Archive for October, 2007



Sudah 18 Tahun, Pembeli Masih Menunggu Rumah Murah: Satu Lagi Projek Penipuan Blockbuster Kerajaan Negeri Selangor!

Deposit sudah bayar, perjanjian Jual Beli (S&P) sudah sign, tapi rumah tak naik-naik, dan kisah ini terus memecahkan blokbuster penantian untuk rumah siap sebelum ini, iaitu 18 tahun. Antara penantian rakyat miskin untuk rumah murah yang paling lama di Malaysia, dan ia layak memasuki Buku Rekod Malaysia. Sekali lagi anugerah penipuan diberikan kepada Kerajaan Negeri […]

Stop harassing the whistle-blowers

Aliran calls upon the ACA to stop harassing people who come forward in the national interest to provide incriminating evidence in an attempt to expose corruption in high places. This was what R Sivarasa did when he made a report to the ACA. His action must be deemed as a citizen’s national service. It must […]

Malaysians Express Solidarity with Burmese People and Demand Governments to Act for Human Rights and Democracy in Burma

We, the Malaysian people, condemn strongly the killings, enforced disappearances, brutality, arbitrary detention and other forms of human rights violations of the Buddhist monks and civilians in the recent peaceful march and demonstrations in Burma.
In this extremely difficult but critical time, we express our solidarity with the Burmese people and support strongly their struggle for […]

POLICE ATTEMPTS TO SABOTAGE HINDRAF FORUM IN SEMENYIH ON 6.10.2007

The UMNO controlled government is  once again trying to sabotage and silence Hindraf from championing the cause of especially the Indian poor in Malaysia.
Despite having booked the SRJK(C) Kampung Baru Semenyih School hall on 18.8.2007 and notifying the Semenyih police vide our letter dated 24.8.2007 the Semenyih police Special branch called us and vowed to […]

Malaysians urgently need whistleblower protection and FOI Act

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is deeply concerned about the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) threat to prosecute Opposition politicians Sivarasa Rasiah and Sim Tze Sin. The duo have been given a week to reveal the identity of a person who recorded a video implicating a senior lawyer in the fixing of senior judicial appointments.

Anti Corruption Agency Degraded into a Tool of Political Persecution

Suaram strongly condemns the threat of prosecution by the Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) against Sivarasa Rasiah and Sim Tze Tzin and says this is a political motivated intimidation to silence whistleblowers and human rights defenders who are vocal in exposing abuse of power and corruption.
“Instead of investigating the scandal related to the videotaped conversation of […]

Aliran rejects panel: Haidar tried to block Supreme Court sitting in 1988

Aliran rejects the appointment of the three-man panel to probe into the authenticity of the Lingam tapes. The government’s move does not go far enough or deep enough to address the serious problems plaguing the judiciary. The rot in the judiciary extends beyond the Lingam tapes. Establishing or debunking the authenticity of the tapes is […]

Memorandum on the Panel of Inquiry Concerning the Video Clip and the Independence of the Judiciary

The Steering Committee on Free the Judiciary, comprising of various organizations, political parties and individuals, views with serious concern and alarm the setting up of the panel of inquiry by the executive to look into the video clip scandal concerning the independence of the judiciary. The video clip recording of controversial lawyer V.K. Lingam speaking […]

Demo Menuntut Membebaskan Tahanan ISA
Masjid Jamek

Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) ingin menjemput saudara-saudari sekalian untuk turut sama dalam Demonstasi yang akan diadakan pada 5hb October 2007 sempena menuntut pemebebasan tahanan-tahanan ISA yang masih berada di Kekm Kamunting.
Butir-butir program adalah seperti berikut:
Tarikh: 5 hb October 2007
Tempat: Masjid Jamek (dihadapan stesen LRT masjid Jamek)
Masa: 12 tengahari

Student’s Victory: Yee gets back his laptop after 2 weeks

A joint protest memorandum endorsed by 49 civil society organisations, which was addressed to the Vice Chancellor of UPM on 25th Sept have successfully given pressure to UPM authorities to return Yee Yang Yang’s belongings (which included a laptop, a pen drive, an mp4, and a handphone) after 2 weeks.
Yee had his belongings seized under […]




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