MEDIA STATEMENT BY DATO' NGEH KOO HAM ON 21ST MAY 2009

Media Statement


Response by Dato’ Ngeh Koo Ham, DAP Perak Chairman to the DVD produced by BN/MCA with regard to the incident on 7-5-2009 at the Perak State Legislative Assembly, at DAP Perak Headquaters, on 21st May 2009:

- Police and the Minister of Home Affairs practice double standard

- 10 reasons why BN/MCA DVD does not disclose the truth
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The BN/MCA have announced that they are producing 50,000 DVD for distribution with regard to 7/5/2009 incident at the Perak State Legislative Assembly.

I have viewed the DVD and it is clearly a biased reporting. The people must not be hood- winked by BN’s lies. Truth fears no counter explanation but BN fears PR’s reply. When PR showed the recording of the 7/5/2009 incident at a DAP dinner in Sitiawan on 9/5/2009 (Saturday) it was abrupted stopped by the police but MCA was free to show its distorted version of the incident at the MCA dinner on 17/5/2009 (Sunday) in Ipoh. When YB Ong Boon Piaw, the DAP State Assemblyman for Tebing Tinggi produced DVD on the 3/3/2009 Perak State Assembly sitting under the rain tree he was arrested by the police but when BN/MCA produce 50,000 DVD distorted version of the incident on 7/5/2009, they are free to do so. Is there any more law in this land? Why the double standard? The police and the Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Bin Tun Hussein Onn are clearly pratising double standards. BN has to practice double standard to prevent the people from learning the truth.

The BN/MCA DVD refuses to explained the following:-

1. That the whole fracas on 7/5/2009 was due to the refusal by BN elected representatives and the 3 ‘frog’ elected representative to obey the instructions of V. Sivakumar the legitimate Speaker of the Perak State Assembly.

2. That Dato’ Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir and his 6 BN ‘exco’ members and the 3 frogs Assemblymen and woman had earlier been suspended.

3. That the motion to remove the speaker proposed by suspended members are invalid and have been rejected.

4. That it was the BN trying to conduct an illegal sub-Assembly involving only BN elected representatives in the State Assembly which prompted the response from the Pakatan Rakyat elected representatives to stop them from doing so after BN elected representatives failed the heed the repeated directives and warnings from the speaker not to conduct the illegal sub-Assembly within the State Assembly.

5. That Hee Yit Fong, the Assembly woman for Jelapang cannot chair a sub- Assembly when the Assembly was chaired by the Speaker, V. Sivakumar. Moreover, she is no longer an assembly woman as she has resigned.

6. That the State Assembly had never commence sitting at any point of time. Illegally and forcibly removing V. Sivakumar to install Dato’ R. Ganesan as speaker can never be legal.

7. That even if the State Assembly had commenced when the Regent of Perak gave his opening speech (which is denied as the lawful Speaker, V. Sivakumar had been unlawfully and forcibly evicted from the Assembly) no business was transacted after the opening speech as it was immediately adjourned.

8. It was not true that His Royal Highness the Regent of Perak reprimanded Dato’ Seri Nizar Bin Jamaluddin and myself. His Royal Highness called us up to the stage after Dato’ Seri Nizar Bin Jamaluddin complained to him the Speaker V. Sivakumar was forcibly evicted from the Assembly. His Royal Highness the Regent informed us that he does not want to get involved in this (politics) and asked that he be allowed to read out his speech and hope that we will respect that which we agreed as our opponent is the BN and not the palace.

9. The purported appointment of Dato’ R. Ganesan as speaker was invalid for the following reasons:-

(i) The State Assembly has never commenced.
(ii) The Sub-Assembly chaired by Hee Yit Foong was invalid.
(iii) His election was done at the Sub-Assembly conducted by BN and not at the Assembly chaired by Speaker, V. Sivakumar.
(iv) The election of Dato’ R. Genesan was done prior to the opening speech of the Regent of Perak.

10. It does not include the video footage of the speaker, V. Sivakuma being illegally and forcibly evicted from the state assembly.

I believe the people will be able to see the truth and not be deceived by BN/MCA.


Dated this 21st day of May 2009.
DATO’ NGEH KOO HAM
DAP Perak Chairman

民主行动党霹雳州主席拿督倪可汉于2009年5月21日，假怡保霹雳州总部，针对国阵马华公会制作的2009年5月7日州议会事件光碟发表声明：

- 警方及内政部实行双重标准

- 国阵/马华公会派发的光碟没有揭露事实的10个理由


国阵/马华公会宣布分发5万张2009年5月7日霹雳州议会事件的光碟。

我已经看过有关光碟且很明显是存有偏见的报道，人民不能被这个谎言欺骗。真正的事实不怕多次重复说明，但是国阵却害怕民联的回应。当民联在2009年5月9日于实兆远举行的民主行动党晚宴上播放摄录于5月7日州议会事件的光碟，警方马上鲁莽地制止；而马华公会却被允许在该党于5月17日在怡保举行的晚宴上播放。

行动党徳宾丁宜区州议员黄文标制作3月3日的大树下州议会光碟遭到警察的逮捕，而国阵马华公会却可以被允许发放5万张歪曲事实的光碟。马来西亚是否还有法律存在？为何双重标准？警察及内政部长拿督斯里希山慕丁很明显地实行双重标准。国阵为了阻止人民知道事情的真相而必须实行双重标准。

国阵/马华公会制作的光碟拒绝解释说明以下的事件：

1. 2009年5月7日在州议会内所发生的骚乱起因，在于国阵的议员及3个跳槽的“青蛙”议员拒绝服从霹雳州合法议长西华古玛的指示。

2. 较早时，拿督斯里赞比里、6名国阵的“行政议员”及3个青蛙议员已经被禁足进入州议会。

3. 由被禁足的议员所提呈的撤换议长的动议是无效的同时被驳回。

4. 在国阵议员拒绝遵守议长重复“不得在议会中进行不合法的会议”的指示及警告后，民联议员及时地反应制止国阵议员企图进行只有国阵议员的不合法会议。

5. 当议长西华古玛仍在议会内主持议会时，九洞区州议员许月凤无权同时再主持另一个会议，此外，她已经辞职且不具有州议员资格。

6. 由始至终州议会并没有被宣布开始举行。在非法及强硬地将西华古玛拖离议会厅下，拿督甘尼申的议长资格无论如何都是不合法的。

7. 即使在皇储宣读御词后，议会已经算是开始议程（被拒绝承认为合法议长的西华古玛在开幕御词宣读前就被强行拖离议会厅）议会在开幕御词宣读完毕后被立即宣布无限期休会，并没有执行任何议程，作出任何决定。

8. 有关皇储斥责拿督斯里尼查及我本身的说法是不正确的。当时拿督斯里尼查向皇储投诉议长西华古玛被强硬地拖离议会厅。皇储告诉我们他并不愿意涉入（政治）纠纷中，希望我们能够尊重并让他宣读开幕词。我们一致认为真正的敌对方是国阵而非皇室。

9. 以下原因将指明拿督甘尼申被委以议长职是无效的：
(i) 由始至终州议会并没有真正开始进行。
(ii) 许月凤主持的议会中的不合法会议是无效的。
(iii) 甘尼申不是在西华古玛主持的州议会，而是在国阵主持的不合法会议中被选出的。
(iv) 甘尼申是在皇储宣读开幕御词前被选为议长。

10. 光碟中并没有包括议长西华古玛被非法及强硬地拖离议会厅的片段。

我相信人民不会被国阵/马华公会所蒙骗及误导，能够明辨真正的事实真相。