Items by Kit

• May 15, 2008
• 22:11

  KJ comes to Amirsham’s rescue

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  After embarrassing the professional-technocrat non-politician Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Amirsham Aziz with a planted supplementary question and a planted answer during Question Time in Parliament this morning, the Prime Minister’s son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin (MP for Rembau) has aggravated Amirsham’s embarrassment in coming to the former banker’s defence! Rebutting the suspicion that [...]
• 15:50

  Three Molotov cocktails thrown at Perak DAP premises must be deplored by all

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The three homemade Mototov cocktails thrown at the Perak DAP premises in Ipoh opposite the Perak state assembly at 2.20 am must be deplored by all political parties, the civil society and all Malaysians. Although no great harm was done, such contemptible action must be nipped in the bud and not be condoned in [...]
• 12:01

  Amirsham Aziz – a professional/technocrat in Cabinet or just a Minister under the thumb of “world’s richest unemployed”?

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  When banker Datuk Amirsham Abdul Aziz was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in the second Abdullah Cabinet after the March 8 “political tsunami”, he was hailed as a professional and technocrat to oversee the Economic Planning Unit. Amirsham himself pledged on his Cabinet appointment on 18th March 2008: “I will use my banking experience [...]
• May 14, 2008
• 22:38

  Believe it or not - Malaysia’s improved anti-corruption performance

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  May 14, 2008 21:28 PM Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Performance Has Improved - Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s fight against corruption has shown a marked improvement and it is placed among countries which had succeeded in tackling the menace, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said the Corruption Perception [...]
• 22:12

  Sabah on fire in Parliament (2)

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The problem of illegal immigrants in Sabah today is even worse than more than a decade ago when the resolution of the long-standing problem of illegal immigrants in Sabah was proclaimed as one of the pillars of Sabah Baru 13 years ago. In the seventies, there were 100,000 to 200,000 illegal immigrants, which have mushroomed to [...]
• May 13, 2008
• 22:18

  Another NS death

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  BY: Emergency Physician Dear YB, please speak up for the many concerned parents regarding the deaths and deaths and deaths in the NS camps… it is very very worrying… authorities don’t seems to concern much i am a doctor, working as a specialist in emergency department… i can somehow guess what had happened… it is ridiculous [...]
• 18:21

  Sabah on fire in Parliament

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Sabah on fire - that is one clear message of the first debate of the new Parliament which ends today with the three-day Ministerial replies starting tomorrow. Is the March 8 “political tsunami” in Peninsular Malaysia reaching Sabah? Two outstanding examples: 1. “We (Sabah BN MPs) have never jumped. We can move by simply forming [...]
• May 12, 2008
• 8:40

  Desecrators, Not Defenders of Malay Honor

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  by M. Bakri Musa What strikes me on this latest Raja Petra saga is that the public officials involved were all Malays. Their behaviors besmirch the good name of my race and culture. Contrary to their conviction and assertion, they are not the defenders of Malay honor; they are the desecrators of Malay honor. [...]
• 3:49

  “Beggar Minister” finally admits

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  “Position of BN component parties like beggars” is the headline of today’s Sin Chew Daily exclusive interview with former Gerakan President Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, with a secondary headline: “Not given equal respect – Lim Keng Yaik” Keng Yaik, who is now Gerakan adviser, told Sin Chew that Barisan Nasional component [...]
• May 10, 2008
• 16:18

  Cyclone Nargis and callous Myanmar military rulers - Let ASEAN be first to condemn

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Let ASEAN be the first to condemn the Myanmar military junta for its callousness in not suspending its sham referendum to legitimize its 46-year dictatorship in the face of the Cyclone Nargis devastation. On May 3, 2008, cyclone Nargis struck the Irrawaddy delta and wiped out entire villages as it left a path of destruction [...]
• 14:56

  Lingam Video Clip RCI report - table it in Parliament on Monday

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The four-volume 186-page Lingam Video Clip Royal Commission of Inquiry Report, which was submitted to the Yang di Pertuan Agong yesterday, should be tabled in Parliament on Monday, in toto without any abridgement, regardless of whether the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had read or approved of it or not. In first-world developed countries [...]
• 9:31

  Abdullah putting pressure on AG to prosecute Karpal - bad and dangerous precedent

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is setting a bad and dangerous precedent in publicly pressurizing the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Gani Patail to charge DAP National Chairman and MP for Bukit Gelugor, Karpal Singh for sedition and turn a legal issue into a political and racial one. This is the first time in 50 [...]
• May 09, 2008
• 20:50

  Grand Saga - the bully at Bandar Makhota Cheras

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  by Edward Kok Yesterday’s ruckus at Bandar Mahkota Cheras is another sad example of the Federal Government’s oppression against its own people whom the Federal Government has pledged to serve and protect. The FRU, fully armed and protected against hapless residents who merely want to have an access road to their residence. Why is Grand Saga, the toll [...]
• 20:27

  Raja Petra: a bohemian rhapsody

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  by Dr. Azly Rahman “Is this a real life.. is this just fantasy Caught in a landslide…. no escape from reality Open your eyes… look up to the skies and see…I’m just a poor boy.. I need no sympathy.. because I’m easy come.. easy go… “ — Freddy Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody There is so much sadness in our nation as [...]
• 18:07

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• 11:55

  “The World’s Richest Unemployed”

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• May 08, 2008
• 16:22

  The Empire Strikes Back 3

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  (1) DAP Assemblyman Handcuffed & Assaulted (2) More “Little Napoleon” rampages Share on Facebook
• 13:11

  Me, ‘the great white shark’?

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  I am intrigued by the following article by Azmi Anshar in NST Online and thought that I would share it with you all: DEWAN DISPATCHES: Parliament’s great white shark For as long as the political savvy can remember, Lim Kit Siang has been an authoritative presence in the Dewan Rakyat, an orator of sublime presentation on compelling [...]
• May 07, 2008
• 22:40

  The Empire Strikes Back 2

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  When the witness becomes the accused Citizen Nades - By R. Nadeswaran The Sun 7th May 2008 EVER WONDERED why the police force is unable to close files and solve crimes? Do you know why witnesses to crimes do not want to come forward? Why do witnesses suddenly have memory lapses and declare: “I did not see anything.” I [...]
• 19:38

  Anti-Corruption & Media Reform

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The reform proposals announced by the Prime Minister in the fight against corruption are also most unsatisfactory, viz: · The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) to become an “independent” Malaysian Commission Against Corruption (MCAC) by year end, to be answerable to Parliament. · Increase of the MCAC’s workforce to 5,000 officers over a period of five years, whistle-blowers [...]
• 19:21

  On judicial reform

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The Prime Minister recently announced reform proposals for the judiciary and in the fight against corruption. Many were disappointed by the Prime Minister’s speech on “Delivering Justice, Renewing Trust” at a special dinner hosted by the Bar Council on April 17, 2008, as more, much more, than what was announced to restore [...]
• 19:17

  Belated genuine reforms or just sloganeering?

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  It is almost two months since the March 8 political tsunami of the 2008 general election which saw the end of Barisan Nasional’s unbroken two-thirds parliamentary majority and the loss of state government in five states – Penang, Perak, Selangor, Kedah and Kelantan. More than two weeks after the March 8 political tsunami, the Prime Minister, [...]
• 18:49

  The Empire Strikes Back in video (1-3)

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The first 33 minutes of my speech in Parliament on the Royal Address motion yesterday was on the prosecution of RPK, which is on video in four parts. Share on Facebook
• 18:42

  The Empire Strikes Back…

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  This morning, Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the editor of the news portal Malaysia Today, was summoned to the Kuala Lumpur magistrate’s court to be charged with sedition in connection with his recent posting on Altantunya Shaariibuu murder case , “Let’s send the Altantunya murderers to hell”. Last Friday, the Police Cybercrimes Division sent a squad to his [...]
• May 05, 2008
• 22:15

  RPK to be charged with sedition?

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  i have been informed that Raja Petra Kamaruddin has been ordered to surrender himself at the Jalan Duta magistrate’s court at 9.30 am tomorrow to be charged with sedition. I have not been able to contact RPK to get confirmation. Share on Facebook
• 20:47

  Al-Fatihah and a letter to the Home Minister and all Parliamentarians

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  by Dr. Azly Rahman Sad sad day. Today is an extremely sad day for me. It concerns my beloved former English teacher, Puan Rahmah Sahamid. I had just read a Malaysia-Today entry on the passing of her beloved sister Habnah. Let me reproduce a letter she wrote to Malaysia-Today and I am asking this issue which [...]
• 19:53

  2007 Malaysian Population = 27.17 million

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Estimated Population in Malaysia for2007 – 27.17 million (93% citizens; 7% non-citizens) Malaysian citizens comprise Bumiputera – 66.4% Chinese - 24.9% Indians - 7.5% Others [...]
• May 04, 2008
• 9:39

  Doctors Prescribe, Pharmacists Dispense, Patients Suffer

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  by Product Of The System Real Life Scenario Madam Ong is a 52-year-old lady with a twelve-year-history of hypertension and diabetes. She complained of generalised lethargy, lower limb weakness, swelling and pain. She brought along her cocktail of medications for my scrutiny. Her regular medications included the oral antidiabetics metformin and glicazide and the antihypertensives [...]
• May 03, 2008
• 14:04

  Time for press freedom reform – although 8 years late

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, should embrace press freedom reform to ensure that the reform measures he has announced on the judiciary and anti-corruption are meaningful and sustainable. Without a fair and independent media, no reform measures whether to restore public confidence in the independence, impartiality and quality of the judiciary or an [...]
• 12:01

  Lee Hwa Beng to investigate RM4.6 billion PKFZ scandal?

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Letters by Albert Lim I refer to YB blog posting dated April 11 regarding abovementioned. I strongly believe and fear that YB predictions may come true with the appointment of former Subang Jaya state assemblyman, Lee Hwa Beng as Port Klang Chairman, reported today by China Press. With Lee’s appointment, the transport minister gives an immediate instruction for [...]
• 11:38

  Ning Baizura’s encounter with Penang CM

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  My attention was drawn to the blog on Malaysian songstress Ning Baizura’s encounter with the Penang Chief Minister, “Have you seen a Chief Minister sit in Economy Class? I have”. It was independent blogger Zainol Abideen who drew attention to the blog of Guan Eng’s meeting with Ning and her manager, Vernon Kedit [...]
• 7:53

  Liow Tiong Lai, the PHFSA …and warrior mosquitoes

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Letters by Suka Jaga Tepi Kain Thus far the new health minister, Liow Tiong Lai has made two statements regarding the notorious PHFSA (Private Healthcare, Facilities and Services Act). One is that doctors should not own too many clinics as they will not be able to focus on seeing patients (that is if they are still seeing [...]
• May 02, 2008
• 15:38

  Police after RPK again

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Police going after Raja Petra Kamarudin again. His computer was confiscated during a police search of his house in Sungai Buloh this morning connected to his recent posting on the Altantunya Shaariibuu murder case in his blog, “Let’s send the Altantunya murderers to hell”. Malaysiakini has reported DSP Victor Sanjos of the cybercrimes division as saying that [...]
• May 01, 2008
• 14:29

  Abdullah could only think of seven priority reform measures…

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Yesterday, my parliamentary question (No. 5 on the Order Paper) asking the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi “to outline the top ten priority reform measures which his government will implement in the next 12 months to demonstrate that he has heard the voices of the people in the March 8, [...]
• April 30, 2008
• 12:52

  Bad start for 12th Parliament

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Its a bad start for the 12th Parliament, with Parliament setting the bad example of breaking and bending laws and rules to fit the whims and fancies of the Barisan Nasional government, whether during question time or in the first debate on the Royal Address. Those who have seen the live telecast may want to give [...]
• 8:12

  After the apology over the keris

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  by Azly Rahman We must resolve the keris controversy generated by Umno Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein, who has brandished the keris at the party’s annual assembly twice now. At last year’s meeting, Umno Perlis delegate Hashim Suboh said at the end of the debate on economy and education issues: “Datuk Hisham has unsheathed his keris, waved his [...]
• April 28, 2008
• 16:43

  Urgent Parliament motion on Wednesday for release of Hindraf 5 and 60 other ISA detainees

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  I have given notice to Parliament to have an urgent debate on Wednesday for the release of the Hindraf Five – M Manoharan, DAP Selangor Assemblyman for Kota Alam Shah, P. Uthayakumar, V. Ganabatirau, R. Kenghadharan dan T. Vasantha Kumar - and over 60 other detainees currently held in Kamunting Detention Centre [...]
• 15:54

  Freedom From An Oppressive Government

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  by M. Bakri Musa The greatest legacy the leader of a nation could bequeath would be freedom from an oppressive government. This realization comes to me when I compare Malaysia’s experience during the 1997 economic crisis to America’s current struggle with its massive debt mess. [...]
• 8:21

  12th Parliament Opens Today

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The “political tsunami” 12th Parliament elected on March 8, 2008 convenes today for the swearing-in of the 222 elected Members of Parliament and the election of the Speaker and two Deputy Speakers. Tomorrow, the Yang di Pertuan Agong will officially declare open the 12th Parliament with a royal address which represents the policy speech of the [...]
• April 27, 2008
• 12:23

  Hishammuddin’s apology - Malay keris-wielding antics laid to rest?

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Two weeks ago, when speaking at the first public ceramah/consultation with DAP MPs, Excos, State Assembly representatives in Ipoh, I broached the subject when the UMNO Youth leader and Education Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussin will publicly apologise for his offensive, irresponsible and provocative “Malay keris” antics which MCA, Gerakan and even Umno [...]
• April 25, 2008
• 15:00

  Lee Kah Choon saga - opportunity lost for BN leaders after March 8 “political tsunami”

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The Lee Kah Choon saga is an opportunity lost for Malaysian leaders to emulate the Malaysian voters in the March 8 “political tsunami” to rise above race, religion and political differences to work single-mindedly for the good of the people, state and country. In the last Parliament, in keeping with the perverse notion of “Support [...]
• April 24, 2008
• 17:42

  Renewal of Makkal Osai welcomed - now for immediate release of Hindraf 5

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  The government’s about-turn to renew the publishing permit of Tamil daily Makkal Osai which it banned last week is welcome as it would have otherwise destroyed the credibility of all reform pledges of Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on the judiciary and the anti-corruption agency. The Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hamid [...]
• 7:31

  Rustam Sani - Patriot and Intellectual (1944-2008)

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  by Bakri Musa I am saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rustam Sani. In Rustam we had a true patriot, one whose love for the country is pure. It is so because it came from the head as well as the heart. It is patriotism unadulterated by the pursuit of [...]
• April 23, 2008
• 21:45

  China-Bashing Season Has Begun

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  By Farish A. Noor While the simplistic thesis put forward by Samuel Huntington in his work ‘The Clash of Civilisations’ reads like a paltry script from a bad movie, it has to be said that bad scripts are often the most believable and effective. It was Huntington who predicted that in the wake of the [...]
• 15:01

  Passing of a great Malaysian patriot

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Shocked this morning to hear of the passing away of a great Malaysian patriot, Rustam A. Sani, 63, academician, scholar and political activist suddenly at about 2.30am at his home in Gombak. Deepest condolences to his wife, Rohani, his children Azrani and Ariani and grandaughter, Arissa. Together with Fong Kui Lun, DAP National Treasurer [...]
• April 22, 2008
• 11:43

  ACA director-general finally admitting “interference” in anti-corruption investigations?

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  “This is what the public wants. We want the same, too…What we want is to be independent in carrying out investigations with no interference.” – Director-General Ahmad Said Hamdan, ACA director-general. Is this response by the ACA director-general to the proposed revamp of the Anti-Corruption Agency into the Malaysian Commission on Anti-Corruption, announced by the Prime [...]
• April 21, 2008
• 13:23

  Anti-Corruption reform - Abdullah pre-empting parliamary question directed to him next week

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  It has become the practice for Cabinet Ministers to pre-empt questions which MPs have given notice in the forthcoming parliamentary meeting by giving answers before the questions are actually asked on the dates they are listed. The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, has proved that he is no exception and is beginning to [...]
• 11:29

  Apportioning The Blame

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  by M. Bakri Musa It is tempting – and comforting – to blame everyone for the failure of Prime Minister Abdullah’s leadership, or to take the other extreme and heap the blame entirely on the hapless man. Both approaches would be inadequate if not [...]
• April 20, 2008
• 10:41

  Reflections on a sinking Bahtera Merdeka

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  Dr. Azly Rahman Bonda senyum riang (Mother smiled with joy) Menerima bahtera merdeka… (In receiving the ship of Independence) - words from an old song of the 70s With apologies to the late American social critic Gore Vidal, my piece this week was conceived over the weekend at a speech at Harvard University, during which I spoke about [...]
• April 19, 2008
• 18:23

  5 DAP MPs did not submit a single question for Parliament - apologies

   » ‎ Lim Kit Siang
  I was taken aback when Chong Zemin put up the post that a blog had disclosed that there are 29 MPs who did not submit a question for the coming parliamentary meeting starting at the end of the month, and that five of them are from DAP. The five DAP MPs cited are: • Charles Anthony Santiago [...]