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The search for justice and truth must continue
Biometric voting ‘foolproof’
Using the Police to Solve Political Problems
The UMNO – Anders Breivik Link
The unseen, unknown enemy of Malaysia
Bersih 2.0 Crackdown: "EO - Another ISA?"

The search for justice and truth must continue

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:49 PM PDT

There are a number of key points on which the Malaysian Bar agrees with the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Death of Teoh Beng Hock ("RCI").

We concur with the following findings of the RCI:

(1)    That the RCI was unable to accept that the alleged suicide note had been written by Teoh Beng Hock, and that the undue delay by the authorities in tendering the alleged suicide note at the first available opportunity could not be taken as mere carelessness or neglect, and therefore the authenticity of the note could not be trusted;

(2)    That Teoh Beng Hock was, at all material times until his untimely death, in the care, custody and control of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission ("MACC") officers;

(3)    That Teoh Beng Hock was not released from the care, custody and control of the MACC officers after his statement had been recorded at approximately 3:30 am, and this failure "amounted to cruel conduct and punishment inflicted on purpose";

(4)    That Teoh Beng Hock was subjected to "aggressive, relentless, oppressive and unscrupulous interrogation" and that the recording of his statement was unlawful;

(5)    That the majority of the MACC officers exhibited a "total lack of consideration for human sensitivities", and that the recruitment process of MACC officers should include a "psychological evaluation to assess their suitability for investigative work";

(6)    That most of the MACC officers who were involved in the operations on 15 and 16 July 2009, and who gave evidence as witnesses, were neither truthful nor credible, as they "had the inevitable habit of lying";

(7)    That massive operations launched by MACC Selangor – which were headed by then-Selangor MACC deputy director Hishamuddin Hashim – against the Pakatan Rakyat members of the Selangor state assembly were grounded on mere belief of information purportedly received over the telephone, and without proper ground work or verification;

(8)    That Hishamuddin Hashim was "arrogant, given to falsehoods, untruthful and uncompromising", and that he was "just too stubborn [such trait was also displayed when he gave evidence before us] to retreat from his mistake in mounting such a massive operation";

(9)    That not only was Hishamuddin Hashim involved but he also "unleashed his officers to do his bidding in order to get results within that night and morning come hell or high-water", and that Hishamuddin Hashim should be held responsible for the actions taken by him and his officers that led to Teoh Beng Hock's death; and

(10)    That the Selangor MACC had shown an extreme lack of cooperation with the police in the latter's attempts to investigate complaints of assault and other offences previously made against its officers.

The Malaysian Bar, however, does not concur with the finding by the RCI that Teoh Beng Hock had committed suicide. Such a finding, in our view, is unsupported by the facts and the evidence.

Contrary to the statement made by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, forensic psychiatrist Professor Paul Mullen did not testify that Teoh Beng Hock had a "weak character" that had led to him taking his own life. Professor Mullen also did not conclude that Teoh Beng Hock had committed suicide; rather, his testimony stated that "in [his] opinion, what we learned of Teoh Beng Hock's personality and behaviour do not suggest any increased risk of suicide". He further opined that the context of the events that had taken place was not one "which, in [his] experience, leads to suicide in custody", as he had not been made aware of anything "to explain panic and distress sufficient to drive [Teoh Beng Hock] to conclude his honor had been irreparably tarnished".

This is in stark contrast to what the Minister reportedly stated during the release of the RCI's report, namely that Teoh Beng Hock had "truly committed suicide based on his character that had changed from a low-risk group to a high-risk group for suicide after undergoing a continuous and aggressive questioning session". Professor Mullen's testimony does not provide the basis for the RCI's finding of suicide, such as that described in the section titled "conclusion on forensic psychiatric aspects" in the RCI's report.

It is noted that the RCI found the following:

(1)    That the time of death had been between 7:15 am and 11:15 am on 16 July 2009;

(2)    That Teoh Beng Hock had not been released at 3:30 am and been left alone sitting on a sofa after his statement had been recorded, as Hishamuddin Hashim had issued a written circular the previous month that "witnesses and visitors in the Selangor MACC office should be accompanied at all times";

(3)    That Teoh Beng Hock had been subjected to a fourth interrogation session after 3:30 am by Hishamuddin Hashim and his officers, which was aggressive and relentless. In addition, the RCI rejected the evidence of MACC officer Raymond Nion that he had seen Teoh Beng Hock lying down unattended on a sofa at approximately 6:00 am;

(4)    That the fourth interrogation session was probably between 3:30 am and 7:00 am; and

(5)    That the window from which Teoh Beng Hock is said to have fallen out was located conspicuously.

In view of the above, and that there was no evidence whatsoever produced at the RCI hearing of Teoh Beng Hock's whereabouts or movements after 6:15 am, and the staff of the Selangor MACC office would have begun arriving by 8:00 am, to surmise that Teoh Beng Hock had committed suicide between 7:15 am and 11:15 am requires a leap in logic and an assumption of facts not in evidence.

The Malaysian Bar also notes that the joint expert psychiatric report of Dr Badiah Yahya and Dr Nor Hayati Ali – the experts engaged by MACC who were present during most of the court proceedings and had interviewed Teoh Beng Hock's family members, housemate and work colleagues – stated:

We did not have any evidence on how the investigation was conducted as there were "no written questions posted to [Teoh Beng Hock]" or audio recording as to ascertain the amount of pressure that he experienced. It is not known whether he had experienced in his mind the effects of being possibly prosecuted on the allegations, whether it would have been devastating for him and/or his organisation. This should require more information on what was said and done in the period taken [sic] into custody until he was found dead.

It is very clear to the Malaysian Bar that full responsibility for Teoh Beng Hock's death lies squarely and solely on the MACC, and that immediate action must be taken to hold the culpable officers accountable for their behaviour. In this regard, we welcome the reported statement by Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, that "appropriate action would be taken against the officers through the process of law without delay". The authorities should investigate the relevant MACC officers for possible offences under sections 304 and 304A of the Penal Code, namely for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for causing the death of TBH by negligence, respectively.

The Malaysian Bar also calls on the Government of Malaysia and MACC to consider:

offering an unqualified written apology to Teoh Beng Hock's family, and to the citizens of Malaysia, for his death; and

making reasonable recompense to Teoh Beng Hock's family in respect of his death.

The Malaysian Bar extends its heartfelt sympathy once again to Teoh Beng Hock's family and loved ones.

Lim Chee Wee

President

Malaysian Bar

Biometric voting ‘foolproof’

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:14 PM PDT

By Farah Naz Karim, NST

PUTRAJAYA: The biometric system that the Election Commission proposes to use in the next general election is foolproof, said the National Registration Department.

The department, the custodian of the data of about 27 million people, including 12million registered voters, also said it had other details of every Malaysian, including their family trees and thumbprints, in its database.

"This cannot be altered," department director-general Datin Jariah Mohd Said told the New Straits Times last week.

She refuted allegations that the department would be used to tamper with the data of Malaysians to give the ruling party an edge during the polls.

The department stores and updates the profiles of citizens from the time of their birth, that is, when birth certificates are issued.

It updates the data when citizens apply for identity cards at the age of 12.

These forensic evidence, documents and history could not be forged, she said.

"We are, however, resigned to the fact that no matter what we do to improve the system,we will still be accused of this and that." Under the biometric system, she said the department would extract the data of all voters for the commission to manage.

Commission workers will ask voters at polling stations to place their thumb on a screen after a one-to-one matching.

The process, which takes 20 seconds per voter, will be witnessed by agents appointed by political parties.

Jariah said thumbprint scanning would also detect attempts by people to cast votes for others by using other forms of identification that could be tampered with.

Election regulations allow voters to use documents that have their photograph and identification number, including work passes and a temporary identification letter issued by the department.

Voters who are holders of the old identification card can vote using the document.

Jariah refuted claims that tens of thousands of MyKad had been given to foreigners to give Barisan Nasional a new vote bank.

She said the application for citizenship was stringent and protracted.

The department had processed only about 70,000 applications for citizenship until this year, of which about 36,000 were from those received from 1996 to 2006.

She said the department did not approve all applications, and a large number of them were below the voting age of 21. "(Some quarters) make accusations but never once did they come to us for an explanation." Although she said there were people selling fake MyKad, she added: "They can sell all the MyKad they want, but it will just be that, a fake document, as the chip will never match the details in the system." Yesterday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced the approval of funds for the system to boost transparency and check allegations of phantom voters.

On the removal of the names of the dead from the department's database, Jariah said it would soon have its system linked with the police. The police issue burial permits.

However, the problem with past unreported death remains, and unless the department is told about them, the names will remain in the system. The commission will then use these names in drawing up the electoral roll.

Jariah said she was ready to use her discretion as department chief to do away with fines if relatives of the deceased informed it of their family members' deaths.

She said community leaders, village heads, as well as political party members, who knew their constituents well, could inform the authorities about voters' deaths.

Using the Police to Solve Political Problems

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:19 PM PDT

By batsman

Malaysia seems to be a land of contradictions. Not only are there so many different races and religions in this country, the people and especially the government behaves in very contradictory ways.

Take Malaysian foreign policy for example. Wherever there are violent disputes anywhere in the world, Malaysia takes the holier-than-thou attitude of never using military force and violence to solve disputes. Violence is abhorred in Malaysia foreign policy and discussion and negotiations are the preferred path.

Unfortunately the Home Minister and his boss the Prime Minister has no such "goodness" in them. On the contrary, the police have used force to solve political problems. The police even tried to ram a leading protestor with their land rovers, their lead vehicle missing a full frontal crash by inches as shown on video, but getting their man with the second vehicle (this event seems to have been blocked by the lead vehicle in a recently released video and there is no way for ordinary people to tell what happened. Perhaps experts can tell).

The police used tear gas, water canons, baton charges and their boots against peaceful protestors calling for democratic electoral reforms. In addition, the police have abused the law to intimidate 6 protestors for trying to overthrow the Agong by waging war on him (a crime that carries the death sentence). Over 1600 people have been arrested and are awaiting charges.

The demand for free, fair and clean elections is a political issue, not a criminal issue. The police have been violently used to try and solve political problems.

The mask of "moderation" of the UMNO government will be stripped off to expose a vicious and brutal government if only the world were to look at UMNO's internal policies and practices. In fact many people don't think that UMNO is Islamic at all, let alone "moderately Islamic".

It seems the people of Malaysia are being treated as serfs and servants fit only to be whacked, victimized, cheated and robbed while UMNO uses the proceeds to play the good guy to the rest of the world, buying expensive military hardware that others seem to be able to buy cheaply as well as being good customers of luxury items such as expensive jewelry and bags "to die for" (this last one using their own savings, of course).

The UMNO – Anders Breivik Link

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 12:20 PM PDT

By batsman

To expose the UMNO- Anders Breivik link, one has to investigate the Norway massacre in relation to the complicity of western governments.

In the 30's Germany, Hitler's Nazi Party went after communists and Jews in a big way. Everything was blamed on them including the burning of the Reichstag. The whole focus was placed on communists and Jews, but eventually the whole world paid a price too including the western liberals and moderates.

Today, the western governments are going after Muslims in a big way. The whole focus is on Muslim terrorists. This covers up the activities of the far-right. The Anders Breivik phenomenon is just the tip of the iceberg. With recession raging in Europe and the US, it is almost guaranteed that the far right will gain a big influence together with the far left. So when the western governments go after communists and Jews, it will be the far right that gains.

So far, extreme right wing madmen have killed more people in Europe and the US than terrorists linked to radicalized Muslims. This may be true for 911 as well. Judge for yourself…

Immediately after the Oslo bombings, several terrorist organizations linked to radicalized Muslims claimed responsibility for it (see link). All these claims have since been downplayed.

Could the same have happened after the 911 attack? Michael Moore seems to think that the 911 attack was a conspiracy and even made a documentary on this – the stupid radicalized Muslims, eager to claim credit, were just conveniently dragged into it.

If we discount the deaths in the 911 attack as being uncertain whether they can be attributed to terrorists linked to radicalized Muslims or to conspirators, the Oklahoma bombings of home grown US far-right madmen would have killed a lot more people.

With the US in danger of default, such obsessive focus on Muslims is really dangerous. Right wing madmen are capable of inflicting a lot more damage, especially if they get into power in the US. One lone mad gunman in Oslo was systematic and ruthlessly well organized enough to kill over 90 people compared to the hysterical and loud incompetent screaming and self-inflicted deaths in the Middle East. For one thing, the Zionists with their disciplined war machine kill a lot more Arabs than the hysterical Arabs are able to kill Israelis.

To me the right-wing madmen are far more dangerous than fanatical incompetent terrorists linked to radicalized Muslims, but one covers up for the other.

So how is UMNO linked to Anders Breivik? Judge for yourself – the UMNO controlled press is blaming Christians, communists, Jews and even Indonesians for all the trouble in Malaysia. In the meantime, they are courting 3 million silat exponents with inflammatory speeches.

The unseen, unknown enemy of Malaysia

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:20 AM PDT

By J. D. Lovrenciear

Malaysians are at war. No doubt about that. They are battling an unseen and unknown enemy. Until today we are unable to establish this Enemy Number One. And in the meantime the citizens' only staple information diet is more screw ups and more mysterious, knee jerk threats and finger wagging from the government.

Let us take a quick inventory of the issues that are rocking the very democratic foundations of this half-a-century nation:

Beng Hock and Ahmad Sarbani died. Kugan died. Altantuya died. Baharuddin died. But we do not know who is / are the masterminds behind all these unaccounted and mysterious deaths. Yes, after long battles with the authorities, we are lucky to get some warped insight. And subsequently are told that the the salaried employee will get the hook or the noose.

Till today, for example, no one knows who gave the orders to release the controlled explosives called C4. Till today no one knows who gave the marching orders to erase all ingress and egress immigration records of the late Altantuya.

The elections are desperately in need of fair, free and clean principles. But the EC seems only adamant in not wanting to heed the Bersih 2.0 rally's call for best practice standards that can ensure the vibrancy of a democracy. Who is the mastermind not making the EC relent and respond positively?

We almost lost two leaders, namely Anwar Ibrahim and Mat Sabu. But no one is telling who gave the orders to target the opposition leaders with deadly tear gas canisters in a death-trapped subway.

It is reported that RM 888 billion left the country but no one knows who the culprits are behind the scene. Do not forget the saga of the fighter jets that got away. Or the kickbacks that Razak swiped clean. In all of these deals, who was orchestrating every move?

But we create make believe enemies like the Opposition camp leaders; the Jewish community; communists; socialists; Christian leaders and what have you.

Who is behind all that police brutality and all those denials in the face of the recent Bersih 2.0? Really nobody knows or may even be too dead scared to point a finger.

Without knowing the real culprit behind the scenes we whip mere employees while the heads get away anew to operate from more arrogant platforms.

At some point then, somebody has to step in and stop the serious rot. Otherwise, we better be prepared for a parachute-evacuation someday, somehow.

Bersih 2.0 Crackdown: "EO - Another ISA?"

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 01:02 AM PDT

By Suaram, Penang

Most may have heard of the ISA but what about the EO? The Emergency (Public Order and Crime Prevention) Ordinance, commonly abbreviated as the Emergency Ordinance (EO), like the ISA, allows for indefinite detention without trial.

Enacted by the National Operations Council that was led by Tun Abdul Razak following the May 13 race riots, the Emergency Ordinance has never been revoked to the present day even though we are no longer in any state of emergency.

As expected, the EO has been regularly used to detain those deemed to be subversive by the government. The harsh reality is that it is actually used far more frequently than the Internal Security Act. The latest was on six of the 31 Parti Sosialis Malaysia ("PSM") activists who were arrested near Kepala Batas while they were travelling by bus from Kedah to attend a BERSIH 2.0 (Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections) programme in Penang on June 25th this year.

The six, now known as "EO6" were released on July 2nd but re-arrested immediately under the EO which allows the police to detain a person for up to 60 days. At the end of that period, the Minister for Home Affairs has the power to issue the detainee with either a detention or restriction order for a period of two years 'without trial' to 'protect public order'.

Recent crackdowns seem to indicate that we are moving in the direction of a police state. Now is the time for you to learn more about the EO and the arrest of the six activists.

Come, learn and more importantly, show your support as we gather in solidarity and take umbrage against this repressive legislation at this event.

Date: 27 July 2011 (Wednesday)
Time: 8:30 pm - 10pm
Venue: Caring Society Complex, Penang

Contact:

Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)
Penang Branch Coordinator,
63B-01-07, University Heights,
Jalan Sungai Dua,
11700 Penang.
Tel / Fax: +6 04-6582285
Mobile phone: +6 012 7583 779
E-mail: suarampg@gmail.com
http://suarampg.blogspot.com/

Kredit: www.malaysia-today.net

Isnin, 25 Julai 2011

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