PARLIAMENT MOTION

I would be submitting a motion on the ISA today to the Speaker. As per the standing Orders this motion should come up on wednesday(14thMay). Lets see what happens then! 

Urgent motion to debate police brutality against demonstration across the country on Sunday 11th May2008 to abolish ISA and free all ISA detainees…
 
On Sunday across the country Malaysians peacefully demonstrated against the internal security Act (ISA), a draconian and barbaric law used against critics and political opponents of the government.  
In Ipoh the demonstrations were brutally suppressed, banners and posters seized and citizens intimidated and threatened by the police. In Penang four were arrested by the Police.

It is the right of every citizen to peacefully show their disagreement with any suppressive law including the ISA. It is their constitutional rights. There is absolutely no need to use the police to stop citizens from exercising their rights peaceably. In Ipoh where I was also present there were more Police personnel then the demonstrators! The demonstrators were well behaved but it was the police who were aggressive and rude.

Instead of police overseeing the demonstrations they could have used the time and served society better if there are engaged in fruitful police duties like investigating and solving criminal cases.
The continued use of the ISA is a shame on the country and the government and the world treats Malaysia as a barbaric nation without contempt. No progressive, democratic country will use the ISA against its own people. Detention without trial and police brutality against citizens are marks of a dictatorship and cruelty.  Instead of detaining people under the ISA these detainees should be charged in the court otherwise they all should be freed.

The need to free all ISA detainees is utmost urgent including the five leaders Hindraf. Lawyer P. Uthayakumar is a confirmed diabetic and has a worsening heart condition and the treatment and medicines he is getting are questionable. He requires urgent and constant medical care that can only be provided by a dedicated medical institution like the Institute Jantung Negara. If he is not referred Uthayakumar health would be damaged permanently. The government’s credibility will be seriously damaged if he does not get immediately, professional medical help.
 
M.Kula Segaran

HINDRAF DEMONSTRATION IN IPOH-INFRONT OF JUSCO

11 MAY 2008 - IPOH

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COMPLAINT AGAINST RESTAURANT HAJI YAHYA

For the past 6 months the rate payers of Ipoh city raised many complaints against the Restaurant Haji Yahya which is situated in the middle of Ipoh City. The complaint was raised many times to Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh and no action has been taken.

The restaurant owner built the restaurant on the walk way.But presently the walk way is utilized by the restaurant owner. The restaurant owner extended the restaurant without the approval from the city planning unit.

We were hoping the MBI would wake up and take action to demolish the illegal extension.

As the restaurant owner had been operating on the walk way this has caused alot of discomfort to other road users. Examples are as follows: customers will park the car at the road shoulder which is on top of yellow lane to buy or to have breakfast and this causes traffic congestion in the morning and in the peak hours.

This issue also was also brought to the attention of a local NGO Association of Community and Dialogue (ACID) and the concern NGO already send a letter with many reminders to the Datuk Bandar’s Office asking for action against the restaurant.  At the same time I also received the complaint in my political office advising me to take action against the restaurant.

I am considering what I should do about this complaint because the location of the restaurant comes under my constituency. I’m sure some people would like to rise and want action! Did MBI gave approval for the restaurant at the road side.

Leaks in the house again

 

 

Leaks recurred at the Parliament building this afternoon - just two weeks after Works Minister Mohd Zin Mohamed’s assurance that it would not happen again.
Water dripped from the ceiling at the Parliament lobby, near House speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia’s office, this afternoon at around 5pm following a one-hour heavy rain.
The parliament sitting, which was extended from 5.30pm to 7.30pm today, was however not interrupted by the incident.
The incident came just two weeks after the minister made an inspection at the Parliament House and assured the leaks - a problem which has consistently plagued the 47-year-old building - would not recur.
Shortly after the leaks were detected, Mohd Zin and Public Works Department deputy director-general PN Selvanayagam paid a visit to the Parliament and inspected the roof.
According to Mohd Zin, the incident was not due to the roof leaking but the air-condition system.
‘The rain water flooded the down-water pipe causing the backflow leak through the air condition duct,’ the minister told reporters at the lobby.
Following the latest incident, Mohd Zin said he and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz will propose a cabinet paper for a rehabilitation of the Parliament building.
Disgraceful, says Kit Siang
Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timor) and M Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) expressed their outrage over the leaks.
Lim described it as ‘disgraceful’, and Kulasegaran asked why the problem continued to occur.
‘We have spent more than RM100 million in renovation, what has gone wrong?’ the Ipoh Barat MP said, referring to a massive renovation work just three years ago.
Deputy speaker Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar also expressed his displeasure.
‘I am not satisfied with this when we have spent so much (on renovation) but (the roof) still leaking, especially now that the rainy season is coming,’ he told reporters at lobby.
He added that the house committee, whose new members are not named yet, will look into the problem.
The committee is tasked to deliberate and consult on issues regarding the comfort and facilities in Parliament, as well as the services enjoyed by MPs in the house.
In April 2005, the Dewan Rakyat sitting was abruptly adjourned after water poured into the chamber following a thunderstorm.
The problems continued to recur for a few times last year (file photo, left), albeit at a minor scale, despite the government said it has tackled the problem

More then 150,000 stateless people in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27, 2008): There are some 150,000 people in the country with no identification documents ranging from the birth certificate to the identity card, said M. Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat).
Kulasegaran took the opportunity to raise the issue which was a subject in the motion of thanks on the royal address by Datuk Anifah Aman (BN-Kimanis) yesterday.
He said the issue of stateless people failed to get the government’s attention and was a problem that could easily be fixed.
‘Some of these people had parents who have died or disappeared but the National Registration Department (NRD) officers refuse to give them documents.
‘There must be efforts to be taken to work this out. If we can give amnesty to foreigners who seek refuge here, why can’t we do something for the people of our own country?
‘Instead, the NRD sets out 18 conditions before someone can be registered,’ he added.
Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (BN-Pasir Salak) then questioned Kulasegaran: ‘Where did Indians come from? What is their status here now? Before, they were in the estates but now they are doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and engineers.’
This sparked a furore amongst the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MPs deeming the statement as racial based.
Kulasegaran was returned to the floor as Tajuddin shouted in the background accusing Kulasegaran of being afraid of the facts.
‘I’m not giving you way. This (man) is drunk on political authority! Sit down, six million dollar man!’ Kulasegaran quipped.
This fuelled the fire for Tajuddin who asked for leeway to question the statement.
However, he was not given way and Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud (PAS-Kota Raja) stood up to state that if these arguments continued, no problems will be solved.
‘But who is criticising the government?’ Tajuddin quipped.
Blocking him out, Siti Mariah asked if the government could ‘once-and-for- all’ find a solution to give them valid identification documents.
‘If there is a political will, we can do it but don’t ask for 18 terms and conditions before identity cards and birth certificates are issued,’ she said.
Kulasegaran agreed with her and when pointed out that other MPs wanted to have a say, said: ‘I will give way to anyone else but not the six million dollar man.’
Tajuddin then called for Point-of-Order calling for the Speaker to ask Kulasegaran to withdraw the statement.
At this point, deputy speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee put his foot down and advised the MPs to stop name-calling, especially that ‘title’.
‘Everytime it is mentioned, he will stand up. There is no need to touch on the issue,’ Kiandee said, putting an end to the issue.
Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan (BN-Kota Belud) said he was sure these conditions were applicable to the other races.
‘They know these rules are set to ensure that only those who qualify get the identification documents,’ he said.
Kulasegaran argued that it must be understood that there was a high rate of illiteracy and parents do not understand the necessity of a birth certificate and said when PR became the government, it could solve the issue in one day.
Kulasegaran informed the house that since 1997, Indians were the highest in the alcoholic rate, single mothers, criminal cases and school dropouts and there were large numbers of unemployed Indians.
‘Labour department figures cannot be trusted because the unemployed do not register with them,’ he said after being reminded of his time limit.
Earlier, Anifah suggested for a Select Parliamentary Committee to look into the migrants in Sabah and for the government to look into strategies of reducing dependency of foreigners in the state.
‘The committee must be responsible to parliament and needs to submit a report on this within a year.
‘I know it will take some time but I hope some measures can be

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