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Malaysia Crisis of Identity

Book: Malaysia Crisis of Identity
by Lim Kit Siang
First Edition: April 1986
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Malaysia Crisis of Identity: Foreword
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ON NATIONAL UNITY

  1. One Language, One Culture (11 October 1982)
  2. Ten Basis for National Unity (November 9, 1982)
  3. Religious freedom Under Threat (9th December 1982)
  4. Religious Polarisation (March 13, 1984)
  5. Task Force III for Illegal Indonesian Immigrants (November 26, 1984)
  6. 1985 Declaration of Chinese Guilds & Associations (October 28, 1985)

ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CONSTITUTION

  1. The Wayang Kulit Debate (August 2, 1983)
  2. Official Secrets Bill (October 19, 1983)
  3. Signboards and Advertisements (November 14, 1983)
  4. The 1984 Constitution Amendment Bill (January 9, 1984)
  5. Press Freedom in Malaysia (March 27, 1984)
  6. Use of Mother-Tongue Language in school Functions (November 19, 1984 )
  7. 1984 Delineation of Electoral Constituencies (December 6, 1984)
  8. Parliamentary Democracy & Its Abuses (March 26, 1985)
  9. 25 Years of Democracy in Malaysia (July 15, 1985)
  10. EPMI vs Lim Kit Siang (July 16, 1985)
  11. Democracy in Malaysia = Tyranny of the Majority (July 16, 1985)
  12. Sabah Crisis – A Test of Democracy (November 13, 1985)
  13. Legalisation of Unlawful Actions (December 6, 1985)
  14. The 1986 Sabah Crisis (March 24, 1986)

ON A CLEAN, EFFICIENT AND DEMOCRACTIC GOVERNMENT

  1. Corruption in Sabah (October 25, 1982)
  2. Then Teik Estate – Police Killing (November 24, 1982)
  3. Audit and Accountability (March 14, 1983)
  4. The BMF Scandal – Bank Negara’s Role (October 10, 1983)
  5. BMF Scandal – ‘Let the chips fall where they should’ (October 24, 1983)
  6. BMF Scandal: The Seremban Declaration (November 22, 1983)
  7. The 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (October 9, 1984)
  8. Call for a Royal commission of Inquiry into the BMF Scandal (October 18, 1984)
  9. Daim’s Maiden Budget (October 24, 1984)
  10. BMF Scandal – Malaysia’s Watergate? (November 20, 1984)
  11. BMF Scandal – Token Prosecutions and Punishment (December 3, 1984)
  12. Unlicensed Finance Companies (October 24, 1985)
  13. BMF – Call for Special Debate (November 22, 1985)

ON NEW ECONOMIC POLICY

  1. The Plight of Trawler Fishermen (November 16, 1982)
  2. Felda – NEP’s most conspicuous failure (December 1, 1982)
  3. Land Acquisition and NEP guarantee (November 29, 1983)
  4. Triple Failures of NEP (April 2, 1984)
  5. NEP Injustices and Inequalities (July 15, 1985)
  6. MAS Shares & NEP (October 24, 1985)

ON PARLIAMENT AND PARLIAMENTARIANS

  1. PAC and the BMF Scandal (July 25, 1983)
  2. Cuckoo’s Land in parliament (November 9, 1983
  3. Fung Ket Wing vs Harris Salleh – Labuan )
  4. Fung Ket Wing’s Suspension (July 23, 1984)
  5. Barisan Yes-Men in Parliament (October 8, 1984)
  6. Karpal Singh’s Suspension from Parliament (November 22, 1984)
  7. Voices of the Dead in Parliament (October 21, 1985)

ON EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, LABOUR AND SOCIAL ISSUES

  1. The Sixth University (November 19, 1982)
  2. Pusat Serenti Tampin – Reign of Terror(November 30, 1982)
  3. Perak Hydro Workers (December 6, 1982)
  4. Private Universities (December 8, 1982)
  5. Kenyir Hydro- Electric Dam – Korean Exploitation of Malaysian Workers (November 28, 1983)
  6. Kampong Bercham – Police Brutality against Squatters (October 11, 1984)
  7. Pusat Serenti Tampin – Hell on Earth (October 17, 1984)
  8. Retrenchment of Workers and the Labour Minister (November 29, 1985)

Malaysia Crisis of Identity: Foreword

Democracy, Sabah, and the Malaysian parliament

In April 1985, the Government belatedly and very formalistically, celebrated the Silver Jubilee of the Malaysian Parliament. There was no attempt to assess and evaluate the record of the last 25 years of parliamentary democracy in Malaysia, to ascertain whether there is more to lament than to celebrate.

There are people, especially those in power, whose concept and proof of parliamentary democracy in Malaysia is the imposing Parliament House, the regular holding of general elections and the existence of Members of Parliament. To them, these are evidence enough of the functioning of parliamentary democracy in Malaysia. Continue reading Malaysia Crisis of Identity: Foreword