Category: Sabah

Is Mahathir suggesting that if Jeffrey Kitingan had not been detained under the ISA, there would be disturbances in Sabah?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 23rd May 1991:

Is Mahathir suggesting that if Jeffrey Kitingan had not been detained under the ISA, there would be disturbances in Sabah?

The reasons given by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, in Kuching yesterday that the Internal Security Act would not be abolished is most flimsy and unconvincing. Continue reading Is Mahathir suggesting that if Jeffrey Kitingan had not been detained under the ISA, there would be disturbances in Sabah?

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 the IGP to prove that arrest of Jeffrey Kitingan is a security operation and not a politically motivated action

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 17th May 1991:

Call on the IGP to prove that arrest of Jeffrey Kitingan is a security operation and not a politically motivated action.

Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar, said yesterday that the police may arrest more people under the Internal Security Act in connection with the plot to take Sabah out of Malaysia. Continue reading Call on the IGP to prove that arrest of Jeffrey Kitingan is a security operation and not a politically motivated action

DAP calls for the immediate release of Jeffrey Kitingan or he should be charged in court with a chance to defend himself

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 14th May 1991:

DAP calls for the immediate release of Jeffrey Kitingan or he should be charged in court with a chance to defend himself.

The detention of Sabah Foundation director Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan immediately after Tun Mustapha’s victory at the Usukan by-election with a smaller majority is a clear abuse of power and the latest violation of human rights in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP calls for the immediate release of Jeffrey Kitingan or he should be charged in court with a chance to defend himself

UMNO Youth and Barisan Nasional Government should stop creating an international witch-hunt which will make Malaysia into an international joke

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Mp for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday,28th April 1991:

UMNO Youth and Barisan Nasional Government should stop creating an international witch-hunt which will make Malaysia into an international joke

UMNO Youth and the Barisan National Government should stop creating an international witch-hunt which will make Malaysia into an international joke. Continue reading UMNO Youth and Barisan Nasional Government should stop creating an international witch-hunt which will make Malaysia into an international joke

MCA’s concept of ‘MCA is Chinese, Chinese is MCA’ is doomed to failure so long as MCA leaders hide in UMNO constituencies to get elected into Parliament

Part II of Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP 25th Anniversary Dinner organised by Triang DAP Branch in Triang on Tuesday, 23rd April 1991 at 9p.m.

MCA’s concept of ‘MCA is Chinese, Chinese is MCA’ is doomed to failure so long as MCA leaders hide in UMNO constituencies to get elected into Parliament

MCA President, Datuk Dr.Ling Liong Sik, said in Johore Bahru two days ago about the MCA’s concept of ‘MCA is Chinese, Chinese is MCA’. Continue reading MCA’s concept of ‘MCA is Chinese, Chinese is MCA’ is doomed to failure so long as MCA leaders hide in UMNO constituencies to get elected into Parliament

Gerakan leadership is most pathetic in insisting that the anti-Mahathir vote in the Sabah general elections is an anti-DAP vote

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAPSY Ceramah held at Batu Lanchang Balai Raya, Penang on Satur¬day, 11 August, 1990 at 8 pm.

Gerakan leadership is most pathetic in insisting that the anti-Mahathir vote in the Sabah general elections is an anti-DAP vote.

The Gerakan has distributed an eight-page attack on the DAP in Penang in the past few days, centered on two main issues, the defeat of the DAP in the Sabah state general elections and the Islamic State issue. Continue reading Gerakan leadership is most pathetic in insisting that the anti-Mahathir vote in the Sabah general elections is an anti-DAP vote

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

Koh Tsu Koon should cable Dr. Mahathir to urge him to praise ad congratulate Joseph Pairin for his great victory in the Sabah state election

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

Koh Tsu Koon should cable Dr. Mahathir to urge him to praise ad congratulate Joseph Pairin for his great victory in the Sabah state election

The Pennag Gerakan Secretary, Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, does not know what he is talking about when he issued a statement on the Sabah state general election. Continue reading Koh Tsu Koon should cable Dr. Mahathir to urge him to praise ad congratulate Joseph Pairin for his great victory in the Sabah state election

The real silence over the Sabah state election has come from the Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamed, himself

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, 31st July 1990:

The real silence over the Sabah state election has come from the Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamed, himself

Deputy Prime Minister, Ghafar Baba, said yesterday that the ‘silence’ of the Election Watch over the way the recent Sabah state election was conducted shows that the group was biased. Continue reading The real silence over the Sabah state election has come from the Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamed, himself