Many Malaysians do not seem to be amused by what the BN is doing in Perak.
An SMS poll on ntv7 over its prime time 8.00pm news in English asked whether the Perak crisis would affect the BN’s performance negatively in the next general election.
A whopping 96 per cent of respondents said it would.
Malaysians are obviously aware of how the BN is subverting the aspirations of the people. The BN will find that short-term political gains – achieved through such questionable and dubious means – will come at a heavy price in the longer term.
That’s not all. The latest update on the poll on this blog, shows that 96 per cent of 2,073 respondents (as at 11.57pm) want either a fresh state election or by-elections in the defectors’ constituencies (see below):
Should Malaysia build nuclear power plants?
- No (92%, 4,513 Votes)
- Yes (6%, 315 Votes)
- Don't know (2%, 62 Votes)
Total Voters: 4,890
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Dear Anil:
It is a good thing that this happened. As I have been writing
BN is nearing its end – no more escape.
All this is due to their stupid way of handling things.
See how they treated the HINDRAF chaps. What they did – they did
not carry arms; they just wanted to handover a petition and you put them in jail under ISA. People are not stupid. They are
watching the developments and at the right moment, they will fix
the BN and UMNO, MIC, MICA forever.
See the number of youths tortured in the lock ups and their bodies thrown out. So far accoridng to available Statistics more than 100 died in Police Custody. What the MPs are doing. They
are doing nothing, including Lim Kit Siang, Anwar and many other
leading figures. LET THEM RESIGN ENBLOC AS MPS AS A SHOW OF PROTEST.
DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL –
[2003] 2 MLJA 129
Article BY Jerald Gomez Advocate and Solicitor
High Court of Malaya
Extract from : Police Powers And Remand Proceedings
‘The liberty of the subject should not be sacrificed for
administrative expediency’ of their duties.
Lord Denning said:
So long as those powers are properly exercised, they are safeguards of freedom. But powers may be abused, and if those powers are abused, there is no tyranny like them.
The abuses
It must be appreciated that the police have extensive powers. They have power to detain people and keep them in places to which others have no access.
DEATH LIST IN POLICE BETWEEN – 10 YEAR PERIOD 1993 AND 2003
On 13 April 1993, the New Straits Times (NST) reported — Police said teenaged fisherman Manaf Mat died while in custody of prison authorities and not under police custody. Manaf died in Alor Star General Hospital on 8 February 1993, nine days after he was arrested for alleged drug possession.
On 13 May 1994, the NST reported — Police detainee found dead in cell. A 45-year-old detainee was found dead inside the Klang police station lockup. Lim defaulted supervision after serving sentence for dadah offences in 1990.
On 15 May 1995, the NST reported — An air-conditioner mechanic detained by police under the Emergency Ordinance 1969 to facilitate investigations into a financial institution break in March died under detention.
On 19 May 1995, the NST reported — City Police Chief, Datuk Ismail Che Rus has denied that the death of a 40-year old air-conditioner mechanic while in police custody was due to internal bleeding.
On 11 October 1995, the NST reported — Attorney-General, Datuk Mokhtar Abdullah ordered a judicial inquiry following dissatisfaction with police failure to identify the person or persons responsible for the death of an air-conditioner mechanic in a police lockup.
On 21 November 1995, the NST reported — A police officer told the Magistrate’s court that the suspect identified as detainee No 37/95 was found dead, naked and in half-kneeling position at the Police Remand Centre, DSP Paul Keong, who is PRC commandant said.
On 22 November 1995, the NST reported — A detainee was in the interrogation room for over 96 hours at the police remand centre before he died several days later.
On 23 November 1995, the NST reported — A detainee at the Police Remand Centre complained of being assaulted at an interrogation room where he had been kept for four days. The complaint by detainee Lee Quat Leong was made to L/Cpl Khalid Ahmad who told the court that Lee however, did not tell him who had assaulted him.
On 24 November 1995, the NST reported — A teacher, Daniel Hasni Mustaffa, who is Lee’s friend and former neighbour said, Chief Inspector Ng Koh Siew denied the deceased was assaulted while in detention.
On 25 November 1995, the NST reported — Mechanic Lee Quat Leong who died while being detained at the police remand centre had succumbed to subconscious bleeding caused by violent blows on many parts of his body, a forensic pathologist told the Magistrate’s court.
On 29 November 1995, the NST reported — Eleven policemen including the City Deputy Head of Criminal Investigations were criminally involved in the death of mechanic Lee Quat Leong at the police remand centre.
On 18 January 1996, the NST reported — A detainee collapsed in the lockup of the District Police Headquarters and died on the way to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.
On 4 July 1997, the NST reported that a 25-year-old man who was detained for suspected car and motorcycle thefts was found dead in a toilet at the Cheras Police Headquarters.
On 21 December 1997, the New Sunday Times reported that the Perak Police Chief Deputy Commissioner, Mariman Mohd Taib said the police were awaiting post-mortem and chemist reports pertaining to the death of Othman Mohd Hashim in a police lockup in Parit. Othman, who was detained for alleged theft, was found hanged with a towel in a lockup.
On 2 September 1997, the NST reported that a second-hand car dealer, R Shanmugam, who was found dead at the Kampong Tawas Police Station lockup, was in police lockup for 66 days. The death certificate issued by the hospital authorities stated he died of hanging.
On 10 February 1998, the NST reported that the Selangor police offered to record statements from seven Indonesian workers who claimed to have watched their colleague being assaulted by two plainclothes detectives. As a result, the victim died in police custody at the Seri Kembangan Police Station.
On 4 March 1998, the NST reported that police said that the cause of death of the 36-year-old labourer while in police custody at the Bentong District Police Headquarters was liver failure. However, the victim’s wife claimed that there were a few bruises on her husband’s body and hands and legs.
On 15 April 1999, The Sun reported that police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old drug suspect at the Nilam Puri Police Station two hours after his arrest. Police were about to take him to the Kota Bahru Police Headquarters when they found him dead in the lockup.
On 17 March 2000, the NST reported that the Bar Council today called for an inquest into the death of a man while in police custody four months ago. Francis Nathan, 21, who was held for questioning in connection with dadah related offences, died at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on 26 October last year.
On 29 April 2000, The Sun reported that a 22-year-old assistant driving instructor who drowned in the Malacca river four years ago after escaping from police custody was found to have been handcuffed at the time of his death, a sessions court was told today.
On 20 May 2000, The Star reported that a widow who is suing the police and the government claimed that her 31-year-old husband was taken from her house by policemen in August last year and brought back ‘as a corpse’ eight days later.
On 20 May 2000, Berita Harian reported that a woman whose husband died while in police custody at Rawang Police Station last year, filed a summons against the Royal Malaysian Police Force and the government of Malaysia for damages amounting to RM 682, 400 (Pada 20 Mei 2000, Berita Harian melaporkan seorang isteri yang suaminya mati ketika dalam tahanan polis di Balai Polis Rawang tahun lalu, mengemukakan saman menuntut gantirugi sebanyak RM 682, 400 daripada Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) dan Kerajaan Malaysia).
On 13 June 2001, Harian Metro reported that a detainee was killed from injuries to the head, ribs and other parts of the body as a result of being assaulted by other detainees in the Setapak Police Station lockup — (Pada 13 Jun 2001, Harian Metro melaporkan seorang tahanan terbunuh apabila cedera di kepala, rusuk dan beberapa bahagian lain akibat dipukul sekumpulan tahanan lain di lokap di Balai Polis Setapak, di sini).
On 26 January 2002, the NST reported that a man has sued the officer in charge of the police station in Parit, Perak and two others for negligence involving the death of his son in the police lockup a day after his arrest on Dec 16, 1997.
On 5 August 2002, Malaysiakini reported that Suhakam had begun probing the mysterious deaths of two suspects detained at the Putrajaya police station lockup. On June 21, a 20-year-old waiter died at the Putrajaya Hospital after he was sent there from the lockup. Another suspect died at the Putrajaya Hospital on July 28 after spending more than a week at the lockup.
On 10 February 2003, The Star reported that according to police, a suspect who fell to his death after questioning at the district police headquarters had minutes earlier confessed to killing a bank cashier.
On 14 March 2003, The Star reported that a Barisan MP had voiced his concerns over the image of the police, citing cases of criminal acts committed by police officers including having sex with female detainees. He said statistics between 2000 and last year showed 44 detainees died in police detention. These should not be regarded as isolated cases. He proposed the setting up of a special commission to conduct research on how to improve the force, and the formation of an independent body to investigate and prosecute police who had committed offences.
On 8 April 2003, The Star reported that the Inspector-General of Police said that six policemen, including one or two ‘senior police officers’ were found to have abused their powers during a raid at the Palm Court apartments. The police had rounded up 196 people including 186 Indian nationals, most of whom were IT experts. The Indians had complained of physical abuse by the police and some claimed that their passports were defaced.
(GERALD GOMEZ PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR; AND WE DO NOT HAVE
AN UPDATE OF THIS LEGAL ARTICLE; ANOTHER HUMAN RIGHTS
LAWYER SHOULD FOLLOW GERALD’S PUBLIC DUTY OR EVEN ALIRAN CAN COLLECT DAILY THE NEWS FROM THE PRESS.)
Based on the above figures, it is can be safely said that the figures for 2004-2009 easily add another youths TORTURED.
There is an expectation of society that the government and their law enforcement functionaries deal with criminals in an efficient and effective way and bring to justice those involved in crime. But the cure cannot be worse than the disease itself.
A core problem
In remand proceedings, the problem seems to persist. It continues even though judges have decided on, pronounced and declared the law. Most, if not all decisions on remands, are made by Magistrates. The checks and balances do not seem to be working. There is something amiss.
XXX
Regards
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Dear Anil
For your info:
Panasonic axes 15,000 staff on profit warning
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article5657796.ece
Regards
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Here is Phua’s Tenth Law of Malaysian Politics:
“When a serious economic recession/depression looms, you stimulate the economy by pouring money into the hands of selected politicians and selected electoral districts”
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Strangely no one is condemning Anwar in using the same strategy to seize the Federal government…why ? Are there 2 sets of moral code, one for BN and another one for PR ?
Had Anwar not blundered by luring Bota ADUN, this would not had happened. So blame Anwar and Ngeh for providing with the Golden Opportunity. I hate frogs but I hate all frogs, be it BN or PR. But people here seems to be highly selective. Had the same thing happened in Negeri and PR taken over, I am sure a lot of people will be offering to write obituary for Najib instead of questioning PR. This shows a lack of political maturity of Malaysians.
I think this signals the beginning of the end for PR as a coalition…
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Hopping has always been legal. Didn’t M get a few frogs hopping over to him in the past? The reason it’s legal is because BN has the money and the ACA (on its side). The opposition has no such advantage.
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What poll survey you are talking about? Don’t try to mislead us by posing one sided questions, we r not stupid fool as u may have thought….
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another joke from K
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I doubt they will be any elections in the future
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This is the most ridiculous thing that had happen.Don`t treat us voters as stupid. The world is getting smaller and changing everyday and this BN is still living in the stone age! We will change them forever come next election.
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I’ve always been a proud perakian for having the most enlightened royal family in sultan azlan shah and nazrin shah whom i have utmost respect… the decision today is a shattering disappointment… a momentous decision that calls for courage has been squandered
But imho PR should accept the decision and live to fight another day. This will turn out to be a blessing in disguise insya allah
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Hey, if you can’t win… you can always buy
- Buy some Sukhois
- Buy some Eurocopters
- Buy votes
- Buy silence
- Buy representatives
And you can try buying a place in Heaven
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PM – Weak Leader – Party suffer!
DPM – …. Leader – Rakyat suffer!
PM + DPM = Everyone Suffer!!!!
So…. Nest GE (hopefully this year, due to current political situation) Vote for New party to have .. A Strong and Righteous New PM and DPM
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to MrsShaggy and K,
DSAI tried to takeover via rule of law. go and brush up your reading. Even Tengku Razaleigh acknowledge that http://razaleigh.com/2009/02/05/shameful-scene/
Going thru the proper channel and getting a new mandate from the voters. Not thru party hopping. that’s what PR and DSAI were trying to do. Call a fresh nation wide election.
now what Najib and BN doing is completely out of rule of law. They skip all the due process and straightaway announce a new government.
haih… rakyat will not forget this. oh.. one of that 96% is from my mom, who’s always has been BN supporter 100% for like 40 years. Even she understands the rule of law as i explained to her.
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For what it’s worth, this shameful episode has taught the Malaysians 3 things:
1. From now on, we should vote for the candidate, not the party.
2. The Rakyat must make their voice known and no longer subservient to the crooks upstairs.
3. Money can NOT buy everything.
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Whatever it is, BN will never again be able to count on my vote and those around me as we’ve had it with their unscrupulous and wayward ways! With all his political baggage, he may become PM in March but to me, he’s just a …. who, unfortunately, was born into a very powerful family.
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Respect Democracy. People have voted and that should be final.
Party hoping is a wrong thing and should be punishable by law… it was never right for BN to do it to win Sabah back in the 80s, it was never right for Anwar to suggest it to win the government… and it surely isn’t right for what is happening in Perak now. Shame to the politicians involved ! …
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Fellow Perakians and Rakyat Malaysia,
Our hearts are with you even we are overseas. Do not fear the evils, only concern for the good that you want to do for our beloved country, Malaysia.
The … will have their day – the day they will see themselves behind bars and eating rice with curry-kosong.
Return to the poll for a general re-election is the democratic way. Voice of Rakyat must be heard and respected. NOT the …money-crazy people !
Stand up for the rights of the Rakyat !!!
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suffice to say, N-a-j-i-_ spoils everything.
nice one sakaito. thumbs up and cheers
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how about giving the ‘FROGS’ the pressure to quit since they serve no purpose after this, rather than pushing the Sultan and PKR leaders.
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i hope that bn will lose in the next generalelection and pakatan rakyat form gov ok
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