact-finding mission to Kelantan.

This delegation of DAP leaders to Kelantan is pleased to have completed their fact-finding visit to Kelantan. The main purpose of our visit has been to find out the truth of the situation in Kelantan after 15 months of PAS-led state government because the controlled organs of the mass media have ceased to be a reliable source of information. Continue reading Achievements of the DAP fact-finding mission to Kelantan

Kit Siang sends urgent faxes to Liong Sik and Keng Yaik asking for five instances that the Chinese in Kelantan had been ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ by Islamisation measures which infringe their rights and interests.

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong at Hotel Perdana on Monday, January 27, 1992 at 11.30 a.m.

Kit Siang sends urgent faxes to Liong Sik and Keng Yaik asking for five instances that the Chinese in Kelantan had been ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ by Islamisation measures which infringe their rights and interests.

I have this morning sent urgent faxes to the MCA President, Datuk Seri Dr. Ling Liong Sik and the Gerakan President, Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, asking them to send me five instances that the Chinese in Kelantan had been ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ because of Islamisation measures which infringe the rights and interests of the non-Muslim Malaysians in the last 15 months. Continue reading Kit Siang sends urgent faxes to Liong Sik and Keng Yaik asking for five instances that the Chinese in Kelantan had been ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ by Islamisation measures which infringe their rights and interests.

DAP calls on PAS-led State Government to give clear-cut assurance that non-Muslim rights and interests would not be prejudiced by any Islamisation measure and to set up an efficient mechanism to investigate and redress any such complaints

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the ceramah-dialogue of the DAP Delegation to Kelantan held at Hotel Perdana, Kota Bahru on Monday, 27th January 1992 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls on PAS-led State Government to give clear-cut assurance that non-Muslim rights and interests would not be prejudiced by any Islamisation measure and to set up an efficient mechanism to investigate and redress any such complaints.

The DAP delegation to Kelantan has visited Pasir Mas, Tanah Merah, Machang, Kuala Krai, Gua Musang, Pulai, Pasir Puteh and Tumpat yesterday and today, and tonight, we are having a ceramah-dialogue with the people of Kota Bahru and Kelantan to get public feedback as to whether the Islamisation policies and measures of the Kelantan State Government in the past 15 months had ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ the Chinese and non-Muslims infringing their rights and interests. Continue reading DAP calls on PAS-led State Government to give clear-cut assurance that non-Muslim rights and interests would not be prejudiced by any Islamisation measure and to set up an efficient mechanism to investigate and redress any such complaints

DAP calls on the Prime Minister to declare Kelantan as a Special Development State to receive special development allocation to redress the long-standing economic imbalance between Kelantan and other states

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, on arrival at the Kota Bahru airport on Sunday, January 26, 1992 at 12 noon on the DAP delegation’s three-day visit to Kelantan.

DAP calls on the Prime Minister to declare Kelantan as a Special Development State to receive special development allocation to redress the long-standing economic imbalance between Kelantan and other states.

DAP leaders are in Kelantan for three days beginning today to get first-hand information about developments in Kelantan in the past 15 months since the October 1990 general elections. Continue reading DAP calls on the Prime Minister to declare Kelantan as a Special Development State to receive special development allocation to redress the long-standing economic imbalance between Kelantan and other states