Malaysian's Police commits murder !!!!

[kensington]

The writing was already on the wall so long ago


This has been going on for far too long. The MACC acts like God. They kidnap families and torture those they arrest. They threaten those they interrogate with death if they refuse to talk.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

The writing was already on the wall very much earlier. Alarm bells were wailing like banshees. But this was largely ignored. It was ignored because it was Malaysia Today that had triggered the alarm bells. Malaysia Today is not the most reliable source. It does not offer the best of information. What Malaysia Today dabbles in are rumours and innuendoes.

When the Anti-Corruption Agency, now called the MACC, kidnapped the family of a police inspector, Malaysia Today raised the alarm. They had kidnapped the wife and child of a police inspector who had investigated a Chinese underworld boss on the instructions of a higher-up with the rank of ASP.

The inspector was just doing what his boss had ordered him to do, and that was to open a file and launch an investigation into the activities of the Chinese prostitution, loan shark, drugs and gambling syndicate. And this resulted in the detention of three syndicate bosses.

What the MACC wanted the police inspector to do was quite simple. They wanted him to change his report so that the three underworld bosses can be freed from detention. And he would have to do that if he wants to secure the release of his family.

The police inspector refused to do that. Instead, he made a police report. And so did his wife. But nothing was done about the matter. The MACC officers were not arrested and dragged to court on kidnapping charges.

The MACC then leaked information to the media that they are investigating a very senior police officer, the Director of the CCD, for the crime of not declaring RM27 million worth of assets. The fact that MACC investigations come under the Official Secrets Act was not a hindrance. After all, the OSA is only used against opposition supporters and not against those who serve those who walk in the corridors of power.

Nevertheless, the Director of the CCD was finally not charged for not declaring RM27 million in assets. He was charged for using police property for his personal reasons, something that all government officers, ministers and politicians do blatantly every day of the week. But his real crime is that he detained several Chinese underworld bosses who control the prostitution, loan shark, drugs and gambling business all over Malaysia.

Then they arrested the lawyer who acted for the CCD Director. The MACC officers came to his office on the eve of Hari Raya and handcuffed him after roughing him up like one would do to an armed bank robber. To ensure that the lawyer suffered the greatest embarrassment this Hollywood-style arrest was done in full view of the entire office.

Malaysia Today wrote about all this. Malaysia Today not only wrote about all this but Malaysia Today repeated the stories again and again to make sure no one would say they somehow missed the story. But still nothing was done. No one denied the story. More importantly, no one did anything about what Malaysia Today revealed.

The MACC has been a tool of those who walk in the corridors of power for a long, long time. Officially, Barisan Nasional has 14 component members with Umno as the lead partner. Unofficially, Barisan Nasional has seventeen component members. The Election Commission is the fifteenth component member of Barisan Nasional, the Malaysian police the sixteenth, and the MACC the seventeenth. They all serve the interests of Umno and the Prime Minister.

The writing was already on the wall very much earlier. Alarm bells were wailing like banshees. But this was largely ignored. It was ignored because it was Malaysia Today that had triggered the alarm bells. Malaysia Today is not the most reliable source. It does not offer the best of information. What Malaysia Today dabbles in are rumours and innuendoes.

“Where is the smoking gun?” they ask. “Show me the body!” they demand. No gun, no body, then no crime has been committed.

Well, today, there is a body. It is the body of a most unfortunate Chinese opposition member who was arrested and tortured by the MACC officers. Yes, he was tortured. And he was tortured because the MACC wanted him to talk.

But he could not talk. He could not talk because there was nothing to talk about. The MACC wanted him to finger his comrades in the opposition. They wanted him to implicate his friends in the opposition for various crimes that the MACC alleges had been committed by those in the opposition.

He tried to explain that he is not being stubborn. He tried to explain that no crime had been committed. He tried to explain that he could not possibly implicate his comrades in the opposition for various crimes if these crimes are merely a figment of the MACC’s imagination.

So they continued to torture him. And he could no longer stand the torture. After all, he is not the macho type of man. He is but a gentle man who only wanted to get married this weekend. That was all that he wanted.

They threatened to kill him if he refuses to talk. With tears running down his cheeks he begged for mercy and pleaded with them not to harm him. They threatened to throw him off the top floor if he refuses to talk. Sobbing like a baby he went down on his knees and begged for his life.

They dragged him across the room and opened the window. Then something went terribly wrong. It was supposed to be just a threat. They just wanted to put fear in him. They did not really want to throw him off the top floor. They just wanted him to see what the ground floor looks like from the top floor.

The unfortunate young man panicked. He went ballistic when he saw the distance he would have to travel before hitting the ground floor. He struggled. They could not hold onto him. Gravity took over and the life of this young man was prematurely snuffed out.

The MACC then announced that they had released him the night before. They failed to announce that they had not released him from custody but released him from this world. Then they suddenly found his body the day after. He jumped. He committed suicide. He took his own life. He was never tortured. He was not dragged to the window with the threat that they would teach him how to fly.

This has been going on for far too long. The MACC acts like God. They kidnap families and torture those they arrest. They threaten those they interrogate with death if they refuse to talk.

And now one young man has really died. But no one will be punished. No one will be punished because they will say the young man took his own life. Why he took his own life no one knows. He was never tortured. He was never threatened with death. He was not made to look how far down the ground floor is. He was not accidentally dropped when he panicked and struggled and they could not get a good grip on him.

That is what they will be telling you and me later today.


http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/24426/84/


http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/2739/

 

[zeroo]

/seriously, I saw some of our opposition activist here can shout to our police in public..and the officers have to talk nicely to them in the interview room..these ppl can't survive 1 day if they are in msia politics. The SDP is taking PAP kindness as a weakness, in mudland they will be physically torture and kill if they present a yaya attitute to the police

 

[kensington]

Seven people including Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam and state exco member Dr Xavier Jayakumar, arrested for demonstrating outside Selangor MACC headquarters here today.

There were some 150 people demonstrating earlier outside the office at Plaza Masalam, where on Thursday, the body of Teoh Beng Hock, 30, political secretary to Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found at about 1.30pm.

Most of the people have since dispersed.

Both the police and the FRU personnel continued to maintain a heavy presence outside the office.

 

[kensington]

Ean Yong sheds more light on Beng Hock’s death

Posted by admin
Friday, 17 July 2009 11:35
By Wong Choon Mei (Suara Keadilan)


Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah has shed further light on the suspicious death of his personal aide Teoh Beng Hock, rubbishing any talk that the 30-year former journalist had jumped.

Ean told reporters there was no reason for Beng Hock to do so as he had been called in for questioning as a witness and not as a suspect, a fact that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has confirmed.

Secondly, Beng was due to register his marriage on Friday.

Said Ean: “He was going to get married, why would he want to commit suicide. He looked calm. Before he went to the MACC office, Manoharan and myself talked to him about how to answer the questions.

“If there was any problems, I should be the one to face action. I don’t see any reason for him to commit suicide. Furthermore, there was no reason for him to linger (after the interrogation) because his car was here.”

Beng Hock drove there, why didn’t he leave and why was he questioned for so long




According to Ean, Beng Hock had agreed to follow an MACC officer to the headquarters by driving his own car on Wednesday afternoon.

When he didn’t return after several hours, Ean went to the MACC office at 12 midnight.

“I asked the officer if Teoh can come back tomorrow morning but the officer said it was against procedure because the investigation must be completed within 24 hours,” Ean said.

Ean then left the MACC at 1.30am on Thursday, rushing back at 5pm when news broke that Beng Hock had died.

He was made to wait for an hour and a half before MACC deputy commissioner Abu Kassim told him that Teoh was dead, having apparently fallen to his death at 1pm on the 5th floor of the adjacent building. The MACC office is located on the 14th floor and Beng Hock was found in the same clothes he had worn the day before.

Abu Kassim told him Beng Hock was released at 3.45am and was free to go but an eyewitness saw him still in the MACC office at 6am.

MACC held responsible



Investigation division director Shukri Abdull later told a press conference that Beng Hock was merely a witness to the investigation and that after the interrogation ended, he said he was tired and asked to rest on a settee in the MACC office.

“The man was asked to come to Selangor MACC last night at 5pm for his statement to be recorded and this procedure was completed at 3.45am. At 3.45am, he was allowed to leave, he promised to come today to bring some documents to assist in the investigations,” Shukri said.

“At 6am, he was still seen to be sleeping at the couch but we didn’t see him until 1.30pm today when the body was found.”

Selangor Menteri Besar has confirmed that a janitor found Beng Hock’s body at 1.30pm and the police have begun questioning a few officers from the MACC.

He has promised the state government will appoint an independent pathologist to help police investigate the case. Meanwhile, the Selangor police chief has classified the case a sudden death pending the results of a post-mortem.

“At this point, we are holding MACC responsible until we get a better explanation,” said Subang MP Sivarasa Rasiah.



http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/24455/84/

 

[denzuko1]

Its not the polis this time, MACC is another organisation on corruption. Apparently they are corrupted themselves.

 

[halsey02]

Its not the polis this time, MACC is another organisation on corruption. Apparently they are corrupted themselves.

It is like ALI BABA and the 41 thieves...one new member!

 

[kensington]

Its not the polis this time, MACC is another organisation on corruption. Apparently they are corrupted themselves.

They are UMNO's police all the same.


By DAP Cawangan Jalan Tembikai

Our Comrade Teoh Beng Hock was found dead in MACC HQ at Plaza Wasalam in Shah Alam yesterday afternoon. He was brought in to assist in investigation the day before and was questioned from 6pm to 4am.

3 questions for MACC:

1. Why the accelerated speed to investigate Selangor PR reps when there were obvious foul-play last year when BN reps spent upto 90% of their RM500k allocation in TWO months, that’s spending RM7.5k/day. This is not even mentioning the PNSB-Balkis and Disneyland spendings and the Istana Khir issues. Is there a double-standard by MACC in dealing with PR and BN leaders?

2. Why was Comrade Teoh questioned by MACC from 6pm to 4am, almost 10 hours throughout the night despite clarification by MACC investigation director Shukri Abdul that he was being brought in as a witness in investigation and not being probed himself?

3. Why was Comrade Teoh’s body not allowed access for a couple of hours by PR leaders who arrived at MACC HQ after being notified?
The circumstances surrounding Comrade Teoh’s death were odd. He was planning to register for marriage today and had no reason to commit suicide as some parties had suggested. MACC and PDRM must immediately conduct a thorough investigation including allowing an independant autopsy on Comrade Teoh and suspending the MACC investigation officer who questioned Comrade Teoh. MACC must prove beyond doubt that there is no foul-play in Comrade Teoh’s death or they will forever suffer the lost of whatever reputation they still have. The Prime Minister under whose department MACC was located has once again failed Malaysians by allowing yet another death-in-custody case to happen, if it is proven that this was the case of Comrade Teoh’s death.

Read more at: http://dapjlntembikai.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/death-of-comrade-teoh-beng-hock-3-questions-for-macc/

 

[scroobal]

MACC picked up the officers who arrested and detained the 3 ganglang chief. The issue has always been MACC providing protection and cover to the rogue Police.

MACC also arrested the lawyer who acted for those good Police officers who detained the SS chiefs.

Its not the polis this time, MACC is another organisation on corruption. Apparently they are corrupted themselves.

 

[kensington]

A MALAYSIAN MURDER FACTORY UNDER JOINT OWNERSHIP OF PDRM AND MACC (VIDEOS)


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http://sjsandteam.wordpress.com/200...nder-joint-ownership-of-pdrm-and-macc-videos/

 

[kensington]

ANWAR TO LEAD PAKATAN PROTEST AT MACC TODAY


17/07/2009: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim will lead a contingent of PKR, PAS and DAP leaders to the MACC office at Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on Friday (today) at 10am to protest the mysterious death of Teoh Beng Hock, the personal aide of Seri Kembangan MP Ean Yong Hian Wah. A 30-year old former Sin Chew journalist, Beng Hock was due to get married on Friday. But he died in suspicious circumstances after being grilled mercilessly by the MACC from 5pm on Wednesday till 3.45am on Thursday.

His body was found sprawled in a pool of blood on the roof of an adjoining building next to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s building. Investigation division director Shukri Abdull has stressed Beng Hock was NOT a suspect but merely a witness to the investigation. Already, calls for an independent inquiry into his death have come flooding in.

The following comments sourced from various media on Teo Beng Hock’s tragic death were compiled by Suara Keadilan English News team.

Ramon Navaratnam, chairman of the MACC panel for consultation and prevention: A life has been taken. This is most regrettable. As chairman of the panel of consultation and prevention in the MACC, I am deeply distressed by the circumstances that led to Teoh’s death. Malaysians must be able to have confidence in the procedures and methods used in the interrogation process. Definitely, a full and independent inquiry must be held and the soonest too. The MACC must also answer why Teoh was interrogated for such long hours if he was just a witness. The fact that they took one group of entirely one race for questioning also indicates their lack sensitivity to the Malaysian multi-racial society. At the end of the day, the MACC must come clean and publicly disclose what they were doing with Teoh. It is unfair and there is also no reason for him to die under a cloud of suspicion if there was none in the first place.

Lim Kit Siang, DAP adviser: No one in his right senses will imagine to commit suicide a day before he is slated to be married. MACC’s reputation is at an all time low. It must satisfy Teo’s family and the public that there was no foul play or abuse involved. Is there now the first case of death in custody, not police but MACC? If so, heads must roll! What has this country come to?

Lim Guan Eng, DAP secretary-general: MACC should stop its political persecution of PR, especially DAP leaders and members, that does not serve the interest of fighting corruption or justice. Such political games have caused the loss of life of a bright young idealistic DAP member. There must be a full investigation on how he died. Unless MACC can clear its name, the public may suspect that Teoh was mistreated and MACC had a hand in his sudden death. There must be full transparency and accountability. DAP extends its condolences to Teoh’s family for this tragic loss and assures them that all steps will be taken to ensure that the culprits or those responsible be punished.

Tian Chua, PKR strategic affairs director: This tragedy was born out of the witch hunt by MACC against Selangor Pakatan government. Secondly, there is clear negligence – if not an outright frame-up – by the MACC in causing Beng Hock’s death. Thirdly, there must be an independent inquiry into his death. That much, Malaysians must insist on. We are also aware that certain sections of the authorities are trying to implicate Pakatan Rakyat for being involved in corruption or misuses of power. This is definitely part of a bigger conspiracy. We must act firmly against the devious attack.

M Manoharan, Kota Alam Shah assemblyman who was also Beng Hock’s lawyer: He was happy and looked composed. I had advised him how to handle the interrogation as I was not allowed in during questioning.

Ean Yong, Seri Kembangan assemblyman: He was going to get married, why would he want to commit suicide. He looked calm. Before he went to the MACC office, Manoharan and myself talked to him about how to answer the questions. If there was any problems, I should be the one to face action. I don’t see any reason for him to commit suicide. Furthermore, there was no reason for him to linger (after the interrogation) because his car was here.

Elizabeth Wong, Bukt Lanjan assemblyman: This tragic incident is another reminder of the recklessness of supposedly public institutions like the MACC in pursuing the goals of their political masters. Even the police stops interrogating suspects at 6pm. Did the MACC think it holds powers greater than the PDRM when it interrogated Teoh from 5pm to 4am the next day? Mohd Shukri should save whatever honour he and the MACC have left by resigning.

Shukri Abdull, MACC investigation division director: The man was asked to come to Selangor MACC at 5pm on 15th July for his statement to be recorded and this procedure was completed at 3.45am the next day. At 3.45am, he was allowed to leave, he promised to bring some documents on the day of release, to assist in the investigations. At 6am, he was still seen to be sleeping at the couch but we didn’t see him until 1.30pm when the body was found.

Nazri Aziz, Umno Minister in PM’s Department: I was informed by MACC earlier that he was released. Then he should have gone home. How would we know that he would jump out of the building? Don’t just accuse MACC of being responsible for this. If they keep accusing them and their statements are made public, the people would form their opinions even before the investigation is completed.

S Arutchelvan, Parti Sosialis Malaysia secretary-general: Since Teo was taken to the MACC headquarters for questioning, it is very clear that he was under the custody of the commission. It is therefore clear that MACC is responsible for the death of Teo as it failed to safeguard him. MACC must now face the facts and be held responsible.

http://sjsandteam.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/anwar-to-lead-pakatan-protest-at-macc-today/

 

[kensington]

ABOUT 120 ? people gathered outside the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Selangor branch office at Plaza Masalam, Section 9, Shah Alam, yesterday for a candlelight vigil following the death of Teoh Beng Hock.


The demonstration began at 8.30pm and was attended by several Selangor DAP Members of Parliament and State assemblymen.


Among those present were State exco member Ronnie Liu, Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo, Klang MP Charles Santiago, Teratai State assemblyman Jenice Lee Ying Ha and Seputeh MP and Kinrara State assemblyman Teresa Kok.


The crowd was infuriated with Teoh's death. Banners condemning the MACC were held aloft.


The crowd shouted in unison over their discontentment towards the current administration.


Officers from both the Selangor police contingent headquarters and Shah Alam district headquarters were seen patrolling and cordoning the area.


Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim arrived at the scene at 9pm to show support.


The demonstration ended about 10.30pm. - The Malay Mail



The crowd was definately more than 120 X 5 = 600, but as the Malay Mail is a branch of UMNO, the spins have already started.

 

[kensington]

A Website Dedicated In The Memory of Teoh Beng Hock
http://justiceforbenghock.blogspot.com/

May He Not Die In Vain​

Like everyone else in the DAP family and the wider Malaysian society, I am still grieving over the killing of Teoh Beng Hock, aide to Selangor Exco Ean Yong Hian Wah.

What happened on 16th July 2009 at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s Selangor State Headquarters in Shah Alam is the most tragic day in DAP’s forty-three years’ history. Indeed, one of the saddest days for Malaysia as a nation.

Most of us who participate actively in DAP, other opposition parties and NGOs do not expect personal gains and are often somewhat prepared to face some form of oppression by the UMNO/Barisan Nasional government.

Many of our leaders went through hell in the form of detention without trial. Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng spent a year in jail as a prisoner of conscience for helping a young Malay girl.

But this is the first time one of us has been killed. One of our young is fallen victim to the old, corrupt and rotten system, eaten away by it along with so much of our hopes and dreams.

Photographs of him taken at the time when MACC personnel took him away were published clearly in the papers. And, the next thing we knew he was dead.

At once, his death reveals the most sinister elements of the UMNO/Barisan Nasional apparatus. In its attempt to implicate elected members of Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor for corruption, which would later pave way for another staged coup d'état a la Perak, MACC has started killing our young.

The line is drawn. Whether it takes a year, two years, or a lifetime, it is now our obligation to free Malaysia from UMNO/Barisan Nasional’s misrule and to see to it that justice is restored in our beloved nation.

Beng Hock’s unfortunate demise reminds us that the UMNO/Barisan Nasional government has not changed at all since 8th March 2008. It is time for those who want a better Malaysia, especially those in Pakatan Rakyat, to reaffirm our faith in new politics, and to remind ourselves who we are up against.

May Beng Hock not die in vain.

Liew Chin Tong
DAP MP for Bukit Bendera

http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/24485/84/

 

[kensington]

Police don’t rule out foul play in Teoh’s death (IS THAT RIGHT ? BUAHAAHAA...)


By Neville Spykerman, The Malaysian Insider

Political secretary Teoh Beng Hock died of multiple injuries due to a fall on July 16 but police said it will not rule out foul play.

Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said police are still classifying the 30-year-old’s demise as sudden death following a preliminary report from the autopsy.

He said the police is investigating the causes that led to Teoh falling to his death.

Teoh died in mysterious circumstances a day after he was held by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in their probe into alleged misappropriation of government allocations by Selangor executive council members.

Police are also probing the anti-graft body’s interrogation techniques.

Khalid said two pathologists from the KL Hospital and UM Medical Centre conducted Teoh’s autopsy, adding the Selangor government was given the opportunity to have its own pathologist but none turned up.

MORE TO COME


In Picture : http://www.mysinchew.com/node/27314

 

[kensington]

POLICE BRUTALITY AT MACC

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Lim tells MACC to conduct inquiries at state govt office

News Mysterious death of Teoh Beng Hock 2009-07-18 14:20

PENANG: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng wants the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers to come to the state government office in the event of questioning, to avoid a repeat of the Teoh Beng Hock incident in the future.

"If the MACC were to probe any of the state Executive Councilors (Exco) or their personal assistants, they can come to the state government office for questioning," he told reporters after officiating the Galaxy of Engineering Stars conference organised by the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) here
today (18 July).

Teoh, 30, who was special assistant to Selangor state exco Ean Yong Hian, was assisting MACC in investigations into allegations of misappropriation of state allocations, but was found dead in the corridor of Plaza Masalam building's fifth floor, last Thursday.

Lim, who is also the DAP secretary-general, said he was disappointed with the police for classifying the case as sudden death before carrying out a thorough investigation on Teoh's death.

"I am sad that the police did not carry out their responsibility by detaining the last person who met Teoh on that day which was the MACC Investigation Officer (IO)," he said.

He also said that he was ready to seek legal action against MACC for Teoh's death, if the victim's family agreed.

"We demand justice and if police fail provide that, the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Musa Hassan should resign or his term not extended," he said, adding that the police must practice professionalism in their work.

Meanwhile, former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin who was also present as a speaker at the conference, said he wanted a Royal Commission of Inquiry to be set up to investigate Teoh's case.

"Not only set up the commission but the findings of the case must be revealed to the public to ensure justice and freedom for all Malaysians. I will bring the matter up in parliament," he said. (Bernama)

 

[kensington]

We have forgotten who the enemy is. The enemy is not each other. The enemy is Barisan Nasional and the stooges of Barisan Nasional that include PDRM, MACC, SPR, the AG Chambers and the judiciary.
NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

The Catholics are complaining about the Muslims. They lament about what the Muslims did, which can be considered downright sacrilegious and an insult to the Catholics. So what do they do? They issue press statements from the comfort of their homes.

The Muslims are angry with the Christians. They accuse the Christians of subverting Islam. They want the Christians to be cut down to size and put in their place. They organise protests and demonstrations and threaten the Christians with bloodshed. And the Christians hide in the safety of their homes.

The Chinese and Indians are brutalised by the PDRM and MACC. They are physically and verbally abused, beaten up, tortured and even killed. What do they do? They sign petitions and memorandums and march to the Agong’s palace to hand their protest note to the Agong calling for royal intervention.

The Malays slam the Chinese because they want a Malay representative to sit in the council or committee. The Indians slam the Malays and Chinese because not enough Indians are appointed to the committee or council.

DAP slams PKR and PAS. PAS slams DAP and PKR. PKR slams DAP and PAS.

DAP fights amongst themselves. PAS fights amongst themselves. PKR fights amongst themselves.

And against the backdrop of the above all these people claim they are fighting for change. They are fighting for justice. They are fighting for transparency and good governance. They are fighting to eradicate corruption, wastage of public funds and abuse of power. They are fighting for a better Malaysia and for a better future for their children and grandchildren.

Actually, they are fighting with each other and amongst themselves. And this is why they will never see the reforms that they clamour for.

They say change will come when the next general election is upon us. They will vote. And they will vote the present government out off office. And that is when they will see change and achieve the aspirations of these reforms that they seek.

But this will not happen. It will not happen because those who seek change are weakening by the day. And they are weakening by the day because they are not really fighting for change but fighting amongst themselves.

They would need at least 70% of the votes to see change. With 70% of the votes they can then offset the rampant and blatant fraud perpetuated every general election and get in with at least a simple majority, not even a two-thirds majority. 1969 proved this. 1999 proved this. And 2008 proved this as well.

Short of 70% of the votes change will never come. It will never come because Barisan Nasional will still be in power. Getting anything short of 70% of the votes would mean that the election fraud would enable Barisan Nasional to get back into office.

But only 70% of the eligible voters bother to register as voters. And only 70% of the registered voters bother to come out to vote. And only 50% of those who bother to come out to vote will vote for change -- the rest will vote for Barisan Nasional.

So change will never come. It will never come because only 30% of those who are eligible to vote will vote for change. The rest of the 70% will either vote for Barisan Nasional, or will not come out to vote, or will not register to vote.

So waiting for change every five years and hoping that change will come through the general elections is a pipedream. It is futile to expect change though the ballot box. The two choices are either the ballot or the bullet. And the ballot is a lost cause.

Pilehan Raya or Pilehan Jalan Raya. Those are the two choices open to us. If both can work then we can choose the one that we feel can achieve the maximum result. But if only one works then we choose that only one. It will be only one option. It will not be two options.

Stop talking. Start acting. It is now time to take to the streets. It will be too long to wait for the ballot box. We must vote now. And we must vote with our feet.
We have forgotten who the enemy is. The enemy is not each other. The enemy is Barisan Nasional and the stooges of Barisan Nasional that include PDRM, MACC, SPR, the AG Chambers and the judiciary.
So let’s stop fighting each other. And let’s start fighting the real enemy. And stop dreaming of the ballot box. Vote today. Vote with your feet. And vote in large numbers.

‘Election Day’ starts tomorrow. And the ‘election timetable’ is as follows. Make sure you come out to ‘vote’.

Justice for Teoh Beng Hock events

19 July (Sunday)
4.30 pm: Justice for Beng Hock Solidarity Gathering (organized by Selangor state government)
Stadium Kelana Jaya

20 July (Monday)
10 am: Funeral Beng Hock’s family home, Alor Gajah

21 July (Tuesday)
10 am: Memorandum to Prime Minister to demand for Royal Commission of Inquiry (Pakatan Youth Wings)
PM’s Office, Putrajaya

21 July (Tuesday)
8 pm: Justice for Beng Hock Solidarity Gathering Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang, Jalan Utama, Penang

22 July (Wednesday)
8 pm: Justice for Beng Hock Solidarity Gathering Malacca DAP Headquarter

23 July (Thursday)
8 pm: Justice for Beng Hock Solidarity Gathering Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, KL

http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/24536/84/



RPK WAS ACTUALLY WRITING ABOUT SINGAPORE TOO.

 

[kensington]

What exactly is in the mind of those MACC chiefs?

By Guan Sin

While the rage in Malaysians seem to intensify each passing day on the tragic death of Teoh Beng Hock at MACC Selangor HQ, I start to wonder what exactly is in the mind of those MACC chiefs.

I am sure most of them are parent, like I do, which make the tragedy even sadder - for his parents, the grief of such tragic death is not anything to bear; for his unborn child, the absence of a father from birth has a long and cruel impact to the child’s life. Given the circumstances leading to his death (that he was called in by MACC as a witness, not a party or suspect, to an ongoing investigation), I simply can’t bear to think and accept what had happened.

Peter Ooi wrote a very powerful letter to Malaysiakini, and I quote it here:

I am saddened by the tragic death of Teoh Beng Hock and, my most heartfelt condolence goes to his loved ones. It must be a trying time for them. But I want to ‘congratulate the ‘MACC for their thorough investigation of those opposition excos.

I do not condone corruption. Corrupted officers, be they from BN or Pakatan Rakyat, must be weeded out and no effort must be spared in the effort.

The only question troubling my poor mind is that apparently MACC is very enthusiastic in investigating cases involving the opposition. My perception of the body is that when it involves the ruling parties, probes fizzle out.

The latest revelation of a former MB (GS: he refers to Khir Toyo) owning a palatial home did very little to stir their enthusiasm. Do questions like how he, a mere wage earner, can own such an expensive mansion - one fit for a king - really matter to them? And as many have asked, did the Inland Revenue Board investigate his income?
Did they investigate politicians found guilty of money politics by their own party ? Or maybe the MACC lacked capable officers to do the job.

Has it started seriously investigating the PKFZ scandal? Hey, this involves billion of our money and we expect big guys are involved and let us hope ikan bilis are not made the sacrificial lambs here.
I like to remind the MACC, it is funded by all of us, taxpayers. Hence it has to act impartially. Whether the accused is from BN or Pakatan, all deserve the same degree of attention.

Maybe I am wrong. If so, kindly furnish us with details of the prosecution successes of so many high-profile cases where even a donkey can sense wrongdoing.

So why such obvious double standards that even idiots can understand? What are those MACC chiefs thinking? I would venture to say that the case of Khir Toyo provides us the hints. After losing his state government by a great surprise in 2008, the dentist continues to move on to a life fitting a king. That’s not a loser’s life. It is impossible that he could have pulled so many teeth from his patients since then to afford him the palace.

Read more at: https://airkosong.com/_/2009/07/18/what-exactly-is-in-the-mind-of-those-macc-chiefs/

 

[SamuelStalin]

/seriously, I saw some of our opposition activist here can shout to our police in public..and the officers have to talk nicely to them in the interview room..these ppl can't survive 1 day if they are in msia politics. The SDP is taking PAP kindness as a weakness, in mudland they will be physically torture and kill if they present a yaya attitute to the police

Well said dude.

 

[kensington]

Death at MACC HQ – The people will judge…

18/07/2009 by drrafick

1. It was a shock to me to read Malaysian Insider a few minutes ago that Teoh Beng Hock, the political secretary of Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead in at the MACC Headquarters. To me it is a bloody shocking and unacceptable situation. I wrote this piece immediately after the news broke out pub did not publish it as my mind was really disturbed over the event.

2. It was reported that at a press conference, the MACC director of investigations Datuk Mohd Shukri Abdul said Teoh was questioned from 5pm yesterday to 3.45am and was released soon after. Apparently said he was tired and so he rested on a settee in the lobby. He was seen sleeping on the settee at 6am. It was also reported that at about 1.30pm, the MACC Director said, they heard that a body had been found on the 5th floor of the adjacent building and when one of the MACC officers went to investigate, he realized it was one of their witnesses.

3. His death is not good for the country. I read the statement by Dato Shukri over and over again and I find it perplexing. Why would Teoh be sleeping at the Sofa after being released? Shouldn’t he be calling his family members, friends, his fiancé or political colleagues to inform them that he has been released and need a ride home?

4. The death is a bad omen for the country. It is a bad sign internationally. In the mind of the people, the action of the police and MACC has always been slanted. The death of a politician while he is in the compound of MACC raises a lot of questions. No one that I talk to believes that it is an accident. Speculation is rife that it is murder or an accident while being interrogated. The government can say it views the incident seriously and looking at setting up a royal commission.

5. In reality with the current BN government is perceive of muscling the opposition using the country enforcement agencies. The movement of the Malaysian Non BN political parties has always been monitored. I would not be surprised that there is a dedicated task force that is monitoring the movement, actions and decisions made by the PR MPs, ADUN’s and State Exco’s

6. The way the Police and the MACC conduct its business in this country has not given the people the confidence that they are truly independent. The truth is far less importance then the perception in the eyes of the public. Right now the image of the MACC and the RMP is in a bottomless pit. This will have a big impact on BN.

7. If this is not manage properly, nobody with a clear conscience in this country be it Malays, Chinese or Indians will ever trust the BN. The ruling federal government will be seen as an oppressor using subtle techniques. After the recent Perak Coup and what transpired in the Perak State Assembly, the image of the RMP has already been smudge badly. Now, a death in the MACC office will rock the country further. Where are we going in this country politically? Are we heading towards the tragic history of Aquino assassination? I pray that this would not happen.


http://rights2write.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/death-at-macc-hq-–-the-people-will-judge/

http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/24556/84/

 

[SamuelStalin]

This is just curiosity thought out loud. If people whisteblows and shares speculative analysis on a daily scale will things improve? Will things REALLY improve?

Perhaps this only leads to more of the same, the brutal suppression of out-of-line civil freedoms and the authorities being more complicated in their supposed cronyism, suppression and corruption in those developing countries?

 

[kensington]

http://justiceforbenghock.blogspot.com/2009/07/nation-shocked-by-death-plunge.html


Nation shocked by death plunge

The food court was filling up in the late evening coolness of Cheras on Thursday. People from the tables around me were doing what I had just done, sauntering over to the newspapers vendor and picking up the evening edition of the next day's China Daily News.

They would return to the table and glanced at the front page, inevitably letting out a cry of shock, “Ean Yong Ian Wah's secretary died at MACC!” Everyone around the table would stare in disbelief, confusion, and anxiety. The newspaper was passed around the table. A whispered discussion then followed.

I imagined the scene repeating itself at dinner tables all around the country, with Malaysians sharing their silent explosion of outrage. Thinking about the ill-fated young man's parents, siblings and his grieving fiancée, I suddenly felt very sad and depressed.

Early the next morning, the rage and shock were boiling over on the Internet. On the blog 'Hornbill Unleashed', Pak Bui was associating the mysterious death of Teoh Beng Hock, 30, with that of A Kugan and Adi Anwar. Comments on many blogs expressed a universal condemnation of the MACC.

The first natural reaction would be: did Teoh commit suicide because he could not handle the heat of the intense investigation?

The possibility of suicide is nil. This young man was to have his marriage with his long-time girlfriend registered the next day. He was called in for questioning as a witness, and not as a suspect.

The alleged crime is too minor for any offender to contemplate suicide, even if he were to be charged. Besides, you can fault DAP leaders and members for many things, but you cannot fault them for cowardice.

How then did he fall to his death from the 14th floor? All kinds of theories flourish on the Internet. The most imaginative one has to be from controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin. Prejudiced speculations will spread like wild fire in the days ahead throughout the country.

More questions than answers

The press conference given by the MACC investigation division director Shukri Abdull raised more questions than answers.

He said that Teoh was interrogated from 5pm to 3.45am. The deprivation of sleep during interrogation is a blatant form of torture, and should be banned by law. If long interrogation was necessary, why then did they not call him in at 9 in the morning and finish with it at around five in the afternoon?

Shukri said that Teoh was released at 3.45 in the morning, but preferred to rest on the couch in the MACC building till morning.

I had been detained for one night once, like many others. We all know that the minute we are released from detention, we wish we had wings to fly speedily to our loved ones. One more minute in the place where your personal liberty has been deprived seems like eternity in hell!

If Teoh had indeed decided to stay back and rest, surely he must have called his loved ones to assure them of his safety. Were there such calls made to his parents, his soon-to-be-wife, and his boss?

Teoh's lawyer M Manoharan had volunteered to accompany him for the duration of the interrogation, but this was denied by MACC. Under what law has the MACC the power to deny legal representation for witnesses being interrogated? If there is such a law, the law must be amended to remove such powers in the name of human rights and rule of law.

A life in full bloom cruelly cut short

So a young man at the prime of his life brimming with promise and prospect of personal happiness walked into the MACC building for an interview and ended up as a corpse. What other story can pluck at the heart-string of the national audience of our mainstream and alternative media than this tale of a life in full bloom cruelly cut short?

The MACC has the power to summon such witnesses in the discharge of their official duties, but they have every legal and moral responsibility to ensure the personal safety of every such witness. They cannot be exonerated from their legal liabilities in such a mysterious death. Will Teoh's parents take the MACC to court?

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah – the widely respected grand old man of Malaysian politics – has this to say on his blog:

“With all Malaysians, I am shocked and deeply dismayed at the death of Teoh... The strange circumstances of Teoh's death put the credibility of the government and our investigative and law enforcement agencies under a microscope. The public will expect nothing less than a full investigation into how something like this could have happened.”
Indeed, the dismayed public of all races will expect nothing less than a full investigation into this mysterious death. Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has already called for the establishment of a royal commission to probe into Teoh's death. The call is echoed by other opposition parties, civil society groups, bloggers, and even Khairy Jamaluddin, the Umno Youth chief.

There are the cynical among us who question such a call. Past royal commissions set up to investigate into police reform had been less than successful, because their findings and recommendations had not been accepted and implemented fully by the government.

That may be so. But democratic progress in any country is all about institution building. We ought to encourage the establishment of more royal commissions on controversial issues like Teoh's death.

In fact, the parameters of the proposed royal commission should include the probe of all deaths under detention, and the procedure of interrogation conducted by all law enforcement and investigative agencies.

As Razaleigh has surmised correctly, the sight of public outrage will be trained not only on the MACC and the Royal Malaysian Police, but eventually it will concentrate on the prime minister and his BN government. The call by the deputy prime minister for everybody to calm down would be seen as an arrogant insensitive retort against a spontaneous and universal outburst of grief among Malaysians.

First martyr under Najib's rule

Unpredictably and in one fell swoop, the death of the unfortunate young man at the MACC headquarters has turned the tide for the fracturing opposition coalition. The three component parties of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition have forgotten their public squabbles, and have stood united in seeking justice for Teoh.

This emotionally-charged tragedy has touched a raw nerve in the nation. Malaysians are not going to forget it anytime soon. The experienced political leaders in Pakatan are going to keep the memory of their first martyr under Najib's rule alive for months to come, with public rituals of mourning, remembrance, and requiem. It will turn out to be a hotter potato for Najib than the nation's economy and defeats at by-elections.

The momentum of BN from its near-win at the Manek Urai by-election, the rising popularity of the PM following the spin of his 100-day in office, and the announcement of his liberalisation measures will now be swept aside.

The continued repression of public gatherings in connection with Teoh's death will ensure that the fire of discontent will continue to be stoked to no end.

Eventually, it is all about the core value that must permeate any sovereign political entity: trust. The people must have trust in the laws of the land, and the institutions of state that are entrusted in the implementation of those laws.

When that trust vanishes because of abuse of power, then those institutions will not get the voluntary supportive cooperation from the people. Information from the sea of concerned honest civic conscious citizens will cease to come in, and the institutions will lose their moral legitimacy.

If the institutions still persist on exercising its power over the people after their moral legitimacy has already been destroyed by themselves, then it is warfare between those institutions and the people whom they are supposed to guard against injustices. That is a sure formula for chaos.

That is the fate awaiting the MACC at this critical juncture of our nation's history.


SIM KWANG YANG was MP for Bandar Kuching from 1982 to 1995. He can be reached at [email protected].