行径霸道的"爱心政府"

<---左图是我昨日拜访甘密街菜市场时为四川及缅甸灾民筹款的情况.这筹款活动也受到甘密街印裔小贩踊跃支持。显示爱心超越国界及种族。



国阵政府竟然采用威胁手段欺压甘密街菜市场小贩。北市市政局近日在该菜市场竖立告示牌，恫言将控告6月15日不愿搬迁的小贩。政府以这样强硬的手段对待基层的人民，显示所谓国阵是爱心破产的政府。

我于昨天拜访甘密街菜市场，向该处小贩收集资料，以准备代表小贩们起诉南北市政局。北市在5月15日发出指令要甘密街全部小贩6月15日搬迁至实督东。张健仁承诺将义务代表这群小贩入禀高庭，起诉政府不合理的强迫甘密街小贩搬迁。这些小贩有者甚至家族几代以来在这里经营生意，一家的生计也是依靠这里的摊位维持。政府这样短促的指令显示政府重来没有从他们角度体恤他们。

目前只有十几个小贩已经呈上同意书给我们以支持将这起事件带上法庭。距离我们起先的目标40位，还有一段距离。我不排除北市威胁的举动让小贩们的之前的决心软化下来，小贩们因此被逼于无奈。无论如何决定权是在小贩的个人意愿，没有人可以强逼他们是否愿意入禀法庭。因为在法律的精神下，一个人拥有起诉他人的决定权，这也是人权。

我们将收集同意书的期限展延。将稍后以人数是否达至40人来决定是否入禀法庭。

垃圾对准小贩摊位，臭味搭配食物美味

肯雅兰夜市小贩中心小贩们投诉南市市政局没有提供理想的垃圾收集处，导致该小贩中心恶臭频频。该中心小贩将他们的不满向我反映。我夜间巡视该小贩中心后表示将为他们致函南市市政局做出正式投诉。
市政局所提供新的垃圾收集处出现三大问题：-
第一：垃圾收集处设立在小贩摊位隔邻，导致臭味直接影响小贩们的作业，也影响用餐客户。
第二：市政局将垃圾收集处的门上锁，导致人们将垃圾堆集在门口，加剧对该小贩中心的污染。
第三：该垃圾收集处的屋顶十分的底，使该处的有盖垃圾桶无法打开，垃圾被抛掷在垃圾桶外。

国阵政府一贯的作业手法是，在进行任何计划时，没有寻求受影响者的意见。有些小贩们在该小贩中心经营生意已经许多年，市政局应该在还没有设立该垃圾处前寻求他们的意见。

维持区域卫生是地方政府的职责。这职责甚至是法定的。南市市政局有必要尽快妥善处理垃圾收集处的问题，并添加该小贩中心的垃圾收集次数，还给该处小贩一个卫生的营业环境。

偷鸡不是偷汉

“阿仁加油”运动即将开跑。

健仁被禁足州议会事件，令党内许多同志为其打抱不平。
同志们觉得国阵这样的手段，是不尊重民选制度。
民选的议员，竟能因为勇敢在州议会批政，而被接受处分。
表面是因为批评议长而受到处分，但实际上不过是一个伎俩，
企图让反对声音销声匿迹。

同志们今天身穿党服，出席声援健仁的记者会。
我在记者会上揭开国阵通过2007年的特权法令，是具有背后政治企图。
特权法令的提呈通过，是因为砂06年520的政治改变所致。
520州选，在野党首次有7位（火箭6位，公正党1位）进入州议会。
国阵议员使用特权法令对付在野议员。
这不是公平的竞技。

健仁在第24条文下被判有罪，但却在第14条文下被罚。
第24条文的罪行所受的处罚，最高不过是罚款2,000零吉，
而第14条文才是被处于禁足议会。
试想想，一个人如果被控偷鸡，怎么可以当他是偷汉来处罚？

司马昭之心路人皆知。
国阵不要健仁罚钱，要他不见人影。
这样“白毛”先生之后一天的议会回答才不会受到攻击。

“阿仁加油“运动将有一系列的活动。
希望我们一起为捍卫民主而热烈相应。

国阵是什么不能见人？需要使计赶走健仁。

预料会有这么一天，健仁会成为2007年州议会特权法令下的牺牲者。
这天就这样来了。来得轰轰烈烈，来得气势如虹。
昨天早上健仁还对我说，“下午应该没什么”。
言下之意是叫我专心于昨天下午法庭的结案陈词。
结果，就是在那个下午，他被第一副首长及第二副首长动议在特权法令下被禁足于今年的州议会。
“罪名”是向报界批评议长的不公。

我接到消息，拨了电，揶揄了他。
电话筒的另一边传来了他无奈的笑声。

是，在这样不公的环境中，除了无奈，再也不能容纳多余的情感。
健仁5月7日的议会讲词里，只谈到“白毛”的名字而已，就被议长禁止继续发言。
我曾将当时议长及健仁的对话写在以下（My Dun’s Diary – 7.5.2008）。

议长不公的决定，不能受到批评。
这不民主的作法，是所谓民主社会该有的吗？

今天是“白毛”先生的议会回答。
此时健仁被赶走。
国阵议员必定直呼“好险！”。

What a May 13 day!

Chong Jin Ken was charged with 2 traffic counts on 17.07.2007. The police alleged him being guilty of driving a lorry carried with earth which was not covered properly.

His defence was that the police was demanding "kopi-o" from his site supervisor and the site supervisor refused to see him, and thereafter the summons was issued against him who heading towards the site.

One of the police did admitted to the Court, while cross-examined by Chieng Jen, that he did uttered the following words before issuing the summons:-
"Saya sudah pusing site beberapa kali, site supervisor tidak mahu keluar jumpa saya. Bagaimana menjadi site supervisor macam ini?"

Further, the police also admitted to the Court that these are the only words he uttered.

Chong Jin Ken has been acquitted by the Court this morning on the reason that the Prosecution had failed to establish the prima facie case.

What a May 13 day for Chong Jin Ken and Malaysian's justice at large.

My DUN's Diary - 7.5.2008

The below is part of Chieng Jen Speech in DUN on 07.05.2008:-

Chieng Jen:
Mr. Speaker, have you heard about “Wikipedia”? (Silent) Anyone heard about “Wikipedia”? (Silent) That’s mean you are not very internet servy. It is a free encyclopedia available to anyone on the net. You can type anything, and most of the time you will get the answer. But in the “Wikipedia”, I will urge honourable members of this House to have a look. I went in, I do a few searches, and when I came along with the name of our Chief Minister, Abdul Taib Mhmud…

Speaker: No… No… I have to stop you.

Chieng Jen: Ha… (Laughing) Why?

Speaker: Because is sub-judice.

Chieng Jen: No, no. That is not sub-judice.

Speaker: It was stated in the (election) petition (against you).

Chieng Jen: What is in the petition?

Speaker: What you alleged against the CM and the family, and the companies.

Chieng Jen: What did I alleged?

Speaker: If in the election petition served on you by the petitioner with you as respondent, incited or with your blog and you pamphlets, so I have to stop you…. Member for Kota Sentosa, that is my ruling.

Chieng Jen: It is very bad…

Then the hullabaloo started.

My DUN's diary - 6.5.2008

Chieng Jen questioned the Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak, Tan Sri George Chan, on the Government’s effort to ensure the equal treatment in entertaining police report from the public and high rank government officer. The question was posed to the government in this morning questionnaire sessions in Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) sitting.

In 25th March 2008, I had received a complaint from a Ling’s family at Tabuan Laru, Kuching that their house has been robbed in the very afternoon. They discovered the daylight robbery sometime at 2 pm. They called the police right after the discovery, but the reply given was that they have to go to the nearest police station to make a formal report, only by then the “Saya Anti Rasuah” team will send the man down to the scene for investigation. Ling’s family waited for an hour to complete the report making and waited for another few hours for the police to come. From the time they first discovered the crime until the arrival of the 2 investigating officers on the “welcoming red carpet” of the crime scene, it took 4-5 hours.

On 28th March 2008, similarly the BN Samariang Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri’s (ADUN) house was robbed. She needed just a phone call to summons the police to come. Not only pitiful 2 officers came, but a group of investigating officers, lots of high rank police officers including the State Commissioner of Police came, and even police dogs were there to facilitate the investigation.

Same treatment to George on the robbery of his house on last April fool day.

I wondering what kind of phone was used by Samariang ADUN and George. For them, one phone call was good enough for the police to come. For Ling’s family or public at large, we got to go through lots procedures including making police reports and recording statement. It can be simple, but for whatever reason it has been made complicated and became extremely time consuming.

The question posed by Chieng Jen this morning to George was not well answered. George on the other hand called for suggestions to solve this problem. To me, this is a problem of double standard practiced by the police force. Can’t state government directs the police to treat public equally as what has been rendered to him? What more suggestion needed by him?

Unfortunately I was sitting in the public gallery to hear this kind of answer.

Even Mahathir has to go on Blog

I was one of the attendants of media forum organized by AZAM and See Hua Group held yesterday at Crown Tower

I was representing Chieng Jen to attend the forum entited "Challenges Posed by Alternative Media". The forum agenda forwarded to us shown nothing that Datuk Wong Soon Koh will be the guest of honours of the forum. In his opening speech, he emphasized that “credibility” should be the essential element leads towards the survival of mainstream media, such as daily newspapers. He also emphasized the importance of being an “investigative media”. He commented that alternative media is lacking of resources to become investigative, and it is why they are lacking of credibility.

I am totally disagreed with our Minister of Urban Development and Tourism of Sarawak. The hands of the mainstream media are most of the time tied. In Malaysia, we seriously in need of media freedom. Our Pak Lah, who claimed in desiring to hear the truth, is no one better than his predecessors of being a lover of media freedom. Even his immediate predecessor, Tun Mahatir, is forced to utilise the facility of the internet, sparing his peaceful retiring time to go on “blogging”. Tun Mahathir had commented that the mainstream media have been controlled by government and left with minimum room for media freedom. Tun Mahathir may never think of one day he has to sit down before a computer, joining blogging activity, which could be an alien to him while he was still the man in charge of this country.

The credibility of the mainstream media cannot be gained by way of becoming investigative media. To become ivestigative is a much more advance level for local mainstream media to achieve. We can’t even ensure the media freedom, what more to say moving into investigation work, which is overlapping the work of “Saya Anti Rasuah” team.

Indeed it is true for the mainstream media to gain more credibility in the eyes of the public in order to survive. However, this definitely cannot be done by way of becoming investigative but the government have to provide a freedom atmosphere for the media. Can you do that, BN Government?

“Blocking media freedom leads to Blogging”