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November 21, 2009

Fundrasing Dinner organised by PIBG Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil Serdang

Pada 14 November 2009, hari Sabtu yang lalu, Ahli Parlimen Serdang Saudari Teo Nie Ching telah menghadiri dan memberi ucapan dalam satu jamuan kutip derma yang dianjurkan oleh PIBG SJK(T) Serdang. Dalam Ucapan beliau, beliau menyatakan bahawa kebajikan kaum India sudah lama diabaikan oleh kerajaan pusat. Daripada jawapan yang beliau dapat di Parlimen, pegangan ekuiti oleh kaum India telah jatuh dari 1.5% pada tahun 2000 ke tahap 1.2% pada tahun 2004 dan peratusan ini terus menjunam sehingga ke 1.1% pada tahun 2006.

Penurunnan peratusan pegangan ekuiti ini telah mengakibatkan keupayaan bersaing kaum India semakin menurun. Saudari Teo menyatakan hasratnya supaya Pakatan Rakyat dapat menjadi pusat kerajaan dalam jangka masa yang paling singkat supaya Pakatab Rakyat dapat memperbaiki keadaan yang dialami oleh kaum India sekarang.

Pada jamuan tersebut, Saudari Teo mendermakan peruntukan sebanyak RM2500 kepada PIBG SJK(T) Serdang  untuk membuktikan Pakatan Rakyat tidak berat sebelah kepada mana-mana kaum tetapi mengambil berat kepentingan semua kaum secara sama rata.

Menurut maklumat yang diperolehi oleh saudari Teo, 70% murid sekolah ini berasal dari Balakong sementara 30% murid yang berikut berasal dari Seri Kembangan atau Puchong. Jamuan kutip derma tersebut bertempat di Dewan LLM Serdang. Jamuan tersebut dirasmikan oleh Timbalan Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan YB Dato M.Saravanan dan juga Ahli Parlimen Serdang SaudariTeo Nie Ching .

(沙登14日讯)行动党沙登区国会议员张念群在由沙登淡米尔文小学家教协会所举办的筹款晚宴中表示,过去大马的印裔同胞常年被边缘化,没有受到中央政府一视同仁的对待。张念群希望来日民联可以执政中央,公平发放款项予各民族,协助印裔同胞摆脱目前所面对的困境。当晚,张念群也拨出RM2500选区拨款给该所淡米尔文小学,并强调这是人民的血汗钱,应该用在人民身上。

目前,这间小学70%的学生来自无拉港,其余30%的学生来自于史里肯邦安及蒲种。这个筹款晚宴是沙登的在LLM礼堂举行,宴会嘉宾是沙登国会议员张念群,以及联邦直辖区副部长沙拉瓦南。


November 20, 2009

[19-11-2009]Perbahasan Dewan Rakyat terhadap butiran Kementerian Luar Negeri dalam bajet 2010

Majlis bersidang dalam Jawatankuasa.

[Tuan Yang di-Pertua mempengerusikan Jawatankuasa]

Maksud B.13 [Jadual]-

Maksud P.13 [Anggaran Pembangunan 2010]-

Tuan Pengerusi:

Kepala Bekalan B.13 dan Kepala Pembangunan P.13 Kementerian Luar Negeri terbuka untuk dibahas. 

[...]

Puan Teo Nie Ching [Serdang]: Terima kasih Tuan Pengerusi. Saya ringkas sahaja kerana saya hanya ada satu perkara. Saya ingin merujuk kepada Butiran 020000 - Jabatan Hubungan Dua Hala di bawah B.13. Saya hanya hendak tanya Menteri Luar Negeri, silalah menyatakan langkah-langkah yang akan diambil oleh kementerian untuk mengatasi permasalahan yang timbul di kalangan penduduk di Papua New Guinea akibat daripada pembalakan secara berleluasa oleh Syarikat Rimbunan Hijau. Sebuah syarikat milik rakyat Malaysia yang telah menyebabkan banyak masalah setempat seperti yang telah dilaporkan di The Star pada 25 Mei tahun ini.

Tuan Pengerusi izinkan saya untuk membaca daripada laporan tersebut perenggan-perenggan yang relevan. Dalam laporan The Star pada 25 Mei tahun ini, ianya telah dilaporkan bahawa

“Locals of Papua New Guinea, angry with decades of exploitation, corruption and illegal logging by foreigners, are turning to violence to show their displeasure. The riots against Chinese businessmen which rocked the Pacific Island of Papua New Guinea (PNG), leaving a trail of destruction and at least one person dead, has shocked countries in the region. A man was reportedly hacked to death as thousands of locals’ looted shops belonging to the Chinese community in Lae, the second largest city in PNG”. “For Malaysia, Rimbunan Hijau, the single largest timber operator, has long been a bane and boon for PNG”. “But Rimbunan Hijau has been accused of alleged human rights abuses, ignoring indigenous people’s rights, political corruption and ecological destruction. The World Bank has also said up to 70% of logging in PNG is illegal which has not helped the Malaysian image there.”

Jadi soalan kepada kementerian adalah kerana saya rasa memanglah syarikat-syarikat Malaysia di luar negeri kelakuan mereka memanglah sama ada mengharumkan nama negara kita atau pun menjejaskan imej negara kita. Jadi saya hendak tanya pada keseluruhannya bagaimanakah kementerian akan memastikan bahawa syarikat-syarikat Malaysia yang terlibat dalam pelbagai kegiatan, perniagaan dan pelabuhan di Papua New Guinea atau pun di negara lain menikmati prestasi yang baik daripada pihak berkuasa negara tersebut serta masyarakat tempatan dan juga bagaimanakah kementerian akan memastikan bahawa syarikat-syarikat Malaysia akan dilihat sebagai organisasi-organisasi korporat yang bertanggungjawab dan berwibawa serta memberi sumbangan dan jasa bakti bermakna kepada kesejahteraan hidup masyarakat di tempat mereka beroperasi dan pembangunan negara berkenaan umumnya.


November 20, 2009

【当今大马】被控擅自邀政治人物参与活动 . 八马大生三度应讯罪名不成立

For news report in English, please click here.

~  王德齐

经过一整天的听证会后,马大学生纪律委员会今日裁决,所有八名被传讯的马大生擅自邀请政治人物参与校内活动的罪名不成立。

今日的这场审讯是分两批进行。较早前,两名前马大回教学生会的负责人,即前主席莫哈末哈菲祖丁(Muhammad Haafizuddin Abirerah),以及会员大会筹委会总监阿布乌拜达阿米尔(Abu Ubaidah Amir Ab Malek)已经率先洗脱罪名。

他们是被指在今年3月14日马大回教学生会会员大会中,邀请雪州州务大臣政治秘书兼斯里斯蒂亚州议员聂纳兹米开幕。

虽然遭到校方及保安人员强力阻止,唯聂纳兹最终成功乘踏一名学生的摩多车,最终以“偷渡”的方式进入马大校园。聂纳兹已经致函高教部长抗议校方的强硬阻拦做法。


November 20, 2009

[Malaysiakini] UM students found not guilty of 'inviting outsiders'

Two Universiti Malaya (UM) students were found not guilty after an inquiry was conducted into allegations of breaching rules under the 1971 Universities and University College Act (AUKU).

According to a notice given by the university, the students were charged for inviting the Selangor menteri besar's political secretary, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, to officiate the UM Muslim student society's annual general meeting.

If found guilty, the students can be punished by up to two of five penalties listed below:

1. Warning
2. A fine of less than RM 200
3. Prohibited from any area or certain areas of the university for a stipulated duration.
4. Suspended for a stipulated duration.
5. Expelled from the university


November 19, 2009

[The Malaysian Insider] Karpal says willing to prosecute Lingam

~ By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The DAP’s Karpal Singh, who is also one of the country’s best-known lawyers, said today he was willing to volunteer his services to prosecute Datuk V.K. Lingam if the Attorney-General gave him the authority to act.

Karpal was responding today to remarks yesterday by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz that the Bukit Gelugor MP could represent the A-G and prosecute Lingam.

“If Karpal is willing to represent the A-G, I will persuade the A-G to engage Karpal to prosecute on behalf of the government,” Nazri had told reporters in Parliament yesterday.

Lingam, a senior lawyer, was implicated in a scandal involving senior judges and found by a royal commission to be the person recorded “fixing” the appointment of judges.

The royal commission found strong evidence against Lingam and in its report suggested that action be taken against him and others implicated in the infamous “correct, correct, correct” recording.


November 19, 2009

【星洲日报】接受纳兹里挑战 ‧ 卡巴星愿代表政府诉林甘

For the news report with similar content in English, please click here.


卡巴星(前排左2)表明只要获得总检察署的委任状,他愿意代表政府起诉林甘,前排左是冯宝君;后排左起是苏建祥、林立迎及张念群。 (图:星洲日报)

(吉隆坡)行动党主席卡巴星接受首相署部长拿督斯里纳兹里的挑战,愿代表政府起诉林甘司法短片中的主角林甘。

卡巴星也是武吉牛汝莪区国会议员,他在国会走廊召开新闻发布会上表示,他会向总检察署申请“授权书”(Fiat),一旦接获授权书,受委为林甘司法短片案件的检控官,他将援引1948年煽动法令第4条文提控林甘。

他表示,他首先做的事是向法庭申请逮捕令,逮捕林甘,然后才提控后者。

此外,卡巴星表示,政府有权指示总检察长发出“授权书”,并促纳兹里指示总检察长尽快完成委任手续,以让他提控林甘。


November 18, 2009

【南洋商报】 加影锡米山黄法陀基金会 . 张念群抨施政不公"一个大马"沦为空话

At a fundraising dinner held in Sungai Chua, Kajang, Serdang MP Miss Teo Nie Ching addressed to the crowd that government's affirmative action should be implemented based on economic need rather than ethnicity. She emphasized that the allocation from the government should be equally distributed to the rakyat  regardless of race and class. Otherwise, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's 1Malaysia promise is just merely an empty slogan.

(乌冷17日讯)加影锡米山黄法陀慈善基金会于日前成功举办“筹募义务灭蚊队活动基金暨慈善千人晚宴”,当晚筵开112席,场面温馨及热闹,并筹获10万令吉作为义务灭蚊队活动基金。此项慈善晚宴地点是在锡米山斐翠海鲜酒家举行,青年及体育部副部长黄日升未克出席,由拿督廖润强代表开幕。

加影区州议员李成金则说,华人社团和华族领袖是拥有爱心的精神,经常作出捐献给弱势组织和慈善机构,并认为中央政府对于弱势团体的协助仍然有不足。他说,雪州政府决定拨款400万令吉给华小,将在较后宣布乌鲁冷岳县内华小所获得的款项。

沙登区国会议员张念群说,大马政府应在扶贫计划中摆脱种族的角度,均衡发放款项给各民族,不要让“一个马来西亚”的概念只变成一个口号。

大会名誉顾问李万行希望黄法陀慈善基金会在未来日子里能设立洗肾中心,以让更多患上肾病的贫穷者受惠,因为每次洗肾费用相当昂贵,这可减轻贫穷者的负担。较早时,筹委会主席陈国胜也在晚会上致欢迎词。

新闻摘录自《南洋商报》


November 18, 2009

【星洲日报】张念群:年轻人不醒觉 国家难进步

In the DAP dinner organized by Sungai Long and Bandar Mahkota Cheras DAP, Serdang MP Miss Teo Nie Ching told the audience that the future of our beloved country will not be guaranteed unless our youths become aware citizens who concerns about the socio-political development surrounding them, voice out their opinions and made the effort to improve the country.

She also questioned the basis for the Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan to achieve an overwhelming 113.8% as his KPI score despite the continuous rise in the crime index over the past 5 years.


出席的嘉宾剪彩后齐齐切生日蛋糕。左起:李添丁、李亚成、林立迎、苏健祥、陈文华、陈国伟、刘永山、李继香彭南安及贝荣强。

(雪兰莪‧加影)在刚过去的11月9日,世界各地庆祝柏林围墙倒塌20年纪念,行动党蕉赖国会议员陈国伟今借用柏林围墙来形容大马的局势,并指大马被十面“围墙”所困。

失去右手不可怕,只要思想变通,一样过活! “独臂刀”不轻言放弃,一只手卖血蚶养全家。

他指出,十面围墙包括国阵的强权霸道、独裁专制、种族主义、金钱政治、贪污腐败、司法不公、侵犯人权、官商勾结、朋党垄断及官僚滥权。


November 18, 2009

[The Malaysian Insider] IGP: To question police action is to support criminals

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan today said those who questioned police action in shooting suspects should consider whether they wanted to support those who upheld the law or the criminals.

He said this when asked to comment on claims that the police had used excessive force in a recent shooting in Klang, where five suspected robbers were gunned down

“The duty of the police is to protect the people. We do not protect criminals,” Musa was quoted as saying by state news agency Bernama.

He said the police did not act indiscriminately but considered public order and shot criminals as the last resort.

He also said that the police also had the fundamental right to self-defence.

“If they (criminals) become aggressive, we are forced to act. They should surrender if they do not want to die. We do not want our personnel to be shot first,” he said.


November 18, 2009

[Malaysian Insider]DAP lawmakers to move urgent motion on Kuala Dipang bridge tragedy finding

~ By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — DAP lawmakers will submit an urgent motion to the Parliament Speaker to debate the findings of the Kuala Dipang bridge collapse that took the lives of three children in Perak last month.

The report prepared by the ad hoc committee set up by Perak Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers to probe the matter was handed over to Ipoh Timur MP Lim Kit Siang in Parliament today.

Lim will be seeking to file the motion soon despite the Dewan Rakyat having shot down an earlier urgent motion to debate the bridge collapse filed by opposition MPs immediately after the tragedy.

The report listed three key points that led to the collapse of the bridge built as part of the 1 Malaysia camp, a concept created to promote the idea coined by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

It pointed to flawed construction, procedural negligence and the total absence of safety measures to prevent the accident from occurring.


November 18, 2009

[The Malaysian Insider] Parliament rejects motion on Klang shoot-out

~ By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar today rejected an emergency motion on the Klang shoot-out where five Indian men were killed as the matter was still under police investigation.

Ipoh Barat DAP MP M. Kulasegaran had moved a motion for the government to conduct a public inquiry on the five shot dead by the police on Nov 8 for being suspected gang members.

The shoot-out caused an outcry in the Indian community as opposition leaders and NGOs accused the police of being trigger happy. A sister of one of the dead men tried to commit suicide which the family said was linked to the shoot-out.

Kulasegaran argued that the police should have captured the suspects and brought them to court instead of shooting them.

“The police action has caused public peace to be in jeopardy. The incident that happened on Nov 8 has clearly shown that the police have abused their powers without considering public interest and peace,” he said.


November 18, 2009

[Bar Council] The Rakyat Guides: 1. What is the Federal Constitution?



Please click the following link to download The Rakyat Guides: 1. What is the Federal Constitution?

The Rakyat Guide #1 (2.5 MiB)

Under MyConstitution Campaign organized by Constitutional Law Committee formed under the aegis of the Bar Council, Malaysia., there shall be:-

  • Nine pocket-sized Rakyat Guides, each addressing different aspects of the Constitution. The booklet-style guides, initially to be published in Bahasa Melayu and English, will explain the Constitution in accessible language and simplify complex concepts. The booklets will be released periodically over two years.
  • A series of Rakyat Service Advertisements on different themes of the Constitution, to be released in conjunction with each of the nine Rakyat Guides; and
  • Awareness-raising activities such as debates, discussions and lectures in different media.

For more details, please visit: http://www.perlembagaanku.org.my/


November 17, 2009

Urgent Motion by M. Kula Segaran [Ipoh Barat] on the death of 5 youth in Klang

Notice submitted today (16th November 2009) by M. Kula to the Dewan Rakyat Speaker of the following urgent motion he intends to raise in Parliament on Wednesday, 18th November 2009:

Notis Peraturan Mesyuarat 18(1) - Kerajaan harus menubuhkan satu Peyiasatan Terbuka ke atas tembakan pihak polis terhadap lima lelaki yang telah mati di Klang

16 November 2009

Yang di Pertua,
Dewan Rakyat,
Parlimen.

YB Tan Sri,

Per: Notis Peraturan Mesyuarat 18(1) - Kerajaan harus menubuhkan satu Peyiasatan Terbuka keatas tembakan pihak polis terhadap lima lelaki yang telah mati di Klang

Ini adalah untuk memberikan notis di bawah Peraturan Mesyuarat 18(2) untuk mengusulkan perkara tertentu berkenaan kepentingan orang ramai yang berkehendaki disegerakan seperti berikut:

“Bahawa Dewan mengizinkan M.Kula Segaran, Ahli Parlimen Ipoh Barat untuk menangguhkan Dewan mengikut Peraturan Mesyuarat 18(1) untuk merundingkan perkara tertentu berkenaan kepentingan orang ramai yang berkehendaki disegerakan mengenai kehendaknya kerajaan menubuhkan satu Peyiasatan Terbuka ke atas tembakan pihak polis terhadap lima lelaki yang telah mati di Klang.

Pada 8hb November 2009, Ahad, Lima orang lelaki India telah terbunuh akibat daripada tembakan pihak polis di Lorong Sungai Keramat, Taman Klang Utama di Klang pada jam 12:30 tengah malam.

Ketua Polis Persekutuan, CID Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin menafikan bahawa pihak polis tidak pernah menggunakan kuasanya untuk menembak seseorang suspek secara membuta tuli. Beliau juga membantah bahawa pihak polis tidak bersikap keterlaluan dalam hal ini.

Tetapi ini bukanlah kes pertama di mana orang ramai di tembak oleh pihak polis. Menurut laporan media, tahun lalu, 39 kes kematian dilaporkan selepas pihak polis bertindak keterlaluan dengan menembak orang ramai dengan nama suspek yang dicari. Ianya berterusan pada tahun ini.


November 16, 2009

【风云时报】张念群:三度传召马大学生 . 高教部长自打嘴巴!

DAP's Member of Parliament for Serdang Miss Teo Nie Ching expresses her repugnance over University of Malaya's move for calling 8 students to attend disciplinary hearing for the third time after the repeated postponements of the two previous proceedings.

Today, UM has again sent out notices to those eight students demanding them to attend a proceeding on this Thursday morning.

Teo critized that the proceeding might be end up with another postponement again. The series of delaying proceedings could be just a tactic employed by the univerisity to frighten the students who  deemed to be disobedient to the establishment.

"On 9 Nov, The minister of Higher Education Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin has been replied in the parliamant that university students are allowed to invite politician into Campus under the newly admended University and University College Act. Obviously, there is a huge discord between the minister's statement and the university's stand."

(吉隆坡16日讯)民主行动党全国副宣传秘书张念群今日炮轰马大校方第三度传召邀请政治人物的8名学生的做法根本是在玩弄学生!

她质疑,马大校方会不会在第三次听证会当天未开始的当儿,又象上两次一样,再次宣布展延听证会,让学生继续活在惶恐不安之中呢?


November 16, 2009

【念念有辞】反智的国会辩论

Article published on the Website of Chinese newspaper Chinapress.com.my

辩论的意义在于运用语言、论据去检验真理。而要到达探索真理的目的,参与辩论的双方的态度是非常重要。辩论的双方首先态度要诚恳,不能捏造论据;双方当然也不能太无耻,不能硬将错的拗成对的,必须有承认错误的勇气,这样辩论才有接近真理的可能。

我想这是浅显易懂的道理,很多中学生都懂。可是有时候,小孩子都知道的道理,大人却偏会犯糊涂。

在国会参与辩论时,我就常有这种感受。

上星期,我在国会有两次机会就治安与总警长的关键绩效指标与首相署部长丹斯里许子根与内政部长希山慕丁辩论。可是两位部长的回答,都让我哭笑不得,几乎内伤。

我国治安不靖那是众所周知的。从2004至2008年这段期间,国内犯罪率剧增了35.5%。虽然治安不好,警方却没有善用资源。就在今年8月1日的废除内安法令游行当天,为了阻扰这场和平集会,警方出动了663名警员,向手无寸铁的群众发射了973枚催泪弹。也是在同一天,警方逮捕了589名平民,当中还扣留了一名年仅13岁的小孩。