Monday, March 28, 2011
Pemilihan PKR Cabang Subang
YB Sivarasa telah dilantik sebagai Ketua Cabang untuk PKR Cabang Subang dalam satu pemilihan dalam suasana yang penuh semangat dan keriangan. Syabas dan tahniah kepada semua ahli-ahli and penyokong PKR Cabang Subang.
Masalah Pemotongan Air di Pelangi diselesaikan
Masalah pemotongan air di Pelangi Damansara adalah disebabkan oleh tunggakan bil air yang tinggi. Walaupun penduduk-penduduk telah berazam menjelaskan tunggakkan ini, namu bukan semua penduduk-penduduk bekerjasama. Akibatnya, SYABAS telah memotong bekalan air mereka.ADUN Bukit Lanjan, YB Elizabeth Wong telah berusaha dan mendapatkan baucer air percuma daripada kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Selangor untuk membantu meringankan beban penduduk-penduduk Pelangi Damansara. Kerjasama antara pejabat ADUN dan Ahli Parlimen telah berjaya mengatasi masalah ini.
Satu Majlis oleh Penduduk-Penduduk untuk mengucapkan terima kasih kepada YB Elizabeth Wong dan YB R. Sivarasa telah diadakan baru-baru ini.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Celebrating Police Day?
Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide demanded that newly-installed IGP Ismail Omar end the indiscriminate fatal police shootings. DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang declared: “It would appear that with the change of IGP, there is no change in the police culture as such.”
By Martin Jalleh
There was deep concern and consternation throughout 2010 over what the public viewed as the growing “shoot-to-kill” culture by the police force or what R. Sivarasa, the MP for Subang, called “a culture of impunity”.
“It means that they feel that they can do as they wish and they won’t be held accountable… they can shoot, kill, and there won’t be any questions asked (or)… any investigations and that they can continue doing so,” he said.
The nationwide concern over the trigger-happy cops of PDRM culminated into public outraged in April with the police “killing” of 14-year old Form III student Aminulrasyid Hamzah about 100 metres from his Shah Alam house.
The callous responses and cavalier attitude of the IGP, Home Minister and the police as they tried to contain the public firestorm caused the public to lose confidence in them and repeatedly call for the IGP to resign.
Respected lawyer Art Harun captured the sentiments of the people so clearly: “Right-minded people of Malaysia regard the killing of Aminulrasyid as symptomatic of lawless totalitarianism.”
“But that which makes this case all the more nauseating is not so much that this totally unnecessary killing of a 14-year-old boy had happened, but rather the responses by various parties — those people upon whom our security is entrusted — during the aftermath.
“The responses have been anything but humane, sensitive or even caring. They are arrogant, defensive and downright rude. Where is the love? Where is the humility? Doesn’t it occur to these people that they occupy seats of trust?”
Further, the police have become very predictable with their pat responses: “The dead were criminals. They behaved in a suspicious manner. They tried to evade/resist arrest. They drove away dangerously. Weapons were later found. Police acted by the rules. The law allows them to defend themselves” (Free Malaysia Today)
Cold Blooded
Seven months after Aminulrasyid was gunned down, three youths between the ages of 15 and 22 were shot dead after a reported high-speed car chase in Shah Alam. They were suspected of robbing a petrol station. Two of the families of the trio claimed that they were killed by the police in cold blood.
Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide demanded that newly-installed IGP Ismail Omar end the indiscriminate fatal police shootings. DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang declared: “It would appear that with the change of IGP, there is no change in the police culture as such.”
Before the year ended, human rights and legal reform advocates “Lawyers for Liberty” highlighted the seriousness of the situation. The number of fatal shootings by the police rose 17-fold since 2001 – from five in 2001 to a shocking total of 82 in 2008 and 88 in 2009.
Judging from Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein’s curt, cold and caustic response, it is very clear that such “extrajudicial killings” will continue on in Bolehland! He said there was no surge in the number of fatal shootings. The matter was just being “sensationalized” in parliament. There could be a “slight increase” after all.
Hishammuddin’s continued his hogwash: “Let the police respond on the data …If not, I would be asked this question every day when there are other serious matters to respond to”. The data provided was from the police themselves! And what is more “serious” than the safety and security of innocent lives of Malaysians?
There were also those who were shot by the police but who managed to survive, the latest being Ho Chei Hang who was shot four times by plainclothes police officers in Kepong in November. The story of Norizan Salleh who was mistakenly shot five times by police officers last year continued to receive public attention in 2010.
It is evident that the only effective way to keep the police in check and the only convincing government action is the formation of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC). Sadly, the federal government has proven to be a big hindrance to such a necessary move, and for obvious reasons
By Martin Jalleh
There was deep concern and consternation throughout 2010 over what the public viewed as the growing “shoot-to-kill” culture by the police force or what R. Sivarasa, the MP for Subang, called “a culture of impunity”.
“It means that they feel that they can do as they wish and they won’t be held accountable… they can shoot, kill, and there won’t be any questions asked (or)… any investigations and that they can continue doing so,” he said.
The nationwide concern over the trigger-happy cops of PDRM culminated into public outraged in April with the police “killing” of 14-year old Form III student Aminulrasyid Hamzah about 100 metres from his Shah Alam house.
The callous responses and cavalier attitude of the IGP, Home Minister and the police as they tried to contain the public firestorm caused the public to lose confidence in them and repeatedly call for the IGP to resign.
Respected lawyer Art Harun captured the sentiments of the people so clearly: “Right-minded people of Malaysia regard the killing of Aminulrasyid as symptomatic of lawless totalitarianism.”
“But that which makes this case all the more nauseating is not so much that this totally unnecessary killing of a 14-year-old boy had happened, but rather the responses by various parties — those people upon whom our security is entrusted — during the aftermath.
“The responses have been anything but humane, sensitive or even caring. They are arrogant, defensive and downright rude. Where is the love? Where is the humility? Doesn’t it occur to these people that they occupy seats of trust?”
Further, the police have become very predictable with their pat responses: “The dead were criminals. They behaved in a suspicious manner. They tried to evade/resist arrest. They drove away dangerously. Weapons were later found. Police acted by the rules. The law allows them to defend themselves” (Free Malaysia Today)
Cold Blooded
Seven months after Aminulrasyid was gunned down, three youths between the ages of 15 and 22 were shot dead after a reported high-speed car chase in Shah Alam. They were suspected of robbing a petrol station. Two of the families of the trio claimed that they were killed by the police in cold blood.
Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide demanded that newly-installed IGP Ismail Omar end the indiscriminate fatal police shootings. DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang declared: “It would appear that with the change of IGP, there is no change in the police culture as such.”
Before the year ended, human rights and legal reform advocates “Lawyers for Liberty” highlighted the seriousness of the situation. The number of fatal shootings by the police rose 17-fold since 2001 – from five in 2001 to a shocking total of 82 in 2008 and 88 in 2009.
Judging from Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein’s curt, cold and caustic response, it is very clear that such “extrajudicial killings” will continue on in Bolehland! He said there was no surge in the number of fatal shootings. The matter was just being “sensationalized” in parliament. There could be a “slight increase” after all.
Hishammuddin’s continued his hogwash: “Let the police respond on the data …If not, I would be asked this question every day when there are other serious matters to respond to”. The data provided was from the police themselves! And what is more “serious” than the safety and security of innocent lives of Malaysians?
There were also those who were shot by the police but who managed to survive, the latest being Ho Chei Hang who was shot four times by plainclothes police officers in Kepong in November. The story of Norizan Salleh who was mistakenly shot five times by police officers last year continued to receive public attention in 2010.
It is evident that the only effective way to keep the police in check and the only convincing government action is the formation of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC). Sadly, the federal government has proven to be a big hindrance to such a necessary move, and for obvious reasons
Saturday, March 12, 2011
MP Sivarasa dilarang masuk Sarawak
MP Sivarasa dilarang masuk Sarawak
Sivarasa memberitahu Malaysiakini beliau mendarat pada jam 10.10 pagi dengan penerbangan AirAsia bersama ahli exco kerajaan negeri Selangor, Xavier Jayakumar.
Kedua-dua mereka ke Sarawak bagi menghadiri konvensyen PKR yang dijadualkan hari ini.“Saya ditahan di kaunter imigresyen dan dimaklumkan bahawa terdapat masalah,” katanya.
Buat masa ini, Sivarasa ditahan di bilik pemeriksaan imigresyen di Lapangan Terbang Kucing dan dijangka akan dikenakan perintah halangan masuk.
“Mereka akan hantar saya balik ke Kuala Lumpur pada penerbangan seterusnya yang mempunyai tempat,” katanya.
Xavier, diiringi oleh isterinya dan seorang pembantu yang bagaimanapun dibenarkan masuk.
Ini adalah kali kedua Sivarasa dilarang memasuki Sarawak.
Pada 2009, pihak imigresyen Sarawak menghantarnya pulang ke Kuala Lumpur manakala dua bulan sebelum ini, ahli parlimen Padang Serai N Gobalakrishnan juga dihantar pulang
MRT bosses ignoring Pakatan MPs, says Siva
Patrick Lee
March 11, 2011 It appears that opposition representatives have no say in the project, even if the trains pass through their constituencies.
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan MPs are often left out of consultations on the proposed Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system even though the trains will run through the areas they represent.
When they do respond to questions from opposition representatives, officials of the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) tend to give incomplete answers, according to Subang MP R Sivarasa of PKR.
Speaking to reporters here today, he said he was at a Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) meeting in late January when SPAD officials dropped the MRT bombshell.
The attending SPAD officers raised the subject out of the blue, he said. “I was there for totally different reasons.”
The officers were accompanied by representatives of Gamuda-MMC, SPAD’s delivery partner in the MRT project. They needed MBPJ’s approval to build train stations in Petaling Jaya.
He said SPAD did not bother to call MPs and state assemblymen for the areas that the trains would pass through.
At least four of the proposed stations would be built in Sivarasa’s constituency.
He said the officials gave a presentation about the MRT proposal, but did not give satisfactory answers to questions posed afterwards.
“I asked them why stations were here and not there, and their answer was, ‘It’s because there’s another line coming from somewhere else,’” he said.
“That’s when I learned that there were other lines. So I asked them for the locations of the other lines, but they told me they didn’t have the information.”
He said he blew his top. “I said, ‘How do you expect us to understand your rationale when you’re not telling where your other line is?’
“This is the biggest project in the history of Malaysia, and you come to the public with partial info, and justify it with a half baked rationale.”
Sivarasa said the government needed to have more public consultations before going ahead with the controversial RM53 billion project.
Despite heavy public criticism against the MRT, the government appears determined to go ahead with it. It will call for tenders for various sub-contract works in April and award the contracts by June. Construction is expected to start in July.
March 11, 2011 It appears that opposition representatives have no say in the project, even if the trains pass through their constituencies.
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan MPs are often left out of consultations on the proposed Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system even though the trains will run through the areas they represent.
When they do respond to questions from opposition representatives, officials of the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) tend to give incomplete answers, according to Subang MP R Sivarasa of PKR.
Speaking to reporters here today, he said he was at a Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) meeting in late January when SPAD officials dropped the MRT bombshell.
The attending SPAD officers raised the subject out of the blue, he said. “I was there for totally different reasons.”
The officers were accompanied by representatives of Gamuda-MMC, SPAD’s delivery partner in the MRT project. They needed MBPJ’s approval to build train stations in Petaling Jaya.
He said SPAD did not bother to call MPs and state assemblymen for the areas that the trains would pass through.
At least four of the proposed stations would be built in Sivarasa’s constituency.
He said the officials gave a presentation about the MRT proposal, but did not give satisfactory answers to questions posed afterwards.
“I asked them why stations were here and not there, and their answer was, ‘It’s because there’s another line coming from somewhere else,’” he said.
“That’s when I learned that there were other lines. So I asked them for the locations of the other lines, but they told me they didn’t have the information.”
He said he blew his top. “I said, ‘How do you expect us to understand your rationale when you’re not telling where your other line is?’
“This is the biggest project in the history of Malaysia, and you come to the public with partial info, and justify it with a half baked rationale.”
Sivarasa said the government needed to have more public consultations before going ahead with the controversial RM53 billion project.
Despite heavy public criticism against the MRT, the government appears determined to go ahead with it. It will call for tenders for various sub-contract works in April and award the contracts by June. Construction is expected to start in July.
Sivarasa Memantau Projek Menaik Taraf Jalan Pekan Subang
YB Sivarasa melawat tapak projek menaik taraf Jalan Pekan Subang, dari Kelab Monterez ke TUDM di Subang.
Dalam lawatan ini, Sivarasa juga menerima memorandum bantahan daripada penduduk-penduduk tempatan. Beliau berpeluang mendengar maklum-balas daripada penduduk tempatang mengenai masaalah trafik yang dihadapi hasil daripada projek naik taraf ini.
Hadir bersama pada lawatan ini adalah Ketua Kampung Sdr Chang dan Sdr Michael Wong, wakil kepada ADUN Kota Damansara, YB Dr Nasir.
Dalam lawatan ini, Sivarasa juga menerima memorandum bantahan daripada penduduk-penduduk tempatan. Beliau berpeluang mendengar maklum-balas daripada penduduk tempatang mengenai masaalah trafik yang dihadapi hasil daripada projek naik taraf ini.
Hadir bersama pada lawatan ini adalah Ketua Kampung Sdr Chang dan Sdr Michael Wong, wakil kepada ADUN Kota Damansara, YB Dr Nasir.
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