Statement Archive for September 2015

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2015-09-01 Najib should speak up, tell police to “hands-off” Bilqis Hijjas and show Malaysia and the world that his government is not obsessed or afraid of yellow colour, T-shirts and balloons Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-01 Has the Najib government learnt nothing from the two-day 500,000-people Bersih 4 overnight rally in KL, Kuching and KK demanding for good governance and free, fair elections? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-01 Najib should not set a negative tone for the 16th IACC on “Ending Impunity: People. Integrity. Action” by last-minute pull-out which is tantamount to defiant declaration that Impunity is Order of the Day in Malaysia Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-02 Call on all political leaders to set an example as leaders for all Malaysians to deplore all actions which could provoke inter-racial and inter-religious discord and disharmony and to end all politics of race-baiting in country Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-02 16th IACC – the climax that became the nadir of Najib’s six-year anti-corruption campaign with “two elephants not one in the room” Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-03 1,000 IACC delegates from 130 countries should send instant mass signature petition to Najib to attend 16th IACC to come clean on the “two elephants in the room” – the RM50 billion 1MDB and RM2.6 billion “donation” scandals Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-03 Is Malaysia’s parliamentary democracy “one of a kind” in the world where no-confidence motion is not allowed?” Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-04 Following pullout from IACC, will Najib be avoiding all international conferences unless held in the Third World or he can be assured that no “hard questions” would be asked? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-04 First to take the “Bina Bangsa” module should be Mahdzir himself and Malay-supremacist UMNO Ministers and leaders who continue to be racially-minded instead of trying to be Malaysian first and race second Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-05 Three days of global PR disaster for Malaysia in the 16th IACC warrants Emergency Parliament in next fortnight to find answers to the corruption crisis in Malaysia Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-05 Call on Home Minister and IGP to take strong action against anyone trying provoke or foment racial strife in plural Malaysian like the so-called September 16 Incident Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-06 Top priority should be given to blueprint to capture Johor in 14GE by the new Opposition coalition of DAP, PKR and PAN after the launch of PAN on Sept 16 Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-06 “Walking Dead” - Is there a competition in Najib's Cabinet as to which Minister could say the most stupid thing? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-07 Gravely concerned about whereabout of DPP Kevin Morais who is well-known as a principled, righteous and God-fearing man who brooks no nonsense for any hanky-panky and discharges his duties without fear or favour Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-07 Two more questions for Najib about the RM2.6 billion in his personal accounts – which were 26 times more than the legally permissible limit to be spent by all the 222 BN parliamentary and 505 state assembly candidates in 13GE Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-07 Call on Cabinet and the UMNO Supreme Council to take a clear Malaysian stand against any rally seeking to provoke and incite tension and hatred of one race against another in Malaysia, whether Sept. 16 and Oct. 10 gatherings Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-08 Appoint Nazir Razak as honorary Ombudsman for “stupid things” by “Power People” with jurisdiction to summon miscreants to publicly lecture them for their stupid utterances or acts which undermine Malaysia’s national image Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-08 Call on Najib and Cabinet tomorrow to initiate a virtuous circle of development to restore confidence by focussing on the issues of transparency, integrity and good governance to end the drift aggravated by attempts to create racial diversions like the Red Shirts movement Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-09 If the Cabinet today cannot set the country right to address and resolve the multiple crisis of confidence plaguing the country, then it is not a Cabinet Malaysians need Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-09 Call on UMNO/BN Ministers and leaders not to wear blinkers about Mahathir – regarding all he said now as wrong when during his 22-year premiership, idolising all he said as right even when he was wrong Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-10 Najib should cancel the Sept. 16 programme in Kota Kinabalu for signing of commemorative Malaysia Day document with Sabah and Sarawak Chief Ministers and have it either one day earlier or later so as not to be overshadowed by the Red Shirts pro-Najib rally in Kuala Lumpur Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-10 Congrats to UMNO for being “more united than ever” although the UMNO President had for the first time in history to sneak in and out of UMNO headquarters from the backdoor to avoid the unfriendly UMNO crowd in front Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-11 Sept 16, 2015 should be a red-letter Malaysia Day marking first important steps by Putrajaya to restore genuine autonomy to Sabah and Sarawak which should not be spoilt or overshadowed by “Kebangkitan Maruah Melayu” rally in KL Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-11 Why is the case of the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu so sensitive that Aljazeera’s current affairs programme 101 East Asia journalist Mary Ann Jolley had to be deported? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-12 DAP, PKR and Parti Amanah leaders must get down to brass tacks to formulate and implement “Win Johor to win Putrajaya” blueprint as 14GE is only 48-56 months away Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-12 September 16 will be a double test for Najib ,as to how committed he is to the Malaysia idea and whether he would allow the country to be held to ransom by irresponsible elements who want to hold a racist “Kebangkitan Maruah Melayu” rally in KL Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-12 Is the “Kebangkitan Maruah Melayu” rally in KL on Sept. 16 finally a pro-Najib anti-Mahathir rally in the latest round of power tussle in UMNO? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-12 Najib must live with the reality that for the rest of his life, he will be haunted and hounded by the Altantunya Shaariibuu murder case so long as there is no full investigation to ferret out the motive and mastermind of the heinous killing Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-13 Tale of two T-shirts, two rallies and two Malaysia Day highlight the gravity of the prolonged crisis of confidence which plague Malaysia why Malaysians must think beyond race, religion, region or even politics to Save Malaysia Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-13 Three measures which Najib should announce tomorrow to address economic crisis Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-14 UMNO leaders should not count chicken before they are hatched expecting UMNO/BN to replicate Singapore PAP’s rebound and resounding election victory in 14GE in Malaysia Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-14 If Najib could set the example of walking the talk, Malaysia will be more united, successful and win greater respect and credibility in the international arena Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-14 Is UMNO through its Kota Baru division, spearheading an inter-cultural and inter-religious fusion, with Kota Baru division enacting Taoist rites of effigy-burning and setting up of an altar, complete with joss sticks and fruit offerings Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-15 Death knell for Barisan Nasional? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-15 Call for true national government with a strong technocratic background to address current economic crisis Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-15 Call on all Malaysians to make a personal reaffirmation on Malaysia Day 2015 that they are not just Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Ibans or Orang Asli but most important of all, they are Malaysians! Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-16 Is there a conspiracy involving the Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, Attorney-General and Inspector-General of Police pretending not to understand the real nature of national and international concerns about the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-17 Three lessons in a national soul-searching as to what has gone wrong with over five decades of nation-building that there was a Red Shirts Malay Rally replete with racial slurs and provocations on Malaysia Day itself and with government approval Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-17 Najib and his Cabinet should apologise to Malaysians for most shameful abdication of responsibility in allowing Malaysia Day to be desecrated and racial harmony undermined by the racially-charged and provocative Red Shirts Malay rally in KL Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-17 Sabah and Sarawak should appoint State Ministers of Education not only in anticipation of grant of education autonomy to the states by Putrajaya, but to discuss with Federal Government and stakeholders on the definition and scope of state autonomy on education Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-18 Rafidah Aziz should head the National Goodwill Committee to restore racial peace and social harmony as well as Malaysia's international image as a model of multi-racial nation and safe haven for foreign investors damaged by Red Shirts Malay rally on Sept. 16 Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-18 Sabah State Government should offer RM1 million for the best History of Sabah to be written by a Sabahan which should be one of the history books for Sabah students when there is Sabah autonomy for education Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-18 Najib cannot remain silent or passive when Al Jazeera stands by its “Murder in Malaysia” documentary and Jolley calls for new probe by Malaysian police into fresh evidence in Altantuya murder case Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-19 Najib’s “well done” for the darkest hour in Malaysia in 46 years after the May 13 1969 racial riots highlights the widening gulf between ordinary Malaysians and the UMNO/BN leadership Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-19 Time for the subject of “no confidence motion” against Najib as PM to be put on the table as a national agenda for discussion by MPs from both the government coalition and the Opposition as well as the Malaysian public before Parliament meets on Oct. 19 Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-20 Is it worthwhile for Najib to abandon 1Malaysia Policy and Global Movement of Moderates initiative for the placebo Sept. 16 Red Shirts Malay rally? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-20 Call on Najib to explain whether he had been guilty of abuse of power when he stymied Hishamudin’s promotion from Court of Appeal to Federal Court in 2013 Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-20 Malaysia is pounded every day by a surfeit of lack of integrity issues and problems, which is hurtling Malaysia down slippery slope to failed state Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-21 If Cabinet on Wednesday will not apologise for shameful abdication of responsibility in giving “green light” for divisive and racist Sept. 16 Red Shirts rally, will the Ministers step forward to tender separate individual apologies? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-22 Malaysia does not want to be a battleground of “yellow T-shirts” versus “red T-shirts” as we want all Malaysians united behind the Malaysian Dream for an united, harmonious, democratic, just, prosperous and progressive nation Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-22 Call for an overall review of Federal-State relations in Malaysia to effect greater decentralisation and confer greater autonomy from Putrajaya to all state governments, not just Sarawak and Sabah Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-23 Has Malaysia got a kleptocrat as a Prime Minister? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-23 Formation of Pakatan Harapan important milestone for moderates and patriots to reclaim and save Malaysia from the racists, bigots, extremists and the corrupt in the country Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-24 Pakatan Harapan’s Challenge – Turn the crisis-ridden Malaysia into an opportunity to initiate fundamental political and socio-economic changes to transform Malaysia into a vibrant, progressive and forward-looking nation instead of heading in the direction of a failed state Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-24 What happened in the Cabinet yesterday? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-25 Why are Police treating Jamal who is continuing to undermine racial peace and social harmony with kid-gloves when they could be twitter-quick to deal with Opposition and NGO personalities even on non-existing offences? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-25 From candidate as Tiger Economy to candidate for junk bonds – how far Malaysia has fallen under Najib! Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-26 Malaysia’s “riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” – how to change a Prime Minister who has locked up support of the UMNO warlords Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-27 Challenge to Najib to institute legal proceedings against five international media for defaming him or his administration – Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Economist and Channel News Asia Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-27 Malaysia needs a Communications and Multimedia Minister who has the love and passion to overcome the poor state of Internet infrastructure in the country rather than to be the chief propagandist for Najib to fight the Prime Minister’s political survival battle Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-28 Three questions Najib should explain to the Malaysian diaspora during his visit to United Nations and New York whether Malays and Islam in Malaysia are under threat and how to Save Malaysia Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-28 Is it out of selfish political interests that Liow Tiong Lai and the MCA’s 7/11 team of elected representatives are so protective of Najib’s twin RM50 billion 1MDB and RM2.6 billion “donation” scandals? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-29 Will the next two months be as disastrous for Malaysia as the past two month? Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-29 Salleh has beaten all Ministers to make the most stupid Ministerial statement, not only poorly researched but highlights total ignorance of his Ministerial responsibility apart from being Najib’s Chief Blogger Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-30 Congratulations in order for Malaysia moving up two spots in global competitiveness ranking but commiserations also for “perfect storm” of crisis of confidence with no light at end of tunnel Lim Kit Siang
2015-09-30 Salleh should ask himself: What he can do for ICT in Malaysia and not what ICT can do for him! Lim Kit Siang