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Suaram: Budaya 'terlepas hukuman' makin buruk Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:19 PM PDT Budaya terlepas daripada hukuman yang dinikmati oleh polis dan agensi penguatkuasaan yang lain telah bertambah buruk, menurut laporan hak asasi manusia yang dikeluarkan Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) bagi tahun 2010. Meskipun aduan ke atas polis terus menimbun, namun bilangan mereka yang 'gemar melepaskan tembakan' terus meningkat setiap tahun. Dalam mendedahkan fakta itu, pengerusi Suaram, K Arumugam (kiri) menjangkakan situasai berkenaan akan bertambah buruk kerana pihak berkuasa gagal menangani situasi hak asasi manusia. "Situasi hak asasi manusia tahun depan akan bertambah buruk kerana mereka yang berkuasa tidak mahu mengubah. Mereka terus berpaut untuk berkuasa dan bukannya berjuang untuk kebebasan," kata aktivis hak asasi itu. [Baca berita penuh] Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

SPRM pamerkan bilik soal-siasat baru Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:57 PM PDT Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) hari ini membuktikan keseriusan mereka melaksanakan cadangan yang dibuat oleh Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja dengan mempamerkan kepada media bilik soal-siasatnya yang baru yang terletak di bahagian bawah tanah di Putrajaya. Tiga puluh enam bilik soal-siasat seumpama itu yang bernilai kira-kira antara RM140,000 dan RM160,000 setiap satu akan didirikan di seluruh negara bagi membuktikan ketelusan SPRM ketika mencatatakan rakaman daripada saksi dan mereka yang dituduh. Pengarah siasatan SPRM Mustafar Ali berkata sistem yang sama diguna-pakai oleh pihak berkuasa anti rasuah di Hong Kong. "Saksi atau tertuduh akan dibawa ke bilik soal-siasat, di mana kenyataan mereka akan dirakamkan secara visual dan audio melalui peralatan rakaman. Bagi suspek, kami akan bekalkan sesalinan rakaman itu. Bagi saksi, kami akan mengemukakan salinan rakaman, jika mereka tidak beri kerjasama ketika beri keterangan di mahkamah," kata Mustafar. Dengan langkah ini, beliau berharap reputasi SPRM sebagai badan pencegah rasuah dapat dipulihkan. "Sebenarnya, moral kami tetap tinggi di sebalik saranan RCI," kata Mustafar ketika membawa wartawan melihat bilik soal-siasat yang bercorak seperti bunker di paras B1 ibu pejabatnya di Putrajaya. [Baca berita penuh] Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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Zunar ban more dangerous to M'sia than cartoons Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:23 AM PDT Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) is a free speech and human rights NGO protecting and monitoring editorial cartoonists around the world who find themselves in trouble because of their influential cartoons. For the last 10 years the government of Malaysia has been seeking to silence one of the more popular political cartoonists in Kuala Lumpur, Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, better known as 'Zunar'. In the past two years he has been arrested and detained, his office has been raided, his cartoons books have been seized, and his publishers and editors have been prevented from publishing his cartoons. Zunar recently took the government to court appealing last year's decision to ban his books On July 14, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur decided to uphold last year's banning of his political cartoon books and dismissed his appeal. 'Perak Darul Kartun' and '1 Funny Malaysia', which featured more than 150 individual cartoons, were initially banned by the Malaysian government in June 2010 under Section 7 of the Printing Presses and Publications Act of 1984. Without elaborating, the judge held, "their contents are not suitable and are detrimental to public order". Nothing could be further from the truth. These two books focus the public's attention on important political and social issues such as conspiracies against the former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu and the Scorpene submarine scandal. CRNI deplores the decision of High Court Judge Rohana Yusof who agreed with the government's argument that the cartoons would lead to public disorder. As influential as Zunar's work is in shaping Malaysian pubic opinion, there is no evidence that the cartoons would lead to public disorder. In so ruling, the court has furthermore ignored freedom of expression rights as provided by the Malaysian federal constitution. CRNI has reviewed the banned cartoon books 'Perak Darul Kartun' and '1 Funny Malaysia' and found that all the cartoons in these books are in keeping with excepted international standards of political cartooning. CRNI is deeply concerned that by this decision the court gives a license to government to act more harshly in suppressing both political cartoonists and investigative journalists. In the long run suppression of speech is a much graver threat to public order than one cartoonist's well-informed opinions. CRNI urges the Malaysian government and the Malaysian Court to respect the rights of free speech for all Malaysian citizens and reverse its July 14 decision. Robert Russell is director of CRNI. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Bersih 2.0 a true display of Malaysians' strengths Posted: 25 Jul 2011 03:36 AM PDT I came to Malaysia on June 14 with the intention of conducting research on race and government policy in Malaysian secondary schools and universities. The topic seemed to be the most rich and interesting at the time. However, my real interests lie in political agency and human geography. So it should come at no surprise that I instead dove into the political scene. I met some really great people and got involved with the group from 50B. And you better believe that I was at the rally this past July 9. I have written already about my personal experience at the rally, which was, by the way, fantastic. From reading various post-rally articles and Twitter updates, I think that people have already talked a lot about camaraderie. So I'm going to talk here about diversity. From what I have observed in this country, diversity can be turned into real power if used well. At the rally, there were people of all races, age groups, and socioeconomic backgrounds. In addition, the crowd was coloured with people of different political views. The rally-goers were not a homogeneous group by any stretch of the imagination. Differences and disagreements did not keep people from coming together at this rally. And this is what made it seem more powerful for me. The fact that so many different people came together to stand for whatever cause (for Bersih, for general discontent with the government, etc.) disproves the idea that the Malaysian population is plagued by inherent racism. The numbers also disprove the idea that the Malaysian population is apathetic and easily deceived. People are really coming to desire change. And its infectious. In addition, not only are people desiring such change, but they are willing to take action to ensure that it happens. I want to thank everyone who made this experience so exhilarating and empowering for me, and I hope to rejoin the masses for the next battle, whatever and whenever it may be. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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