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Saturday, June 28, 2008
University Malaya Ignites Racial Sentiment
Dublin group wants Hindraf 5 released
June 27, 2008 · Filed Under Foreign News, Hindraf
A Dublin-based human right organisation today pressured the government to immediately release the five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders from their Internal Security Act detention.
The movement, Front Line, believed that the five were being detained without any trial “solely on account of their legitimate human rights activities”.
The five - P Uthayakumar, M Manoharan, V Ganapathy Rao, T Vasanthakumar and R Kengatharan - were detained on Dec 13 over their involvement in Hindraf in raising issues affecting the Indian community
They were immediately sent to the Kamunting detention centre in Taiping to undergo a two-year detention.
“We believe the five have been targeted as a result of their legitimate work in the defence of human rights, in particular their work defending the rights of the ethnic minority Indians in Malaysia,” added the organisation.
Front Line raised these concerns in a letter written yesterday by its director Mary Lawlor to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizam Zainal Abidin. Lawlor also said that the king should urge the government to accord immediate treatment to Uthayakumar who is a diabetic patient.
“His condition required that he take medication daily to control his blood sugar levels,” she said. Give Uthayakumar his treatment Lawlor added that although Uthayakumar’s family members were first allowed to supply his medication, this practice however ended since February this year with the prison authorities refusing to accept the medication.
“Furthermore the authorities did not provide Uthayakumar with any alternative medicine despite repeated formal requests,” she said. “Front Line is concerned for the physical and psychological integrity of the five, in particular Uthayakumar,” added Lawlor.
She urged the authorities to ensure that Uthayakumar was supplied with all required medication for his condition and medical attention as needed. Front Line also wanted the government to guarantee that in all circumstance all human rights defenders in Malaysia would be allowed to carry their activities without fear of reprisals
Statistics on 2008 public university intake
intake for Local universities 2008/2009.
Field Bumiputra Chinese Indian Total No. % No. % No. %
Medicine: Bumi(491 - 52.80%) Chinese(359 - 38.60%) Indian(80 - 8.60%) Total = 930
Dentistry: Bumi(119 - 58.05%) Chinese(79 - 38.54%) Indian(7 - 3.41%) Total=205
Pharmacy: Bumi(145 -50.00%) Chinese(140 - 48.28%) Indian( 5 - 1.72%) Total= 290
Electronic Eng: Bumi( 570 - 56.32%) Chinese(389 - 38.44%) Indian( 53 - 5.24%) Total = 1012
Chemical Eng: Bumi( 501 - 61.93%) Chinese(272 - 33.62%) Indian( 36 - 4.45%) Total = 809
Law: Bumi ( 203 - 58.67%) Chinese(116 - 33.52%) Indian (27 - 7.80%) Total = 346
Accountancy: Bumi (386- 39.59%) Chinese(543 - 55.69%) Indian (46 - 4.72%) Total = 975
Total : Bumi ( 2415 - 52.88%) Chinese(1898 - 41.56%) Indian( 254 - 5.56%) Total = 4567
some of the data taken from The Star (hard copy)
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/6/19/nation/21577696&sec=nation
Analysis:
- For critical courses, Indian students make up 5.56% of the overall intake,
which is 254 students out of 4567.
- Overall Indian intake is (6.84%). Meaning out of 40,184 students,
about 2749 students are Indians.
- Total Indian students who are offered non-critical courses is
2749-254 = 2495 (90.76% of total students)
- Overall Bumiputra intake is 62.19%, which is 24,990 out of 40,184
successful students.
- Total Bumiputra students offered non-critical courses is
24,990 - 2415 = 22,575 (90.33% of total students)
- Overall Chinese intake is 30.97%, which is
12,445 out of 40,184 successful students.
- Total Chinese students offered non-critical courses is
12,445 - 1898 = 10,547 (84.75% of total students)
- Total admission is 40,184. Total applications is 67,143.
(59.85%) of applicants successfully got a place in public university.
- At a glance, the biggest winners are the Chinese students, since their
intake is quite above their population.
- This implies that meritocracy is implemented, though I'm not sure if
really 62.19% of bumiputras got in via meritocracy or not. Data on breakdown
of students from matriculation/STPM is not provided.
- Indians need to increase percentage by about 1% to represent current
population (7.8%). Increase of more than that means Indian students are
performing well.
Some facts from the article:
1. Announcing the results for the 2008/2009 intake into public universities
yesterday, Prof Radin Umar said that 40,184 STPM and equivalent candidates,
out of the 67,143 who applied, were offered places in the 20 public
universities.The breakdown of successful candidates was 62.19% bumiputra,
30.97% Chinese and 6.84% Indian.
2. Prof Radin revealed that 1,963 candidates who applied for places had a
CGPA of 4.0.
3. Successful female applicants made up 64.5% of the total number, in line
with the past few years' trend. "Female students tend to be more serious in
their studies. Male students need to work harder. However, we will not give
males any special consideration as the selection process is based on
meritocracy," Prof Radin said.
4. A special helpdesk has been set up at the Higher
Education Ministry until June 27. Students who have queries can
call 03-8883 5848 or 03-8883 5858, or appeal online at www.mohe.gov. my.
The closing date for appeals is June 28.
What are the chances of…….?
1.5% chance of surviving sudden cardiac arrest outside hospital
That was what The Straits Times of Singapore said last Saturday. The Straits Times news report then went on to say:
Time is of the essence if a person is to survive sudden cardiac arrest, say doctors. Generally, the survival rate of people who suffer from it outside a hospital setting is poor - between 1.5 per cent and 3 per cent, said Dr Chee Teck Siong, a cardiologist at East Shore Hospital. This is not helped by the small number of people here who are trained in CPR - cardiopulmonary resuscitation - and also by the limited effectiveness of performing CPR, he said.
This little piece of information is most interesting indeed. But what are the ratings of the many other things that are happening around us and which will affect our life or livelihood? Let us go through the list.
2.5% chance the RM625 rebate will help cover the recent petrol price increase
A full tank of petrol which used to cost us RM80 or thereabouts now cost us about RM120. And this full tank will last us about a week if we are careful and do not travel unnecessarily. The RM625, therefore, helps cover only five weeks of our petrol usage. This means the balance 47 weeks of the year will not be covered and we will need to fork out at least another RM5,640 from our own pocket, which also means the RM625 represents only about 10% of our needs.
1.75% chance our EPF will last till the day we die
According to Bank Negara Malaysia, we will need more than RM1 million in EPF savings if we retire at the age of 56 and live beyond the age of 66. And this would only be so if the retiree lives modestly and does not go for overseas trips or takes too many holidays. Bank Negara further says that most Malaysians finish all their EPF savings after just three years and thereafter they are broke. Not many Malaysians retire with more than RM1 million in EPF savings and the majority would have to survive with a fraction of that amount. This means the majority of Malaysians will either have to die before the age of 60 or else live beyond 60 broke to their bones.
0.25% chance Umno will change
After getting badly whacked in the 8 March 2008 general election, Umno still does not understand the reason why the voters rejected Barisan Nasional in favour of Pakatan Rakyat. Until today, Umno is still raising racial issues and making statements like the biggest mistake they made was to give the immigrants citizenship in 1957 and that these immigrants have shown their ingratitude by voting for the opposition. It is apparent that Umno is still suffering from AIDS (Acquired Intense Denial Syndrome) and will never wake up to the fact that its racial politics resulted in its poor election performance and its further exploitation of race issues will just antagonise the voters even further.
0.75% chance Najib will become the next Prime Minister
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says that the only way Najib Tun Razak will be able to become the Prime Minister of Malaysia would be if he divorces his wife, Rosmah Mansor. Betting on the possibility that Rahim Thambi Chik will lose his fetish for underage girls is a better bet than betting on the possibility that Rosmah will allow Najib to discard her like a used condom.
1.25% chance Pak Lah can sit through a two-hour meeting
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is known to be incapable of reading half a page A4 without nodding off or to stay awake more than ten minutes into a meeting. Getting Pak Lah to read a ten-page report or to stay awake the entire two hours is more difficult than ensuring Rahim Thambi Chik can stay focused on the conversation during a fashion show of the latest bikinis.
0.05% chance the leaders will return all the money they stole
An estimated RM2 trillion of the nation’s wealth has been plundered and squandered by our leaders over the last 35 years or so. The chance of these leaders suddenly getting a serious attack of remorse, which will result in these leaders returning all this money they plundered and squandered, is as remote as the chance of Paris Hilton becoming a nun and campaigning for a ban on premarital sex.
0.1% chance Pak Lah can stay on as PM beyond Christmas
There is a strong possibility that the next Parliament session will commence with a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and there is also a strong possibility he may be out of office as early as next week.
50% chance of Malaysia finally having a Malay Prime Minister
After having non-Malay Prime Ministers for the last 51 years since 1957, Malaysia may finally get its first Malay Prime Minister when Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah takes over as Prime Minister in the not too distant future.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
UMNO has been violating Federal Constitution
200 Petronas Petrol Stations to sell natural gas. Datuk Shahrir Samad, Minister of Domestic Trade. But there are zero Petronas Station owned by Indians because they were never given the opportunities to own one. Article 8 of the Federal Constitution provides equality (and equal opportunities) . But UMNO has been violating this constitution guarantee for the last 50 years.
UMNO: End racism and religious extremism. 50 years enough. Let us move on. Help all the poor including the Indian poor. Let us be NEEDS based and not RACE based when giving opportunities to Malaysians.
Voice of Hindraf 2:
UMNO refuses to solve very basic grassroots kindergarten problem for Indian children of the Bukit Asahan Plantation/Estate, Malacca. (Tamil Nesan 04/06/08 pg 15). The new management of the estate believed to be an UMNO linked company has asked the at least 60 year old kindergarten to vacate its premises. The UMNO Malacca state government turns a blind eye. It is the duty and responsibility of the UMNO government by law and according to the Federal Constitution and the Education Act to provide for the education of the people. Millions if not Billions are to spend to build and maintain the kemas kindergartens for UMNO children. UMNO even has plans to make all kemas kindergarten teachers graduate teachers as these children would be future professionals of the country. But what about the Indian children? Why this racism by UMNO even after 50 years of independence? UMNO is so cruel, racist and religious extremist that they even pick on the poor and innocent
Indian children. What more the other basic necessities for the day to day living of these Indian community? When even a basic kindergarten is being denied. Let alone equality and equal opportunities.
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Boot Camp : Judge told to carry egg
| Judge hits back at 'devil incarnate' Mahathir | ||||
| High Court judge Ian Chin who two weeks ago make stunning allegations that he was threatened by Dr Mahathir Mohamad on a number of high-profile cases today fired another salvo against the former prime minister. “...Dr Mahathir for what he had done and for what he is trying to do is a devil incarnate but to those who had suffered under his hands, even that description my be rather complimentary,” said Chin in open court during a hearing of an election petition in Sibu, Sarawak, this afternoon.
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May Day For Malaysian Press
Editors back Parliament protest (updated)
By LOONG MENG YEE
KUALA LUMPUR: Chief editors have lent their support to colleagues protesting restrictive moves imposed by Parliament authorities, saying the decision was an unnecessary hindrance and an insult to the press.
About 100 journalists covering Parliament staged a boycott Tuesday morning after they were denied access to the lobby. They refused to attend press conferences or take down statements, although they covered developments in the chamber.
The barrier was later removed by the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (see Timeline below).
China Press editor-in-chief Teoh Yang Khoon said: “Reporters are never a security threat and we know where to draw the line in respecting the privacy of the Members of Parliament.
“For instance, we do not barge into areas meant for the MPs, nor do we trail the MPs into the toilet. Therefore, respect must also be shown to reporters. The restrictions are an insult,” he said.
The Star group chief editor Datuk Wong Chun Wai, in his chunwai08.blogspot entry titled Fast, Furious and Stupid in KL, said the decision had infuriated the media.
“It is unprecedented. The decision had left reporters stunned and certainly insulted,” said Wong.
New Straits Times Press Group editor-in-chief Datuk Hishamuddin Aun said reporters were carrying out their duties and would certainly be hurt if they were harassed or treated like second-class citizens.
“The management did not give instructions to reporters to boycott, but for the sake of unity, everyone (covering Parliament) agreed. The boycott is unfortunate and I sympathise with the reporters and photographers.
“Instead of totally cordoning off the lobby, perhaps the Parliament authorities can issue separate passes allowing for one or two reporters from each organisation to roam in the lobby,” said Hishamuddin.
When told that an aide of a minister had used the Malaysiakini team of three reporters as an example of a sufficiently strong team to cover news in Parliament, the online news portal’s co-founder Steven Gan, said: “I would have sent more staff if I could. We are missing stories but I do not have enough reporters.
“Parliament is a vibrant arena after the March 8 political tsunami and there is need for a larger team of journalists.”
Nanyang Siang Pau
“The restrictions are very sarcastic moves by the Parliament authorities. It does not show respect for the work of journalists, especially in Parliament, the epitome of democracy,” said Chong.
Sin Chew Daily executive editor-in-chief Kuik Cheng Kang said Parliament authorities were wrong to target the media because “the press had never done anything wrong to threaten the security since Independence”.
“There are many other groups of people crowding the lobby, such as ministry officers and lobby groups. Reporters are there to do our jobs, not celebrate birthdays. Please do not punish us for working,” said Kuik.
The Sun consultant editor Zainon Ahmad said the lobby was the best place for the press to get news from Ministers, MPs and other government servants.
Timeline
9.30am: Reporters arrived at Parliament lobby to discover that red tapes were used to cordon off the main part of the lobby and there were security guards around.
Reporters, photographers and camera crew were only allowed to at a small corner where press conferences used to be held. Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan) was at lobby and spoke to reporters separated by the red tape.
Consensus reached among pressmen to boycott press conferences held at the lobby.
10.30am: When Salahuddin Ayub (PAS-Kubang Kerian) and Khalid Abd Samad (PAS-Shah Alam) expressed their intention to hold a press conference at the lobby, many refused to attend.
10.40am: Photographers, cameramen and journalists left their “working equipment” such as cameras, voice recorders and notebooks on the floor as a sign to stop covering news events at the lobby.
11.30am: After being told that all press members had suspended their work outside the Parliament chamber, Edward Jules, an aide of Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said he respected them and would convey the information to his boss.
However, he returned a few minutes later with Dr Rais and held a press conference, which was only attended by a few official media such as Bernama and RTM.
Opposition MPs Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan) and Tian Chua (PKR-Batu) decided to issue written statements through their aides instead of speaking directly to the press after realising that most reporters were going on “strike”.
But when Ipoh Timor MP special assistant Lim Swee Kuan wanted to distribute some press statements at the media centre, two security guards prevented him from doing so.
“They told me that staff like us are no longer allowed to give out statements and only MPs have the right to do so.
“I then asked them where the directive came from and they told me that ‘we have it in black and white’,” he said.
Noon: Lim Lip Eng (DAP-Segambut), Tian Chua (PKR-Batu), Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR-Lembah Pantai), R. Sivarasa (PKR-Subang) and Jeff Ooi (DAP-Jelutong) were present at media centre to give their statements but the press told them that the ban is on.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s meeting at noon involving the Barisan Nasional management committee meeting held at the committee room was only covered by Bernama.
2.15pm: A group of Barisan Nasional backbenchers marched through the lobby and announced business as usual for all press members by removing all barricades that restricted the movements of reporters.
Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club deputy chairman Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin said they did not consult the Parliament administration, nor did they get permission from the Dewan Rakyat Speaker before removing the barricade.
Najib’s second meeting – the Cabinet committee on sports development – was also covered only by Bernama.
3pm: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s meeting on palm oil was covered only by Bernama.
3.30pm: Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen, who sent two aides to the media centre to look for press coverage on her 100th day in the ministry, was told “No press coverage at the lobby.”
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Cops investigating Raja Petra’s allegations
KUALA LUMPUR: The police will be calling up Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin to investigate his allegations in a recent statutory declaration, which touched on purported facts related to the ongoing Altantuya Shaariibuu trial.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the three individuals named in the document filed at the High Court here on June 18 would also be called up.
Raja Petra had claimed that these individuals, one a prominent VIP, were present when Altantuya was killed on Oct 19, 2006.
Copies of the statutory declaration, filed on June 18, have been posted online by bloggers.
In his two-paged statutory declaration, Raja Petra said he had been “reliably informed” of the presence of these individuals at the murder.
Musa said that the matter could be subjudice as the Altantuya murder trial was on going.
Accused of the murder are C/Insp Azilah Hadri and Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar of the Unit Tindakan Khas (Special Action Unit). Accused of abetting them is political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda.
Musa said the allegations made by Raja Petra were “highly defamatory” and if found to be untrue, those making the allegations would have to face the consequences.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-General’s Chambers has filed a police report against Raja Petra over the statutory declaration.
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patil said, “We want to investigate it as we want the truth. As far as I am concerned, we have to look it seriously.”
“If it’s true, we will act accordingly. If not, the writer will be investigated,’’ he said, adding that the report was lodged in Putrajaya on Saturday. - By LOURDES CHARLES The Star.
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If you can read this, your brain is 50% faster than those who can't ...
ONLY FORWARD IF YOU CAN READ
Monday, June 23, 2008
Did I read this in The Star or NST? NOPE!
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor at a press conference (photo from NST)
An influential Malaysian blogger alleges that Najib’s wife was present when the Mongolian translator was murdered in 2006
Asia Sentinel
One of Malaysia’s most prominent bloggers, in an explosive statutory declaration to a Malaysia court, has alleged that the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as well as a Malaysian Army officer and the officer’s wife were directly involved in the murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu on October 19, 2006, and that people at the very top of the Malaysian government are aware of the fact.
The declaration, by Raja Petra Kamarudin, who edits the web publicationMalaysia Today, has been ignored by Malaysia’s government-linked mainstream media. However, it threatens to finally break open the case. Even if it doesn’t, it adds considerable chaos to the country’s political mix. The Barisan Nasional, the national ruling coalition, is reeling from the loss of its two-thirds majority in March elections.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, taking the brunt of criticism over the loss, has already promised to step down at some future date to cede the premiership to Najib. District elections are due in July in the United Malays National Organisation and there are suspicions that the verdict in the Altantuya murder trial is being delayed until the elections are completed.
Raja Petra wrote that Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, and Acting Colonel Aziz Buyong and his wife, Norhayati, Rosmah’s aide-de-camp, were present at the scene of the murder and that Aziz Buyong was the individual who placed C4 plastic explosive on Altantuya’s body and blew it up. Both Najib and his wife have repeatedly denied any involvement in the case although top society in Kuala Lumpur has been buzzing for months with rumors of their complicity.
Shaariibuu was executed by two shots to the head and her body was blown up with military explosives in a patch of jungle near the suburban city of Shah Alam. One of Najib’s closest friends, Abdul Razak Baginda, once the influential head of a political think-tank, and two of Najib’s bodyguards, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar of the elite Unit Tindak Khas or Special Police Action Unit, have been the subject of a marathon murder trial that got underway more than a year ago.
Neither Najib nor his chief of staff, Musa Safri, has been questioned nor summoned as a witness despite the fact that Baginda in a sworn statement in November 2006 said he had contacted Musa for help in dealing with Altantuya, his jilted lover. That has raised widespread suspicions that the court – prosecution, defense and judiciary – have all been struggling to keep the case under wraps. It has been subject to numerous delays for reasons that are unclear.
Raja Petra himself is due to go on trial in October on sedition charges that were filed against him for writing an article titled “Let’s Send The Altantuya’s Murderers to Hell” and accusing Najib, his wife and others of complicity in the murder. He amplified the statement considerably in his statutory declaration, made last Wednesday, in which he also said that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had been a full report by military intelligence on the involvement of his deputy premier’s family. Badawi gave the intelligence report to his son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin, for safekeeping, according to Raja Petra’s statement.
Raja Petra, a member of the Selangor royal family, also wrote that one of the country’s sultans had been given a full report on the matter. He didn’t identify the sultan, but that raises additional implications, presumably that there is at least one member of royalty who can back up his declaration, which was made under oath, if he is subjected to additional charges over the matter.
From the time Altantuya’s body was discovered, there has been widespread suspicion that not only figures at the top of the government were involved but that the 28-year-old translator and mother of two may have been involved in a much bigger controversy than a jilted relationship. She made several trips to Kuala Lumpur to attempt to confront Baginda, at one point standing in front of his house and screaming “Razak, bastard, come out.” The last time she was seen alive was again in front of his house, when she was bundled into a car and taken away.
She accompanied Baginda to France when he was involved in negotiating the purchase of two Scorpene submarines and a used Agosta submarine produced by the French government through a French-Spanish joint venture, Armaris, for the Malaysian defense ministry, which was headed by . The submarines were bought through a Kuala Lumpur-based company, Perimekar Sdn Bhd, which at the time was owned by yet another company called Ombak Laut, which was wholly owned by Abdul Razak Baginda.
The €1 billion (RM4.5 billion) contract to buy the submarines was non-competitive and netted Perimekar €114 million. Although Najib has sworn an oath to Allah that he had never met the woman, he was in France at the same time one of his best friends was there, dealing with matters over the submarine. A cousin of Altantuya's testified at the trial that she had seen a picture of Najib together with the dead woman, but she was quickly hushed up by both defense and prosecution lawyers about the matter.
Altantuya, by her own admission in a letter discovered after her death, wrote that she had been blackmailing Abdul Razak, presumably to keep his family from finding out about their relationship. But in his cautioned statement to the police, Baginda said he had already informed his family of the relationship and said she was pressuring him for US$500,000. Her father, Setev Shaariibuu, a psychology professor in Ulan Bataar, has said she was killed because she "knew too much," although he has never elaborated on that statement.
Given the close relationship between the two men, and that Najib was reported as presenting jackets made available by Perimekar to the submarine crews training in France, and that Altantuya was along with Baginda, it is difficult to believe they had not met.
It is also difficult to believe, given the wealth of published reports, plus the fact that Azilah Hadri, and Sirul Azhar Umar, were members of Najib's own bodyguard unit, that neither has been questioned about how the bodyguards came to be involved in allegations of Altantuya's murder.
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NEWSFLASH! THIS APPEARED IN THE STAR TODAY...
KUALA LUMPUR: Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timor) has submitted a notice calling for an emergency motion to discuss allegations by online news portal Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin over the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case.
In his notice, Lim said the credibility and legitimacy of the Government would suffer a mortal blow if the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and those named in the allegations remained silent on the matter.
Copies of the notice were distributed to reporters in the Parliament Lobby.
Lim repeated the statutory declaration by Raja Petra who claimed that he was reliably informed that three people were present at the scene when Altantuya's body was blown up.
"He (Raja Petra) said these three people have thus far not been implicated in the murder nor called as witnesses by the prosecution in the ongoing trial at the Shah Alam High Court.
"He was aware that it is a crime not to reveal evidence that may help the police in its investigation of the crime,” Lim said.
- The Star
PKR MPs cycle to Parliament as mark of protest
By LISA GOH
KUALA LUMPUR: Four Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) MPs - Tian Chua (Batu), Hee Loy Sian (PJ Selatan), N. Gobalakrishnan (Padang Serai) and Zulkifli Nordin (Kulim Bandar Baru) - cycled to Parliament Monday as a mark of protest against the recent fuel hike.
Tian Chua said move was also to "appeal to the Cabinet Ministers to understand the difficulty in using bicycles or public transport" in the country. "Changing of lifestyles is not as easy as what the Government claims," he told reporters.
He said that he and the three others had taken about 20 minutes to cycle from Bank Negara to the Dewan Rakyat.
"It's a difficult task because the road transport system here is not designed for bicycle use and cyclists will face problems cruising around town," he said.
Asked if they would cycle to Parliament again, he said the MPs would discuss it further.
"Today, because of the debate on petrol price hike, we rode our bicycles here to make a point," he said.