it should make way for the setting up of a Royal Commission of Inquiry.

Set up Royal Commission of Inquiry



Friday, 13 August 2010 19:50

The inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock has been totally discredited.

Nobody is going to believe the coroner's verdict.

The latest sham that has emerged - claiming the discovery of a mysterious note - only seems to suggest what that verdict is likely to be.


We were told that the findings of the Teoh Beng Hock's death would be made known within two months.

Now after more than one year, we are nowhere nearer the truth;
no one is any wiser when the findings would be concluded.


All that we have witnessed are delays and denials adding to the agony
and anguish to the Teoh family.

It is unfair to them that they should suffer this dereliction without any sign of closure to this tragedy.

When one is seeking the truth, no stone should be left unturned; no scrap of evidence should be overlooked. But -- unfortunately -- this wasn't the case in this inquiry.

According to the investigating officer, he found a note in Beng Hock's sling bag but put it aside because he "did not realise the significance of it".

What gave him that right to come to this conclusion? His duty and business should have been to sieve through every item that was in that sling bag for possible clues. But he behaved like a clueless amateur displaying a total lack of discernment.

The Attorney-General's clarification - that when this note was finally
brought to his attention on 7 October 2009, he wanted further
investigations to be carried out - is indeed baffling.

He should have tendered this to the coroner for the court to determine its authenticity and relevance to the case. To submit this so-called "new evidence" some 10 months later is totally unacceptable. It only raises questions of ethics and propriety.


From whatever angle one may look at this situation, there is only one inevitable conclusion and that is evidence has been clearly and surreptitiously suppressed.


Instead of assisting by all means to arrive at the truth, the AG's Chambers have not acted in a transparent and honest manner by hanging on to this so-called "new evidence" that suddenly seem to have assumed "significance" now.

This so-called "new evidence" has unfairly disrupted the entire process/proceedings so far and made the inquiry untenable.

If it had been tendered from the very beginning, the trend of questioning would have taken a different form and direction.

There seems to be a contradiction in the statement issued by the AG's Chambers as to when the note was discovered.

In Paragraph 4, it is stated, "According to the investigation officer, it was not found when he first searched the deceased's sling bag after the incident." But in Paragraph 10, we are told: "However, recently the investigation officer owned up by admitting that he did in fact find the note when he searched the sling bag on July 17..." What then is the truth?

In Aliran's view, the inquest has been totally discredited and therefore
should be disbanded/discontinued;

it should make way for the setting up of a Royal Commission of Inquiry.

Anything short of this would be a travesty of justice.


P Ramakrishnan
President
13 August 2010

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Aliran Kesedaran Negara (ALIRAN) (National Consciousness Movement)

103 Medan Penaga, 11600 Penang, Malaysia

Tel: +60 (0)4 658 5251 Fax: +60 (0)4 658 5197

e-mail: aliran@streamyx.com

Website: http://www.aliran.com/

because TUN, that will be the deepest cut of them all...for all the sins you hv done to Msia...!

Cakap Cakap Mahathir.
By Hussein Abdul Hamid.

Every time I go on the Net to see what is going on in KL -without fail – I will come across this Mahathir’s name!

An article about him, an article by him, something he said, something he did not say, and something he was going to say.

Why has not this Mahathir got the grace to understand that he is no longer P Minister?......sorry that should have been Prime Minister!

This Mahathir must really have a thick skin.

Anybody else would have just crawled into a dark hole somewhere and hide.

Tak malu ka?

How much more money do you want? Pension not enough?

Your children not giving you enough pocket money? Isn’t Petronas paying for the petrol you use?

I do not want to demonise you but really Tun enough is enough!

In your good old days people like Ibrahim Ali would not even get through your first layer of Setia Usahas. And yet these days you are the best of buddies.


For the love of God, Tun jaga standard sikit lah! Even your children will not be seen dead with this Ibrahim Ali…jatuh standard lah Tun!

Just stop to think what it is that you are doing. I am not going to go into nepotism, money politics or abuse of power – I am just trying to understand how a person that considers himself to be the greatest PM Malaysia has ever had can now do what you do.


And what you do is to bring yourself down to a level where people like me – an old man in Adelaide – can have you in my sight and fire away at you.

Call you whatever name I want, expose whatever wrong doings you have done while in office and do so without any qualms.


I do not do so with Daim..nor with Lim Chong Eu…nor with Pak Lah…you are fair game because you put yourself right square in our sights.

And if you think you do so because you can take anything that we throw at you and give back as good as you get…think of this:

A democratic victory for the people is when BN is faced with the real possibility of losing a General Election.

And that Tun has already happened under your watch – under the people you picked and choose as your team, as your people as your successor. So it has already happened and you Tun made it happen.

All your choices of people to manage UMNO during or after your time were failures. And it all comes back to you. That you have already bankrupted Malaysia is a given fact.

That you have caused untold misery and hardship for so many people by your
non- judicious use of the ISA is also a given fact. That the IPP’s agreements, the Tolls Agreements, the Privatisation process – and so many other initiatives undertaken under your watch are greatly flawed and lopsided in favour of your chosen cohorts and friends is also a given fact.


So what is left Tun?

You are trying to right a wrong? Trying to correct a mistake. Trying to make up for the mistakes you have done? Trying to make back for our country all the monies you have given away or lost through your time as Prime Minister?


Let me tell you this TUN – there will not be enough time to do that even if your grandchildren were to start now to do so. The damage done to our economy, the losses sustained by the country and the restructuring you did of the various races in the country people cannot be corrected within our lifetime – or that of our children.

.........

As for UMNO: it is done Tun. Common sense tells me that you would never have chosen Najib as Prime Minister.

Why? He has no balls. No substance. No guts.

He is not PM material and you are practical enough not to pick him even if he did deliver the decisive support you needed in your fight against Musa and Ku Li.

No Najib will never be you choice. Nor , now it seems was Pak Lah. So who? Your son….please don’t play play lah!


And so now you are watching the closure of UMNO in the history of our country.

Please God - give you long life so that you will see a PR government take office at Putrajaya and a PR Perdana Menteri move into Sri Perdana…because TUN, that will be the deepest cut of them all...for all the sins you hv done to Msia...!


http://malaysianfirstlast.blogspot.com/2009/09/hussein-abdul-hamid-writes-i-am.html

Amaran Kepada Ezam Untuk Hentikan Fitnah Jahat

Amaran Kepada Ezam Untuk Hentikan Fitnah Jahat

>> August 12, 2010
Kenyataan Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat
Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

Pada pagi 10 Ogos 2010, di perkarangan mahkamah, pemberita Berita Harian menyatakan beliau di arahkan menanyakan soalan mengenai tuduhan Ezam Mohd Nor mendakwa kononnya saya telah menelefon beliau mengarahkan supaya menghalang lelaki mendekati Saudara Anwar. Saya dengan tegas menafikan tohmahan jahat beliau. Ezam sengaja mereka cerita setelah beliau bersama UMNO dan tidak sebelumnya.

Saya tidak pernah menelefon beliau mengaitkan Saudara Anwar seperti tohmahan tersebut. Saya kesal kerana nafsu politik beliau tidak ada batas; sehingga sanggup memfitnah saya selaku isteri dan ibu. Ternyata untuk kekal relevan sebagai alat pimpinan UMNO, kerja beliau hanya mencerca kami.

Saya telah enggan melayan sebarang kenyataan beliau yang di buat hasil menerima upah pimpinan UMNO, walaubagaimanapun kerana tuduhan tersebut berulang dan mengaitkan nama saya secara peribadi, saya mengingatkan beliau supaya hentikan kerja fitnah yang jelas fasiq.

Sekira beliau mengulangi fitnah tersebut, saya akan mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap beliau dan merujuk beliau ke Mahkamah dan Mahkamah Syariah.

Sekian, terima kasih.

—

Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat

will new maharajalela of steven be charged today, dear IGP???

THE NEW MAHARAJALELA???

EVEN A SULTAN AND AGONG CAN BE CHARGED FOR BEATING AND PUNCHING A RAKYAT OR FOR ANY WRONG-DOING OR ABUSE OF POWER.......THE SPIRIT OF LAWS IS ALL ARE EQUAL AND FREEMAN.....SO, ANY SULTAN, AGONG, PRINCE.PRINCESS CONNECTED WITH CRIME OR PLAYS FOUL TO ANY RAKYAT OR KICK AND RUDE TO RAKYAT WILL BE CHARGED, PEOPLE CAN SUE THEM UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD..........THIS IS JUSTICE AND IMPARTIALITY!THIS IS THE BASIC RIGHT!!!

THEN

WILL THESE KIND OF ABUSING LAW'S "MAHARAJALELA ACTS" BY STEVEN AND MANY OTHERS BE PUT IN MORE CONCERN!--PLS NO MORE "KAMI....(KITA) BOLEH SELESAI DI LUAR, TAK APALAH, SIKIT DARAH SAHAJA, SIKIT BENGKAK MAH...BAYAR SIKIT BOLEH SELESAI"--THIS ENCOURAGE MORE VIOLENCE AND ABUSE OF POWER!

THIS KIND OF PACIFY METHOD SHOULD BE STOPPED NOW!

SINGAPORE LAWS DEPT/POLICE CHARGED THE CRIMINAL BY NEXT DAY! THEY DON'T WAIT, THEY WANT THE WORLD, SOCIETY KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE WRONG, YOU WILL BE CHARGED IMMEDIATELY--NO DELAYS!

DELAYS GIVE CHANCE TO "SETTLE MATTERS""SELESAI" WITH VARIOUS WAYS--THREATHEN, MONEY, BRIBE!GRIGHTHEN THE VITIMS' FAMILY MEMBERS, ETC........

WE HAVE TO LEARN.........DON'T GIVE CHANCE TO CRIMINALS...........BUT THE FACT IS.........

NOWADYS, CRIMINALS ARE TOO SMART, CUNNING, AND CLEVERER.........THEY KNOW MONEY CAN BUY THE HEARTS OF MANY..............LIKE KUCING LIHAT IKAN.....SOME OFFICERS EVEN TEACH CRIMINAL HOW TO AVOID BEEN CHARGED!

TRANSPARENCY IS VERY IMPORTANT NOW! BECAUSE SOME WHITE FORCE IS(EVEN RARE) TEACHING, HELPING THE BLACK/VICE FORCE.............

ONE QUESTION TO PONDER............SO MANY DRUGS SMUGGLING INTO MALAYSIA, WHO IS THE BUYERS? WHO IS HELPNG THEM TO SELL, TRANSPORTING OUT? THE NETWORKS....MUST HAVE SOME MIDDLEMEN.......WHY THESE MIDDLEMEN STILL FLEE AWAY? WHICH GANGS ARE INVOLVED??

THE BAUCER AND GANGSTER HEAD(4 EYES) WHO IS VERY FRINENDLY AND TALK A LOT WITH THE POLICE LIKE ABANG-ADIK......SAID HE IS IN CHARGE OF STEVEN'S CORNER........MUST ALSO BE CHARGED IN COURT

WE WANT TO SEE THE JUSTICE SPEAKS.................

IF NOT CHARGED BY TODAY, HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TO TELL WHAT IS THE PROGRESS NOW!

DEAR IGP.............AT LEAST WE CAN REMEMBER YOU THAT YOU PUT 2 BLOODY HELLS IN JAIL FOR JUSTICE!AT LEAST WE CAN SEE SOME LIGHT IN OUR SOCIETY..........

JUSTICE IS A VERY PRECIOUS THING, NOWADAYS!!

STEVEN AND 4 EYES CHINESE GANGSTER HEAD MUST BE ARRESTED AND CHARGED TOGETHER!

JUSTICE--HAS LONG BEEN MISSING IN OUR SOCIETY......................

WE HAVE TO REMIND AND ACT NOW!!!NO MORE 'UNDER-TABLE" PACIFY METHODS LIKE "BOLEH SELESAI, SMALL MATTER, BAYAR SIKIT BOLEH SELESAI, KASI SIKIT MUKA"..... THAT ALWAYS BEEN USED BY THESE CRIMINALS! THEN THEY CAN DO SOMEMORE, ACT LIKE MAHARAJALELA!

NO, MUST LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW ABOUT IT! WRITE IN BLOGS, SEND BY E-MAILS, TELL ALL YOUR FRINEDNS, POLITICIANS, ALL YOU CAN TELL................

WE, MALAYSIANS HAVE ALREADY LIVE TO LONG IN FEAR AND FAVORISM......THE POWERFUL ALWAYS WINS AND ABUSE THEIR POWER!

NO MORE!

PUT THESE BLOODY HELLS TO JAIL NOW...................JUSTICE IS ASHAME TO ALL IF THEY FLEE AWAY WITH BLOOD AND POWER!

JUSTICE-----ONLY CAN STAND UP IF ALL OF US DON'T GIVE WAY TO THESE POWERFUL, RICH, BUT VERY CUNNING IN ABUSING POWER AND ABUSE THE LAWS! MONEY CAN'T BUY EVERYTHINGS--JUSTICE MUST STAND UP TALL!!!!

THOSE HAVE BEEN CHEATED BY STEVEN TEA GARDEN SHOULD SUE AND TAKE LEGAL ACTION AND PEOPLE INVEST DUE TO MISLED BY THE NAME/FAME OF "STEVEN'S CORNER"!

JUST LIKE TUN LING LEONG SIK CASE---MISLEDING IS BIG CRIME TOO!

IT IS FACTS OF MISLEDING!!!

YOU INVEST IN STEVEN TEAHOUSE BECAUSE OF STEVEN'S CORNER..........THEN YOU CAN SUE AND TAKE LEGAL ACTION AND ASK FOR COMPENSATION!

SO, YOU CAN SUE THEM AS STEVEN TEAHOUSE IS CLOSELY CONNECTED TO STEVEN CORNER'S AND RECEIVED BENEFIT FROM IT!

WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!WE WANT THE BLOODY HELL BE CHARGED IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

还有王法?法律公正在那里???之前,搞直销骗钱捞钱事件还没查完,...国贸合作社部门还在查...,如今是"王上王",拿刀斩人当饭吃,"扑街王"????????我们要IGP解释???

司法不昭，那就替天行道吧
就像政府不公，咱們得換掉他。

就像公務員不貞，胡亂收禮／送禮，把國家的財富當人情，咱們得記恨他，下屆掃掉他一般，用商业制裁来对付这种黑店，使它自然灭亡，莫要再害人害己是最好的。


原文作者：Fong Yin Huay （受害者的媳婦）

华联花园Steven’s Corner 就在我们的货舱隔壁。

每天傍晚开始，他们就会把三张桌子和多张椅子排在我们货舱门口。之前我们已经告诉他们说，我们还没关店，你们这样摆放桌椅，会妨碍我们上下货。。可是，每天他们还是老样子。。有时我们要移开那些桌椅还得“请示”他们呢！


昨晚大概八点左右，我的家公就像平时一样到货舱拿货。同样的，货舱门口已经排满了桌椅，而且还坐着人。于是家公就叫那些人换去别张桌子，移开桌椅后，他才可以拿货。

怎知这时，Steven’s Corner 的大老板走过来直接...审问家公为何他搬开那些桌椅。还没来得及反应，三拳已经挥打过来了！在场的工人看到这样的情形就马上跑回店通知序杰和小叔。。

当序杰和弟弟到场，看到家公跌倒在地上。。



试问一个六十多岁的老人家怎样顶得住？那个恶人看到他们兄弟俩来了还挥刀讲要砍死他们呢！Steven’s Corner 的一大班员工拉着他们的老板才不致于搞出人命！当时还有一个四眼的华人赶到说:“这个场我看的，你们在这里做什么？”

哈哈！你们相信吗？mamak 店都有人看场啊！

那个大老板恶人还恐吓我们，如果我们叫警察，他们也不会怕，但是我们就得小心出入，并不排除会放火烧店！这样还成世界吗？这条路已经变成Jalan Steven’s Corner了！






不久，警察和YB郭素沁来了解情形。YB了解了事情的来龙去脉，家公被送到马大医院验伤，打人者，则被送到警局扣留。YB交代手下帮忙后她就去开会了。现场的警察听说可能有记者到访，就在等。。要不然，早就离开了。。如果没有YB在场，我相信那个恶人也不会被送到警局！

Steven’s Corner的店有安装CCTV，只要警察开来看，一定可以看到整个案发过程，只是看他们要不要而已！

另一方面，家公大概九点多到马大医院，可是还得折腾到整一点钟才验完伤！（我加的這句：真是好料的尿部長！）不得不佩服我们的医院办事效率！

验完伤后，就赶到警局报案。一进到警局，就看到那个四眼看场在那里等了。当时，我真的感到高兴，因为，我真的以为恶人被拘留了。。我们还发现，原来四眼看场跟警察还蛮熟的呢！他们可以坐在花园的椅子聊个不停。。



当家公在录口供时，我们到处张望。。不得了！我们在警察的偏厅发现那个恶人！不是说被“Lokap”了吗？为什么他可以完整无恙的坐在那里？那个偏厅有冷气，电视机，sofa。。他还可以自由的打电话呢！这是什么世界？

录完口供后，警察叫我的家公进去偏厅。。还以为什么事。。原来，我们正义的警察尽然叫我那年迈被打的家公和那个恶人和解！天啊！难道真的是有钱就大完吗？没有天理了吗？被打的人还要当做没事发生？我的家公没有考虑就直接走了出来。。


今天早上，YB郭素沁安排了一个记者发布会，希望当局会正视这件事，也希望给我们一个公道，更希望这样可以阻止恶人继续恶行下去！

我的家公在华联花园可是有名望的人士呢！他不但是育南华小的董事，陶瓷行的老板，更是很多社会团体的佼佼者！（又是我加的：這個根本不重要啦，就算是阿貓阿狗無辜被打也是可以討公道的，不是說有名望的人就更加一定要討公道什麼的。。。）

希望大家一起boycott Steven’s Corner!!!（又又是我加的：馬打tak boleh harap的話我們也不可以坐以待斃，我們也有替天行道的本錢──杯葛他。像這類店讓他自然死亡是最好不過的，大家不要去消費，他做不下去了就沒有錢拿來疏通了，也算是為社會除害。。。阿彌陀佛，功德無量呀。）

http://sim-heng.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_09.html

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WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!
WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT EXPLANATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT EXPLAINATION FROM IGP!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT THE BLOODY HELL BE CHARGED IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When the BN becomes the Opposition in Malaysia, that day will spell the end of the ISA.!!!

The speech that wasn’t delivered


Aliran
Friday, 06 August 2010 21:05

(P Ramakrishnan was supposed to deliver this address at an anti-ISA vigil in Penang on 1 August 2010, but before he could speak, four activists were arrested and police dispersed the crowd.)

50 years of ISA – Enough is enough!

This is our 53rd year of independence. But for 50 years, that independence has been marred and rendered meaningless by the continued existence of the ISA. It has been used and abused to silence critics and put away dissidents. It is an instrument that threatens our freedom and our civil liberties. It creates a climate of fear.

That is why the indomitable D R Seenivasagam called the ISA “a vicious and repulsive document, a document which is repulsive to all those who believe in democracy.”

He found it “difficult to believe any citizen of this country could have drafted this Bill if he has the interests of his fellow citizens at heart”.

He was right there. The ISA did not serve the interests of the citizens; it only served the interests of those in power.

Under the guise of national security, the ISA has been turned into a political tool to serve the ruling elite to remain in power. Any time and every time the Barisan Nasional was in a fix, it resorted to the ISA to safeguard and entrench its position.

Some 10,000 innocent people have fallen prey to this obnoxious legislation. Without any justification, they have been detained unfairly and unjustly.

Not a single one of them has been charged or convicted in a court of law. They were not brought to court simply because the government had no specific and legitimate charges against them, and their flimsy reasons for detaining them would not have stood up in a court of law.

That is why the court’s jurisdiction to review or challenge their detention has been ousted. The Minister’s decision cannot be challenged in any court of law.

The Minister’s decision is final. End of the matter. That is wrong.

And the Minister has that absolute undemocratic right to extend a detainee’s detention every two years indefinitely. That is wrong.

The detainee can periodically appear before the Advisory Board to state his or her case. Very often it is a waste of time. The Advisory Board that hears a detainee’s representation can only make recommendations to the Home Minister which he usually brushes aside. That is wrong.

Friends: It is a mockery to have a law that does not provide for your defence in a court of law in keeping with natural justice.

It is a mockery to the rule of law when a detained person has no legal access to a lawyer.

It is a mockery to our democratic system when a person can be held in solitary confinement for up to 60 days without family visitation rights whatsoever.

It is a mockery to us as human beings that this terrible law has been allowed to be around for half a century.

Friend, don’t waste your time asking for the repeal of the ISA. It won’t happen. It is the armour that protects the BN. The BN will never throw away this protective shield. The BN will not repeal the ISA. Let’s accept that as a fact.

The only way to remove the ISA is to remove the BN from power. The moment you remove the BN, the ISA will disappear. As long as the BN exists, the ISA will exist.

We should target the BN and channel our energies for the defeat of the BN. When the BN becomes the Opposition in Malaysia, that day will spell the end of the ISA.

Our slogan should be “Remove the BN” – not “Repeal the ISA”.


http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/08/09/the-speech-that-wasnt-delivered/

P Ramakrishnan is president of Aliran

Retorika Palsu mengenai Hak Melayu

Mohd Habib AbdullahAugust 5, 2010 at 1:01pm

Subject: *Mesti Baca- Retorika Palsu mengenai Hak Melayu

Apakah yang dimaksudkan dengan “hak-hak Melayu” dan dimana termaktubnya hak-hak ini? Adakah ianya adil dan sah sekiranya sesuatu kaum mengapropriasi “hak” yang melebihi daripada apa yang diperuntukan dalam Perlembagaan?

Baru-baru ini, terdapat cadangan untuk memansuhkan diskaun bumiputera bagi hartanah mewah. Dan seperti biasa, hero-hero Melayu akan menggoncang pedang dan menghentakkan kaki kerana kononnya “hak-hak istimewa” Melayu telah sekali lagi tergugat.

Saya faham politik. Politik adalah seni membohong dan menipu, seni mengkritik dan menepis kritikan. Apa yang ahli politik luahkan adalah tidak lebih dari retorik dan janji-janji manis, yang menjadi topeng kepada agenda tersendiri ahli politik tersebut. Tetapi apa yang saya tidak boleh terima adalah politik perkauman, lebih-lebih lagi yang jauh terpesong daripada kedudukan sebenar. Maka apabila ahli politik atau hero-hero ini berdegar-degar bercerita tentang “hak-hak Melayu,” saya rasa terpanggil untuk menjawab.

Retorik “hak Melayu” ini semakin menjadi-jadi sejak akhir ini. Malahan, jika diteliti, ia mula mendapat sambutan sejak pilihanraya umum 2008. Sesetengah pihak, dalam usaha mereka untuk terus menjadi releven, telah memilih untuk menggunakan retorik ini sebagai bahan politik mereka. Selalunya ahli politik sedemikian adalah ahli politik picisan yang tidak mempunyai nilai-nilai yang mencukupi untuk mengangkat mereka daripada gred C atau B kepada gred A. Dengan memainkan isu seperti yang penuh emosi seperti ini, mereka akan lebih mudah mendapat sambutan.

Dikatakan bahawa hak orang Melayu kian terhakis. Tergugat. Cauvanis Cina sedang bersengkol dengan agen asing untuk menawan negara dan menjadikan Malaysia sebagai Singapura. Orang Melayu perlu bersatu untuk menghadapi ancaman ini. Orang Melayu perlu bersatu untuk “mempertahankan hak-hak Melayu.”

Tetapi apa itu “hak-hak Melayu”? Rakyat semakin cerdik. Meraka mahukan dalil jika berhujah tentang sesuatu perkara. Tidak cukup untuk berkata bahawa “Melayu ada hak.” Orang akan bertanya, di mana datangnya hak itu? Untuk memberi legitimasi kepada hujah mereka, pelopor retorik ini mencekup “dalil” mereka daripada Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

“Hak-hak Melayu seperti yang dijamin di bawah Perlembagaan Persekutuan!” jerit mereka. Perkara 153 Perlembagaan Persekutuan menjadi peruntukan keramat kepada mereka. Ia menjadi selimut luas yang melingkupi segala apa yang mereka katakan sebagai “hak Melayu.”

Malangnya, rakyat masih belum celik Perlembagaan. Rakyat mungkin mahukan dalil, tetapi masih tidak menyemak samada dalil yang disajikan adalah benar. Apabila ahli-ahli politik ini menggunakan Perkara 153 sebagai dalil mereka, ramai yang percaya. Lagipun, sudah terbukti bahawa sekiranya sesuatu perkara itu diulang berkali-kali, orang ramai akan mempercayainya lama kelamaan. Propaganda 101.

Saya tidak ingin menyelami Perkara 153 di sini. Saya percaya ramai komentar dan penulis di luar sana yang telahpun menukil rencana tentang peruntukan ini. Cukuplah di sini bahawa Perkara 153 memperuntukan tentang kedudukan istimewa orang Melayu dan pribumi Sabah dan Sarawak dalam perizaban quota dalam beberapa perkara seperti perkhidmatan awam, lesen dan biasiswa.


Perkara 153 ini tidak boleh dimansuhkan atau dipinda dengan sewenang-wenangnya oleh Parlimen dan perlu persetujuan daripada Majlis Raja-Raja. Maka momok bahawa Perkara 153 ini adalah dalam bahaya jika Melayu tidak bersatu adalah tidak lebih daripada bohong yang dicanang oleh sesetengah pihak.

Lebih penting lagi, kita harus membezakan di antara Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB, atau NEP dalam bahasa Inggeris) dan Perkara 153.

Ramai orang telah keliru atau sengaja mengelirukan antara keduanya, walhal satu hanyalah dasar nasional dan satu lagi adalah peruntukan Perlembagaan. Menukar, memansuhkan atau meminda DEB tidak bermakna mencabar Perlembagaan.

Berbalik kepada pemansuhan diskaun kepada bumiputera dalam pembelian rumah. Banyak pihak berhiruk dan berpikuk yang kononnya ini adalah salah satu daripada “hak istimewa orang Melayu” yang “tidak harus dicabar.”

Tetapi adalah terang lagi bersuluh bahawa diskaun ini adalah dasar yang diperkenalkan oleh DEB dan tidak ada kena-mengena dengan Perkara 153. Tidak langsung terlakar dalam Perlembagaan bahawa orang Melayu berhak mendapat diskaun dalam membeli rumah.


Samalah juga pemberian tender kepada kontraktor Melayu bukanlah sesuatu peruntukan Perlembagaan yang menjadi hak tetapi sesuatu dasar di bawah semangat DEB.

Dan walaupun Perkara 153 mempunyai peruntukan tentang perizaban kuota dalam biasiswa dan pendidikan, ia tidak pula menyatakan bahawa mana-mana universiti atau kolej hanya boleh membawa masuk pelajar bumiputera.

Hujah sesetengah pihak bahawa universiti tertentu adalah “benteng terakhir” kaum bumiputera tidak boleh dipertahankan dengan merujuk kepada Perlembagaan.

Inilah masalahnya. “Hak Melayu” telah dipesongkan untuk meliputi pelbagai perkara yang langsung tidak berlandaskan Perlembagaan. Ada ahli politik, dalam membantah pemilihan hakim-hakim melalui suruhanjaya, berhujah bahawa ini akan membolehkan seorang bukan Melayu untuk menjadi Ketua Hakim Negara.

Ada pula ahli politik yang berkata bahawa pemindahan kuil Hindu kepada kawasan majoriti Melayu adalah bertentangan dengan Perlembagaan. Bahkan, ada juga mengatakan bahawa kritikan terhadap Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) dan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) adalah serangan ke atas “institusi-institusi Melayu.”

Sejak bila pula perlantikan Ketua Hakim Negara, penentuan tempat-tempat ibadat dan PDRM menjadi sebahagian daripada “hak-hak Melayu” yang terkandung di dalam Perlembagaan? Dan jika Perlembagaan tidak mempertukannya, dari mana pula datangnya apa yang disebut sebagai “hak”?

Secara dasarnya, saya tidak mempunyai masalah dengan usaha memartabatkan orang Melayu. Tidak salah sekiranya bantuan diberikan kepada orang Melayu yang memerlukannya.

Sekiranya tidak bersetuju dengan pemansuhan diskaun bagi rumah mewah, berikan alasan mengapa tidak bersetuju secara rasional dan telus. Jangan bersandarkan retorik “hak Melayu” yang tidak mempunyai asas. Jangan membakar sentimen perkauman demi agenda politik yang sempit.

Perlembagaan kita telah mencapai keseimbangan di antara kepentingan pelbagai kaum di dalam negara ini. Oleh itu, tidak adil dan tidak sah sekiranya sesuatu kaum mengapropriasi “hak” yang melebihi daripada apa yang diperuntukan dalam Perlembagaan.

Sudah tiba masanya kita, sebagai rakyat biasa, mencelikkan mata kita kepada Perlembagaan. Kita harus memperkukuhkan diri kita dengan konsep keperlembagaan, tentang hak dan tanggungjawab.

Kita tidak boleh biarkan ahli politik dan pihak-pihak berkepentingan untuk memperalatkan kita, melaga-lagakan kita dan memperbodohkan kita dengan omong-omong dusta. Hanya apabila kita mempunyai pemahaman barulah kita boleh bezakan yang hak dan yang batil.

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