"If you value the democratic process we must
defend it and continue to take part in it."
STAND UP, SPEAK UP and FIGHT BACK!
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Together we all go along, row by row to support our Malaysian Friends to fight, as we all are Malaysians
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Dear all,
The
following initiative is by Dr. Andrew Aeria and Dr. Lee Hwok Aun and
your support as a public intellect (individual) is appreciated. Please
send your endorsement by this Thursday directly to Andrew Aeria whom I'm
copying here.
Yock Lin
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Andrew Aeria <andrewaeria@gmail.com>
From: Andrew Aeria <andrewaeria@gmail.com>
Dear Friend
Below is a statement in support of Assoc Prof Dr Azmi Sharom who has been charged under the Sedition Act 1948.
If you wish to be a signatory (in your individual capacity) to the statement, please send us your endorsement by way of:
a) your name (with or without honorific);
b) your profession; and c) your city.
(e.g. Andrew Aeria, Academic, Kuching)
Please reply to either Lee Hwok Aun (howcan@gmail.com) or Andrew Aeria (andrewaeria@gmail.com) by 12 noon, Thursday, 4 Sept 2014 which is our cutoff time.
After which, we shall compile all names endorsing this statement before releasing it to the media.
Apologies for cross-posting.
Best wishes
Andrew Aeria and Lee Hwok Aun
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We Stand With Dr Azmi Sharom
We,
the undersigned public intellectuals, stand united and in solidarity
with Dr Azmi Sharom whose only alleged ‘crime’ is to think and to
publicly share his considered opinion on matters related to his
professional expertise as a law professor.
Reportedly,
all Dr Sharom did was to caution the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat to not
resort to the Court of Appeal’s ‘landmark’ ruling of effecting a
transition of government and Menteri Besar in the Perak case but to
revert to the universally accepted convention of testing its support and
its candidate for Menteri Besar in a vote of confidence in the state
assembly. What’s so seditious about that?
Charging
Dr Azmi Sharom with ‘uttering and publishing a seditious statement’
only shows up the hypocrisy of this government. After all, does not this
same government also employ Dr Azmi Sharom to teach students about our
legal system, to undertake research, to study judicial pronouncements
and to opine what constitutes justice within a democracy? Does it not
defeat the very purpose of his work and indeed the work of thousands of
other academics within a nationwide university system if he is to be
summarily hauled up for merely doing his duty as an academic?
Charging
Dr Azmi Sharom with ‘uttering and publishing a seditious statement’ for
his informed views reveal the lack of respect this government has
towards the universal principles of academic freedom and freedom of
expression. By its actions, this government reveals it is led by
politicians who are unable to appreciate civilized democratic values
nurtured by enlightened universal education. Prime Minister Najib
Razak’s on-going mantra of commitment towards academic excellence,
democracy, government and economic transformation rings hollow.
We
are of the view that, as long as one does not espouse violence or
promote hate, there is no law in our modern world that can justify the
criminalizing of thought and public speech. Indeed, the colonial-era
Sedition Act 1948 under which Dr Azmi Sharom is being charged only
indicates a painful irony, namely after 57 years of Merdeka we remain
shackled and oppressed by the very government that claims to have freed
us from British colonial rule.
There
is no place in a modern, progressive and democratic Malaysia for an
archaic, backward and oppressive law that is the Sedition Act 1948. It
is a repugnant law and must be repealed. It runs afoul of our
fundamental liberties as enshrined in our federal constitution. It runs
afoul of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And it runs afoul of
our nature as enlightened human beings with thinking minds.
Free Dr Azmi Sharom from this perversion of justice, now! Free Malaysia!
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